25 of the Best Pediatricians Near Me

I’m a pediatric neurologist and chief of pediatric neurology at Duke. My specialty is pediatric epilepsy. It’s extremely rewarding to treat a child because you are changing the life of not only the patient but also of their family. The most important thing in treating a patient is listening and forming a connection. You have to know where the patient and the family are coming from. By listening and observing, I can better understand their needs and then apply the most advanced knowledge and technologies to help them. There is a lot of patient education that goes on and it’s very important and most delightful to do that in close partnership and alliance with the family particularly in an often complex disorder like childhood epilepsy. Outside of work, I enjoy classical music, reading, biking, jogging and traveling, but what I truly enjoy most of all is taking care of patients. Dr. Mikati is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, Epilepsy in Children, Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, Increased Head Circumference, and Deep Brain Stimulation. Dr. Mikati is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology. Dr. Mikati is currently accepting new patients.

I treat children with cancer and blood disorders, such as anemia and sickle cell disease. When families come in, there is understandably a huge amount of anxiety. I try to spend a lot of time with them and discuss what we know, what we need to find out, and how we plan to care for their children. My goal is to make it the least scary as possible for both the children and the parents/caregivers while providing the best care. Even in the setting of severe illness, interacting with children is uplifting and extremely rewarding. Children truly demonstrate the resilience of the human spirit. What I love most about my job is having relationships with children and seeing them grow; it is a wonderful experience. Dr. Rothman is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Anemia, Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), Hydrops Fetalis, Fetal Edema, and Splenectomy. Dr. Rothman is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. Dr. Rothman is currently accepting new patients.

Amina Ahmed is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pediatric Infectious Disease provider practicing medicine in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Ahmed is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Cytomegalovirus, Neonatal Herpes, Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, and Infantile Neutropenia. Dr. Ahmed is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Disease. Dr. Ahmed is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Bradley Miller completed his Pediatric residency (2000) and Pediatric Endocrinology fellowship (2003) at the Mayo Clinic. He is a Professor in Pediatric Endocrinology, and has been a member of the division since 2003. Dr. Miller has an interest in the role of the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system in normal and abnormal growth in children. Additionally, he is interested in the growth and development of children following adversity including cancer and its therapies, fetal alcohol exposure, and international adoption. Dr. Miller is also interested in the endocrine aspects of abnormal glycosylation in children with Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation. Lastly, Dr. Miller is also interested in Achondroplasia and other skeletal dysplasia conditions. Dr. Miller is highly rated in 26 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD), Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency, Hypopituitarism, Short Stature (Growth Disorders), and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Dr. Miller is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Endocrinology.

Dr. Oberfield, a professor of pediatrics, has been the director of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Columbia University Irving Medical Center since 2004. Throughout her career, Dr. Oberfield has been dedicated to educating the next generation of pediatric endocrinology sub-specialists. She was for many years director of the fellowship training program in pediatric endocrinology, and is currently associate program director. Since 2005 she has been the principal investigator of a T32 training grant in pediatric endocrinology from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, one of only a handful of such programs in the country. Since 1998, she has mentored more than 35 fellows and more than 30 pre-doctoral students including Endocrine Society, DERC, and Doris Duke summer fellows.From 2021-2022 Dr. Oberfield served as president of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES), an international organization of more than 1,300 members, that provides resources for healthcare professionals and trainees and affords educational support for patients and families affected by disorders of the thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands; growth disturbances; and conditions of bone metabolism and diabetes. Her priorities as president, she says, were “to maintain and expand the relevance of bench, translational and clinical researcher as well as the importance of the practicing pediatric endocrinologist, even in an era when delivery of health care and research related to children and adolescents is being dramatically eroded.”Dr. Oberfield has been engaged in patient-oriented research for her entire career, with a particular focus on disorders of adrenal hormone synthesis, adrenarche, and PCOS. She has conducted studies of body composition in children and continues to be involved in multiple studies of childhood obesity.Her clinical research has centered around the developmental/pediatric endocrinology, specifically the HPA axis which intimately affects metabolic function, interacting with adiposity, including studies of body composition in adrenarche and PCOS. She has been the author or co-author of more than 225 articles, multiple chapters and reviews, and is an invited speaker at national and international meetings, including the 2012 NIH-sponsored Evidence Based Methodology Workshop on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. She is currently an editor for the Journal of Pediatrics and is an associate editor for Hormone Research in Pediatrics. She continues to be listed in Castle Connelly’s “America’s Top Doctors” and NY Magazine’s “Best Doctors."". Dr. Oberfield is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Intersex, Precocious Puberty, Obesity, and Sleeve Gastrectomy. Dr. Oberfield is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology. Dr. Oberfield is currently accepting new patients.

