The History of Gwinnett Pediatrics
July 1974
Dr. Herd and daughter
3 yr. old Shannon
Gwinnett Pediatrics is the oldest established pediatric practice in Gwinnett County. Dr. Hal Herd founded Gwinnett Pediatrics as a solo practitioner in a small office on Old Peachtree Street in downtown Duluth, Georgia in July 1974 (See picture below). He was the first pediatrician to have a full-time practice in Gwinnett County. In 1975 he moved his office adjacent to the Joan Glancy Hospital in Duluth and in that hospital, he developed an intermediate care level nursery and a pediatric inpatient service. In 1980 and thereafter, new pediatricians were added with regularity as the practice grew.
Today at Gwinnett Pediatrics
We currently have 4 locations in Gwinnett County - Lawrenceville, Duluth, Dacula, and Sugar Hill. Office hours are 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Lawrenceville office is open for urgent visits only Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. We are accepting new patients under 18 years of age. We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas, New Years Day , Memorial Day, July 4, and Labor Day. Phones are open at 7:30 weekdays and 8:30 on Saturdays. All appointments are by appointment only. Doors to the office open at 8:15 a.m. and close at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. We close for lunch between 12:00 p.m. and 1:15 p.m.
All offices function with one integrated phone system and one electronic medical records system.
We welcome you to our website. Our hope is that after visiting our website you will be interested enough to become a regular patient and give us a chance to fulfill your child's healthcare needs. We have been voted "Best of Gwinnett" for the past eight years and we were awarded the 2015 HealthCare Excellence Award for Gwinnett County - Come find out why.
If you wish to become a patient of Gwinnett Pediatrics please call our office at 770-995-0823 to make an appointment or submit an appointment request online.
Mission Statement
Gwinnett Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine provides comprehensive pediatric medical care in a family-focused environment. We strive to deliver the best pediatric care available anywhere with a focus on the patient experience. We will always perform with the highest ethical standards and only perform or recommend services that we think are important in making our patients healthier and happier in accordance with the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics. We at Gwinnett Pediatrics have treasured our role in the growth of outpatient pediatric care in Gwinnett County. We have particularly enjoyed watching many of our patients grow up and become parents themselves, bringing a new generation to us for care.