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Unifour Pediatrics
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Unifour Pediatrics is a physician-owned primary care practice established to provide quality, comprehensive healthcare services to infants, children, adolescents and college-age youth.

Scheduling Appointments: Telephone: 328-1118 during office hours.

Accepting Records Transfers: Download a Transfer Form:

Office Tours available for expecting parents - meet our providers.

Hiring Additional Staff: Accepting Employment Applications

Questions about the Practice? We will be glad to answer them.
- CALL (828) 328-1118 (Susan Huffman, manager) or (FAX) 328-1119.

Dr. Millsaps has continuously practiced primary care pediatrics in the Unifour area for the past 29 years and maintains full admitting privileges at both Catawba Valley Medical Center and Frye Regional Medical Center. This new pediatric office (opened in 2005) is designed to provide personal, comprehensive services, promote innovative approaches toward patient care, and allow more time for detailed coordinated management in complex clinical cases. In addition to Dr. Millsaps, we have now added five more clinicians, carefully selected, all of whom share the common vision. Dr. Lynn B. Spees joined us in 2007, and Dr. Brooke Lawrence Hata joined us in January 2009. Katie L. Golay CPNP joined us August 2009 as a certified pediatric nurse practitioner. This represents over 90 years of combined clinical experience in pediatrics. A licensed dietitian/nutritionist, Elizabeth Sheeks LDN, joined the staff in January 2009. She primarily sees medically fragile infants and toddlers. An additional dietitian, Melissa Smith, RD joined us in March 2009, to manage our overweight, healthy lifestyles, and metabolic syndrome program. We will soon be adding additional psychology support within the office. We encourage you to read our Guiding Principles to gain an insight into the importance we place on excellence in service, patient education, and continuity of medical care. Print out this PDF document for Helpful Information on Telephone Calls and Office Visits, Day-time and After-hours.

Consistent Availability: including weekend and holiday coverage.
   - limited need for use of crowded hospital ER & urgent care facilities.
   - extensive after-hours coverage via telephone & via WE/holiday urgent
     care (sick children can usually be seen in the office 364 days/yr).

Clinicians:
   - Our Board Certified Pediatricians:
   - David M. Millsaps, MD FAAP (lead pediatrician of Unifour Pediatrics),
   - Lynn B. Spees, MD FAAP, and
   - Brooke Lawrence Hata, MD FAAP
   - Our Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioners:
      - Sommer C. Clark, MSN CPNP, Melissa McKenzie MS CPNP,
       and "Katie" L. Golay, MSN CPNP and Amy Ravenscraft CPNP.
   - Our Certified Lactation Consultant:
        Holly Risch, RN IBCLC RLC.
   - Our Registered Dietitians/Nutritionists:
        Elizabeth Sheeks MS RD LDN (working primarily with the medically
        fragile.- and Melissa Smith RD (working with healthy lifestyles,
        overweight, diabetes prevention, etc.)

Separate "Well-Care" Areas: We have a separate level of the office for
    well children ONLY under 5 years age (and for immuno-compromised
    children) with a separate entrance, waiting rooms, exam rooms and
    staff. Those 5 years and above are seen in the upper level, with separate
    waiting and exam rooms for sick and well.

Office Hours: 8-5 M-F for regular day-time office visits.

After-hours urgent care - call first: weekends/holidays AMs.
- for urgent problems call at 8AM WEs/holidays or before 4:00PM WDs.

After-hours access by phone: with redundant back-up coverage.
   - by Dr. Millsaps, Dr. Spees, Dr Hata, Sommer Clark CPNP,
      Melissa McKenzie CPNP, and Kathryn "Katie" L. Golay CPNP
        and Amy Ravenscraft CPNP

Frye and Catawba hospitals: full admitting privileges at both.
- Dr. Millsaps, Dr Hata, and Dr. Spees (nursery), and, for pediatric
hospital admissions, utilizing pediatric hospitalists/neonatologists.

In-house laboratory: we perform 90+% of tests within the office.
- Most tests results are available before you leave the office.

Great Location: across from Catawba Valley Medical Center .

Competent caring office staff: our office, staff, and Drs. David Millsaps,
Dr. Brooke Lawrence Hata and Dr. Lynn Spees.

Coordinated care: with hospitals, our hospital team, & specialists.

Education & preventative care strongly emphasized - stay well!

Web-Site: with extensive educational materials and helpful links.