25 of the Best Pediatricians Near Me in longwood, FL

Nayer Vafabakhsh is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Longwood, Florida. Her clinical expertise encompasses Obesity in Children, Increased Head Circumference, Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency, and Umbilical Hernia.

Colleen Mcleod is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Sanford, Florida. Dr. Mcleod is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Scarlet Fever, Croup, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection, and Roseola. Dr. Mcleod is currently accepting new patients.

I am honored and humbled to be trusted with the care of your children. It can be overwhelming when our children go through illness or struggles. I want my families to know I am here for them and they can reach out to me at any time. We are in this together. Children are easygoing, innocent and spontaneous. Their joy in small things is contagious. It is beautiful to hold a newborn and experience the wonder of a new life. Watching the unconditional love of a parent or grandparent and sharing in the joy they feel when their child achieves different milestones gives me immense happiness. Helping the vulnerable is especially important to me, as is preventing stress and stress-related diseases. I want to help children and families gain confidence in managing their health. I enjoy connecting parents to resources and teaching them how to use natural remedies whenever possible. It is immensely rewarding whenever I am able to guide a family through their challenges. I come from a small town in India and feel grateful my parents instilled kindness and compassion in me from a young age. I listen carefully to my patients and families and try to understand everything that affects them. Teaming up with parents means we can work together to guide children to be healthy, happy and confident adults. I am very focused on helping children be the healthiest they can be in every way — physically, socially, emotionally — and supporting them to achieve their highest potential in a natural, stress-free way. Dr. Desiraju is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Obesity in Children, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Croup, and Viral Gastroenteritis. Dr. Desiraju is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Desiraju is currently accepting new patients.

Brian Harris, MD, is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician with the Orlando Health Children's Neuroscience Institute Behavioral Health and Developmental Center. He cares for children with social, behavioral, and functional issues indicating the possibility of neurodevelopmental conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, communication concerns, learning difficulties, and more. He uses a behavioral and holistic approach, along with prescribed medication, as necessary. Dr. Harris earned his medical degree from George Washington University, a master's of science degree in physiology and biophysics from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and a bachelor's of arts degree in psychological and brain sciences from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Children's National Health System in Washington, DC, and a fellowship in developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Harris is board-certified in general pediatrics and developmental pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Society for Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. He is a frequent presenter and has published in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Harris is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Delayed Growth and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Harris is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics and American Board Of Pediatrics - Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. Dr. Harris is currently accepting new patients.

Daniel F. Garcia, MD, is co-director of the sleep medicine program at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. He is board certified in general pediatrics, pediatric pulmonology and pediatric sleep medicine, and joined the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine specialty practice in 2006.Dr. Garcia is a graduate of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, and performed a pediatric pulmonology fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston. During his fellowship, he conducted research in the area of viral respiratory disease epidemiology and prevention, with a focus on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus infections in children with cystic fibrosis.He is an attending faculty member with the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer pediatric residency program and a clinical assistant professor for Florida State University College of Medicine and the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. His clinical interests are asthma, sleep medicine, allergic rhinitis, viral respiratory infections and cystic fibrosis.Dr. Garcia is fluent in both English and Spanish. Dr. Garcia is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Asthma in Children. Dr. Garcia is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pulmonology, American Board Of Pediatrics, and American Board Of Pediatrics - Sleep Medicine. Dr. Garcia is currently accepting new patients.

Alexandria Dixon is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Winter Park, Florida. Her clinical expertise encompasses Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Obesity in Children. Dr. Dixon is currently accepting new patients.

Yaron Ivan is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Ivan is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Viral Gastroenteritis, Croup, Asthma in Children, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+). Dr. Ivan is currently accepting new patients.

Jillian Hundley is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Hundley is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection, Croup, and Diarrhea. Dr. Hundley is currently accepting new patients.

Brian Harris is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Dr. Harris is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Obesity in Children, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asthma in Children, and Scarlet Fever. Dr. Harris is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Harris is currently accepting new patients.

Kimberly Horner is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Horner is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Croup, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection, and Diarrhea. Dr. Horner is currently accepting new patients.

Sarah Kleist is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Kleist is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection, Viral Gastroenteritis, and Urinary Tract Infection in Children. Dr. Kleist is currently accepting new patients.

Carolina Mendez-Cabrera is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Mendez-Cabrera is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Croup, Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection, and Asthma in Children. Dr. Mendez-Cabrera is currently accepting new patients.

Joanne Arce is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Winter Springs, Florida. Dr. Arce is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Obesity in Children, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Delayed Growth, and Croup. Dr. Arce is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Arce is currently accepting new patients.

