Piedmont Pediatrics of Lake Norman

Our Approach

At Piedmont Pediatrics of Lake Norman, we strive to build long-term partnering relationships based on trust and mutual respect. Dr. Malloney believes in the prevention of disease and the promotion of a healthy life-style for children from birth to 18 years old.

We practice medicine as a team and value the contributions of all our staff and parents in delivering excellent medical care and service. We believe in the ethical practice of medicine, providing guidance, referrals and leadership for a holistic view of each child’s comprehensive health.

Our Office

  • Board Certified American Academy of Pediatrics

    Stephen Malloney, DO

  • Located in Mooresville

Well & Sick Child Visits
Physicals
Mental & Behavioral Health
Immunizations

Meet Our Team

Our Location

Piedmont Pediatrics of Lake Norman
134 Medical Park Road, Suite 100
Mooresville, NC 28117

704-662-0106 Phone
980-829-0636 Fax

Office Hours

Monday- Friday: 8 am – 5 pm
Closed from 12 pm – 1:30 pm. 

Our Services

Well Child Exams From Newborns to Age 18

Well-child exams are essential checkups that monitor a child’s growth and development from infancy through adolescence. At each visit, our pediatricians assess physical, emotional, and developmental milestones, provide important vaccinations, and offer guidance on nutrition, safety, and overall wellness. These routine exams help detect potential health concerns early and ensure your child stays on track for a healthy future. We partner with parents to provide compassionate, personalized care for children from newborns to age 18.

Sick Child Visits

As a parent, you do everything you can to keep your child healthy. When they are sick or injured, your priority is to get them the care they need right away. We understand that because it is our priority too. Our medical staff is available by phone to help you assess how urgent the need is and will do our very best to get them seen on the same day. Unlike a wellness visit, a sick child visit is reserved for acute problems or complaints, such as an earache, a sore throat, a fever, or vomiting and diarrhea. Our goal is to get them feeling better as soon as possible. We encourage you to contact us if you have questions about whether your child may need medical care. Of course, if your child has a medical emergency (such as seizures, shock, respiratory distress) or a traumatic injury (such as a motor vehicle or bicycle crash, poisoning, drowning), please call 911 immediately.

In-Office Services:

  • Laboratory tests such as rapid strep and flu
  • Breathing treatments.

School, Sports and Camp Physicals

We provide more than just school, camp, or sports physicals. You have the flexibility to have these physicals done during your child’s annual well-check visit. Alternatively, if your child had a well-check within the past year, you can drop off the required forms, and we will complete them based on the information from that recent visit. This way, we aim to make the process more convenient for you while ensuring all necessary assessments are taken care of.

Management of Chronic Pediatric Illnesses

A chronic childhood illness can be defined as a medical condition that is long-term or permanent and is rarely completely curable. A child with chronic illness may be ill or well at any given time, but always living with the condition.
Examples of chronic childhood illness include: asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, Crohn’s disease and cystic fibrosis.Chronic childhood illnesses may affect a child’s lifestyle, and parents must be prepared to deal with such health needs on a daily basis, often requiring regular medical treatment or hospital stays. With regular medical care, the illness can frequently be routinely managed. Most children can function well and live relatively normal lives. Our medical staff is prepared to help your family cope with the situation and can provide helpful resources for your situation.

Our Services

Behavioral Issues

  • Every child faces emotional difficulties from time to time, as do adults. Feelings of sadness or loss and emotional extremes are part of growing up. Conflicts between parents and children are also inevitable from time to time. And some may have temporary behavior problems due to stress. For example, the birth of a sibling, a divorce, or a death in the family may cause a child to act out. Behavior disorders are more serious. They involve a pattern of hostile, aggressive, or disruptive behaviors for more than 6 months. This kind of behavior is not appropriate for the child’s age.Warning signs can include:
  • Harming or threatening themselves, other people or pets
  • Damaging or destroying property
  • Lying or stealing
  • Not doing well in school, skipping school
  • Early smoking, drinking or drug use
  • Early sexual activity
  • Frequent tantrums and arguments
  • The realization that a child’s behavior needs professional attention can be painful or frightening to parents who have tried to support their child, or it may be accepted and internalized as a personal failure.If you see signs of a problem, ask for help. Poor choices can become habits. Children who have behavior problems are at higher risk for school failure, mental health problems and even suicide. Classes or family therapy may help parents learn to set and enforce limits. Talk therapy and behavior therapy for your child can also help. While there is no substitute for parental knowledge, there are many resources available to guide families and determine whether to seek an evaluation. Our medical staff is here to support you with that information.

ADD/ADHD Evaluation and Treatment:

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a problem of not being able to focus, being overactive, not being able control behavior, or a combination. A diagnosis requires these traits to be out of the normal range for the child’s age and development. ADHD usually begins in childhood, but may continue into the adult years. It is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder in children, and ADHD is diagnosed much more often in boys than in girls.It is not clear what causes ADHD. A combination of genes and environmental factors likely plays a role in the development of the condition. Imaging studies suggest that the brains of children with ADHD are different from those of children without ADHD. Some children with ADHD have mainly inattentive symptoms and others mainly hyperactive and impulsive symptoms. Still others have a combination of different symptom types. Those with mostly inattentive symptoms are sometimes said to have attention deficit disorder (ADD). They tend to be less disruptive and are more likely not to be diagnosed with ADHD.Treating ADHD effectively is a partnership between your health care provider, you and your child. For school age children, teachers are often involved. Medicine combined with behavioral treatment often works best. There are several different ADHD medicines that may be used alone or in combination. Our staff can help you determine which medicine is right based on your child’s symptoms and needs.

Immunizations

Vaccine Policy:

We believe that vaccines are an important part of both public health and the health of our patients. Thus, Dr. Malloney and Shareeza Kamal require our patients to be vaccinated according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control guidelines. We typically defer or do not give vaccines to children only when a medical condition deems appropriate. For information about these vaccines and the diseases they protect against, please visit http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/immunizations.cfm.

For detailed informational sheets published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) please visit www.cdc.gov/vaccines.

Piedmont Pediatrics of Lake Norman Recommended Immunization Schedule:

At 2 months of age: Pentacel, Hep B, Prevnar 20 and Rotateq
At 4 months of age: Pentacel, Prevnar 20 and Rotateq
At 6 months of age: Pentacel, Hep B, Prevnar 20 and Rotateq
At 12 months of age: MMR, Varicella and Hep A
At 15 months of age: Pentacel and Prevnar 20
At 18 months of age: Hep A
At 4 or 5 years old: Quadracel and Proquad
At 11 years of age: Tdap, HPV and Meningococcal
At 16 years of age: Meningococca

M-M-R® II
(Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live)

ProQuad®
Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella Virus Vaccine Live Lyophilized Preparation for Subcutaneous Injection

Pentacel
(Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed, Inactivated Poliovirus and Haemophilus b Conjugate (Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate) Vaccine

Quadracel
(Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed and Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine)