The PediMag Issue 2 - 2018

YOUR HOME FOR QUALITY PEDIATRIC CARE • FALL 2018/2019 Welcome to The PediaMag...................... 2 PATIENT PORTAL Helpful Tips for Patient Portal Users...... 3 NEW PROVIDERS New Physicians............................... 4 CLASSES Pediatric Alliance offers................... 6 RECOGNITION Pediatric Alliance, P.C. earns national recognition for patient-centered care...................... 7 ALLERGY STUDY Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.... 8 EVENTS Babies & Bumps, Bloom.................. 9 NUTRITION 4 KIDS Dinner Hacks for Busy Families....... 10 AWARENESS DAYS Gun violence awareness.................. 11 World Down Syndrome Day............. 11 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP James Troup receives award........... 12 INTERNATIONAL NEWS Association of mild traumatic brain injury...................... 12

Supporting an end to gun violence

NORTH HILLS RELOCATION North Hills Division’s consolidation..... 13 FAMILY Home Is Where The Heart Is............. 14 OFFICE FUN Dr. Patriots Hat................................ 15 Birthdays......................................... 15 PEDIATRIC ALLIANCE Employee Appreciation Day 2018 at Kennywood Park......................... 16 Publication Provided by:

Annette Lucas, CRNP, Tony Kovatch, MD, and Susie Saunders, MD – Arcadia Division

Welcome

Welcome to The PediaMag Welcome to another edition of The PediaMag! Our first edition, published in January 2018, was a hit, and we owe that to you, our readers, patients, and families.

In these dog days of summer, we hope that you are remembering to take care of your skin and avoid harmful sun damage. In the words of Dr. Ned Ketyer, editor of The PediaBlog, “Protecting skin from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays and from indoor tanning beds is the mainstay of prevention according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Follow these easy options: stay in the shade, especially during midday hours, wear clothing that covers your arms and legs, wear sunglasses that block both UVA and UVB rays, Use sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher and both UVA and UVB (broad spectrum) protection, and avoid indoor tanning.”

Of course, if you are staying indoors, how better to pass the time than enjoying this second issue of The PediaMag? As always, your feedback and comments are welcome.

Simply email us at PediaMag@pediatricalliance.com.

About Us: Pediatric Alliance was formed in 1996, when eight individual pediatric practices joined together to provide quality health care throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Since then, Pediatric Alliance has grown to be the largest physician-owned group pediatric practice in our area. Our board-certified pediatricians offer primary care to children and adolescents in 16 different office locations including two specialty care offices for asthma, allergy and immunology and pediatric endocrinology.

We are proud to offer personalized, patient-centered care to patients from birth to 21 years of age. We strive to be a Medical Home and to meet your family’s pediatric needs, provide convenient access to care, and build strong relationships with families to maximize your child’s health.

To learn more about Pediatric Alliance, Click Here.

Pediatric Alliance 1100 Washington Ave Suite 215 Carnegie, PA 15106 pediatricalliance.com

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Patient Portal

Helpful Tips for Patient Portal Users Patient Portal gives patients a secure way to connect with our office and access their medical information at home and on the road.

— Please ensure your email address is current in our system.

NEW! Patient Portal Tips under the Patient Tools section of our website. www.pediatricalliance.com/patient-portal/

• How to Renew Medications • How to Request an Appointment • How to Send Messages via Patient Portal • What to do if you forget your Username/Password In addition to these helpful tip sheets, you can also email or call our portal line if you need assistance. portal@pediatricalliance.com or (412) 278-5102

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New Providers

New providers join Pediatric Alliance PITTSBURGH Dr. Belle Bautista, D.O. practices at our Northland Division in the Seven Fields location. Dr. Bautista was born and raised in Pittsburgh and except for the few years spent at the University of Notre Dame where she completed her undergraduate studies, she has lived in Pennsylvania her whole life. She met her husband in medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed an Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. After residency, her family landed back in Pittsburgh for her husband’s Nephrology fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital.

She currently lives in Franklin Park with her husband, 3 children, and an 80-pound sheepadoodle named Eddie.

Dr. Beverly Brown, M.D. is a member of the team of providers at our Regional Office Division in the Bloomfield location at West Penn Hospital. Dr. Brown earned a Bachelor of Science at Indiana University Bloomington and a Master of Fine Arts degree at Florida State University. She attended Medical School at SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine at SUNY and completed her pediatric residency at University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. Dr. Brown comes to Pediatric Alliance after 6 years as a Pediatric Hospitalist at Children’s Hospital of Chicago and 6 years at LaRabida Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Brown makes her home in Pittsburgh with her spouse and two children. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, bicycling, and spending time with her family.

