We are dedicated to the health of all children at every stage of their development. Our qualified and highly trained pediatricians, nurse practitioners and our nursing team are skilled at diagnosing, treating, and managing wide range of illnesses in babies, toddlers, teenagers, and young adults. Our mission for every child in our care is to grow up happy, healthy, and physically fit.

Gustavo Del Toro, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Wyckoff Pediatric Care Center – “Where the health of your child is our priority.”

Our state-of-the-art Wyckoff Pediatric Care Center is dedicated to the highest quality of preventative health and to the management of acute to chronic illnesses for all patients (birth to age to 21 years of age) requiring pediatric care. We strive to improve care through participation in research and clinical programs aimed at prevention strategies for illnesses that cause significant morbidity to children. Realizing what a profound association there is between medical care provision and non-medical resources, we partner with the local community to provide a variety of resources that improve general health and access to medical care.

Located only a few blocks away from the main hospital in a unique multicultural and multiethnic neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, our experienced healthcare staff is dedicated to delivering comprehensive care to all our patients. This includes monitoring the healthy development and growth of your child, providing anticipatory guidance, preventive health, immunizations, as well as treating infants, children, and adolescents with common and more chronic complex illnesses.

Special Programs at Wyckoff Pediatric Care Center

Oral Health Screening: In collaboration with Wyckoff’s Dental Department, this service is currently providing oral health assessments, education on dental hygiene and healthy diet, fluoride application to children at risk for developing caries, and encourages families to establish a dental home for their children for subsequent dental care.

Pediatric Asthma Program: Our novel primary care program is offered to patients ages 0-21 years, with a goal to help patients achieve better control of their asthma through home visits, asthma education, as well as providing subspecialty care by a pediatric pulmonologist. Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is the first hospital in New York State and the eleventh hospital in the country to receive the prestigious Disease Specification Certification in Pediatric Asthma.

Reach Out and Read: Through the support of this non-profit organization, our medical providers donate new books to children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years to promote early literacy and school readiness.

Adolescent Sessions: Once a week the pediatric clinic dedicates time to address the individual and unique issues faced by our adolescents.

Healthy Steps: Through this initiative, we provide extra guidance and support for our patients 0-5 years so parents have additional resources for child development.

Collaborative Behavior: This program trial helps address mental conditions such as anxiety and depression in adolescents 12 – 21 years old.

Nutritionist: An on-site nutritionist works in conjunction with endocrinology and the primary care team to help patients improve dietary habits.

Inpatient Pediatrics

On the eighth floor of the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, we provide care to infants and children requiring hospitalization for multiple days or observation for less than 24 hours. The Pediatric Inpatient Floor is an 18-bed unit that receives admissions from the WHMC Pediatric Emergency Department, Wyckoff Heights Pediatric Center, and from private pediatricians practicing neighboring areas.

The playroom and entertainment resources (educational and age-appropriate videos and games) offer a welcoming environment to foster a comfortable, less stressful environment for healing.

A certified teacher provides age-appropriate academic study to continue a patient’s education when admitted to the inpatient floor.

Our team is committed to high-quality care based on empathy and evidenced-based management of pediatric illnesses.

Disease Specification Certification in Pediatric Asthma

Wyckoff is the first hospital in New York State and 11th in the entire nation to achieve this recognition from the Joint Commission. This advanced certification of distinction validates the quality of care we provide to infants, children, and adolescents with asthma from emergency room to the inpatient ward to the outpatient area.

Neonatology Department

In our level IIIB, Neonatalogy Department, we provide the highest quality care to our community’s newborns and their families. Our facility is comprised of a 15-bed intensive care unit for critical newborns as well as baby friendly mother/baby co-habitating rooms. We believe that children are the most important resource our community has, and we are dedicated to their thriving and positive development.

We offer the most technologically advanced interventions such as inhaled nitric oxide, high frequency ventilation and neonatal general surgery to assure the best possible outcomes for our smallest and most vulnerable patients. All care is rendered 24/7 by board certified pediatricians, who are overseen by board certified neonatologists.

Collaborative efforts with multiple specialists ensure competent care for newborns with challenges. Our team includes Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Endocrinology and Obstetric Perinatology specialists.

Lactation Consultation

Lactation consultation services are available 24 hours before and after delivery. This service enables mothers to have the greatest chance of success with breast-feeding. Our certified Breastfeeding Consultant proactively provides this service to the families in the hospital (WBN, NICU, and Inpatient Pediatric Floor) and at the outpatient Pediatric Care Center.

Pediatric Emergency Room

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center has a separate Pediatric Emergency Room, fully equipped with state-of-the-art emergency equipment, staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by board certified pediatricians and emergency trained physicians. We see over 27,000 patients annually from the community. The turn-around time of the pediatric emergency room is among the lowest in the city.

Research and Scholarly Activity

Synergistic Pharmacologic Intervention for Prevention of Retinopathy of Prematurity (SPIPROP Study)

Principle Investigators – Sanjivan Patel, MD, FAAP, Calixto Cazano, MD, and the Neonatal Intensive Team.

We are one of 7 centers in the country in phase 2 of a study designed to examine the extent medication intervention can be used to prevent ROP in neonates.