Contact Me
Dr. Jennifer Thomas, MD, MPH, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP
4202 W. Oakwood Park Ct., Suite 200 (42nd & Ryan Road)
Franklin, WI 53132
Phone: (414) 423-5250
Fax: (414) 423-5256
Facebook:
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Kids and
Dr. Jen 4 Kids: Breastfeeding Medicine
Twitter: @drjen4kids and @lmcbreastfeed
Email:
I have been providing email access for free for over 15 years now.
I prefer now
to connect with my patients and families over social media, including Facebook
and Twitter. Through those venues, I can answer general health questions
and we can keep the specifics of your child's health to private phone
conversations or office visits.
I have a public email but if
you are a patient, I would prefer that you sign up for
myaurora.
That communication is encrypted and a part of the medical record and is seen by
other people than me and therefore is all around better medicine. You are still able to
email me at drjen4kids@gmail.com
as long as you agree to abide by the rules outlined below.
If these rules are not followed,
your email will not be answered. Email
sent through the site is not encrypted.
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Please try calling the
office first. The nature of email really is often not conducive to the
dialogue we need to have in order to answer your questions appropriately.
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No urgent questions. I
will not be held responsible for emails sent in emergency situations.
Common sense hopefully says that email is not appropriate for emergencies.
Call the office. Someone answers the phone 24 hours a day. In case
of life-threatening emergencies, call 911
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If you have "sick kid"
questions, it's hard for me to do those justice over email. Please search the site and if you
don't find the answer, call the office. The majority of sick kids emails result
in a visit, so it's just more efficient if you call.
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For legal reasons (mostly
because I assume a HUGE risk if I answer questions on kids I've never met) you
or your child needs to be a registered member in my practice
at Aurora Health Care- Franklin, a blood relative or a
good friend. The content on this site is intended for my patients, but
anyone may enjoy it. If you send a message anyway, please realize it will
not likely get answered.
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If you don't get an answer
in a day or two, send it again. Sometimes I do answer and I'm blocked by
SPAM filters- please make sure, if you want my answer, to add me to a safe
senders list. And please realize I'm human and some days I just can't get
to email.
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Most rashes will need to be
seen at some point and it's really hard to describe them over email, so just
call the office. No rashes over email! Sending pictures of the rash is a
neat idea, but will not substitute for a visit. Please do not send
pictures.
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Please let me know how old
your child is or include their birthday. I need this not only to answer your
question, but to authenticate the email.
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Please do not request that I
call in prescriptions without seeing your child or suggest that email can
substitute for a visit. That is simply not good medical practice and I will not
honor those requests.
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Please
be nice. I'm not kidding about this. If you choose to yell at me over email, I
reserve the right not to answer.
Be kind, for everyone you meet
is fighting a hard battle__Plato
The information on this site IS MY OPINION, WELL- INFORMED AND
WELL-RESEARCHED-- BUT MY OPINION NONETHELESS. Please remember this site is no
substitute for medical evaluation!