After growing up in New Jersey, I am happy to exchange the East Coast winters for the Atlanta summers. I like to say I also "served my time" in upstate New York. First, I went to Binghamton University for my undergraduate studies and then to medical school at State University of New York (SUNY) Health Science Center at Syracuse. I have fulfilled my lifetime quota of shoveling snow!When I was young, I always wanted to become an archeologist and dig up dinosaur bones. However, after working summers at a camp with special needs children, I knew pediatrics was my calling. I completed my pediatric residency in New Brunswick, N.J. I spent a year as chief resident and then joined the faculty teaching and seeing patients in the faculty office. After ten years of practicing in New Jersey, we made the move south and love it. Although I enjoy working with all types of children, my area of interest is helping children with chronic medical problems, and in particular, coordinating care with subspecialists and newborns.