Jessica Gangaram, MD

I am interested in optimizing care for children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, my clinical interest include looking after children with feeding difficulty and developmental delay. I enjoy all aspects of general pediatric gastroenterology.

Dr. Kerkar has been involved in the management of children and adolescents with liver disease and liver transplants for over two decades. She has done her postgraduate training at King's College Hospital, London, UK and has been the Medical director of the Pediatric Transplant Programs at Mount Sinai in New York and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, before joining us. She will be building a multidisciplinary liver transplant service in collaboration with the adult transplant service as well as her colleagues in Pediatrics, so that liver transplants in children and adolescents can occur successfully locally.

Dr. Halterman cares for primary care patients in the pediatric clinic, precepts residents and teaches students in the clinic, and covers the inpatient services for 2-4 weeks per year.

Dr. Jones is interested in providing health care for pediatric patients with chronic illnesses across their lifespan. She hopes to focus on educating providers, patients and their families about the importance of planning for transition throughout childhood, as well as on identifying barriers to the delivery of quality care during times of transition to adult care.

General Pediatric Cardiology Echocardiography, transthoracic, transesophageal, intracardiac and fetal cardiac imaging Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Dr. Herendeen specializes in the primary care of children with complex chronic conditions. Leading the Strong Pediatric Practice in its medical home transformation including achieving NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home certification level 3.

Dr Swantz is an attending neonatologist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Golisano Children's Hospital and in the Special Care Nursery at Rochester General Hospital. He is the Medical Director of the Neonatal Transport Team and is the Physician Advisor in Utilization Management for the Department of Pediatrics.

I completed my undergraduate studies at Cornell University before earning a Master's Degree in exercise science at the University of Delaware and my MD-PhD at SUNY Upstate Medical University. I completed residency in child neurology at the University of Michigan and fellowship in neuromuscular medicine at The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital.