Our office will be closed on Friday, July 3rd and Saturday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen on Monday, July 6th, for normal business hours. If you need to reach our triage nurse/on-call physician during this holiday weekend, please call 973-263-0066. We wish you a very happy and healthy Fourth of July!

Advocare Parsippany Pediatrics serves families with state-of-the-art care for children from birth through young adulthood. Established in 1978, we take pride in delivering pediatric care that is prompt, attentive, and personalized to meet your family’s needs.  Our team includes five board-certified pediatricians, two pediatric nurse practitioners, and a nursing and office staff all dedicated to making you and your children feel welcome and comfortable in our office.

2026 Vaccine Update

We protect children, including from vaccine-preventable diseases, disabilities, and deaths. Advocare Parsippany Pediatrics will continue to strongly recommend vaccinating babies and children according to the schedule published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the New Jersey Department of Health. We recently have received many questions about the Hepatitis B Vaccine for newborns: please follow this  link for more information on Hep B Vaccine for newborns and young infants. We have also heard parents voice confusion about abrupt and thoroughly unscientific changes to the CDC's recommended vaccine schedule. Vaccines are designed to prepare children's bodies to resist contagious, dangerous, and preventable diseases as early and fully as possible. Please read more on this link to understand our vaccine schedule recommendations, as explained by the American Academy of Pediatrics. For parents interested in learning about the research behind our strongly pro-vaccine recommendations, please click on this vaccine-research details link and be sure to scroll through the entire webpage to see the extra information to address parents' FAQs.

New patients

• As of March, 2025, Advocare Parsippany Pediatrics is now open to accepting new patients. If you are interested in bringing your children to us, please review our vaccine policy and contact our receptionists to discuss documentation needed to set up a first appointment.
  
  

Support for Our Immigrant Children

From Susan J. Kressly, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics (January 21, 2025):
“As pediatricians, our number one priority is the health and safety of ALL children – including children in immigrant families. Many of the Executive Orders and directives issued will create fear and hardship for these families by subjecting children—many of whom are U.S. citizens— to the harms of family separation and detention.   

“The AAP’s own evidence-based policy outlines the harms of practices like family separation and detention on child health, including exposure to toxic stress that can disrupt children's brain architecture and affect their short- and long-term health. This is especially harmful to children who have fled violence and armed conflict to seek protection in the United States.  

“We are stronger and healthier as a nation when all children, including immigrant children, can access the services – healthcare, nutrition, and education – for which they are eligible. The institutions providing these services must be able to do their work without the threat of immigration enforcement agents showing up at their doors. At the same time, when agents or other federal authorities encounter children, they must prioritize the child’s best interest in all decision-making.  

“Our federal leaders must remember that immigrant children are children. Policy changes impact real people: people who are a part of our communities and who we interact with every day. It means children may go without needed medical care with their pediatrician or avoid school out of fear. The AAP opposes any policies that are detrimental to children’s health and well-being.”