Riverside Pediatrics, LLP

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Physicians Karen Beckman, MD Henry Rascoff, MD Gretchen Crist, MD Svenja Resto (Lahrs), MD Katherine ("Dr. Katy") Noble, MD Dr. Karen Beckman founded Riverside Pediatrics, LLP in January 2006. Dr. Beckman is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Fairfield County Medical Society, the Stamford IPA, and the Connecticut State Medical Society. She speaks Spanish. Dr. Beckman grew up in Guilford, Connecticut. She attended Hamden Hall and then went on to Tufts University where she received a B.S. double majoring in Psychology and Spanish and was in the National Psychology Honors Society. She then attended Tufts University School of Medicine, where she was a peer advisor. She did her Pediatric Residency at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital where she was chosen to be a Chief Resident. She opted not to accept that position so that she could pursue her career goal of practicing pediatrics in a private office based setting, where she could develop long-lasting relationships with her patients and their families. She chose to begin a career at New England Pediatrics with offices in Stamford and New Canaan, Connecticut. There she developed a large patient following because of her clinical expertise and her warm bed-side manner. She became partner at the practice during which time she provided ongoing training for and direct supervision of all new pediatricians. She left New England Pediatrics in December, 2005 so that she could open her own practice in Greenwich. She is married with two sons who attend school in Greenwich, where she and her family have lived since 2000. Henry Rascoff, MD Dr. Henry Rascoff joined Riverside Pediatrics, LLP in July, 2006. Dr. Rascoff is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Stamford IPA and the New York Pediatric Society. He is conversant in Hebrew. Dr. Rascoff grew up in New Rochelle, New York. He attended Ramaz School in Manhattan and then went on to Harvard University, where he concentrated in Mathematics, earning an AB degree with Honors. After completing pre-medical requirements, he was accepted at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where, in addition to receiving his MD degree, he was awarded grants from both the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the American Heart Association to fund work in a research laboratory. He then completed his residency in Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan. Having gained valuable clinical experience and a large patient following at two practices -- Wasserman and Glassman, based in Mamaroneck, New York, and New England Pediatrics, located in Stamford and New Canaan, Connecticut -- he elected to join Dr. Beckman as a partner in Riverside Pediatrics. Dr. Rascoff has co-authored several scientific papers, and has had a number of letters published in medical publications as well as in the New York Times. Dr. Rascoff is a member of the Credentialing Committee at Stamford Hospital. He married Carina Mazelle Tammam Rascoff in July, 2005. They have lived in Stamford since that time, and have two daughters.

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