Mohan Gundeti is a Pediatrics specialist and a Urologist practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Gundeti is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses UPJ Obstruction, Neurogenic Bladder, Prune Belly Syndrome, Endoscopy, and Bladder Reconstruction. Dr. Gundeti is board certified in Pediatric Urology (Europe) Urology (India)Practicing Since2005. Dr. Gundeti is currently accepting new patients.

I treat children with disorders of the kidneys, bladder, ureters, and genitalia. My particular specialties are treating children with urologic cancer, disorders of sex differentiation, complex birth defects, hypospadias, kidney stones, bladder/bowel dysfunction and incontinence, and spina bifida. My top priority is to find the most effective and least invasive treatment option for every child and every family I see. I have advanced fellowship training in robotic and minimally-invasive surgery, so I am able to offer this option to children who might benefit from a less-invasive surgery. I am a member of the American Urological Association, the Society for Pediatric Urology, the Society for Fetal Urology, and the Children's Oncology Group. Dr. Routh is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Neurogenic Bowel, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Lithotripsy, and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Routh is board certified in American Board Of Urology, Urology and American Board Of Urology, Pediatric Urology. Dr. Routh is currently accepting new patients.

From the age of seven, as I played “doctor” to my dolls, I knew I wanted to spend my life caring for people. As a primary care physician specializing in both internal medicine and pediatrics, I see patients of all ages and am able to care for multiple generations within families. I am also uniquely equipped to follow pediatric patients with chronic childhood illnesses, including autism and rare genetic diseases, and provide continuity of care as they transition into adulthood. In addition to my clinic work, I am involved in community based health care endeavors, such as providing sports physicals and screening mammographies. The most gratifying parts of my work are the close, caring relationships I form with my patients, and the opportunity to promote health in my own community. Dr. Diefendorf is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Gitelman Syndrome, Cirrhosis, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). Dr. Diefendorf is board certified in American Board Of Internal Med, Internal Medicine and American Board Of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics. Dr. Diefendorf is currently accepting new patients.

I am a pediatric neuro-oncologist at Duke and member of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program. Our multidisciplinary team is committed to providing cutting-edge, compassionate care to children and young adults with brain and spinal cord tumors. As part of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, we are developing powerful, exciting immune-based therapies for our patients. I am very proud to be a part of the team at Duke and am constantly inspired and motivated by my patients and families. Dr. Landi is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, Brain Tumor, Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), and Gliomatosis Cerebri. Dr. Landi is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology. Dr. Landi is currently accepting new patients.

Paul Mark is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Mark is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses VACTERL Association, Chromosome 21q Deletion, Peters Plus Syndrome, and Hypotonia. Dr. Mark is board certified in American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics. Dr. Mark is currently accepting new patients.

I treat all rheumatic diseases with a special interest and expertise in the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS). I also have a focus in the area of adolescent and young adult health and am always eager to work with patients in this age group as they develop skills for independently managing their health and navigate the process of transferring from pediatric to adult rheumatology care. Having completed both adult and pediatric rheumatology fellowships, I am fortunate to be able to work with young adult rheumatology patients throughout their transition process. Dr. Sadun is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Lupus Nephritis, Fibromyalgia, and Dermatomyositis. Dr. Sadun is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology, American Board Of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics , , American Board Of Internal Med, Internal Medicine , and American Board Of Internal Med, Rheumatology . Dr. Sadun is currently accepting new patients.

Duke Children’s offers the full spectrum of services for children, and pediatric neurosurgery is very strong here. I have an excellent group of people working with me, and we really strive to take excellent care of these children and their families. We work hard to build up a trust, because this is a very stressful and strained time in people’s lives when their children are ill. We work to build that trust and to maintain it on a daily basis. The whole team works together for the good of the child and the family. My favorite part of my job is seeing children who came in with a very serious health issue – and after getting them through the surgery and recovery – when they come back to clinic and we see that they have returned to their normal lives, that they’re doing better, that they’re enjoying all the things kids should be enjoying and really getting on with their lives. It’s really rewarding to think I played a role in that child going on to have a healthy and productive life. Dr. Fuchs is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hydrocephalus, Craniosynostosis, Sunken Fontanelles, Baller-Gerold Syndrome, and Posterior Fossa Decompression. Dr. Fuchs is board certified in American Board Of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery. Dr. Fuchs is currently accepting new patients.

