Division of Adolescent Medicine

Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics

Division of Child and Adolescent Pediatrics

Division of Primary Pediatrics 

Division, Pediatric Generalist Service

Center for Children with Special Healthcare Needs

The Section of General Pediatrics provides comprehensive primary care for infants, children and adolescents encompassing both routine health services and the coordination of care for children with chronic illnesses and complex diagnoses.

The Section of General Pediatrics is divided into the Division of Adolescent Medicine; Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics; Division of Child and Adolescent Pediatrics; Division of Primary Pediatrics; Division, Pediatric Generalist Service; and Center for Children with Special Healthcare Needs as detailed on the following pages.

Charles Reed, MD

Chief, Section of General Pediatrics

Professor of Pediatrics

Office: 215-427-4308

Division of Adolescent Medicine Appointments:           

215-427-3802

Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics Appointments:          

215-427-5985

Division of Child and Adolescent Practice

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Appointments:

215-427-5000

Division of Primary Pediatrics Appointments:    

215-427-5383

Division of Pediatric Generalist Appointments:  

215-427-4314

Center for Children with Special Healthcare Needs:

Office:

215-427-5237 

Clinic: Patients requiring direct inpatient admission to The Section of General Pediatrics, please call: 215-363-2703 (Beeper)

Division of Adolescent Medicine

The Division of Adolescent Medicine at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children provides comprehensive evaluation and management of medical problems in adolescent patients. Physicians specially trained in adolescent medicine provide consultation services for adolescent related issues including menstrual disorders, family planning issues and HIV testing for patients 12 to 21 years of age.

Appointments: 215-427-3802

Anthony Acquavella, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Division of Adolescent Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

Special Training:

Residency: Bridgeport Hospital – Yale Affiliated Program – Medicine/Pediatrics, Bridgeport, CT

Fellowship: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Staff Appointment: 1996

Special Interests: Sexually transmitted diseases, menstrual disorders, contraception, other adolescent issues

Appointments: 215-427-3802

Leonard J. Levine, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY

Special Training:

Residency: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Fellowship: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Staff Appointment: 2005

Special Interests: Acne, menstrual disorders, contraception, sexually transmitted infections

Appointments: 215-427-3802

Tahniat Syed, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh,

Pittsburgh, PA

Staff Appointment: 2002

Special Interests: Menstrual disorders, smoking cessation, sexually transmitted diseases, contraception and other adolescent issues

Appointments: 215-427-3802 

Division of Ambulatory Pediatric Services

The Division of Ambulatory Pediatric Services at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children provides primary comprehensive continuing care for infants, children and adolescents on an outpatient basis. This includes evaluation and management of acute illnesses in children and adolescents, immunization, lead screening, routine well-baby visits and other services.

Appointments: 215-427-5985

Robert Bonner, Jr., MD

Medical Director, Ambulatory Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Fellowship: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Staff Appointment: 2003

Special Interests: General pediatrics, pediatric education

Appointments: 215-427-5985

Pierre Chanoine, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 2005

Special Interests: General pediatrics, obesity

Appointments: 215-427-5985

Hans Kersten, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Fellowship: Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

Staff Appointment: 1997

Special Interests: General pediatrics, lead poisoning and prevention, child advocacy

Appointments: 215-427-5985

Paul Matz, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Special Training:

Residency: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Fellowship: Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, Brown University, Providence, RI

Staff Appointment: 2001

Special Interests: General pediatrics, asthma, pediatric education

Appointments: 215-427-5985

Rajeev Shah, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Fellowship: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Staff Appointment: 2004

Special Interests: Resident and student education, pediatric hospitalist medicine

Appointments: 215-427-5985

Laura E. Smals, MD

Medical Director, Student Education

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 1997

Special Interests: General pediatrics and normal child development

Appointments: 215-427-5985

Nancy D. Spector, MD

Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 1997

Special Interests: General pediatrics, injury prevention, and pediatric education

Appointments: 215-427-5985

Division of Child and Adolescent Practice

St. Christopher's Child and Adolescent Practice offers comprehensive continuing care for infants, children and adolescents is provided on an outpatient basis. This includes routine well visits as well as evaluation and management of acute illnesses in children and adolescents. The experienced physicians are staff members at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and all are board certified pediatricians and members of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Office hours are Monday thru Friday 8:30 am-5:00 pm.

The following physicians may be seen at this location:

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children – Child and Adolescent Practice

3601 A Street. Philadelphia, PA  19134

Cynthia Collier Warren, MD

Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Practice

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 1996

Special Interests: Health education, child safety

Appointments: 215-427-5000

Shareen Kelly, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 1995

Special Interests: General pediatrics, early childhood

Appointments: 215-427-5000

Shoshana Melman, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Hahnemann University School of Medicine

Special Training:

Residency: Hahnemann University Hospital

Fellowship: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Staff Appointment: 1987

Special Interests: Lead poisoning, childhood immunizations

Appointments: 215-427-5000

Daniel R. Taylor, DO

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Special Training:

Residency: Thomas Jefferson University/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE

Staff Appointment: 2001

Special Interests: General pediatrics and pediatric education, childhood advocacy

Appointments: 215-427-5000

Division of Primary Pediatrics

The Primary Pediatrics Division at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children offers a medical resource for routine health care concerns such as physical exams and immunizations, as well as for difficult diagnoses and chronic illnesses, including  asthma and sickle cell disease. Evening and weekend hours are available.

For more information or to make an appointment, please call:

Division of Primary Pediatrics

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Waldo E. Nelson, MD Pavilion

215-427-5383

James W. Reynolds, MD

Medical Director, Primary Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 1982

Special Interests: General pediatrics, child advocacy, nutritional failure to thrive

Appointments: 215-427-5383

Khoi Dang, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 2004

Special Interests: General pediatrics, community outreach

Appointments: 215-427-5383

Irisaida Martinez, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine

Special Training:

Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center

Staff Appointment: 1996

Special Interests: Primary care pediatrics

Appointments: 215-427-5383 

Natalie Minto, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 2005

Special Interests: Advocacy and community outreach

Appointments: 215-427-5383

Division, Pediatric Generalist Service

The role of the pediatric generalist in a tertiary care center is becoming increasingly important when caring for children with complex illnesses. The pediatric generalist can help families make the necessary contacts with the many different subspecialists and help facilitate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.

The Service assists community pediatricians and family practitioners who seek second opinions, have diagnostic dilemmas or need coordinated care among a number of subspecialists. Team members are liaisons between the referring physician and St. Christopher’s, and manage the child’s treatment plan in concert with the family’s doctor. A member of the Service is available 24 hours a day for consultation, referral or emergency. Both inpatient and outpatient services are available.

Pediatric Generalist Service appointments: 215-427-4308

Patients requiring direct inpatient admission to general pediatrics call: 215-363-2703 (Beeper).

Eric Douglas Thompson, MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Generalist Service

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine

Special Training:

Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 1998

Special Interests: Inpatient pediatrics, resident education, general consultative pediatrics

Appointments: 215-427-4308

Keith D. Herzog, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Special Training:

Residency: Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children

Staff Appointment: 1999

Special Interests: Infectious diseases

Appointments: 215-427-4308

Robert S. McGregor, MD

Associate Chair for Clinical Affairs

Program Director Pediatric Residency

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

Special Training:

Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Staff Appointment: 1995

Special Interests: Sports medicine, general consultative pediatrics, pediatric education, diagnostic medicine

Appointments: 215-427-5900

Christopher O’Hara, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA