![]() ![]() Clear communication between the physicians and parents is important.”Ī thorough head-to-toe examination of patients also helps to ensure she doesn’t miss anything, Dr. “Parents need a lot of reassurance and explaining what’s going on with their child. “I try to explain to patients and their parents what’s going on in a language they understand,” Dr. Koduri said she enjoys working with immensely. That unique triad between the patients, parents and doctor is a unique dynamic that Dr. Koduri also must communicate important health care details to the parents of her patients. “Interaction before examination helps make them comfortable.”īecause many of her patients are small children, Dr. “My patients are small children, so I come to their level,” Dr. Koduri, who has been practicing in Gillette for more than two years. My kids really like her.”īuilding that strong connection with patients is important to Dr. “I like that she’s very professional and describes everything in detail,” Melissa said. Koduri’s professionalism and knowledge, along with her ability to connect with children, Melissa said she’s thankful her children have great care. Koduri’s care, but her daughter’s as well. Since his diagnosis, Melissa has moved not only Jonah to Dr. ![]() Koduri has been Jonah’s pediatrician ever since then. “She saw him the day we got back from Denver,” and Dr. “It could have been a bad deal for him,” Melissa said. Koduri was able to properly diagnose Jonah, he was able to have surgery at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver to correct the problem. Untreated, it can cause blindness and developmental delays. Koduri ordered a number of tests and Jonah was ultimately diagnosed with craniosynostosis, a birth defect that causes a baby’s skull to close prematurely before the brain is fully formed. It was frustrating because we had pointed out the issue to other doctors.”Īfter examining Jonah’s head, Dr. “The first thing she noticed was there was a problem with his head,” Melissa said. Koduri noticed that Jonah’s head was developing abnormally. She needed to schedule a follow-up appointment and when she couldn’t get into her son’s regular pediatrician, so she scheduled one with Dr. Melissa had taken Jonah to CCMG’s Walk-in Clinic in May 2015 for what turned out to be RSV, a respiratory virus that can be serious in young children. Vijaya Koduri, that her son’s serious condition was diagnosed. Though she voiced her concern with her pediatrician, it wasn’t until an appointment with a different pediatrician, Campbell County Medical Group Pediatrics’ Dr. Melissa Birk thought her infant son’s head didn’t look quite right. ![]()
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