


John W. Bender, MD
Dr. Bender is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed a pediatric residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and a hematology (pediatric blood disorders) fellowship at the Children's Hospital Philadelphia. Dr. Bender is board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatrics Hematology-Oncology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American Medical Society.

Lauren E. Conca, MD
Dr. Conca is a graduate of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River and Brown University. She earned her medical degree at Penn State College of Medicine. She completed a residency in Pediatrics at Brown University/Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, R.I. Dr. Conca is board certified in Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Conca is accepting new pediatric patients of all ages including newborns.

Joely Edwards, MD
Dr. Edwards is a graduate of Boston College and the Saba University School of Medicine in the Netherlands. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital/DuPont Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a Certified Adoption Specialist.

Katherine Frias, MD
Dr. Frias is a graduate of University of Massachusetts Medical School and also completed her pediatric residency there. She is board certified in Pediatrics and has been practicing locally since 2005.