Rachel Raymond, PA-C practices at our Regional Office Division in the Jefferson Hills Location. Rachel completed her undergraduate studies at Duquesne University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences. She then went on to earn a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies, also at Duquesne University. Before coming to Pediatric Alliance, Rachel Raymond spent 4 years as a Physician Assistant at Greater Pittsburgh Neurological Associates and 18 months as a Physician Assistant at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in the Division of Neuro-Oncology.

Rachel was raised in Harrison City and now makes her home in Mt. Washington with her husband and her 5-yearold dog named Theo. Theo also works in the medical field as a Certified Therapy Dog. In her spare time, Rachel loves traveling and doing yoga.

Nicole Frost, C.R.N.P, has joined the family of providers at our Fox Chapel Division. Nikki earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Connecticut and her Master of Science degree in Nursing at Quinnipac University in Hamden, CT. Prior to coming to Pediatric Alliance, she worked for 9 months as a Nurse Practitioner at the Children’s Home of Pittsburgh and 3 years at Pro Health Physicians. Before that, she spent time as a CRNP and an RN at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Emergency Department in Hartford, CT. Originally from Enfield, CT, Nikki now makes her home in Allison Park, PA. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, hiking, and kayaking.

Margi Desai, M.D., has joined the team of caring providers at our Greentree Division. Dr. Desai earned a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences at Wayne State University. She then earned her MD at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Desai has been practicing pediatrics in the Pittsburgh area since 2009 when she completed her residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Desai is originally from Canton, MI and currently makes her home in Murrysville, PA.

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New Providers

Kari Halloran, Nutritionist, is a Registered and Licensed dietitian with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Nutrition and Foods from Virginia Tech and a Masters Degree in Adult Education from Penn State. She has over 15 years of experience in individual nutritional counseling for all ages and currently sees patients on Thursdays and Saturdays at our Chartiers office. She brings an enthusiasm for helping people change their nutrition habits to live a healthier lifestyle. She is an avid exerciser and likes to read and spend time with her family.

Lesley Gradone, Nutritionist, is the newest member of the Pediatric Alliance Provider family. Lesley has joined the Arcadia Division in the role of Dietician/Nutritionist. Lesley earned her degree in Nutrition from Penn State University. She is a board-certified Nutrition Support Clinician. She has been a Registered Dietician in both Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, and in both adult and pediatric settings. Lesley makes her home in Sewickley with her husband and their Labrador Retriever. In her free time, she enjoys Asthanga yoga.

Dr. Erin Davies, M.D. practices at our Chartiers McMurray Division. Dr. Davies was born and raised in western Pennsylvania. She earned her Bachelor of Science at Grove City College and went on to earn her MD at Jefferson Medical College.

Before joining us at Pediatric Alliance, Dr. Davies spent more than 8 years as a pediatrician at Premier Medical Associates.

Dr. Davies now makes her home in Mt. Lebanon with her husband, our very own Dr. Brian Davies (also practicing at Chartiers McMurray), and their two children. She enjoys Pure Barre, running, walking, dancing, reading, and spending time with her family. She also volunteers as much as possible at her church, her children’s school, and by helping neighbors in her community.

Jennifer Giallioreto, P.A., joined the family of providers at our Fox Chapel Division on June 1st. Jennie is a Pediatric Physician Assistant who comes to us with over 5 years of experience in a pediatric office setting. She studied at Penn State University and Chatham University. She is passionate about pediatric care and is the proud mom to two young kids.

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Classes

Pediatric Alliance provides learning opportunities for new and expectant parents.

Pediatric Alliance offers classes to new parents and expectant moms and dads. Parents can meet the pediatrician, tour the office, learn basic information about the care of their newborn, and even learn what to expect while mom and baby are in the hospital.

We also offer classes in breastfeeding for expectant moms and new moms who are trying to make breastfeeding work. In fact, we have certified lactation consultants at many of our locations. These professionals are waiting to help you.

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Recognition

Pediatric Alliance, P.C. earns national recognition for patient-centered care NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home™ standards emphasize enhanced care through patient-clinician partnership

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has the ability to meet the program’s key elements, embodying characannounced that Pediatric Alliance, P.C. of Pittsburgh, PA has received teristics of the medical home. NCQA standards aligned with the joint NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition for using principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home established with evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Family coordinated care and long-term, participative relationships.

Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary Osteopathic Association. care that combines teamwork and information technology to improve care, improve patients’ experience of care and reduce costs. Medical To find clinicians and their practices with NCQA PCMH Recognition, homes foster ongoing partnerships between patients and their pervisit http://recognition.ncqa.org. sonal clinicians, instead of approaching care as the sum of episodic office visits. Each patient’s care is overseen by clinician-led care teams that coordinate treatment across the health care system. Research shows that medical homes can lead to higher quality and lower costs, and can improve patient and provider reported experiences of care.

“NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health information technology and coordinated care focused on patients,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane.

“Recognition shows that Pediatric Alliance has the tools, systems and resources to provide its patients with the right care, at the right time.”

To earn recognition, which is valid for *Sources: states, plan website, PCPCC, NASHP and peer-reviewed research. three years, Pediatric Alliance demonstrated

Attributes for Success: There are many paths to becoming successful PCMHs – they do not all look alik generally About NCQA take local circumstances and preferences into account. NCQA has identified several key attr that to PCMH success:dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies NCQA is acontribute private, non-profit organization

a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance.  Most successful practices have received financial or technical assistance, or both, to transform.xxiv NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measureparticularly value practical examples and support for meeting requirements, and worry about ment tool in health care. NCQA’s Web site (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others maintaining their financial sustainability. make more informed health care choices.

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Organization leadership, a team-based approach, health information technology and delegating s management education to non-physician team members are also features of most successful prac Involving patients and families in P.C. practice improvement efforts through advisory committees, Pediatric Alliance • August/September 2018 • pediatricalliance.com 7 ombudsmen or navigators, is a hallmark of some of the best PCMHs.

Allergy study

Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology This spring, our division of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology relocated to a wonderful new home not far from their existing office.

Our new office is just up the road a bit at 6500 Brooktree Road, Suite 101, Wexford, PA 15090. You can find us across from Wexford Plaza, behind the Post Office and the Car Dealers. Our phone number stayed the same, (412) 348-6868, so please feel free to call our office with any questions.

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Events

Babies & Bumps An event designed to help mothers feel confident about navigating pregnancy, labor & delivery, having an infant, and becoming a mother. The goal is to connect new & soon-to-be parents to organizations and resources that support their growing families.

Pediatric Alliance North Hills Cranberry Division joined with many other organizations in the area to participate in a Babies and Bumps event in the North Hills in April, 2018. Dr. Bruce Hyde and office manager Christina Dorko had the opportunity to speak to and help new and expectant parents in the area and to see them again as they came to the North Hills Cranberry office for their new bundle’s primary medical care.

City Moms Blog Network

Bloom A national event presented by City Moms Blog Network and hosted by Pittsburgh Moms Blog each Spring. This spring, our Regional Office Division joined with Pittsburgh Moms Blog to support moms in the early stages of motherhood and give moms a place to connect. We gave away two baskets filled with everything a new mama might need, and Amy Miller, PA (from our Wexford office) manned our table and had the opportunity to meet the new and expectant moms, while Sara DePierre, PA, IBCLC (from our Jefferson Office), with the help of her beautiful baby girl Arden, spoke about breastfeeding to a group of interested moms.

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Nutrition 4 Kids

By Jennifer Yoon RDN/LDN

Dinner Hacks for Busy Families squash, sweet peppers, zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, and others can easily be added to a plate raw or added to salads. Cut up veggies can be added to pasta in the last 5 minutes or so of boiling, add diced precooked meat, sprinkle some cheese, and you have an easy one pot dinner. Frozen stir fry meal kits are a life saver.

• Baked potatoes can be thrown in the microwave and ready in 5-10 minutes. Add cheese, small cut broccoli and serve with sliced ham.

• Pre-make a large container of pasta to serve as a side. Mix with some veggies, cut meat, and some dressing for a quick pasta salad.

I often hear from families during nutrition counseling, “We eat healthy dinners most of the time, except when we have activities.” A stop at the Drive-Thru occasionally can certainly be part of an overall healthy diet. However, in most cases, those busy nights add up and result in fast food or pizza delivery more often than we would like. In most cases, even a quick, thrown-together dinner or reheated frozen meal is going to be healthier and more cost effective than the Drive Thru. For busy nights, try some of these Dinner Hacks for Busy Families: • Keep meal staples on hand: rice (boil in bag, microwave and frozen varieties are available), pasta, and spaghetti sauce.

