COVID-19 Vaccine: Valley's Wellness and Walk-In Care Center at Garden State Plaza is offering the COVID-19 vaccine, including initial and booster doses, for those who are eligible. Learn more and schedule an appointment.
COVID-19 Vaccine: Valley's Wellness and Walk-In Care Center at Garden State Plaza is offering the COVID-19 vaccine, including initial and booster doses, for those who are eligible. Learn more and schedule an appointment.
The Valley Hospital - Pediatrics
223 North Van Dien Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Phone: 201-251-3456
Fax: 201-251-3302
MD, UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 1987 - 1992
BA, New York University, 1982 - 1986
Weill Cornell Medical Center-Presbyterian Hospital, Neonatology, 1997 - 2000
Weill Cornell Medical Center-Presbyterian Hospital, Pediatrics, 1992 - 1995
American Board Of Pediatrics - Certified, 1997
I am board certified in pediatrics and neonatology. I worked at NYU Langone Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital as a neonatologist from 2000-2007. I started Care Intensive Pediatrics in 2007 to care for NICU graduates in a comprehensive outpatient pediatric practice. I have also worked in urgent care, and currently in addition to working at Valley Hospital as a pediatric hospitalist, I am the pediatric provider at the Hackensack location of North Hudson Community Action Clinic.
My approach to care for patients is thorough, thoughtful and comprehensive. When a patient comes under my care whether it’s a newborn or a teenager I always do my very best to ensure optimal growth and development and overall health and well-being. I also try very hard to involve the parents and educate them in terms of what they can do to optimize their relationship with the child and their child’s future.
I have always enjoyed helping people and feel a sense of satisfaction in doing so. I’ve always been fascinated by the birth process probably because my cat growing up had many litters which I got to see being born, being nursed, and growing. That impacted me tremendously. My mother also lost a child to leukemia when she was pregnant with me. I think I grew up feeling inspired to help families cope with loss and also help the medical field in any way I could.
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