Northside Pediatrics

Northside Pediatrics is a pediatrician in Sandy Springs, GA. The practice cares for infants, children, and adolescents, with a team of board-certified pediatricians and nurse practitioners. All of its pediatricians are board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and fellows of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and all are affiliate physicians at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Northside Hospital. The practice also serves families from a second office in Woodstock.

Northside Pediatrics describes itself as privately owned by the pediatricians who work there, so decisions can be centered on patient care rather than a corporate agenda. Its providers practice evidence-based medicine and keep up with new recommendations in healthcare, and each provider has special interests or training in specific areas. Many of the physicians teach or serve on local medical boards and committees, and many are parents themselves. The team includes nine pediatricians and multiple certified pediatric nurse practitioners, and patients can request a particular physician or nurse practitioner when scheduling.

The Sandy Springs office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, with Saturday visits by appointment starting at 8:45 am. Weekend and holiday laboratory services are limited to strep tests and urine samples. Same-day sick appointments can be scheduled by phone on weekdays from 7:30 to 8:30 am and noon to 1:00 pm, and the Saturday phone line opens at 8:00 am. The practice also publishes guidance on well visits, sports forms, vaccines, medicine dosages, and what illnesses are going around, along with a visual symptom checker and health information library.

The office sits on Barfield Rd, about a tenth of a mile from Turner McDonald Parkway and roughly two-tenths of a mile each from Hammond Drive Northeast and Hammond Park. Glenridge Drive Northeast is about three-tenths of a mile away, Peppertree Lake about four-tenths of a mile, and Concourse Athletic Club about half a mile.

Northside Pediatrics holds a 4.70 rating from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the standing of its pediatric care in Sandy Springs.