Dr. Golenbock

I have always wanted to be a pediatrician. I joked that I knew my calling by age 6, when my mother told me I was going to be a doctor. But the truth is that I never wavered. In 1972 at the age of 23 I was a pediatric intern at Mt. Sinai Hospital after graduating from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I stayed at Mt. Sinai for two years. Then I was asked to be Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Kings County in Brooklyn. After doing research and private practice in NYC for two years I found myself in a small office in Bethel in 1977. Dr. Magner joined me a few years later and then Dr. Machado. Eventually we all became Center for Pediatric Medicine. More than fifty years later I can say I loved being a pediatrician. I still miss having talks with children and their parents.

‌But I am enjoying retirement. Now my world centers around singing (Check out madhatterchorus.org), travelling, skiing, and trying to get more exercise. I get my wood in large pieces and split it by hand until I can stack it. I continue to read medical journals and keep up with what's new. I write a monthly article for CPM that's featured in Tribuna, a local trilingual newspaper. And after a hiatus because of the pandemic, I joined Hand Help (handhelp.org) once again this year in Peru to provide expert hand surgery at no cost to local children.

‌I am still thrilled when I see someone who remembers taking their children to me when they were little! I am grateful that I had such wonderful opportunities for so long!

We are open Nights, Weekends & Holidays - Offering Care 362 Days a Year!

After Hours

Center for Pediatric Medicine is here for your pediatric needs 24.7, 365 days a year! We understand that your child may get sick outside of CPM’s normal office hours.

How does after-hours work:

  • Monday – Thursday: our offices will close at 9:00 pm. We then re-open at 8:30 am Friday.
  • Friday- our offices will close at 6:00 pm. We then re-open at 8:30 am Saturday.
  • Saturday- our office will close at 2:00 pm. We then re-open at 8:30 am Sunday.
  • Sunday- our office will close at 1:00 pm. We then re-open at 8:30 am Monday.

During the hours we are closed we are readily available to assist you with any urgent clinical concerns you may have.

You can call any of our office locations or 203-790-0822. You will be promoted with an after-hours message. If you select option 1 you will be connected with CPM’S after-hours answering service team. The after-hours team will gather all of your child’s information (Patient's first and last name, best contact number, and health care concern). This message will be sent to “Rainbow Babies” an experienced triage service that CPM uses to assist us with clinical after-hours calls. A trained triage nurse will call the patient back and provide the recommended clinical advice. If the triage nurse needs more assistance they will reach out to one of CPM’s on-call providers for the night. CPM’s on-call provider will call the patient directly and continue to evaluate your child over the phone. All phone call encounters are followed up with a call the next day from CPM’s triage department.

If it is a life-threatening emergency please call 911.

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