25 of the Best Pediatricians Near Me in highland, MD

Dr. Joy Wan is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include pediatric dermatology and atopic dermatitis. Dr. Wan received her undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences from Harvard University and her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed dermatology residency training at the University of Pennsylvania and pediatric dermatology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She also pursued postdoctoral research training in clinical epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Wan joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2021. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Wan leads an active research program focused on epidemiologic and patient-oriented investigations of pediatric skin diseases including eczema. Dr. Wan is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Infantile Digital Fibromatosis, High Blood Pressure in Infants, Aplasia Cutis Congenita, and Clouston Syndrome. Dr. Wan is board certified in American Board Of Dermatology. Dr. Wan is currently accepting new patients.

Colleen Cotton, MD, is a pediatric dermatologist and assistant professor who specializes in treating children with skin problems. She sees babies, children and teenagers with all types of skin conditions including acne, birthmarks, moles, eczema, psoriasis, skin infections, genetic skin problems and many others. She is particularly interested in hidradenitis suppurativa as well as blood vessel birthmarks like hemangiomas, port wine stains, and vascular anomalies. Skin problems in children are more than just skin deep, and can be emotionally and psychologically difficult for both parents and patients to deal with. Board-certified in both dermatology and pediatric dermatology, Dr. Cotton is passionate about helping patients feel confident and comfortable in their skin. She enjoys working with families to find treatments and solutions that work for them. Dr. Cotton has written numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and has spoken at several national meetings. She is also an active member of the American Academy of Dermatology, Society for Pediatric Dermatology and the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance. She participates in clinical research to improve our understanding of both common and rare pediatric skin diseases. Dr. Cotton grew up in the greater D.C., area and graduated from college at the University of Georgia. She then completed medical school at Washington University in St. Louis in 2013. After finishing her intern year in pediatrics at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, she did a year of pediatric dermatology research at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Cotton then completed a dermatology residency at the University of Arizona, followed by a pediatric dermatology fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She practiced in South Carolina for three years before joining the team at Children's National Hospital in 2022. Publications ORCiD. Dr. Cotton is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Vascular Birthmark, Stork Bite, Aplasia Cutis Congenita, and Ectodermal Dysplasias. Dr. Cotton is board certified in American Board Of Dermatology, 2019 and American Board Of Dermatology, 2020. Dr. Cotton is currently accepting new patients.

Eun Kim is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Kim is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Eyelid Bump, and Viral Gastroenteritis.

Aruna Khurana is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Scarlet Fever, Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), and Croup. Dr. Khurana is board certified in The American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Khurana is currently accepting new patients.

