Jyotsna Shah, MD

Dr. Shah joined Ashburn Pediatrics in August 2007, after completing her pediatric internship and residency at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. She finished her undergraduate education at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and attended medical school at University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. She is board certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics. She chose to practice primary care pediatrics because she enjoys preventative medicine. Her professional special interests include working with adolescents and treating asthmatic patients. Dr. Shah lives with her husband, three girls and dog in Ashburn, VA. For fun, she likes to hike, travel, and go wine-tasting.

Lenat Joffe, MD, MS

Lenat Joffe is the Medical Director of the childhood cancer survivorship program, Survivors Facing Forward at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Joffe received her medical degree from the American Medical Program at Tel Aviv University, Israel and completed her Pediatrics residency at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. Following residency, Dr. Joffe completed her Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. During her fellowship Dr. Joffe earned a Master of Science degree in Patient Oriented Research and subsequently completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cancer-Related Population Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. At Northwell, Dr. Joffe works with a dedicated multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive, lifelong care to survivors of childhood cancer. Her clinical research interest focuses on treatment-related toxicities and health outcomes among childhood cancer patients and survivors.

Nicole Starace

Nicole lives in Long Island, NY and serves the Metro New York, Eastern PA/Delaware and Connecticut-Hudson Valley Regions. Nicole’s son, Ryan, was diagnosed with ALL when he was 4 years old and underwent three and half years of chemotherapy. In May of 2020 Ryan was able to celebrate his last round of chemo not by ringing the bell at the hospital but instead by honking the horn of a fire truck that participated in a socially distanced parade right outside his house.  Ryan is now healthy thriving in school, sports and living his best life.

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