Pediatric Primary Care
Ensuring general pediatric care as close to home as possible is a shared mission of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, our community pediatricians and hospital partners, and the Vanderbilt Health family of pediatric clinics.
Together, we strive to provide quality care and access for children throughout the region. From medical homes, long-term provider and patient relationships, small town clinics to larger ones in urban settings, we work to make health care personal, service exceptional and our care compassionate.
Meet Your Care Team
Rachel K. AppleMD, MPH
- Adolescent Primary Care, Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Contraception, Depression, Internal Medicine, Pediatric General Pediatrics, Pediatrics
Lani A. Kajihara-LiehrAPRN
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate ADHD Management, Mild to Moderate Asthma Management, Pediatric General Pediatrics, Primary Care Prevention
Sharon M. KarpADN, BSN, MSN, PNP, PhD, RN
- General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric General Pediatrics, Primary Care Prevention, Well Child Care
Trenda B. KlinskyAPRN
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, Dermatology, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Pediatric Dermatology, Pediatric General Pediatrics, Primary Care Prevention
Holly E. MillerCPNP
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, Autism, Dermatology, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Pediatric Dermatology, Pediatric Developmental Medicine
Rebecca C. PryjmakAPRN
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate Asthma Management, Pediatric General Pediatrics, Primary Care Prevention, Well Child Care
Susan L. RomanoCPNP, MSN
- Acute Outpatient Illnesses, General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate Asthma Management, Pediatric General Pediatrics, Primary Care Prevention, Well Child Care
Merrill M. StoppelbeinMSN, NP
- General Pediatrics, Medical Home Continuity of Care, Mild to Moderate ADHD Management, Mild to Moderate Asthma Management, Pediatric General Pediatrics, Primary Care Prevention, Well Child Care
Why Choose Pediatric Primary Care at Vanderbilt
- Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Designated
PCMH is a team-based model of care designed to continuously improve quality, efficiency, safety and patient satisfaction. PCMH certified clinics have met specific criteria set by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and have demonstrated that they are providing high-quality, patient-centered care.
- Teaching the Next Generation of Pediatricians
In your clinic visit, you may see pediatric residents, attending physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and health care students. Our residents spend three or more years in training at Monroe Carell, in our clinics with patients, or learning the latest heath care advances from our specialists. Your child may see only one doctor, or a resident may ask an attending (supervisor) for a second opinion.
- Same-day appointments and telehealth available
Many of our pediatric clinics offer same day appointments and/or telehealth visit capabilities. We’re just a phone call away.
- Seamless access to advanced pediatric specialties
When your child needs a more specialized level of pediatric medical or surgical care, you’ll experience seamless, coordinated care and communication between you, your pediatrician and our Monroe Carell specialists. Being directly tied to a nationally ranked children’s hospital brings comfort, knowing the quality of care you’ll receive.
- Interpreter services
Ensuring that all our families are heard and understood is important to us. We offer onsite, video and phone interpretation services for patients and parents who speak limited English, are visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing. We offer many languages including ALS, Spanish and Arabic.
- Your child’s medical information available any time
We offer an easy-to-use online patient portal, My Health at Vanderbilt, for secure access to appointment scheduling and information, medication prescription refills, records and bill pay. Logging in from a smart phone app or on the web, you can easily email medical questions to your child’s provider. You can even link your own account with all your children’s accounts to see your entire family’s medical information in one convenient location.
Tests, Treatments and Services
- Immunizations and vaccinations
- Referrals for developmental and behavioral evaluations and care
- Referrals for other pediatric specialty care
- Routine checkups and exams
- School and sports physicals
- Sick visits
- Sports physicals
- Well child visits
Locations
In addition to our family of wholly owned Vanderbilt Health pediatric primary care clinics, we also have Monroe Carell-affiliated clinic partnerships throughout our region.