I am a pediatric neurologist and the director of the pediatric neurology sleep medicine program. I treat children with a variety of sleep problems, including narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea, and difficulty sleeping. My goal is to engage not only the patient but also the family. Oftentimes, these problems are eminently treatable and even preventable, so it’s very gratifying when I see a child who has a treatable medical disorder and see all of the other areas in the child's and family’s life that are positively affected. I believe Duke is the best place in the world to seek care for children. We pride ourselves on cutting-edge technology and research, but also on compassionate care and being able to relate to families and their needs and values. We have access to ongoing research trials, research information, drugs, and other providers in other subspecialties within the Duke system, so it’s a nice comprehensive care program here. Dr. Kansagra is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood, Pompe Disease, Microcephaly, and Achalasia Microcephaly Syndrome. Dr. Kansagra is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology, Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology and American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology, Sleep Medicine. Dr. Kansagra is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Elizabeth Mack is a pediatric critical care physician interested in quality improvement and patient safety. Dr. Mack was raised in South Carolina and did most of her training here, and did her pediatric critical care fellowship at Cincinnati Children's. In Cincinnati, she also earned her Masters of Science with a focus in biostatistics, epidemiology, and informatics. She is very active in leadership roles with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Mack is passionate about child health advocacy, global health, education, and patient/family engagement. Dr. Mack is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Sepsis, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Dr. Mack is currently accepting new patients.

Alvaro Russi is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Johnson City, Tennessee. Dr. Russi is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Increased Head Circumference, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Ulnar-Mammary Syndrome, and Microcephaly. Dr. Russi is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics and American Board Of Medical Genetics. Dr. Russi is currently accepting new patients.

Priya Kishnani is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Kishnani is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pompe Disease, Glycogen Storage Disease Type 3, Hypophosphatasia (HPP), Glycogen Storage Disease Type 9, and Splenectomy. Dr. Kishnani is currently accepting new patients.

Sabine Mueller is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in San Francisco, California. Dr. Mueller is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Gliomatosis Cerebri, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, and Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes.

Zarine Balsara is a Pediatrics specialist and a Urologist practicing medicine in Sewell, New Jersey. Dr. Balsara is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Neurogenic Bladder, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Hypospadias, and Testicular Torsion. Dr. Balsara is board certified in American Board Of Urology. Dr. Balsara is currently accepting new patients.

