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On Her Own Terms: How Going Solo Was the Best Decision for Dr. Warner
Nine years after opening her own practice, Dr. Warner knows going solo was the right choice for her practice.
The Continued Evolution of Pediatrics
Chip Hart introduces the new Independent Pediatrician online and explores why pediatricians across the country are renovating their offices and their businesses as payment models and measures of clinical success shift.
Dr. John Ivan Sutter: Pediatrician, Activist, and Champion of Physician’s Rights
Dr. Sutter fought a decades-long legal battle against one of the big insurers that went all the way to the Supreme Court and resulted in a landmark decision. Why did no one seem to care?
Absent Adolescents: Solving the Problem of Continuity of Care Through the Teenage Years
Annual well visits with a trusted pediatrician are the best forum to address the physical, social, and emotional changes adolescents face today.
Treating Patients With a ‘Community-Side Manner’
With a passion for health policy, Dr. Penn looks to understand her patient population at the community level in order to better serve them.
An Eternal Optimist
Pediatric Practice Consultant Chip Hart says he loves working with practices whose vision, ambition, and high expectations for themselves and others set the bar for our future leaders in pediatrics.
Out of the Exam Room and Into the Community for Nash Pediatrics
Dr. Alison Nash continues a family tradition/calling as successor to the pediatric practice her father, Dr. Homer Nash, opened six decades ago in north St. Louis.
Aging Out of Pediatric Care is All Relative at Pediatric Wellness Group
Northern California pediatricians Drs. Niki Saxena and Eileen Chan discuss the rewards and challenges of expanding their pediatric practice to include services for adolescents and young adults.
Need for Adolescent Specialists Grows as Pediatric Subspecialty Evolves
It was during his pediatric internship that adolescent health specialist Dr. Gilberto Velez-Domenech realized he had the passion, talent, and the patience it takes to tackle the diverse health needs of adolescents.
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