Stanford Medicine Children's Health Pediatrics - Los Gatos (formerly Silicon Valley Pediatricians) Team Joins Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Network

For Release: June 24, 2015

STANFORD. Calif. – Stanford Medicine Children’s Health has announced that Stanford Medicine Children's Health Pediatrics - Los Gatos (formerly Silicon Valley Pediatricians) has joined its fast-growing network of care.

“It’s wonderful to be part of the one of the world’s top health-care brands,” said Christine Halaburka, MD, who founded Silicon Valley Pediatricians in 2003. “Providing excellent pediatric care is the mission of Silicon Valley Pediatricians and joining with Stanford Medicine Children’s Health will provide even more comprehensive care for our families.”

The group, consisting of Halaburka, Claire Del Signore, MD and Latha Vrittamani, MD, became part of the Bay Area’s largest health care enterprise for children and expectant mothers on June 15. Other recent top-ranked providers joining the network include Pediatric Associates of San Jose and South Bascom Pediatrics.

Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, with Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford at its core, has partnerships, collaborations, outreach, specialty clinics and primary care practices at more than 45 locations in Northern California and 100 locations in the U.S. western region, with nearly 500,000 patient visits a year. Soon, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health specialty care or well care services will be available within 10 miles of every Bay Area family home.

“We are proud to welcome Silicon Valley Pediatricians to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health,” said Christopher G. Dawes, president and chief executive officer of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. “They are superb providers of extraordinary care to families throughout the South Bay, and we’re delighted to have them as part of our team.”

Authors

Samantha Dorman
(650) 498-7056
sdorman@stanfordchildrens.org