Grace Kim-Lu is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Winter Springs, Florida. Dr. Kim-Lu is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Obesity in Children, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Increased Head Circumference, and Diarrhea. Dr. Kim-Lu is currently accepting new patients.

Christine Pham is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Lake Mary, Florida. Dr. Pham is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Croup, Scarlet Fever, Viral Gastroenteritis, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Pham is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Pham is currently accepting new patients.

Michelle Williams is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Lake Mary, Florida. Dr. Williams is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Roseola, Croup, Diarrhea, and Herpangina. Dr. Williams is currently accepting new patients.

Josue Cortes is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Longwood, Florida. Dr. Cortes is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Obesity in Children, Delayed Growth, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Familial Short Stature (FSS). Dr. Cortes is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Cortes is currently accepting new patients.

Samarth Shukla is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Shukla is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Premature Infant, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Newborn, and Gastrostomy.

Kevin Babb is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Babb is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Cerebral Hypoxia, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and Diarrhea. Dr. Babb is currently accepting new patients.

Nicole Gagliano, MD, joined Orlando Health Physician Associates in 2005. Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, Dr. Gagliano specializes in providing comprehensive care from the assessment of childhood development to the treatment of common and complex illnesses for newborns, children and adolescents. Dr. Gagliano earned her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She then completed an internship at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, followed by a residency at Orlando Health. Dr. Gagliano provides newborn care, circumcision, well-child and sick visits, sports physicals, asthma and obesity management, as well as teen/adolescent care. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Her clinical expertise encompasses Autism Spectrum Disorder and Obesity in Children. Dr. Gagliano is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Gagliano is currently accepting new patients.

Aneesa Ahmad is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Dr. Ahmad is currently accepting new patients.

Mark Weatherly, MD, is a pediatric pulmonologist with the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine practice. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric pulmonology. His areas of practice include cystic fibrosis, asthma, sleep disorders and airway malformations.Dr. Weatherly earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He completed a pediatric residency at Michigan State University in East Lansing, and a pediatric pulmonology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During his fellowship, he developed a chest X-ray scoring system for patients with cystic fibrosis. Now known as the Wisconsin CF scoring system, the method is used as an outcome measure for clinical research.Dr. Weatherly is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Florida State University College of Medicine. He is a member of the American Thoracic Society, American College of Chest Physicians, and American College of Pediatricians. His clinical expertise encompasses Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Jaundice. Dr. Weatherly is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pulmonology and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Weatherly is currently accepting new patients.

Carlos Sabogal, MD, serves as chief of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine. He is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine.Dr. Sabogal earned his medical degree from Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal in Lima, Peru. He completed his pediatric residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and a fellowship at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Division of Pediatric Pulmonology where he received the Fellow Research Award in 2001 and the Fellow of the Year award in 2002.Dr. Sabogal currently serves as an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at both the Florida State University College of Medicine and the University of Central Florida College of Medicine. He continues to perform research in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), airway inflammation and apnea. Additionally, his pulmonary interests include bronchopulmonary dysplasia, asthma, viral-induced airway inflammation, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases and sleep medicine.Dr. Sabogal is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and American Academy of Pediatrics. He is fluent in both English and Spanish. His clinical expertise encompasses Cerebral Hypoxia, CHARGE Syndrome, Koolen De Vries Syndrome, and Microcephaly Deafness Syndrome. Dr. Sabogal is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pulmonology, American Board Of Pediatrics, and American Board Of Pediatrics - Sleep Medicine. Dr. Sabogal is currently accepting new patients.

Luis Faverio, MD, is co-director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine where he has practiced since 2011. Dr. Faverio attended medical school at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He completed his pediatric residency training at The Children's Hospital at SUNY Downstate, New York, and served an additional year in the program as chief resident.Dr. Faverio completed his fellowship at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. During his fellowship, he performed research in the use of RespiGam™ for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). He also conducted research in the use of high-frequency chest wall oscillators as a therapy for patients with cystic fibrosis.Prior to joining Orlando Health Arnold Palmer, Dr. Faverio served 12 years as director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center in Fort Myers, Florida. Dr. Faverio is fluent in both English and Spanish. His clinical expertise encompasses Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Cerebral Hypoxia, Newborn Jaundice, and Vocal Cord Dysfunction. Dr. Faverio is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pulmonology and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Faverio is currently accepting new patients.

Tad Nowicki is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Lake Mary, Florida. Dr. Nowicki is currently accepting new patients.