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  • Akinyemi O Ajayi, MD

  • Akash Pandey, MD

    Dr. Akash Pandey is a board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist and nutrition specialist with the Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. He has been a pillar of the Central Florida medical community since 2016, and his dedication extends beyond pediatric gastroenterology to include a passionate focus on neonatal and pediatric nutrition.

  • Yamen Smadi, MD

    Yamen Smadi, MD, graduated from Damascus University in Syria and completed his pediatric residency at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit, Mich., in 2008. After finishing his residency, he spent four years at Sanford Children’s Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., as chief of the pediatric hospitalist section and helped to establish the residency program at the University of South Dakota where he served as a core faculty member. He finished his pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition fellowship at the University of Florida pediatric fellowship program at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in 2015. Dr. Smadi currently serves as a staff physician and director of the Eosinophilic Esophagitis Clinic at the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition. Dr. Smadi has research interest in Eosinophilic Esophagitis and he is currently working on developing a non-invasive method to diagnose and monitor the disease. Dr. Smadi is an active member of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN), American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and American Society of Gastroentestinal Endoscopy (ASGE).

  • Khaled Bittar, MD

    Khaled Bittar, MD, is a board-certified physician with the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Center for Digestive Health and Nutrition.

    After earning his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine of Damascus University in Syria, Dr. Bittar completed his residency in general pediatrics at Wayne State University, Children’s Hospital of Michigan at Detroit Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology with the University of Florida at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer.

    Previously, Dr. Bittar was a clinical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at Wayne State University School of Medicine and a pediatric hospitalist at Children’s Hospital of Michigan at Detroit Medical Center. He has been involved in research on children with celiac disease and type 1 diabetes mellitus and on mastocytic enterocolitis in children.

    In addition to being a reviewer for the scientific journal, Clinical Pediatrics, Dr. Bittar has co-authored multiple book chapters and co-presented published abstracts at numerous professional meetings. Dr. Bittar is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP) and a member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

  • Khaled "Shams" Abdelmagid

    Dr. Khaled Abdelmagid, who goes by “Dr. Shams,” is a board-certified pediatrician and pediatric critical care medicine physician at Orlando Health Children’s Heart Institute. He cares for young patients with serious or life-threatening conditions, and his expertise includes:

  • Blaine Bradley Pitts, MD

    Blaine B. Pitts, MD, is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric hospice and palliative medicine. He is the only pediatric palliative care physician in Central Florida and has been in practice for more than 10 years. Dr. Pitts graduated with honors from St. George University School of Medicine in 2005. He completed his pediatric residency at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He also completed a fellowship in hospice and palliative care at Akron Children's Hospital in Akron, Ohio. Dr. Pitts is a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology.

  • David B. Yaeger, MD

    David Yaeger, MD, joined Orlando Health Physician Associates in 2015 and is board certified in pediatric medicine.

  • David Briston, MD

    Dr. David Briston is a physician at Orlando Health Children's Heart Institute. He is board certified in internal medicine, pediatrics, pediatric cardiology and adult congenital heart disease. Dr. Briston cares for patients with congenital heart defects, which are present at birth as their hearts age differently even after repair.

  • David J. Skey, MD

    David Skey, MD, is a pediatric hospitalist physician at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. He is the director of the hospitalist group.

  • David Gordon Nykanen, MD

    David G. Nykanen, MD, is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology and serves as the president of the Orlando Health Children’s Heart Institute. He is also the director of the Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.