Dr. Izaskun Melania Iglesias MD, MBA

Expert Publications

• Case 3: Abdominal Pain, Nausea, and Vomiting in a 12-year-old Girl.
• A rare case of appendicitis incarcerated in an inguinal hernia.

Media Releases

Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Izaskun Melania Iglesias, who serves patients in Moses Lake, Washington.

A trusted pediatrician, Dr. Iglesias welcomes patients at Samaritan Healthcare in Moses Lake, Washington.

Samaritan Healthcare is a multifaceted healthcare organization located in Moses Lake, Washington. Organized as Grant County Public Hospital District No. 1 in 1947, Samaritan is committed to improving the health and well-being of the people of the Columbia Basin.

Graduating with her medical degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Mexico in 1999, Dr. Iglesias went on to further her training by completing a residency in pediatrics at the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in 2014.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends individuals be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. Pediatricians provide medical care to people ranging in age from newborns to young adults. They are trained to examine, diagnose, and treat children with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses through all of their developmental stages, as they grow and mature.

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