Top Docs for Kids 2026

From first checkups to big milestones, South Jersey physicians show up for kids in ways that go far beyond medicine. They calm nerves with kindness, meet fear with humor and sometimes win trust with a favorite character on their socks. It’s all part of caring for children as whole people – not just patients.

To find the very best, we asked doctors a simple question: if a child in your own family needed care, who would you trust? These are the pediatric specialists their peers turn to most.

Photography by David Michael Howarth
at Edelman Fossil Park & Museum

Merrick Wetzler, MD, South Jersey Orthopedic Associates, Gregory Toci, DO, Advocare Allergy & Asthma,
Adolescent Medicine
- Susan Kaufman, DO
  Virtua
- Lee Shearer, MD
  Capital Health
- Meagan Vermeulen, MD
  Inspira Health
- Heidi Weinroth, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Allergy & Immunology
- Paul Berlin, MD
  Jefferson Health
- Dara Cohn, MD
  ENT & Allergy Associates
- Eugene Gatti, MD
  Advocare Allergy & Asthma
- Min Ku, MD
  ENT & Allergy Associates
- Maria Lania-Howarth, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Rushani Saltzman, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care & Surgery Center
- Gregory Toci, DO
  Advocare Allergy & Asthma
- Ben Wang, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Cardiology
- Shivani Bhatt, MD
  CHOP at Virtua
- William Bonney, MD
  Premier Pediatric Cardiology
- Aaron Dorfman, MD
  CHOP at Virtua
- Cara Garofalo, MD
  Deborah Heart and Lung Center
- Nandini Madan, MD
  Deborah Heart and Lung Center
- Richard Owen Lorber, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
- Steven Ritz, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
Child Abuse
- Soshana Melman, MD
  Rowan-Virtua CARES Institute
- Deborah O’Donnell Mulgrew, DO
  Rowan-Virtua CARES Institute
- Rachel Sillman Cohen, MD
  Rowan-Virtua CARES Institute
Critical Care
- Keneisha Bailey-Correa, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Odirra Nwankwor, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Dermatology
- Donald Baker, MD
  HMGS Dermatology
- Coyle Connolly, DO
  Connolly Dermatology
- Sandra Kopp, MD
  Nova Dermatology
- Patrick McMahon, MD
  HMGS Dermatology
- Amanda Moon, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care Center
- Jonathan Winter, MD
  Dermatology Center of Washington Twp.
Alex Strauss, MD, Eastern Psychiatric, Emily Scattergood, MD, Cooper University Health Care, Shannon Pan, MD, Inspira Health
Developmental/Behavioral
- David Burgess, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care Center
- Persephone Jones, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
- Gwendolyn Messer, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Ear/Nose/Throat
- Saba Aftab, MD
  Advocare ENT Specialty Center
- Nikolaus Hjelm, MD
  Advocare ENT Specialty Center
- Ian Jacobs, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care & Surgery Center
- Saurin Sanghvi, MD
  ENT & Allergy Associates
- Donald Solomon, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Emergency Medicine
- Robert Belfer, MD
  CHOP at Virtua
- Marci Fornari, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Michael Gillman, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Giridhar Guntreddi, MD
  Jefferson Health
- Vanessa Mondestin, MD
  Capital Health
- Adam Richards, MD
  Jefferson Health
- Jeffrey Seiden, MD
  CHOP at Virtua
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
- Andrew Calabria, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care Center at Virtua
- Daniel Doyle, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
- Jacqueline Hatch-Stein, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care Center at Virtua
- Ernest Post, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Family Practice
- Lara Bruneau, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Renee Hickman, MD
  Capital Health
- Meredith Kenney, DO
  Advocare Grove Family Medical
- Elyse Kernis, DO
  Jefferson Health
- Abisola Luther, DO
  Capital Health
- Tara Pellegrino, DO
  Capital Health
- Crystal Rivell, DO
  Cooper University Health Care
- Justin Schweitzer, DO
  Cooper University Health Care
- Rashmi Srikanth, MD
  Capital Health
- Joseph Szgalsky, MD
  Inspira Health
- Nicole Zucconi, DO
  Inspira Health
