When your child or your patient needs a pediatrician, you can feel good about turning to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. For the 100+ physicians, there is no calling more fulfilling than helping children get well. Every physician on our Department of Pediatrics staff is board certified in pediatrics or other subspecialties and serves on the faculty of Drexel University College of Medicine.
At St. Christopher's we are proud to offer a unified, collaborative approach to treating every child who comes to us or is referred to us for expert care. All of the physicians, nurses and support staff working within the Department of Pediatrics' various sections cooperate closely with each other and with referring physicians, patients and their families. Our physicians also are actively involved in medical education, community service, advocacy and research in the advancement of medicine.
Section of Allergy
Section of Cardiology
Section of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology
Section of Critical Care
Section of Developmental Pediatrics
Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes
Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Section of Allergy
The Section of Allergy provides comprehensive consultative services, including immediate and long-term care, for the evaluation and treatment of children with a wide spectrum of allergic diseases. The staff treats children with a variety of allergic conditions, including acute and chronic asthma, chronic cough, recurrent respiratory infections, allergic rhinitis, urticaria and drug hypersensitivity. The staff has a special interest in bronchial asthma. Services for all age groups, including infants, are:
Appointments: 215-427-8800
Jack M. Becker, MD
Chief, Section of Allergy
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
Special Training:
Residency: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital,
Cleveland, OH
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Staff Appointment: 2002
Special Interests: Asthma and how it relates to activity in children, the competitive athlete
Appointments: 215-427-8800
Section of Cardiology
The Section of Cardiology provides comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with congenital or acquired heart disease. The pediatric cardiology services are provided at the Heart Center for Children at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and satellite pediatric cardiology outpatient facilities. The diagnostic services are provided for patients with cardiac dysrythmias, congenital cardiovascular malformations, acquired heart disease, hyperlipidemia and systemic hypertension.
Nonsurgical correction of certain cardiovascular malformations is provided by experts in interventional cardiology. Surgical correction of pediatric cardiovascular diseases and complex cardiovascular malformations of newborns and young infants are provided by a team of surgeons with expertise in pediatric cardiovascular surgery. Outpatient services are provided in clinics for cardiovascular disease of infants, children, and young adults with congenital cardiovascular disease:
Noninvasive laboratories offer:
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Echocardiography laboratories for transthoracic, transesophageal and prenatal echocardiology
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Ambulatory electrocardiography monitoring (Holter monitoring), transtelephonic event, electrocardiography monitoring, and pacemaker monitoring
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Exercise physiology and exercise electrocardiography
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Tilt table testing
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (cine MRI and MRA)
Invasive procedures include:
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Diagnostic cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography
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Interventional cardiac catheterization for balloon valvuloplasty and angioplasty
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Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus and abnormal vessels using coils and devices
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Transcatheter closure of arterial septal defect, PFO and fenestrations using the Amplatzer Device
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Stent placement for correction of arterial and venous obstructions
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Transcatheter ablation to cure cardiac and rhythm disturbances
John Murphy, MD
Chief, Section of Cardiology
Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
Special Training:
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA
Staff Appointment: 2005
Special Interests: Interventional cardiology
Appointments: 215-427-4820
Richard Kardon, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, (UMDNJ), New Brunswick, NJ
Special Training:
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Staff Appointment: 1999
Special Interests: Echocardiography
Appointments: 215-427-4820
Nandini Madan, MBBS, MD
Clinical Instructor, Cardiology
Medical School: Maulana Azud Medical College, New Delhi, India
Special Training:
Residency: Maulana Azad Medical College and LNJP Hospital, India; The Children's Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Staff Appointment: 1999
Special Interests: Echocardiography, electrophysiology
Appointments: 215-427-4820
C. Igor Mesia, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cavetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
Special Training:
Residency: Children’s Hospital at the University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Fellowship: Medical College of Virginia and the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Staff Appointment: 2004
Special Interests: Cardiac catheterization
Appointments: 215-427-4820
Anna C. O’Riordan, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Hahnemann Medical College
Special Training:
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Staff Appointment: 1961
Special Interests: Clinical cardiology, advanced cardiac life support
Appointments: 215-427-4820
Mary C. Sokoloski, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Special Training:
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Staff Appointment: 1996
Special Interests: Pediatric electrophysiology
Appointments: 215-427-4820
R. Lee Vogel, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; CMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School,
Piscataway, NJ
Special Training:
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Staff Appointment: 2002
Special Interests: Clinical pediatric cardiology
Appointments: 215-427-4820
Section of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology
The Section of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology provides comprehensive genetic evaluations of patients with birth defects, developmental delay, suspected genetic abnormalities, family histories of genetic disorders and adult onset genetic diseases. Advanced testing facilities available at St. Christopher’s include a cytogenetics laboratory.
For more information or to make an appointment, please call 215-427-8413.
Carol E. Anderson, MD
Chief, Section of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Special Training:
Residency: Case Western Reserve,
Cleveland, OH
Fellowship: UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, CA
Staff Appointment: 1997
Special Interests: Genetic evaluation and counseling for families with members afflicted with neurologic disorders, developmental disabilities, malformations, other chronic diseases
Appointments: 215-427-8413
Section of Critical Care
The Section of Critical Care is staffed by pediatric intensivists who provide medical direction of the acute and intermediate intensive care units. The pediatric intensivists staff the critical care service and provide either primary or concurrent care within these units. The pediatric intensivists work closely with other specialists, house staff, pediatric critical care nurses, pediatric respiratory therapists, pediatric social workers and pediatric rehabilitation specialists who meet the needs of the entire family after a critical illness, trauma or operative procedure.
Glenn Stryjewski, MD, MPH
Interim Clinical Director of Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Special Training:
Masters in Public Health: The George Washington School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Fellowship: Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Staff Appointment: 2004
Special Interests: Intensive pediatric critical care
Office: 215-425-5220
Sharon F. Calaman, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical School: New York State University School of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Special Training:
Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Staff Appointment: 2005
Special Interests: Pediatric critical care
Office: 215-427-5220
Christine Schlichting, MD
Department of Critical Care
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Medical School: University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland, OR
Special Training:
Residency: Universit