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Francis J DeVito M.D., F.A.A.P.

Francis J DeVito M.D., F.A.A.P.Dr. DeVito is a lifelong native of New York born in Park Slope, Brooklyn.  He is a graduate of the pre-med program at New York University and subsequently he attended St George's University, School of Medicine. After graduation from medical school, he did his pediatric residency at St. Vincent's Hospital, Staten Island, where he also served as Co-Chief resident in 1989.  After completing his residency, he spent several months in a neonatology fellowship at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY.

Dr. DeVito is NY State licensed and board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  He is also an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at St. George's University School of Medicine, as well as a Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, SUNY, Downstate Health Science Center, Brooklyn .

Dr. DeVito was previously President of both the Brooklyn Pediatric Society and the Medical Society of Bay Ridge. Dr. DeVito was also listed in the Castle Connolly's "How To Find The Best Doctors", and recently received the NY Methodist Hospital Voluntary Attending Physician of the Year award from the pediatric house staff. He is also a member of the King's County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

Dr.DeVito is fluent in Italian. Dr. DeVito resides in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn with his wife Nina and daughters Andrea, Lauren and Michela.

 
Leslie T. Alvarado, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Leslie Alvarado, MDDr.Alvarado is a native New Yorker born and raised in Queens, NY. In 1990, she obtained her undergraduate degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
She then attended the New York University School of Medicine and received her medical degree in 1994. In 1997, she completed the Pediatric Residency Program at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan.

Dr. Alvarado is Board Certified in Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is also a Member-at–Large of the Brooklyn Pediatric Society, as well as a member of the Medical Society of the State of New York, the American Medical Association, the Richmond County Medical Society and many other medical professional organizations.

Dr. Alvarado has also been involved in teaching residents and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the SUNY Downstate Health Science Center in Brooklyn. She recently received the Voluntary Attending Physician of the Year Award from the NY Methodist Hospital pediatric residents.

Dr. Alvarado is fluent in Spanish and Italian.  She resides in Staten Island with her family.

 
Ami Desai, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Dr. DesaiDr. Desai is a native New Yorker, born in Park Slope, Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College. She then obtained her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical School. In 2000 she completed her pediatric residency training at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Dr. Desai is board certified in Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has had experience in both private practice and hospital based medicine.

She currently resides in Staten Island with her family.

 
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