Shawn K. Centers, D.O.
Osteopathic Center for Children
4135 54th Place
San Diego, CA 92105
Telephone: 619-583-7611
Fax: 619-583-0296
Email: shawn@drshawn.org
Website: www.drshawn.org / www.osteopathiccenter.org
Specialties: Pediatics, Osteopathic Manipulation
1. What are the primary medical specialties in which you were originally trained (e.g., pediatrics, family medicine)?
Board Certified in Pediatrics, Founding Diplomate American Board of Holistic Medicine, Clinical and Teaching Fellow in Osteopathic Principles & Practice, Chief Resident in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of New Jersey, Fellow Amer. College Pediatrics
2. Approximately how many individuals with autism have you treated, and what is the age range?
1,000
3. Do you usually have a waiting list?
Yes
4. On the average, how long do you spend face-to-face with a new patient for an initial consultation?
90 - 120 minutes
5. After the first consultation, what is the average length of an appointment?
30 - 60 minutes
6. Are your patients advised to use special diets such as GF/CF, SCD, low-oxalate, etc.?
Yes, as indicated
7. Can you collaborate with other specialists we will be dealing with (e.g., gastroenterologists)?
Yes, when appropriate
8. Are you willing to collaborate on treatment and testing with a child’s pediatrician if he/she is receptive?
Yes
9. Do you or anyone in your office speak languages other than English?
Yes, Spanish
10. Are you willing to offer phone consultations for distant patients?
Only in patients who have been examined in our office initially
11. Do you provide any form of after-hours support?
Yes
12. Do you sell proprietary nutritional supplements or have a sales agreement with supplement suppliers? Do you sell supplements at list price or less?
Supplements are available at list price or less
13. Do you take insurance? If not, do you provide organized, coded insurance forms?
We do not bill insurances, however, patients are provided with a coded form.
14. Do you bill for laboratory tests done by commercial laboratories? How do you break down the fees?
No. We do use Doctors Data and the Great Plains Laboratory and this is handled by the patient.
15. Is there a reason you might not bill for an office visit?
Yes, the O.C.C. is a 501(c) 3 non-profit and has specific criteria approved by its Board of Directors.
If there is a discrepency between the responses listed above and the practitioner's actual practice, please write to us at: ARI, 4182 Adams Ave., San Diego, CA 92116; or fax: (619) 563-6840