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Phone: 404-986-8756 | Fax: 404-986-0803

Welcome to Patti’s Place

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Welcome to Patti's Place: Vital Pediatrics for Complex Kids, LLC, founded by Dr. Patricia Shearer, "Dr. Patti".

Our practice logo of a child nurturing a growing tree represents the commitment of Patti's Place to enhance the life of patients and their families.

Our patients are infants, toddlers, children, adolescents, and young adults ranging in age from birth to 21 years who require specialized, supportive pediatric care. A new phase of our practice includes pediatric cancer survivors who benefit from evidence-based guidance after treatment ends.

Dr. Patti offers secure virtual visits from your computer or mobile device.


In the News

Dr. Patti to Serve on Survivorship Working Group of the Georgia Cancer Control Consortium

Dr. Patti has been invited to serve on the Survivorship Working Group of the Georgia Cancer Control Consortium. This group of survivorship experts in the state will develop guidelines to benefit survivors and their families over the next 5 years.

Hearing Loss as a Late Effect of Childhood Cancer Therapy

Dr. Patti has been invited to speak on hearing loss as a late effect of childhood cancer therapy at the Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation Annual Meeting in August 2023 in Chicago. She will review the pathophysiology of hearing loss, its impact, and strategies for mitigation.

Patti's Place: Vital Pediatrics for Complex Kids, LLC, Selected as a "Promising practice spotlight" by the American Academy of Pediatrics

Patti's Place: Vital Pediatrics for Complex Kids, LLC has been selected by the American Academy of Pediatrics as a "Promising Practice Spotlight" for telehealth. This honor highlights practices that offer replicable strategies that pediatric clinicians can implement within delivery of telehealth care. It is part of an AAP grant, "Supporting Providers and Families to Access Telehealth and Distant Care Services in Pediatric Care".

Expanding Access to Pediatric Palliative Care

One practice leveraged telehealth to expand access to pediatric palliative care services across their state. Patients and families/caregivers across an entire state are now able to access this subspecialty care, even those who previously did not live geographically close to a tertiary care center.

For additional details, please see https://www.aap.org/en/practice-management/care-delivery-approaches/telehealth/promising-practices/telehealth-to-connect-with-specialty-services/#Example2AAP

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