Denise Punger MD IBCLC
3/7/2023 - We are on hold for accepting patients .
The office has received enough new patient requests. Respectfully hold off on sending your new patient email until next update. We would really like to catch up.
If you are pregnant, we appreciate hearing from you as soon as you decide our practice is right for you, as our monthly quotas fill up fast. Let us know your due date, phone number, insurance, who referred you, location and your commitment to your health. Dr. Punger wrote a book for you, especially young mothers to help with birth plans and breastfeeding. Dr Punger sees BOTH mother and newborn together for optimal outcomes. Permission to Mother is now required reading if you have children under two or are pregnant (with rare emergent exceptions). Note the insurances we accept. Serious inquiries only. Let us know you came via the website.
**When appointments open again, please send an email to the gmail, below, during business hours. Let us know that you came via the website. Include your name, how many want to establish in your family, where you live, and a phone number. We would like to know who referred you and a short bit about your commitment to your health. If your request is for a few months down the road, let us know that. (If you reached out months or years before, you may send a new email. ) Dr Punger reviews the email requests. Convince her why you should be in the practice. If there is no phone number, you are hard to reach, just looking for any physician, or you send multiple emails, she deletes your request. Note the insurance plans we currently take. Serious inquiries only.
Many of you don't send a phone number. We have learned that its hard to find you if we have cancellations.
Note:
We are on BCBS, *but not blue select and my blue.
We are on Aetna, UHC, PHCS, and maybe a few small insurances.
We are on Medicare, but not replacement HMOs.
Check with your Tricare. Many of our patients use cost sharing plans.
We do not take any form of Medicaid. No Cigna, No Humana
Private pay and cost sharing **
Mothers and newborns (baby's first office visit) are seen together. This is an office visit for each.
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Dr Punger is a family physician who has very specialized interests and skills.
Although she continues to do "regular" family medicine including:
- school physicals
- routine checks
- treats common infections
- treats the entire family
A large part of her practice including new patients seek her out because of her:
- unique gift and love for breastfeeding medicine (mothers & newborns seen together)
- minimally-invasive well-baby care
- appreciation for birth plans and attachment-parenting philosophy
Also...
- She supports prevention through nutrition
- respects food sensitivities
- understands how hormone balance influence mood and overall
well-being in the adult - She's been prescribing bio-identicals over 20 years
- She will empower you with Natural Solution options & Essential Oils
- She has twenty-six years of experience evaluating newborns with tongue-tie and performing frenotomy in the office to protect the nursing relationship
She is the author of Permission to Mother which is now available in the office and on Amazon.
“A NEW BABY IS LIKE THE BEGINNING OF ALL THINGS—WONDER, HOPE, A DREAM OF POSSIBILITIES.” - EDA LESHA
