From Dr. B

Eugene Pediatrics is excited to add a fantastic new member to our integrated team of primary care providers and behavioral specialists — Jordan Burbee, our new case manager. Welcome, Jordan!

Every day I am aware I am not doing enough for all of you. I want to see every one of your beautiful children every time they need me, and I work tirelessly to try and do so. I come early, stay late, work kids in, work on my “days off,” and do rounds early and late in the hospital. And yet, I still fall short.

Saturday, I volunteered to sit in a boardroom on a sunny day with 30 other people from various professions talking about the crisis we face in our community: inadequate access to good-quality primary care for adults in our area.

Headaches are pervasive among kids at Eugene Pediatrics, and I believe they're indicative of poor posture. Technology devices encourage slouching, a big risk factor for headaches.

Graduation and party season is upon us, so consider the following facts about teens and alcohol.

I was sitting in my car at a red light recently, when a driver moving through the intersection rolled his window down and screamed an obscenity at a rumpled man holding a cardboard sign: “Get a job, you — !”