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Insurance
  • Amerihealth (2098)
  • Cigna (2060)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (2035)
  • Aetna (1977)
  • Oxford Health Plans (1734)
  • UnitedHealthCare (1708)
  • Humana (1634)
  • MVP Health Care (1624)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (1561)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (1499)
  • First Health (1459)
  • MagnaCare (1302)
  • Oscar Health (1237)
  • Curative (1153)
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (1074)
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (1040)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (1031)
  • EmblemHealth (769)
  • Connecticare (702)
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (613)
  • Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP) (586)
  • QualCare (543)
  • Independence Blue Cross (480)
  • MultiPlan (452)
  • Anthem (398)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (356)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (332)
  • Capital Blue Cross (284)
  • Coventry Health Care (187)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (157)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (1)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (BCN) (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Florida Blue (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of California (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming (1)
  • Blue Cross of Idaho (1)
  • Blue Medicare Advantage (1)
  • Blue Shield of California (1)
  • Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (1)
  • Canopy Health (1)
  • CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. (1)
  • CBA Blue (1)
  • ChoiceCare Network (1)
  • Cigna-HealthSpring (1)
  • Delta Dental (1)
  • Delta Dental of New York (1)
  • Delta Dental of Washington (1)
  • Florida Blue (1)
  • Health Net (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia (1)
  • Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois (1)
  • Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia (1)
  • Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Ohio (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Texas (1)
  • Humana/CompBenefits (1)
  • HumanaOne (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (1)
  • Medicaid (1)
  • Medicaid of Arkansas (1)
  • Medicaid of California (1)
  • Medicaid of Florida (1)
  • Medicaid of Idaho (1)
  • Medicaid of Illinois (1)
  • Medicaid of Indiana (1)
  • Medicaid of Kentucky (1)
  • Medicaid of Maryland (1)
  • Medicaid of Missouri (1)
  • Medicaid of Oregon (1)
  • Medicaid of Tennessee (1)
  • Medicaid of Utah (1)
  • Premera Blue Cross (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah (1)
  • Regence Blue Shield of Washington (1)
  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (1)
  • Regence BlueShield (1)
  • United Concordia (1)
  • United Concordia Dental (1)
  • UnitedHealth Group (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (1)
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Gender

Gender
  • Female (2111)
  • Male (1122)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Neonatal Medicine (131)
  • Pediatric Medicine (91)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine (71)
  • Internal Medicine (67)
  • Allergy & Immunology (50)
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (46)
  • Pediatric Hematology & Oncology (42)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (35)
  • Pediatric Hospital Medicine (30)
  • Pediatric Endocrinology (27)
  • Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (22)
  • Infectious Disease Medicine (20)
  • Pediatric Pulmonology (19)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (18)
  • Family Medicine (17)
  • Pediatric Neurology (17)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (15)
  • Anesthesiology (11)
  • Child Abuse Pediatrics (10)
  • Genetics (10)
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine (10)
  • Sports Medicine (10)
  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (9)
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology (8)
  • Sleep Medicine (8)
  • Internal Medicine & Pediatrics (7)
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (6)
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (6)
  • Adult Medicine (5)
  • General Medical Practice (5)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (363)
  • 41-50 (575)
  • 51-60 (710)
  • 61-70 (632)
  • Over 70 (752)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (332)
  • Tomorrow (307)
  • Schedules online (188)
  • Accepts new patients (1664)
  • Telehealth (1134)