Charlotte Wu, M.D., is an assistant professor of urology at the Brady Urological Institute and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. She graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College with a double major in Molecular Biology/ Biochemistry and French. She completed medical school at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, general surgery internship and urology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, and pediatric urology fellowship at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Wu has expertise in the treatment of all pediatric urological conditions. She has advanced training and clinical emphasis in surgical reconstruction for congenital urinary tract anomalies, minimally invasive/ robotic surgery, pediatric kidney stone treatment, and treatment of pediatric genitourinary tumors. Dr. Wu has research interests in posterior urethral valve, vesicoureteral reflux, and post-surgical outcomes in congenital urinary tract anomalies. She has been primary and co-author of numerous scholarly papers and book chapters. She routinely presents at national and international conferences and serves as a reviewer for Journal of Urology, Journal of Pediatric Urology, and Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypospadias. Dr. Wu is board certified in American Board Of Urology. Dr. Wu is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Hsieh, MD, PhD, is a urologist at Children's National Hospital. Dr. Hsieh has experience in laparoscopic and robotic surgery for urologic conditions and specializes in bladder diseases affecting children and young adults. He is board-certified in urology and holds the certificate of added qualification in pediatric urology. Dr. Hsieh was recruited to Children’s National and the George Washington University to serve as Director of Transitional Urology. This joint venture is the East Coast's first clinical program dedicated to the care of adolescents and young adults with congenital urologic disorders. Many of these patients have chronic cystitis and are at increased risk of bladder cancer, diseases which dovetail with Dr. Hsieh’s research interests. Dr. Hsieh also is the Director of Research for the Division of Urology and the Associate Director for Science at the Sheik Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation. He runs an NIH-funded bladder biology research group. Dr. Hsieh has been a Recognized Doctor on the Healthgrades Honor Roll and Best Doctors in America. He has been featured several times in the New York Times for his work in robotic surgery and bladder inflammation. He attended Stanford University and returned to the East Coast for medical school at Thomas Jefferson University. During medical school, Dr. Hsieh also obtained a PhD in immunology and afterwards began exploring what would eventually become his long-term interest – the role of bladder inflammation in urinary tract infections and development of bladder cancer. He completed his urology residency training at the University of California San Francisco and pediatric urology fellowship training at Texas Children’s Hospital. As a pediatric urology fellow, Dr. Hsieh began studying how the commensal microbiome (the collection of naturally occurring, non-pathogenic bacteria in and on our bodies) may prevent urinary tract infections. Following fellowship training, he was an Assistant Professor at Stanford University, where he founded an NIH-funded research group focused on bladder inflammation, urinary tract infections and bladder cancer. Dr. Hsieh was the Administrative Director for Stanford’s Children’s Hospital Prenatal Urology and Minimally Invasive Surgery Programs. Publications Google Scholar|ORCiD. Dr. Hsieh is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Undescended Testicle, Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, Trabeculectomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Hsieh is board certified in Urology: American Board Of Urology, 2012 and Pediatric Urology: American Board Of Urology, 2012.

Leslie Castelo-Soccio, MD, PhD, is a dermatologist at Children's National Hospital and professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is an expert in hair disorders most notably alopecia areata as well as other autoimmune skin diseases. Her interests and expertise include hair, genetic skin disorders, neonatal dermatology, inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema/atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, pigmented lesions (moles), acne and vascular disorders. She is an expert in laser and surgical treatment for pediatric patients and provides services in the clinic and operating room. Dr. Castelo-Soccio has built a research career in alopecia and inflammatory skin disease and runs clinical trials on these diseases at Children's National. Dr. Castelo-Soccio has published extensively including peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on pediatric and medical dermatology. She is a national and international speaker on hair disorders and autoimmune skin disease. She is a member of the board of directors of the American Hair Research Association and has worked closely as a volunteer for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation and the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance. Dr. Castelo-Soccio received her bachelor's degree with honors in biological sciences from Harvard University and her MD and PhD from Cornell University - Weill Medical College. She completed residency training in dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania and her fellowship training in pediatric dermatology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She is board certified in dermatology and pediatric dermatology. From 2011-2021 she was an attending physician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. From 2021-2025 she was an attending physician and researcher at the National Institutes of Health, where she still serves as a special volunteer. Dr. Castelo-Soccio is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE), Aplasia Cutis Congenita, Ectodermal Dysplasias, and Clouston Syndrome. Dr. Castelo-Soccio is board certified in American Board Of Dermatology, 2012 and Dermatology: American Board Of Dermatology, 2009. Dr. Castelo-Soccio is currently accepting new patients.

Seth Berger, MD, PhD, returned to Children’s National Hospital as faculty in 2018. He completed the medical scientist training program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York where he was awarded his MD and PhD degrees. His research at that time focused on computational analysis of signaling networks applied to prediction of adverse drug events and cardiac arrhythmia syndromes. He subsequently completed the combined pediatrics and medical genetics residency program through Children's National and the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He spent an additional year completing the medical biochemical genetics fellowship program at NIH before returning to Children's National where he was jointly hired by the Rare Disease Institute and the Center for Genetic Medicine Research. He is interested in developing novel bioinformatics approaches applied to variant discovery for rare diseases. Dr. Berger is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Fetal Edema, Hydrops Fetalis, Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn, and Mosaicism. Dr. Berger is board certified in Medical Biochemical Genetics: American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics, 2019, Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2016, and Clinical Genetics (MD): American Board Of Medical Genetics And Genomics, 2017.

