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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 Past-President 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 received the Voluntary Attending Physician of the Year Award from the NY Methodist Hospital pediatric residents. She also recently received the American Academy of Pediatrics Special Achievement Award for distinguished service and dedication to the mission and goals of the academy.

Dr. Alvarado resides in Staten Island with her family.

 
Rachelle Namm, M.D., F.A.A.P.

Dr. NammDr. Namm was born in New York City and raised in northern New Jersey.  She graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers College in 1998 and then went on to obtain her medical degree from UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School in 2002.  In 2005, she completed her pediatric residency training at Miami Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida.

Dr. Namm is board-certified in pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Before joining our medical team, she gained experience in private practice as well as a hospital-based practice in New Jersey.

Dr. Namm currently resides in Hoboken, NJ.

 
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