Raleigh Pediatric Associates, P.A., is a full service medical practice providing care of children from birth to age twenty-one years.  It was founded as a partnership in 1972 by William C. Hubbard, M.D., who was then joined by Wallace D. Brown, M.D., and Jerry C. Bernstein, M.D., when the practice was located on Old Wake Forest Road.  In 1978 the practice moved to Professional Court and was incorporated as a professional association.  In September 2004 the practice moved to its current location of 1921 Falls Valley Drive.

The practice has always had a philosophy of encouraging parents to be independent and self-reliant and yet be available to them when their needs arose.  Raleigh Pediatrics was the first pediatric office to offer week-end office hours for sick children, and the first to have a night clinic.  Other innovative services have included orientation classes, early services for nursing mothers, lactation nurse, asthma educator, and psychological counseling.  In 2003 a support group for International Adoptions was begun.

The practice has grown from the original three physicians to include fifteen physicians.  Raleigh Pediatrics is involved with continuing education by serving as members of the Department of Pediatrics at the UNC School of Medicine, and has as a priority their teaching of current medical students, interns, and residents while at their WakeMed rotation.

An emphasis is placed on preventive care and supportive services for children and their families.  As such, the nurses at Raleigh Pediatrics play a vital role in serving as resources to families for questions that they have, and are available by telephone to afford them that opportunity rather than having them come into the office.  Consultation appointments are available with our physicians to discuss in-depth problems or concerns that families have.

In 1990 the practice expanded by having a satellite office open in Garner, North Carolina, where services are provided five days a week, with week-end hours being offered only at the Raleigh office.  Patients are free to travel between both offices, and the doctors rotate between those facilities as well.

In order to afford consistency in the care of our patients at hospitals, one physician is slated to round at Rex and WakeMed for a week at a time.  That physician will see newborn babies as well as hospitalized patients.  Their duties in their respective office begin later on during the day.  Patients requiring admission to the hospital are under the care of the Pediatric Hospitalist at WakeMed, our hospital of choice.  One of our doctors follows their progress and coordinates their out patient program.

The year 2000 saw RPA initiate electronic medical records technology to better care for our patients’ histories, medications, immunizations and treatments.  This has afforded our physicians up to the minute information about their patients no matter which facility they are being followed at.  This system will soon integrate with an office management component so that billing for services will become a seamless part of our operation.

Raleigh Pediatric Associates is proud of its commitment to care for the child and its family on an on-going basis with facilities and resources adequate to meet everyone’s needs.  We participate in most insurance plans and are the county’s largest private practice provider of Medicaid services.