Board-certified pediatrician and hospitalist Dr. Julie Block in Encinitas provides inpatient pediatric care at Scripps Memorial Hospital on Santa Fe Drive. Hospital-based services include newborn nursery rounds, post-delivery lactation support, and acute pediatric admissions, with discharge coordination to dental homes such as Warner Pediatric Dental for medically complex children requiring sedation dentistry clearance. A George Washington University School of Medicine graduate (1994) with UCSD residency training, Dr. Block holds dual privileges at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego for transfers requiring subspecialty escalation. Post-discharge developmental screening referrals connect families to motor-milestone specialists at Moving Munchkins Pediatric Physical Therapy when inpatient observation identifies gross-motor delays. Neonatal assessments at this Level II nursery site include Apgar scoring, congenital heart defect screening via pulse oximetry, and critical newborn metabolic panel interpretation.