Dr. Ochs, her husband Tyler, and daughters Haynes and Caroline. really get to know the families and how best to help them and it’ s fun to see them. I still miss the hospital at times, but I love the practice, all the partners get along well, and we all practice pretty much the same. It’ s a great group.”
As a general pediatrician in a practice with eight physicians, there is never a dull – or quiet – moment in their office. From school sports physicals, to well-child visits, to super sick kids, they do it all. One thing they’ ve seen a lot more of lately is patients dealing with mental health issues. While Dr. Ochs agreed that it’ s great there’ s increased awareness of mental health in children, it does require physicians to have another tool in their belt.
“ We’ re seeing a lot of anxiety, depression and ADHD because child psychiatrists are hard to find or get into right now. That has been my biggest surprise, the amount of psych stuff we do. We just want to be able to provide the best care for our patients no matter what they may have going on.”
Meeting those patients where they are and providing comprehensive care is a personal passion for Dr. Ochs. The continuity of care is what drew her to general pediatrics in the first place.“ You get to watch them grow and learn, and you get to know the parents and see them grow and learn as well. It’ s a lot of fun to see them grow up, but it makes me sad to see the teenagers at their last check-up. Building those relationships is what I love.”
Those patient relationships are her favorite part of her work, but her excellent partners are what make it easy to come to work.
“ I’ ve got really good partners that I don’ t want to let down. Because we’ re private practice, what I do really impacts them. And because we’ re not part of a big network, we can arrange our schedule to best fit our patients’ needs. If I need an hour to sit with a patient, I can do that. If I need to see someone at a certain time on a certain day, I can do that. I love the autonomy and being able to count on my partners for help. Also being in private practice, we’ re all equal partners in the business, that makes you more likely to want to do your best. That’ s a big thing that keeps me going.”
On top of that, she also has two daughters, Caroline, 8, and Haynes, 7, who are her inspiration for what she does every day.“ I like them knowing that their mom can work and have a career and still be who she is and be a mom. I think it’ s important to show them that even when you don’ t feel like doing it, you’ ve got to keep going and keep working hard.”
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