Children’s Health Center

The Children’s Health Center provides a warm and caring environment for the treatment of children from birth to age 21 right at the main hospital in Downtown Brooklyn. This site is a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home, a prestigious recognition earned by demonstrating delivery of excellent primary care within a team-based environment with a commitment to performance improvement and integrating evidence-based medicine into the electronic health record.

At our center, we promise to:

• Care for your child with respect, kindness and sensitivity to your religious and cultural beliefs.
• Provide education, counseling and self-management options to support you.
• Include you in decisions about your child’s healthcare and help you decide what care is best for your child.
• Take responsibility for coordinating care with other health professionals.
• Provide you and your child with same-day appointments whenever possible.

Services

• Comprehensive pediatric care (sick and urgent care, physical exams for school and sports, well child care, vaccinations)
• Adolescent medicine
• Hematology/oncology
• Infectious diseases
• Pulmonology
• Social work services
• Surgery

TBHC provides the full spectrum of adolescent services, promoting private and confidential care for teens and young adults 13 to 25 years old in an anxiety-free environment so patients can discuss heath issues frankly and honestly. Adolescent services include:

• Exams for school, college, camp or sports
• Clearance for work * STD testing and on-site treatment
• Pregnancy tests
• On-site “morning after pill” or Plan B
• Birth control and other family planning
• Healthy eating and active lifestyle counseling
• Management for eating disorders
• Behavioral problems
• Mental health support
• Substance use and abuse

Hours
Monday, Wednesday: 9 am to 6 pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 9 am to 5 pm
Appointments preferred.

Payment
We accept Empire, HealthFirst, Medicaid and most insurances. We provide financial assistance.

Medical Director: Vipul Kothari, MD

Languages Spoken: English and Spanish. Free interpreter services available for many different languages.