Hampton Village Pediatrics: Whitson Melissa DO of Webster Groves

Hampton Village Pediatrics: Whitson Melissa DO of Webster Groves is a pediatrician in Webster Groves, MO, located at 16 Hampton Village Plaza. The practice is owned by Dr. Whitson, a board certified pediatrician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics who has been in private practice pediatrics for 16 years. Dr. Whitson earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas in Austin and her medical degree from The University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. She completed a three-year residency at Greenville Memorial Children's Medical Center in Greenville, SC, and was later selected by Greenville Memorial Children's Hospital, along with three other pediatricians, to start the first all-female pediatric practice in Greenville. In 2002 she relocated to rural Kentucky, where she spent the first two of six years as one of only two pediatricians in the area.

Hampton Village Pediatrics describes itself as a family-centered medical home, an approach to providing comprehensive primary care in which the pediatric care team works in partnership with a child and the child's family to meet medical and non-medical needs. Through that partnership, the team helps families access, coordinate, and understand specialty care, educational services, out-of-home care, family support, and other public and private community services important to a child's overall health. The practice serves children from every socioeconomic status and from various countries, and provides a safe and welcoming practice for families regardless of sexual orientation, race, or religion. It offers COVID-19 vaccine information for children ages 5 to 11, including a fact sheet and consent form.

The practice holds a rating of 4.60 based on customer reviews.