Lumeng Amy MD

When we were pregnant with our first child, there was so many things we needed to learn.
Being educated people, we were surprised to discover there was a WHOLE lot of stuff we simply didn’t know about pregnancy, the birth process and then parenthood.
One of the things my OBGYN told me was that we needed to find a pediatrician before we gave birth so that upon birth of our baby, she/​he would be able to check our baby and be able to service the child throughout its early life. And we needed clearance from them for our child to be released from the hospital.
So my hubby and I went on a quest to find a proper and appropriate pediatrician. We consulted with my cousin who had already selected one for her children and worked for a children’s hospital, so felt her expertise and insight would help us out.
She informed us that finding a pediatrician was similar to a «job» interview. You researched, contacted, set up an interview and asked the questions that were the basics and then the more personal ones that would be important to both you and your significant other when it came to raising and caring for your child.
Lo and behold when my cousin, in passing, told me that one of our childhood classmates was a pediatrician. I immediately got her contact information and set up an appointment with her and two other pediatricians who came highly recommended.
We interviewed all three and while each were special in their own way, it was Dr. Amy Lumeng, my former classmate, who won us over.
Dr. Lumeng, or Amy, as I referred to her in our school days was still the same – highly intelligent, personable, warm and caring. Friends in school, I was quite impressed and proud to see how much she accomplished. I always knew she’d do well and wasn’t surprised to discover she became a doctor.
She has helped raise our first born for the past 5 years and our newest arrival for the past 10 months and as always, she is informative, has an awesome bedside manner and just really knows her stuff – as a parent no question is unusual or too strange for her. She is able to respond and answer professionally and with the comfort that we as parents seek.
We are able to talk story and share advice, get information and simply just learn about what is important in being a parent and raising children.
And the best part is that both of our children can stay with her for their entire life as she is not just a pediatrician but she also practices Internal Medicine so she will understand and know them and their health history for their entire lives, something highly important in a physician.