Author: Melissa King DO

  • Melissa King DO

    Melissa D King, DO is a part-time general pediatrician at the Children’s Health Clinic at Dayton Children’s. In addition to seeing her own patients at CHC she is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics through Wright State University and works as a preceptor for the pediatric residents and medical students. Dr. King can also be found at the Cassano Health Clinic working with the Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton as a general pediatrician one day a week and intermittently as a pediatrician at the Dayton Children’s Urgent Care of Springboro. Most importantly Dr. King along with her husband Jeff are the proud parents of a toddler girl Audrey and an infant boy Ethan.
Melissa King DO
Permalink| Comments (0)| January 13, 2012

How Dr. Mom fights the cough

Cough, cough, cough. The cough has arrived at our house. Audrey started with a runny nose for a few days and then the cough … and the fevers. It is just heartbreaking to see her be restless and uncomfortable and … Continue reading →

Category Dr. Mom SymptomsCough Ages
Melissa King DO
Permalink| Comments (0)| January 6, 2012

Holiday tradition failure

Over the holidays I wanted to start a new tradition. In light of my brother passing last year I long to do more with his children. The 2 youngest are 7 and 4 years of age. Audrey simply LOVES her … Continue reading →

Category Dr. Mom Ages
Melissa King DO
Permalink| Comments (1)| December 30, 2011

Arsenic in juice?

I had an interesting question from a patient’s mother the other day in clinic. She had read a recent article in the Dayton Daily News regarding arsenic in different juices. She was asking me about the need to test her … Continue reading →

Category Dr. Mom Ages
Melissa King DO
Permalink| Comments (0)| December 20, 2011

Yay! No cavities!

We had a dentist appointment today. Audrey’s second visit, and her first cleaning. I was kind of dreading the visit when she woke up saying, “No mommy, I don’t want to go to dentist, I don’t want them to look … Continue reading →

Category Dr. Mom Ages

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