Hemant Sharma, MD, MHS, is the Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Children’s National. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine, and the Director of the Food Allergy Program at Children’s National. He has served as the site director of the allergy immunology fellowship program with the National Institutes of Health. He is Director of the FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) Clinical Network site at Children’s National. Dr. Sharma completed medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, residency and chief residency at Duke University and pediatric allergy and immunology fellowship at Johns Hopkins. During fellowship, he completed a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as a fellowship in Health Media at Nemours. He joined the faculty at Children’s National in 2008. His areas of clinical, advocacy and research interest include racial and socioeconomic health disparities and community-based management of food allergy. He writes a quarterly column in Allergic Living magazine and answers readers’ food allergy questions. He is heavily involved in advocacy, participating in regional and national legislative efforts to improve the health of the food allergy community. Dr. Sharma is board-certified in Pediatrics and in Allergy and Immunology, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, serving on the Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee. Due to his efforts on behalf of the food allergy community, he was selected to receive the 2016 FARE Vision Award. Dr. Sharma is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Food Allergy, Anaphylaxis, Asthma, Knee Replacement, and Splenectomy. Dr. Sharma is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2004 and Allergy And Immunology: American Board Of Allergy And Immunology, 2008.

Lynne Mofenson is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Mofenson is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses HIV/AIDS, Anencephaly, and High Blood Pressure in Infants.

Meghan Meghpara is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Autism Spectrum Disorder, Microcephaly, Asthma in Children, and Delayed Growth. Dr. Meghpara is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Meghpara is currently accepting new patients.

Debra Lee is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection. Dr. Lee is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Lee is currently accepting new patients.

Wendell Mckay is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Mckay is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Mckay is currently accepting new patients.

Nicholas Donkor is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Donkor is currently accepting new patients.

Cody Richardson, M.D. is a clinical associate at the Wilmer Eye Institute. He specializes in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus, including treatment of amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus, infant and childhood cataracts, and pediatric ocular trauma. Dr. Richardson also has experience caring for visual disturbances associated with brain tumors in children as well as treating the ocular effects of radiation and chemotherapy used to treat childhood cancers. He participates in international outreach through an annual surgical mission trip to treat underserved children with strabismus in Guatemala. Dr. Richardson received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee in Memphis, TN where he remained to complete his ophthalmology residency and fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the Hamilton Eye Institute and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. CV https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/Richardson_CV.pdf. Dr. Richardson is board certified in American Board Of Ophthalmology. Dr. Richardson is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Parsons is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Parsons is currently accepting new patients.

Nadeem Hashmi is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Hashmi is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Obesity in Children, Viral Gastroenteritis, Delayed Growth, and Diarrhea. Dr. Hashmi is currently accepting new patients.

Janet Alexander is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Alexander is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Retinopathy of Prematurity, Ocular Hypertension (OHT), Peters Plus Syndrome, Trabeculectomy, and Cataract Removal. Dr. Alexander is board certified in American Board Of Ophthalmology - Ophthalmology, 2013. Dr. Alexander is currently accepting new patients.

Susan Swedo is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Swedo is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus Infections, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Streptococcal Group A Infection, and MAGIC Syndrome.

Manuel Bramble is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Bramble is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Asthma in Children, Herpangina, Scarlet Fever, and Croup. Dr. Bramble is currently accepting new patients.

Paul Ambush is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Ellicott City, Maryland. Dr. Ambush is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Herpangina, Croup, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Delayed Growth. Dr. Ambush is currently accepting new patients.

Catherine Mailander is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Mailander is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Mailander is currently accepting new patients.

Jennifer Moynihan is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Moynihan is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Moynihan is currently accepting new patients.

Erika Lund is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Lund is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Lund is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Shawna M. Reshard earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed her combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She loves working together with patients and their families to help them maintain or improve their health. Dr. Reshard enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. Her clinical expertise encompasses Facial Paralysis, Recurrent Peripheral Facial Palsy, and Bell's Palsy. Dr. Reshard is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Reshard is currently accepting new patients.