Pediatric Faculty Practice

Attending physician for the practice, undergraduate and graduate of the University of Florida and University of Florida Medical School and completed his pediatric residency at Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida. He has a special interest in vaccines and has helped in research on the development of combination vaccines.

Attending physician for the practice, undergraduate from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, graduate of the Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her pediatric residency at McGill University Faculty of Medicine/Montreal Children’s Hospital. Dr. Howell continued on at McGill University to complete a Fellow with the Department of Pharmacology and Clinical and Research Fellow with Clinical Pharmacology/Neonatology. As a post-graduate, Dr. Howell continued her education on Pediatric Asthma, Asthma Management, and the History of Asthma through the American Thoracic Society. She has spoken in several state and national conferences on “Pediatric Asthma,” has been published in peer reviewed journals, and has developed audiotapes for the American Academy of Family Physicians on how to manage pediatric asthma.

Attending physician for the practice, raised in Orlando, Florida, undergraduate from Pennsylvania State University and graduate of Jefferson Medical College in Pennsylvania. She began her pediatric residency at University of Florida, Shands Teaching Hospital but completed the program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital/DuPont Hospital for Children in Pennsylvania.

Senior Nurse Practitioner in the practice, born and raised in Virginia, obtained bachelor and masters of science from the University of Virginia and completed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Florida. She is a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, former Nap Nap President for the Florida chapter and has spoken in national conferences on newborn care, head lice, and nutrition.

Senior Nurse Practitioner in the practice, born and raised in Alabama, obtained her Associate Degree of Nursing at Jefferson State Community College, Bachelor’s in Science and Nursing at Samford University, Masters of Science and Nursing from the University of Central Florida and completed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Florida. She is a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, specializes in newborn care, including patient education and lactation, and a speaker at national conferences and state conferences on nutrition, lactation and newborn care.

Senior Nurse Practitioner in the practice, born and raised in Orlando, FL, obtained her nursing from University of Central Florida and Masters Degree in Nursing and completed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Florida. She specializes in neonatal care and has held positions as a manager of neonatal education and clinical nurse specialist. She has spoken in local conferences on neonatal topics and has been published in peer reviewed journals.

Nurse Practitioner and Lactation Consultant in the practice, born and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida, obtained her Bachelor’s in Science in Biology at Mercer University in Georgia, completed a Genetic Counseling Training Program at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, her Bachelor’s in Science and Nursing at the University of North Florida and completed the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Central Florida. She is a certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Board member and treasurer of the Florida Lactation Consultant Association, and a member of the International Lactation Consultant Association, United States Lactation Association, Florida Chapter of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Central Florida Advanced Practice Nursing Council. She has spoken in many conferences on breastfeeding in general, preterm infants and breastfeeding, jaundice and Down syndrome and breast feeding.