- Our Doctors
- Jack Needleman, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Eric Yorke, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- John Fischer, Jr., M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Neil Youngerman, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Gerard Fritz, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Lynn Hartmann, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Stephanie Levine, D.O., F.A.A.P.
- Daniel Abraham, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Robyn Ferrante, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Sharon Filler, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Sylvia Piezas, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Karanja Harvey, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Keren Ebel, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Trupti Patel, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Carolyn Trend, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Madan Hede, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Faye Wong, M.D., F.A.A.P.
- Aja Sanzone, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
- Our Nurse Practitioner
- Cynthia Hoens RNC, CPNP, CSN
- Hospital Affiliations
OUR DOCTORS
Jack Needleman, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Jack Needleman is a graduate of the New York Medical College in NYC. He completed his postgraduate training at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, DC. After his Pediatric residency, Dr. Needleman went on to complete a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC. He is currently on the Medical School teaching staff at both Robert Wood Johnson (actively since 1982) and Drexel University. He is also the Director of the Department of Pediatrics at Somerset Medical Center.
Eric Yorke, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Yorke is a graduate of Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. Dr. Yorke completed his residency training at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center-Babies Hospital, the largest children’s medical facility in New York City. After the customary three-year residency Dr. Yorke stayed on to take the much coveted job of Chief Resident before joining The Somerset Pediatric Group. He also holds a teaching appointment at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
John Fischer, Jr., M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Fischer graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He completed his post graduate trainingat the Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, SC. He continued his training and held the position of Chief Resident at Richland Memorial Hospital before joining the Somerset Pediatric Group.
Neil Youngerman, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Youngerman graduated from Emory University Medical School in Atlanta and trained in pediatrics in California at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. Dr. Youngerman has a teaching appointment at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He joined The Somerset Pediatric Group after several prior years of practice experience in New York and New Jersey.
Gerard Fritz, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Fritz graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark and completed his residency training in pediatrics at the US Naval Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Northern California at Oakland. He then served as staff pediatrician in the US Navy for three years before joining The Somerset Pediatric Group. He has worked in many places around the world, caring for children of those countries as well as the children of US Navy personnel. Dr. Fritz is trained in the field of tropical medicine and in the medical aspects of child sexual abuse. He is an instructor in neonatal resuscitation and pediatric advanced life support.
Lynn Hartmann, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Hartmann has come to New Jersey from her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She graduated from the Medical School of the Upstate Medical Center at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. She has a special interest in emergency pediatric medicine and was trained in Advanced Trauma Life Support. Dr. Hartmann's other areas of particular interest are the concerns of nursing mothers and the developmental and behavioral problems of adolescent girls.
Stephanie Levine, D.O., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Levine graduated from the New York State University at Binghamton, received her doctorate in New York and did her general pediatric training as well as her Fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the Schneider Children's Hospital of the Long Island Jewish Hospital. She is board certified in both general and adolescent medicine and is a member of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Levine had previously been in practice in New York before joining the Somerset Pediatric Group.
Daniel Abraham, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Abraham graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark and completed his specialty training at the University of Connecticut in Farmington, CT. He holds a teaching appointment at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He practiced at a large NJ Pediatric practice before joining the Somerset Pediatric Group.
Robyn Ferrante, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Ferrante graduated from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School in New Brunswick. She completed her specialty training at
Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Jersey.
Sharon Filler, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Filler is a graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her training at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Brunswick. Dr. Filler received many academic awards during her education.
Sylvia Piezas, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Piezas is a graduate of the College of Medicine, University of East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Center in the Philippines. She then continued her training at East Avenue Medical Center in the Philippines and Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center. Dr. Piezas had been in private practice in Toledo, Ohio for more than five years before joining Somerset Pediatrics.
Karanja Harvey, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Harvey is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine. She then completed her training at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Harvey had practiced for several years in a private pediatric office in Mercer County before joining us.
Keren Ebel, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Ebel is a graduate of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and completed her specialty training at Cedars Sinai Medical Center-UCLA in Los Angeles. She completed pediatric clerkships at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Mt. Sinai Medical Center and the New York City Poison Control Centers.
Trupti Patel, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Patel is a graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School in Newark. She completed her residency training at St. Christopher’s Hospital for children in Philadelphia. Dr. Patel is fluent in Gujarati and Hindi.
Carolyn Trend, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Trend graduated from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. She continued her training at Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Trend worked in the department of emergency medicine at Saint Christopher’s and completed a fellowship in academic medicine at Michigan State University. Prior to joining Somerset Pediatrics, Dr. Trend supervised physicians at a pediatric residency program.
Madan Hede, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Hede is a graduate of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick. He completed his residency training at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. He continued his training and held the position of Chief Resident before joining the Somerset Pediatric Group.
Faye Wong, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Wong graduated from New Jersey Medical School at UMDNJ in Newark and completed her pediatric residency at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford through the University of Connecticut. Before joining the Somerset Pediatric Group, she was in private practice in northern NJ and worked in the Pediatric Emergency Room at JFK Medical Center in Edison, NJ. Dr. Wong speaks Spanish and Mandarin and is interested in patient education.
Aja Sanzone, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Aja Sanzone is a graduate of New York Medical College. She did her residency in pediatrics at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan. She completed a fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Sanzone has a Masters in Public Health and Tropical Medicine and is a Board Certified Pediatrician. Prior to coming to Somerset Pediatric Group, Dr. Sanzone was a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
OUR NURSE PRACTITIONER
What is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse (RN) who has education and training in a specialty area such as pediatrics. Nurse practitioners (also referred to as advanced practice nurses, or APNs) have a Master’s degree in nursing and board certification in their specialty. A pediatric NP has advanced education, skills and training in caring for infants, children, and teens.
Cynthia Hoens, M.S.N., R.N.C., C.P.N.P.
Cynthia Hoens, RNC, CPNP, CSN is a graduate of Villanova University where she completed her training as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She also has a Master’s in Nursing Education and is currently finishing her PhD in Nursing, specializing in Food Allergies. Cynthia has practiced as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and a school nurse since 2004.
