About Gwinnett Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Gwinnett Pediatrics is the oldest established pediatric practice in Gwinnett County.
Dr. Hal Herd founded Gwinnett Pediatrics as a solo practitioner in a small office on Old Peachtree Street in downtown Duluth, Georgia in July 1974 (See picture below). He was the first pediatrician to have a full time practice in Gwinnett County. In 1975 he moved his office adjacent to the Joan Glancy Hospital in Duluth and in that hospital he developed an intermediate care level nursery and a pediatric inpatient service. In 1980 Dr. John Pitts joined the practice and thereafter new pediatricians were added with regularity as the practice grew.
Currently there are 14 pediatricians and 3 nurse practitioners delivering medical care in three pediatric offices (Duluth, Lawrenceville and Hamilton Mill) and one adolescent-only office in Lawrenceville (adjacent to the Lawrenceville office). All offices function with one integrated phone system and one integrated computer network maintaining electronic medical records (since 1997). In January 2009 our Hamilton Mill office moved and expanded to meet the growing needs of the community.
We at Gwinnett Pediatrics have treasured our role in the growth of outpatient pediatric care in Gwinnett County and also inpatient and nursery care at Joan Glancy Hospital in the past and currently at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville. We have particularly enjoyed watching many of our patients grow up and now bring their children to us for care.
We welcome you to our website. You may take advantage of all the information available on the website as well as links to other websites. Our hope is that after visiting our website you will be interested enough to become a regular patient and give us a chance to fulfill your child’s healthcare needs.