Hoosick Street Pediatrics

10/29/2025

The 2025-2026 Influenza, RSV, and COVID19 Vaccines have arrived and is being offered during visits. If you would like to schedule a visit specifically for any or all of these seasonal vaccines, please call our office at 518-273-3732.

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09/04/2025

Now that the Back-to-School rush is slowing down, the 2025-2026 Influenza Vaccine has arrived and is being offered during visits. If you would like to schedule a visit specifically for the Flu vaccine, please call our office at 518-273-3732.

We are currently waiting for additional information regarding the 2025-2026 COVID-19 vaccines. As soon as we receive that information, we will post it here and on our website.

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08/14/2025

Did you know that Dr. Albert has been named as one of CDPHP's Top Doctors for several years in a row, now? This is based on the quality of care that he provides. However, CDPHP also has a "Patient's Choice" award. Here is a clip from their provider newsletter:

Nominate your favorite doctor!
Do you know a local doctor who goes above and beyond? Here’s your chance to recognize them! Nominations for the CDPHP Top Doctor’s Peabody Award are open through September 12. Submit your nomination by following this link -

2025 CDPHP Top Doctors Peabody Award, Albany Business Review - Help Us Celebrate the Very Best in Medicine – Nominate a CDPHP Top Doctor Today!

08/08/2025

We are making changes to the check-in process for our office.
When you arrive for your appointment, please come directly to our window.
There are new forms, but you will only need to complete them for well-child visits, or every 6 months.
We are strongly encouraging everyone to activate their patient portal, as we are trying to have the forms completed by you, online, before you even arrive to your appointment.
If you need assistance with the patient portal, we are very happy to help you with your log-in and will be able to provide a tablet to use in the office, so that you can log-in and complete the forms online, which will put the completed information directly into the patient chart.
If you have any questions about these changes, or if you need your patient portal activation code or log-in name, please call us at 518-273-3732.

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07/23/2025

Please know that we are entering the busiest time of year for our office. We are currently scheduling well-child visits in September and have very few available time slots for well-child visits in August, keeping in mind that we reserve time for same day sick visits and follow-up visits.
If your child needs a physical for school, sports, work, travel, etc... there is a very good chance that their most recent physical is still valid for completing paperwork, as they are valid for one year. However, please do not wait until the last minute to request the paperwork. We ask for at least 24-48 business hours for any paperwork requests.
If the patient does, in fact, require a well-child physical appointment, please call us as soon as possible and we will do our best to accommodate the request.

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03/07/2025

A message from the NYS DOH Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, Dr. Jim McDonald.

02/06/2025

2/6/2025 - OK - so this is one of those rare days that the weather IS going to affect our schedule. Thursdays are usually Dr. Albert's late start day (usually 1:00PM - 6:00PM).

We may be closing early today, so Dr. Albert is coming in early to see patients that need to be seen. If you have an appointment scheduled for later today, please expect a phone call from us (if you haven't already been called). If you've been called, but we had to leave a message or you see a missed call, please call us back as soon as possible.

If your child is ill and needs to be seen, but haven't already scheduled an appointment, please call us as soon as possible, so that we can get your child on the schedule.

If we do close early, a provider will be on call, as there always is a provider on call when the office is not open. Please leave a message with our answering service and the on-call provider will call you back as soon as possible.

01/31/2025

Dr. Albert will be out of the office on Friday, February 28th.

As always, whenever Dr. Albert is out of the office, there is a provider on call for any urgent visits during the day. Please always call our office at 518-273-3732 when care is needed. If we are not open, the on-call provider will receive your information and will call you within one hour or sooner.

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01/20/2025

Just a reminder that we rarely close due to weather. However, if we do close, it will be posted here on Facebook, also on our website (hoosickstreetpeds.com), and we will call everyone that is on the schedule who would be affected.

That being said, we do understand that you may feel uncomfortable driving in bad weather and may need to cancel your appointment. If that happens, we just ask that you call us as soon as possible, so that we cam make that time available to other patients (and so that we know you are ok.) If you call and reach our answering service, please leave a message with them. We will call you to reschedule if you need to cancel.

12/16/2024

As the holidays approach, we just wanted to remind you that there is always someone on call for you, even if the office is closed. Just call our office number (518-273-3732) and someone will provide you with the on-call information, or will call you back within an hour (or sooner if it is urgent).
We will be in the office on Christmas Eve from 8:00am until noon, and will be closed the rest of Christmas Eve and all of Christmas Day.
On New Years Eve, a doctor will be in the office until noon, and then the office will close for NYE and New Year's Day.
Again - a provider will be on call during the times that the office is officially closed.
We hope that everyone has a great holiday season!