Gastroenterology
- Carlotta Bridget Hample, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Sabeena Farhath, MD
  Capital Health
- Ronen Stein, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care & Surgery Center
- Stephanie Zacharias, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Hematology
- Rafat Ahmed, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Rebecca Citrin, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care & Surgery Center
Hospitalist
- Carmela Calvo, MD
  CHOP at Virtua
- Janine Gale, MD
  Capital Health
- Haytham Hamwi, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
- Sean Krulish, DO
  Cooper University Health Care
- Anita Sinha Nathan, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Infectious Disease
- Anat Feingold, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Kristina Feja, MD
  Capital Health
- Debrah Meislich, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Neonatology
- Randi Axelrod, MD
  Capital Health
- Leonard Goldsmith, DO
  CHOP at Virtua
- Harry Mondestin, MD
  Capital Health
- Gary Stahl, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Lloyd Tinianow, MD
  Jefferson Health
Nephrology
- Madhura Pradhan, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care & Surgery Center
Neurology
- Evelyn Gonzalez, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Michael Goodman, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Mayank Mathur, MD
  Virtua Health
- Rao Pasupuleti, MD
  Capital Health
- Ignacio Valencia, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Ophthalmology
- Michael Kresloff, MD
  Kresloff Eye Associates
- Jade Minor, MD
  Advocare Schnall Pediatric Opthalmology
- Bruce Schnall, MD
  Advocare Schnall Pediatric Opthalmology
- Barry Wasserman, MD
  Lasik Experts
Orthopedics
- Christopher Carey, MD
  Orthopedic Reconstruction Specialists
- Jeffrey Daniels, MD
  Advocare South Jersey Orthopedic Associates
- William Emanuele, DO
  Nemours Children’s Health
- Megan Gresh, MD
  Capital Health
- Martin Herman, MD
  Capital Health
Pediatrics
- Alon Baker, DO
  Capital Health
- Barry Berman, MD
  Inspira Health
- Jennifer Buccigrossi, MD
  Advocare Medford Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine
- David Chasen, MD
  Advocare The Farm Pediatrics
- Jignasa Chikani, MD
  PediaPlace
- Jacqueline Conroy, DO
  Cooper University Health Care
- Katherine Gargiulo, MD
  Advocare Kressville Pediatrics
- Vinod Gupta, MD
  Capital Health
- Sunita Coutinho Hass, MD
  CHOP at Virtua
- Scott Kiehlmeier, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Paul Kouyoumdji, MD
  Inspira Health
- Shannon Pan, MD
  Inspira Health
- Bhavna Patel, MD
  PediaPlace
- Puthenmadam Radhakrishnan, MD
  Capital Health
- Rebecca Reed, DO
  Medford Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine
- Nicole Streeks-Wooden, MD
  Rowan Medicine
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Thomas Drake, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Rochelle Haas, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
Plastic Surgery
- Scott Bartlett, MD
  CHOP Specialty Care & Surgery Center
- Patrick Hall, MD
  ENT & Allergy Associates
Psychiatry
- Zubair Khan, DO
  Rowan Medicine
- Anthony Rostain, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Raghu Siragavarapu, MD
  Advocare Integrative Behavioral Health
- Alex Strauss, MD
  Eastern Psychiatric
Pulmonology
- Aaron Chidekel, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
- Laurie Varlotta, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Radiology
- Thomas Presenza, DO
  Cooper University Health Care
- Emily Scattergood, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
Rheumatology
- Evan Mulvihill, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
Sports Medicine
- William Emanuele, DO
  Nemours Children’s Health
- David Gealt, DO
  Cooper University Health Care
- Kanad Mukherjee, DO
  Rowan Medicine
- Merrick Wetzler, MD
  South Jersey Orthopedic Associates
Surgery
- Douglas Katz, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Erika Lindholm, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Matthew Moront, MD
  Cooper University Health Care
- Charles Paidas, MD
  Nemours Children’s Health
Urology
- Gregory Dean, MD
  Urology for Children
- Michael Packer, MD
  Urology for Children