Micah Jacobs is a Pediatrics specialist and a Urologist practicing medicine in Frisco, Texas. Dr. Jacobs is highly rated in 30 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Testicular Torsion, Neurogenic Bladder, Undescended Testicle, Orchiectomy, and Ureteral Reconstruction. Dr. Jacobs is board certified in Pediatric Urology- American Board Of Urology, Pediatric Urology- American Board Of Urology/Pediatric Urology, and Urology- American Board Of Urology. Dr. Jacobs is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Julie Hoover-Fong is a Professor of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics and Director of the Greenberg Center for Skeletal Dysplasias at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hoover-Fong holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University, where she also completed her medical degree. She received her Ph.D. in the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Hoover-Fong completed a pediatric internship and residency at Washington University in St. Louis and a fellowship in medical genetics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She joined the Johns Hopkins University faculty in 2002 and progressed to Professor of Genetic Medicine and Pediatrics in 2019. She practices and oversees the clinical operations, research and educational ventures for the patients, families and healthcare providers served by the Greenberg Center. Her clinical team develops and improves diagnostic and treatment guidelines for comprehensive care of patients with all types of bone conditions including dwarfism, orofacial clefting, craniosynostosis and more. Dr. Hoover-Fong also mentors and teaches medical students, residents and genetic medicine trainees. As an active clinical researcher, Dr. Hoover-Fong is the Principal Investigator of multiple global clinical trials for achondroplasia, the first multi-center, investigator-initiated natural history study for achondroplasia, and multiple clinical studies for patients with orofacial clefting, hypophosphatasia and other conditions. She is also a co-investigator on the ELSI and Phenotype Review Committees for the Mendel Project, a whole exome sequencing venture to identify the genetic cause of Mendelian conditions. From an institutional service perspective, Dr. Hoover-Fong serves on the Johns Hopkins Associate Professor Promotions Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation. She serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the Little People of America, is a member of the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence at Johns Hopkins University and is a charter member of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Management Consortium, publishing best practice guidelines for patients with skeletal dysplasias. Dr. Hoover-Fong is highly rated in 26 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Achondroplasia, Rhizomelic Syndrome, Spondyloepimetaphyseal Dysplasia Strudwick Type, Adenoidectomy, and Myringotomy. Dr. Hoover-Fong is board certified in American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics. Dr. Hoover-Fong is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Gerald Raymond is a clinical geneticist and neurologist at Johns Hopkins where he is also a professor of genetic medicine and neurology. He obtained his MD at the University of Connecticut and was trained in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Neurology at the Mass. General Hospital. He received additional training in developmental neuropathology at the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and clinical genetics at the Harvard Program. Dr. Raymond’s research has been at the overlap of genetics and neurology with specific focus on peroxisomal disorders including adrenoleukodystrophy. He has been actively involved in newborn screening for ALD and in developing clinical follow-up programs. He has extensive experience in clinical management of neurogenetic issues including peroxisomal and lysosomal disorders. He presently serves as the Director of the Lysosomal Storage Disease program in the department of Genetic Medicine. Dr. Raymond is highly rated in 21 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), Zellweger Syndrome, Leukodystrophy, and Jacobsen Syndrome. Dr. Raymond is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology and American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics. Dr. Raymond is currently accepting new patients.

Angela Scheuerle is a Pediatrics specialist and a Medical Genetics provider practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Scheuerle is highly rated in 171 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hennekam Syndrome, Fetal Akinesia Sequence, Incontinentia Pigmenti, and Triple X Syndrome. Dr. Scheuerle is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Christine Pratilas is a pediatric medical oncologist at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Associate Professor of Oncology, Pediatrics & Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She joined the Hopkins pediatric sarcoma team in 2014. Dr. Pratilas received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Drew University in New Jersey and her medical degree from UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (now Rutgers University), where she also completed her internship and residency from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 to 2005 she was a fellow in hematology and oncology in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) Department of Pediatrics, and in the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center. She was a postdoctoral research fellow in Dr. Neal Rosen’s Molecular Oncogenesis Laboratory at MSKCC. From 2006 to 2014 she was attending in Pediatric Oncology at MSKCC, specializing in developmental therapeutics & sarcoma. She has been the director of the pediatric sarcoma program at Hopkins since 2018. Dr. Pratilas focuses her research on cancer-associated pathways and signal transduction, which involves figuring out how a cell’s internal molecular pathways work, and how those pathways can be molecularly controlled. This knowledge is the basis for developing promising new molecularly targeted cancer therapies, which is the focus of Dr. Pratilas’s research. Among her important scientific contributions is advancing our understanding of how certain proteins that can be mutated in cancer, known as RAF kinases (specifically BRAF), affect a cancer cell’s behavior. The research in Dr. Pratilas' laboratory is focused on RAS signal transduction pathways, concentrating on pediatric sarcomas such as rhabdomyosarcoma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, in order to develop novel therapeutics for children with these tumors. Dr. Pratilas is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor, Fibrosarcoma, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Neurofibromatosis, and Osteotomy. Dr. Pratilas is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Pratilas is currently accepting new patients.

Nancy Mcnamara is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pediatric Neurologist practicing medicine in Royal Oak, Michigan. Dr. Mcnamara is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Epilepsy in Children, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS). Dr. Mcnamara is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Mcnamara is currently accepting new patients.

Carl E. Stafstrom is a pediatric neurologist, caring for children with epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom received his medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, with residencies at the University of Washington Medical Center and Tufts New England Medical Center, as well as fellowships at Harvard for neurology research and Boston Children’s Hospital in clinical neurophysiology, electroencephalography, and epilepsy. Dr. Stafstrom previously served as Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Chief of Pediatric Neurology at American Family Children’s Hospital at UW Madison. Dr. Stafstrom is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Epilepsy, Seizures, West Syndrome, Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, and Endovascular Embolization. Dr. Stafstrom is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry And Neurology. Dr. Stafstrom is currently accepting new patients.