• Have some frozen or refrigerated prepared meats: grilled chicken strips, sliced ham, meat loaf, meat balls, turkey breast, rotisserie chicken. Canned meats such as chicken or tuna, or canned beans can be added to rice or noodles to create simple skillet dinners. Next time you cook a large cut of meat, make extra and then slice and freeze for later.

• Who says you have to cook? A healthy plate (see MyPlate.gov) contains a grain, protein, fruit, and veggie, with a dairy on the side.

Represent each and be done, for example: • Crackers or pita bread, hummus, raw veggies and fruit with yogurt.

• Grilled cheese with tomato or veggie soup, carrot slices, apples, and milk • Turkey sandwich, baked chips, celery sticks, fruit cup, and milk.

• Don’t order pizza, make it! Add sauce, cheese, and selected toppings to English muffins, deli rounds, or bagels. Everyone can build their own!

• Breakfast for dinner is a favorite at my house: Toast or English Muffins, eggs or an omelet, fruits, and salad or veggies.

• Instant Pots and Slow Cookers are also great time savers. With some advanced planning and time at the grocery store, your busy night meal woes can be solved.

• Pre-prep veggies and fruits, and stock up on frozen and canned varieties. Wash and cut lettuce for salad or buy bagged varieties. Steam-in-bag veggies could not be easier and often have a light sauce for a tasty side dish. Cut carrots, celery, cucumbers,

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Jennifer Yoon sees patients at the Pediatric Alliance — St. Clair office. For an appointment, please call (412) 221-2121. Read more from Jennifer’s “Nutrition 4 Kids” column on The PediaBlog here.

Arcadia Division

World Down Syndrome Day

National Gun Violence Awareness Day

On March 21, Pediatric Alliance celebrated World Down Syndrome Day by showing off our fun and mismatched socks! Some of us even sat down for a photo of our happy feet! Next year, on March 21, #rockyoursockspgh with us again!

#wearorange

On June 1, 2018, the providers and staff at Pediatric Alliance Arcadia Division wore orange to stand together in support of an end to gun violence.

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Executive Leadership Award

Pediatric Alliance is proud to congratulate our CEO, James Troup on receiving the Allegheny County Medical Society Foundation's EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AWARD, which recognizes an individual who has demonstrated exemplary leadership and advocacy for physicians. Over a sustained time, James has displayed administrative guidance and support to physicians to improve their ability to improve the lives and health of the people of our community.

International News

By Dr. Ned Ketyer

Association of mild traumatic brain injury Dr. Deborah Rotenstein, Director of the Endocrine Division of Pediatric Alliance, in collaboration with the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program, presented original data at the Pediatric Endocrine Society Meeting in Toronto, Canada on May 6, 2018. The topic of the poster presentation was the association of mild traumatic brain injury (such as conMild traumatic cussions, falls, hits brain injury from to the head from a sports and play in ball or hockey puck, childhood is very etc.) with changes in common and growth velocity and the data support pubertal progression. how important The data, based it is for clinical on a review of 233 followup... patients and 113 control patients from Pediatric Alliance, shows a relationship between a history of mild traumatic brain injury and pituitary dysfunction which has been observed in adults.

Mild traumatic brain injury from sports and play in childhood is very common and

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the data support how important it is for clinical followup of these patients for growth velocity and pubertal progression. As this was a retrospective study, prospective, longitudinal studies are planned in future.

The PediaBlog congratulates Dr. Rotenstein for the international recognition of her important work!

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Deborah Rotenstein, M.D. and Jadranka Popovic, M.D. see patients at their Pediatric Alliance — Endocrinology office in Edgewood. Please call (412) 371-3000 for an appointment.

North Hills Relocation

Brian W. Donnelly, MD and Bruce Hyde, MD

North Hills Division’s consolidation Big changes came to Pediatric Alliance North Hills Division this spring. In late March, our North Hills Division consolidated their two offices and closed the Passavant location.

We changed the name of the North Hills Division to the North Hills Cranberry Division, and Dr. Bruce Hyde and Dr. Brian W. Donnelly continue to see patients at our Cranberry location at 201 Smith Drive, Suite B, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.

Every attempt was made to make this transition as smooth and seamless as possible. All records from the Passavant office were made available in the Cranberry office so that no transfers would be necessary in order to continue seeing Drs. Hyde and Donnelly at Cranberry.

While we would love to see all of our Passavant families move to our Cranberry office, we do understand that Cranberry may not be a convenient location for some. If that is the case, please visit our website at www.pediatricalliance.com to see our other locations in the North Hills.

