“I think it’s a good idea to meet your pediatrician even before your newborn comes. Perhaps around month seven or eight of your pregnancy, you should schedule a prenatal consultation with your pediatrician. Here at the Brooklyn Heights office of Mount Sinai Doctors, we have free monthly pediatric prenatal consultations. It’s a chance to get to know your doctor and, perhaps, what to expect those first couple of days in the hospital. We’ll go over growth and development, anticipatory guidance, accident prevention, as well as, supporting you through those first couple of days in the hospital. Avoiding too much weight loss, making sure we don’t get too jaundice, and just setting up a schedule of what to do if your newborn gets sick, how to get in touch with us. We always schedule same day sick visits and have newborn slots specifically for newborns that first visit on day of life three, four, or five.”
Hugh Gilgoff, MD is a board-certified pediatrician at Mount Sinai Doctors Brooklyn Heights. He has a particular interest in newborn care, asthma, and development issues, incorporating teachings from both Eastern and Western medicine. He is a contributing author on the parenting blog, A Child Grows in Brooklyn, and is very active in the local community, speaking at PS 29, the Dodge YMCA, and several child-birth classes. Dr. Gilgoff is fluent in Spanish. He offers free prenatal consultations every month. Mount Sinai Doctors Brooklyn Heights is a two-floor practice with a walk-in urgent care center and more than 35 specialties. Located at 300 Cadman Plaza West, the practice is situated on the 17th and 18th floors.