Language

Language
  • Albanian (1)
  • American Sign Language (1)
  • Arabic (103)
  • Arabic, Egyptian (2)
  • Armenian (1)
  • Bengali (11)
  • Bosnian (1)
  • Bulgarian (7)
  • Burmese (2)
  • Cantonese (2)
  • Chinese (60)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (8)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (8)
  • Chinese, Min Nan (2)
  • Creole (1)
  • Croatian (4)
  • Czech (7)
  • Egyptian (1)
  • Farsi (10)
  • French (81)
  • French Creole (2)
  • Georgian (1)
  • German (32)
  • Greek (19)
  • Guarani (1)
  • Gujarati (51)
  • Haitian Creole (1)
  • Hebrew (40)
  • Hindi (183)
  • Hungarian (4)
  • Igbo (2)
  • Indian (1)
  • Indonesian (1)
  • Italian (43)
  • Japanese (1)
  • Kannada (6)
  • Konkani (1)
  • Korean (31)
  • Latin (1)
  • Latvian (1)
  • Lithuanian (1)
  • Macedonian (1)
  • Malay (1)
  • Malayalam (12)
  • Mandarin (1)
  • Marathi (6)
  • Nepalese (1)
  • Nepali (1)
  • Panjabi (3)
  • Polish (42)
  • Portuguese (18)
  • Punjabi (6)
  • Romanian (6)
  • Russian (53)
  • Serbian (1)
  • Sindhi (1)
  • Sinhalese (1)
  • Spanish (476)
  • Swahili (2)
  • Swedish (1)
  • Tagalog (57)
  • Tamil (12)
  • Telugu (13)
  • Thai (1)
  • Tigrinya (1)
  • Turkish (6)
  • Ukrainian (2)
  • Urdu (27)
  • Vietnamese (2)
  • Yiddish (4)
  • Yoruba (5)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (657)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (1230)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (1674)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (1797)
  • 1 Star And Higher (1913)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Hackensack University Medical Center (422)
  • Morristown Medical Center (250)
  • St. Joseph's University Medical Center (209)
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (184)
  • Overlook Medical Center (137)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (134)
  • Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (128)
  • Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (127)
  • Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware (114)
  • Holy Name Medical Center (108)
  • Jersey Shore University Medical Center (104)
  • Valley Hospital (101)
  • Saint Peter's University Hospital (97)
  • JFK University Medical Center (93)
  • University Hospital (87)
  • Monmouth Medical Center (86)
  • Englewood Hospital (85)
  • Palisades Medical Center (58)
  • Chilton Medical Center (57)
  • Cooper University Hospital (50)
  • Ocean University Medical Center (50)
  • Centrastate Medical Center (48)
  • Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (47)
  • Riverview Medical Center (45)
  • Community Medical Center (42)
  • Capital Health Medical Center Hopewell (37)
  • Virtua Mount Holly Hospital (37)
  • Raritan Bay Medical Center (35)
  • AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City Campus (35)
  • Inspira Medical Center Vineland (32)
  • Jefferson Stratford Hospital (31)
  • Saint Clare's Denville Hospital (30)
  • Clara Maass Medical Center (29)
  • Newton Medical Center (26)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital (25)
  • Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center (25)
  • Hunterdon Medical Center (24)
  • Bayshore Medical Center (23)
  • Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus (23)
  • Hackettstown Medical Center (22)
  • Staten Island University Hospital (20)
  • Trinitas Regional Medical Center (20)
  • Shore Medical Center (18)
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (16)
  • St. Mary's General Hospital (16)
  • Hudson Regional Hospital (15)
  • Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital (15)
  • Jefferson Washington Township Hospital (14)
  • Montefiore Medical Center (13)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (13)
  • NYU Langone Hospitals (13)
  • Jersey City Medical Center (13)
  • Southern Ocean Medical Center (13)
  • St. Joseph's Wayne Medical Center (13)
  • Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (12)
  • Cape Regional Medical Center (11)
  • St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (10)
  • St. Mary Medical Center (10)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital (10)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (10)
  • Hoboken University Medical Center (9)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway (9)
  • Garnet Health Medical Center (9)
  • Hospital for Special Surgery (9)
  • Inspira Medical Center Elmer (9)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (9)
  • Capital Health-East Trenton (8)
  • Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (8)
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center (8)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Bethlehem Campus (8)
  • Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital (7)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (7)
  • Deborah Heart and Lung Center (6)
  • Reading Hospital (6)
  • North Shore University Hospital (6)
  • Christiana Hospital (6)
  • Optum Urgent Care-Bloomfield (6)
  • Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center (5)
  • St. Anthony Community Hospital (5)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Warren Campus (5)
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel (5)
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (5)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst (5)
  • Jefferson Abington Hospital (5)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi (5)
  • Maimonides Medical Center (5)
  • Capital Health Regional Medical Center (5)
  • Westchester Medical Center (5)
  • Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical (5)
  • Saint Luke's Hospital Anderson (5)
  • CareWell Health Medical Center (5)
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest (4)
  • Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall (4)
  • Phelps Hospital (4)
  • Wayne Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (4)
  • Stamford Hospital (4)
  • Richmond University Medical Center (4)
  • St Luke's Hospital-Upper Bucks Campus (4)
  • Bon Secours Community Hospital (4)
  • Virtua Willingboro Hospital (4)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Allentown Campus (4)
  • Lankenau Medical Center (4)
  • Nyack Hospital (3)
  • St Luke's Hospital-Monroe Campus (3)
  • Lancaster General Hospital (3)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Easton Campus (3)
  • White Plains Hospital (3)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Queens (3)
  • Holy Redeemer Hospital (3)
  • Chester County Hospital (3)
  • Carle Health Methodist Hospital (3)
  • Vassar Brothers Medical Center (3)
  • Stony Brook Southampton Hospital (2)
  • St. Luke's Lehighton Campus (2)
  • Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus (2)
  • University of MD Medical Center Midtown Campus (2)
  • St. Mary's Hospital (2)
  • Yale New Haven Hospital (2)
  • Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital (2)
  • University of Vermont Medical Center (2)
  • Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (2)
  • Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital (2)
  • Strong Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Virtua Marlton Hospital (2)
  • UHS Binghamton General Hospital (2)
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (2)
