

Pediatrics
Blythedale Children's Hospital offers a depth of medical expertise and experience rivaled by few. Our medical staff includes pediatric specialists and sub-specialists who also serve on the faculties of almost every major teaching hospital in the New York metropolitan area.
Dedicated pediatricians for each of our units provide medical care while the child is in the hospital, coordinate the services of the other subspecialties, and supervise the discharge planning process. Family and pediatric nurse practitioners are assigned to the Hospital’s units, as well as to various other programs that are part of our clinical service lines.
Working in a multi-disciplinary team with nurses, therapists and social workers, Blythedale physicians help create patient care plans, individualized to each patient’s and family’s needs. Parents and families are integral members of the Blythedale team and are encouraged to become deeply involved in their child’s care plan.
Pediatric Subspecialties at Blythedale
Pediatric care is available for a wide range of subspecialties. Some of our subspecialty coverage is provided by clinical partnerships with major medical centers in the area, including New York Presbyterian (Columbia and Cornell), Montefiore Medical Center (Albert Einstein), Mount Sinai Medical Center and Westchester Medical Center (New York Medical College). Other pediatric subspecialists are in private practice or base their practice at Blythedale.
Pediatric subspecialty care available to inpatients, Day Hospital patients, and residents of The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Pediatric Long Term Care Pavilion include:
- Neonatology
- Pulmonology
- Neurology/Neuropsychology
- Psychiatry/Psychology
- Physiatry & Rehabilitation Medicine
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)
- Infectious Disease
For more information, please contact Medical Staff Assistant, Jessica Materasso
Contact Information:
- Jessica Materasso, Medical Staff Assistant
- jmaterasso@blythedale.org
- 914-831-2562
Pediatrics Staff

In addition to our fulltime pediatric staff, care is available for a wide range of subspecialties. Some of our subspecialty coverage is provided by clinical partnerships with major medical centers in the area, including New York Presbyterian (Columbia and Cornell), Montefiore Medical Center (Albert Einstein), Mount Sinai Medical Center and Westchester Medical Center (New York Medical College). Other pediatric subspecialists are in private practice or base their practice at Blythedale.
Treatments We Support
Acquired Brain Injury
Blythedale Children’s Hospital is a longtime leader in the treatment of children recovering from brain injury including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), post-infectious diseases such as meningitis or Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (ANMDAR), brain tumors and stroke. The extraordinary...
Learn morePost Acute Neonatal Care
Whether requiring ongoing medical management and rehabilitation due to extreme prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, congenital cardiac disease, pulmonary hypertension , hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, short gut syndrome, feeding disorders or other complications occurring in the neonatal period...
Learn morePulmonary Rehabilitation
The goal of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation program is weaning from technology completely or to the least invasive support to facilitate the family's transition to home. Parents are involved in the care of their child every step of the way, and learn proper use of equipment, care of tracheostomy,...
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Assistive Technology expands opportunities for children with special needs to increase participation in school settings, build social interactions, and access their environments in a variety of specialized ways. Blythedale’s dedicated team includes Assistive Technology experts from speech...
Learn moreComplex Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
Patients are admitted for acute medical and rehabilitative inpatient care following major trauma (such as head and spinal injuries, extensive soft tissue trauma/burns, vascular injuries, major muscle/ligament injuries, amputations or fractures), extensive scoliosis surgery, selective dorsal...
Learn moreSpecialized Feeding
Children referred to Blythedale for Therapeutic Feeding have wide-ranging conditions including prematurity, short-gut syndrome, brain injury, oral-motor dysfunction, aversion behaviors, cognitive deficits or post-surgical complications. Services for these children include evaluations for both...
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