NEXT DOOR PEDIATRICS

Next Door Pediatrics is a full-service pediatric clinic operated by Children’s Hospital and Health Systems. The clinic is located on-site at the Next Door Foundation. As a community clinic, Next Door Pediatrics serves not only the children at Next Door Foundation, but also children from the surrounding area. The clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The clinic provides 24-hour advice for after hours emergencies and the physicians also take care of their patients hospitalized at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

 Dr. Patricia Safavi is board certified in Pediatrics and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She received her medical degree in 1985 from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. Dr. Safavi joined Next Door Pediatrics in 1999. Prior to coming to Next Door, she worked at a community health center in Milwaukee. Dr. Safavi provides care starting with the newborn period and continues to see children through high school graduation. She sees children for well child visits, sports physicals, sick visits, and chronic illness care. She is accepting new patients.

Dr. Ishrat Siddique is board certified in Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as a member of the Academic Pediatric Association. She completed an academic fellowship in General Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin in June 2009 and holds a Masters degree in Epidemiology. She joined the Next Door Pediatrics office on July 27, 2009. Dr. Siddique also sees children for the full range of pediatric services from birth through high school graduation. Dr. Siddique has a special interest in patient education, preventive pediatrics, and child development. She is accepting new patients.

Established at Next Door Foundation in 1998, Next Door Pediatrics completed a renovation in 2007, which doubled both the physical size of the clinic and patient capacity.

Next Door Pediatrics is a valuable community asset that provides excellent medical care for its patients and is continuously working hard to improve the health of the children in our community.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call (414)264-5338. You may also visit the Next Door Pediatrics website.

LIFETIME LEARNERS

The Lifetime Learners program aims to bring higher education, practical job skills and hope to working adults.

Founded in 2000, the Lifetime Learners program is an on-site partnership that allows working adults to earn associate's degrees in business through Cardinal Stritch University’s College of Business.

Students in the program take classes two nights a week. Free on-site child care is available. 

For more information, call Lifetime Learners at 414/562-4001 or visit the Lifetime Learners website.

CHIMC - Children’s Health in Metcalfe Park and Concordia

CHIMC is a community-based research project in partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin and Neighborhood House.  This collaborative project aims to identify and address the main health care issues in Milwaukee’s Metcalfe Park and Concordia neighborhoods.

CHIMC Vision:      All children in Metcalfe Park and Concordia communities will be healthy in mind, body, and spirit.

CHIMC Mission:   To transform and empower our communities through knowledge, resources, and shared learning.

CHIMC Goal:         To establish and address, through community input, the main health concern for neighborhood children, ages birth to 18.  During this process, CHIMC hopes to create a successful model of Commuity Based Participatory Research (CBPR).

For more information, contact CHIMC at 414/562-2929, ext 202.

MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROJECT (MDEP) 

The Medical College of Wisconsin focuses on excellence in creating new approaches toward patient care and developing effective educational programs for its students, residents, fellows and faculty.  Faculty and residents participate in all aspects of advancing knowledge to benefit children.  MDEP seeks to provide training for residents about addressing health disparities of underserved children in medical practice.