  • Saint Michael's Medical Center (2)
  • Northern Westchester Hospital (2)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem (2)
  • Children's National Hospital (2)
  • Mount Sinai Morningside (2)
  • Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (2)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Brookdale Hospital Medical Center (2)
  • South Shore University Hospital (2)
  • University Hospital (2)
  • Temple University Hospital (2)
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital Pocono (2)
  • NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island (2)
  • Cook Children's Medical Center (2)
  • Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex (2)
  • BRYN Mawr Hospital (2)
  • St Peter's Hospital (2)
  • WellSpan York Hospital (2)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health (2)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (2)
  • Longview Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Delaware County Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Jefferson Lansdale Hospital (2)
  • Wyckoff Heights Medical Center (2)
  • UF Health Shands Hospital (2)
  • Mercy Hospital St. Louis (1)
  • Tanner Medical Center-Carrollton (1)
  • North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point (1)
  • Providence Saint John's Health Center (1)
  • Meade District Hospital (1)
  • Crozer-Chester Medical Center (1)
  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center (1)
  • Hahnemann University Hospital (1)
  • Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Regional Hospital (1)
  • WakeMed Cary Hospital (1)
  • University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown (1)
  • Riddle Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo (1)
  • UVA Health Prince William Medical Center (1)
  • Nassau University Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Downtown-Bakersfield (1)
  • Pennsylvania Hospital (1)
  • VCU Medical Center Main Hospital (1)
  • Cameron Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South (1)
  • Greenwich Hospital (1)
  • Union Hospital (1)
  • Marinhealth Medical Center (1)
  • Los Robles Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (1)
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital (1)
  • Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital (1)
  • Berkshire Medical Center (1)
  • Inova Loudoun Hospital (1)
  • Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Helen Hayes Hospital (1)
  • The University of Chicago Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center (1)
  • St Luke's Hospital-Carbon Campus (1)
  • University Hospital-University of Michigan (1)
  • Saint Mary's Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center (1)
  • Hillcrest Medical Center (1)
  • Timpanogos Regional Hospital (1)
  • Childrens Medical Center Plano (1)
  • Children's Hospital of Michigan (1)
  • Helen Keller Hospital (1)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital (1)
  • Saint Francis Hospital (1)
  • Cleveland Clinic (1)
  • Columbia Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Baystate Medical Center (1)
  • DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital (1)
  • Candler Hospital (1)
  • MT. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (1)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center (1)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital (1)
  • Inova Fairfax Hospital (1)
  • Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano (1)
  • Incline Village Community Hospital (1)
  • Lee Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Cincinnati Children's Burney Campus (1)
  • Driscoll Childrens Hospital (1)
  • Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center (1)
  • Paoli Hospital (1)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital (1)
  • Rhode Island Hospital (1)
  • Ridgeview Medical Center (1)
  • Riverview Medical Center (1)
  • South County Hospital (1)
  • Norwalk Hospital (1)
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital Hazleton (1)
  • Metrowest Medical Center (1)
  • Lutheran Hospital of Indiana (1)
  • Wood County Hospital (1)
  • Degraff Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (1)
  • Grand View Health (1)
  • HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (1)
  • University of MD Shore Medical Center at Easton (1)
  • Detar Hospital Navarro (1)
  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (1)
  • Lawrence General Hospital (1)
  • Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital (1)
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  • Ingalls Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital (1)
  • University of Kansas Hospital (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan (1)
  • Inspira Medical Center Woodbury (1)
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital (1)
  • BronxCare Hospital Center (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County (1)
  • Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital (1)
  • Saint Mary Medical Center (1)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (1)
  • Frederick Health Hospital (1)
  • Lincolnhealth-Miles Campus & Hospital (1)
  • WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital (1)
  • Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull (1)
  • UT Southwestern University Hospital (1)
  • Akron Children's Hospital (1)
  • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (1)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast (1)
  • Lenox Hill Hospital (1)
  • Dell Children's Medical Center (1)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Miners Campus (1)
  • Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals Siena (1)
  • Interfaith Medical Center (1)
  • Stony Brook University Hospital (1)
  • Canton-Potsdam Hospital (1)
  • Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville (1)
  • Children's Minnesota-Minneapolis (1)
  • Long Island Community Hospital (1)
  • St. Catherine of Siena Hospital (1)
  • Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca (1)
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (1)
  • MedStar Montgomery Medical Center (1)
  • Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital (1)
  • Seattle Children's Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (1)
  • ECU Health Medical Center (1)
  • South Shore Hospital (1)
  • NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn (1)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (1)
  • The Brooklyn Hospital Center (1)
  • Saint Elizabeth Community Hospital (1)
  • Childrens Medical Center of Dallas (1)
  • WellSpan Waynesboro Hospital (1)
  • Buffalo General Medical Center (1)
  • Beverly Hospital (1)
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles (1)
  • Norman Regional Healthplex (1)
  • Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital (1)
  • UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (1)
  • Mountain View Hospital (1)
  • Summerlin Hospital Medical Center (1)
  • Piedmont Newnan (1)
  • Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital (1)
  • Bassett Medical Center (1)
  • St John's Riverside Hospital (1)
  • Harper University Hospital (1)
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Affirming Care