We are also pleased to announce that in addition to continuing to care for our North Hills Cranberry Division patients, Drs. Donnelly and Hyde will also begin providing services at our Regional Office

Division Wexford location in the Health + Wellness Pavilion at 12311 Perry Highway, Suite D, Wexford, PA 15090.

These changes will allow you to see the same pediatricians you have seen for years, but at the most convenient location for you. It is important to know that patients who choose to see Drs. Donnelly and Hyde at the Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion will essentially be transferring to a new practice. As a reminder, if your insurance carrier requires you to select a PCP, you will need to notify them of the physician’s new location.

The North Hills Cranberry Division continues to accept ALL insurances, but please be aware that the Pediatric Alliance Wexford location accepts all insurances with the exception of UPMC. We look forward to continuing a long and happy relationship with you and your family.

Sincerely, Brian W. Donnelly, MD and Bruce Hyde, MD Pediatric Alliance, North Hills and Wexford Locations Pediatric Alliance North Hills (Cranberry): 724-776-4344 Pediatric Alliance Wexford (Health + Wellness Pavilion): 878-332-4920

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Family

Home Is Where The Heart Is The Loboda’s worked with the Pennsylvania-based adoption agency, Families United Network, Inc., and MLJ Adoptions (located in Indianapolis, IN) to find Eliana and bring her home to Pittsburgh, to a family she so richly deserves: espite all of the education and preparation we received, we were still surprised by how D enduring the long process really was. MLJ guided us through the many steps of the process, but the waiting between each step was unbearable at times. Adoptive families are brave warriors for these vulnerable children and although our wait felt difficult it was nothing in comparison to the wait that our daughter endured.

Although 3-year-old Eliana faces some challenges (such as catching up developmentally, learning English, and getting accustomed to the sweet American diet), being loved is not one of them: Ashley Loboda

Before she became part of the Pediatric Alliance (St. Clair Division) family, pediatrician Ashley Loboda and her husband, Luke, knew they could — and would — endure the long and winding road that would eventually bring little Eliana into their family of five. Ashley had previously volunteered in an orphanage in Ukraine, and Luke in an orphanage in Guatemala. Together, they always knew there would be room for a sixth Loboda:

I t is amazing how well all of our children have done with the addition of Eliana to our family.

Our sons are very doting and loving towards her. The way that they all take care of each other and show love for one another is moving. At first, Eliana was very weak and could not climb the stairs or complete many simple tasks. Her big brothers were always watching and waiting to help her out. Now after three months home, she is strong enough to climb stairs and do many tasks alone but her brothers still keep watch over her.

The Loboda’s feel passionately that every child deserves a home and a family to love them:

F rom these experiences, it was clear that all children belong in families. The orphans that we met were starving for love and were born into many disparities. We knew that we could welcome a child into our family and share with them not only love, but also give them the support they would need to thrive.

Our international experiences highlighted that orphans face extreme poverty, discrimination, and lack of social services and for these reasons we felt called to adopt internationally.

You can read the rest of this terrific article on Eliana’s journey to her new home here.

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E very child belongs in a family. It has been a long journey to bring our daughter home, but now with her here we know that she was meant to be a part of our family. If you have it in your heart to open your arms and family to an adopted child, there are so many children just waiting to know the love and support of a family. These children’s lives and futures are depending on it.

Steeler Nation

Dr. Patriots Hat We all know how we in Steeler Nation feel about the New England Patriots.

And we were all surprised to find ourselves pulling for the Philadelphia Eagles to win the Superbowl. Seriously!! PHILADELPHIA!!

However…SOMEONE at our St. Clair Division thought the Patriots were going to win. And someone else DID NOT! Our Mystery Man, hereafter called Dr. Patriots Hat, says he grew up in New England and remembers watching Patriots games with his grandparents and dad when he was a toddler. It's a family thing, nothing personal Steeler-Nation!

Birthdays

In May, we celebrated the birthday of Dr. Anthony Kovatch of our Arcadia Division, and June brought us Green Tree Division’s Dr. Joe Aracri’s 50th Birthday. Happy birthday to both of you! You wear it well.

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Pediatric Alliance

Employee Appreciation Day 2018 at Kennywood Park On Sunday, July 8, 2018, employees and families of Pediatric Alliance spent the day at Kennywood in appreciation of all they do. It was a great day with perfect weather. The success of our company is built on the efforts of our employees and in these past years, we have enjoyed many successes.

Pediatric Alliance thanks all of our employees for the dedication that each one demonstrates each and every day to make this a great place to work.

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