Appledore Family Medicine and Pediatrics – Portsmouth

At Appledore Family Medicine and Pediatrics in Portsmouth, we provide care to all ages, including newborns, children, teens, and adults, including the elderly. We offer patients a wide range of primary care services, including newborn care, children’s checkups, immunizations, adult physicals, treating new and acute injuries and illnesses, and chronic disease management.

We are also an academic medicine clinic as part of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Family Medicine Residency Program at Portsmouth Regional Hospital/Tufts University. This means our practice includes resident physicians as part of our team who are training to be the next generation of physician leaders. Our attending board-certified family medicine physicians featured in the ‘Meet our Providers” section above fully supervised residents. Learn more about resident physicians and our clinics that are training sites as part of Portsmouth Regional Hospital/Tufts University GME program.

Our clinic accepts most commercial and private insurance plans, Medicare, and Medicaid. Discounts are offered to uninsured patients.

Our clinic is open for seeing patients Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm. Our phone hours are 8:30am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 4:00pm.

For more information or to schedule a family medicine or pediatric patient appointment at this location, please call us at (603) 431-2516.

Our healthcare team makes it a priority to provide a full spectrum of care to all of our patients, as well as educate them on healthy habits and preventive care. We see our patients through their illnesses as fierce advocates and celebrate their health achievements as proud supporters. As one part of our comprehensive pediatric care, we are a proud member of the NH Pediatric State Vaccine Program.

Pediatric conditions we treat

Our pediatricians provide expert care for newborns, children, and adolescents and treat conditions including, but not limited to:

• Well child checks (“checkups”)
• ADHD
• Asthma
• Bedwetting
• Common cold
• Constipation
• Depression and anxiety
• Ear infections
• Growth and development concerns
• Immunizations
• Malnutrition
• Poor eating habits
• Rashes

Adult conditions we treat

Our primary care team strives to help our patients maintain good health and achieve a better quality of life. Our family medicine providers have expertise in the care and management of chronic conditions in adults including, but not limited to:

At Appledore Family Medicine and Pediatrics, our providers offer medical care for adults with acute conditions including, but not limited to:

• Common cold
• Flu
• Injuries
• Muscle and joint sprains and strains
• Sinus infections
• Skin infections
• Sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment
• Rashes
• Urinary tract infections

Diagnostic testing

Our office also offers diagnostic testing to help provide the most accurate treatment plan for patients. We provide a variety of diagnostic testing options for patients, such as:

• Electrocardiogram (EKG)—Used to measure the electrical activity of the heart
• Pregnancy testing—A urinary or blood test used to determine pregnancy
• Urinary testing- to look for infection or screen for sexually transmitted infections (STI)
• A1C -finger stick blood test to screen for or manage diabetes
• Glucose finger stick
• Rapid flu testing
• Rapid strep test (for strep throat)
• Rapid RSV testing (pediatrics only)
• Finger stick lead and anemia screening (pediatrics only)

Procedures we perform

Our primary care team performs procedures that help our patients maintain good health. Some of the procedures offered include, but are not limited to:

• Cryotherapy for skin lesions and warts
• Joint injections
• Nexplanon and IUD insertion and removal
• Skin biopsies
• Suturing

Preventive health services

Healthy lifestyle choices and routine screenings are part of preventive care—which is about improving your health before you get sick.

Our expert primary care doctors offer a variety of preventive care services for patients in Portsmouth, including:

• Diabetes
• Complete physical exams
• Gynecologic care
• Employment physicals
• Heart disease
• Medicare physicals
• Pediatric and adult immunizations
• PrEP therapy
• School, sport, and camp physicals
• Screening for cancers
• Sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening
• Well child checks (“checkups”)

Visiting our facility

Our Portsmouth family medicine clinic is open Monday-Friday from 8:00am - 5:00pm, with free parking. We are currently accepting new patients.

For your convenience, you can schedule an appointment online.