Affirming Care
  • LGBTQ+ affirming (6)
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Frequently Asked Questions About Pediatricians in New Jersey

You can find top-rated group practices in New Jersey using our group practice search feature (link to group practice state page). Simply select your city, and we'll provide you with a list of highly-rated group practices in your area.

Many pediatricians within our network are open to new patients. To locate them, initiatate a search for pediatricians in New Jersey, and you'll see the available options. You can then use the filter option to specify pediatricians who are currently accepting new patients.

Certainly, to find pediatricians in New Jersey that accept Cigna, simply perform a search for pediatricians in New Jersey and use our filter options to refine your search by selecting 'Cigna' as your insurance provider. This will help you identify the pediatricians near you who are currently accepting Cigna insurance.

Female pediatricians in New Jersey, can be located by using our doctor search tool. After performing a search for pediatricians near you, select 'Female' under gender to narrow your results.

To make the most of your upcoming doctor's appointment, start by gathering your medical records and listing your current medications. Take note of your symptoms and any questions you have. Don't forget to bring your insurance card and identification, and try to arrive a bit early. If your doctor provided specific instructions, be sure to follow them. Consider taking a trusted friend or family member for support during the appointment, and remember to be open and honest with your doctor about any changes in your health or concerns you may have.

Seeking a second opinion is your right as a patient. To do so, begin by discussing your desire for a second opinion with your current doctor. They can often recommend another specialist. You can also research and contact a specialist directly using our doctor finder. Ensure that your medical records and test results are shared between both doctors for a comprehensive evaluation.

You may need to see a specialist if you have a specific medical condition or symptoms beyond the scope of your primary care doctor. To get a referral, start by discussing your concerns with your primary care physician. They can evaluate your condition and provide a referral if necessary. Many insurance plans require referrals for specialist visits, so be sure to check your coverage.

When selecting a healthcare provider, consider factors such as their qualifications, experience, location, and whether they accept your insurance. Additionally, ask for recommendations from friends, family, or your current doctor. It's important to choose someone you feel comfortable with and trust.

Some signs that warrant immediate medical attention include severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, severe injuries, severe allergic reactions, loss of consciousness, and signs of stroke or heart attack. If you experience any of these symptoms, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.