Our phone number is (973) 831-4545. Although we only have one phone number, we have multiple lines into our office to make it easier for you to reach us. Routine questions regarding child care can often be answered by our staff after 10 a.m. Anyone with an emergency can always speak to a doctor immediately, after first providing our staff with the basics of the problem.

All visits are by appointment only. If a true emergency occurs, you may stop by our office during regular office hours and we will make every effort to accommodate you.

After the office closes, calls will be taken by our answering service. Please provide them with as much information as needed. We usually return calls within 30- to 60-minutes; however, emergency calls will be returned immediately. In fact, late at night, emergency calls can be put through to our home phones. If we fail return your call within one hour, please call again. This usually means a problem has occurred in the translation of your message. If we are in the midst of an emergency, (i.e. delivery room, sick newborn, emergency room), our answering service should alert you to this and estimate when we will return your call. Life threatening situations should be handled rapidly by calling your local police department/ambulance. If your child can be taken to the emergency room of The Valley Hospital, Chilton Hospital, St. Joseph's Childrens Hospital, or Hackensack University Medical Center, it will allow us to be involved in all decision making.

Meet our Practice Manager

Barbara Farajun has been our practice manager since 2018 She completed her BS at Ithaca College in Communication Management, and her MBA at Baruch College in Healthcare Administration. She previously held positions at Mount Sinai Hospital as an Executive Assistant in the Pharmacy Department before becoming the Academic Administrator in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She was then the Manager for the Community Practice Network and Audit Services. Before joining us she was the Administrator for the Department of Anesthesiology at Montefiore Medical Center.

Barbara is responsible for all of the day to day non-medical issues of the practice. She meets regularly with the senior partners to handle all of the needs of the families that we serve. She is also in regular contact with each of our Office Managers, Insurance Manager and our Head Nurse.

Pompton Plains Office

• Our Fair Lawn office is open 365 days a year. 
• Evening appointments are available in our Fair Lawn, Hackensack and Pompton Plains offices.
• Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays in Fair Lawn: (for sick/emergency visits only)

Hospital Affiliations:

Valley Health System	Chilton Memorial Hospital
St. Joseph's Children's Hospital	Hackensack University Medical Center