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“The location of St. Luke’s Anderson Pediatrics provides easy access to care for the area’s growing population,” says Dianne Jacobetz, MD, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Director. “Conveniently located near a St. Luke’s OB/GYN office, the pediatric practice offers an easy transition for families.”
St. Luke’s Anderson Pediatrics is open Monday through Friday, and has on-call providers available by phone “after hours” and for emergencies. The practice provides routine pediatric care for patients ages newborn to 21 years old that includes well visits, sick visits, physicals, management of ADHD, simple procedures such as wart removal and staple removal, and more.
“It also offers pre-birth visits so families can meet and develop a relationship with their pediatrician before they give birth,” says Jessika Haynos, St. Luke’s Pediatric Service Line Manager. “As a two-provider practice, families will get to know their doctor very well.”
St. Luke’s Anderson Pediatrics’ board-certified pediatricians are Vhada Sharma, MD and Samone Nore, MD.
Dr. Sharma graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Houston in 2005 with a biology major and chemistry minor. She then earned her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine before completing her pediatric residency at UMDNJ-Camden and Cooper University Hospital. Dr. Sharma is a board certified pediatrician and an active Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Nore graduated from Elmira College with a degree in biology before graduating with honors from Ross University School of Medicine. She then completed her pediatric residency at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. Dr. Nore is board certified in general pediatrics.
For more information about St. Luke’s Anderson Pediatrics or to make an appointment, call 484-503-0060.
Media Contact:
Sam Kennedy, Corporate Communications Director, 484-526-4134, samuel.kennedy@sluhn.org
About St. Luke’s
Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network providing services at nine hospitals and nearly 300 outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $1.7 billion, the network’s service area includes 10 counties: Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Schuylkill, Bucks, Montgomery, Berks and Monroe counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is a major teaching hospital – the only one in the Greater Lehigh Valley. In partnership with Temple University, St. Luke’s created the region’s first and only regional medical school campus. It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 23 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 189 residents. Repeatedly, including 2017, St. Luke’s earned Truven’s 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital and 50 Top Cardiovascular Program designations, in addition to other honors for clinical excellence. St. Luke’s, utilizing the EPIC electronic medical record (EMR) system, is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of St. Luke’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information. St. Luke’s is also recognized as one of the state’s lowest cost providers.
