Jill started at Eden Park Pediatrics in 1988 as a young and naïve single 30 year old and has had the great pleasure of growing with her patients and their families and is now caring for the second generation of their children. As she got married and had her own daughter, her approach to her patients and their parents has had the benefit of her compulsive reading habit to keep current with pediatric recommendations as well as her own child rearing experiences which has allowed her to temper all of that knowledge with common sense. A graduate of JP McCaskey HS, she loves seeing the growth of Lancaster city and enjoys trying out all of the new local restaurants. She is an avid sports fan and cheers for her alma mater Penn State Nittany Lions, and even louder for the Philadelphia Flyers!
What do you wish every parent of a teen would know?
JV: I wish every parent of a teen knew that they don’t have to have the last word, they just have to get the end result! So when they say no, and the teen stomps up the stairs and slams the door, they don’t need to say or do anything. Their teenager will eventually appreciate and understand that the rules you’ve placed on them are out of caring and love.
What is next on your bucket list?
JV: Next on my bucket list is going on a safari with my husband and daughter. I think seeing the “big 5” mammals in their own environment would be amazing. The extra immunizations needed to travel to Africa could be a deal-breaker for my daughter.
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JV:When I was 5 years old I wanted to have any job that worked a cash register… the real “ching ching” ones. I never did have that job, but to this day I get a little extra pleasure out of going through the self check-out lines at the grocery store.
- Office: Lancaster, Brownstown, Mount Joy
- Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency: Children’s Hospital of Michigan
- Special Interests: ADHD, Toddlers, Allergies, and Eczema
- Facility Privilege: Admitting privileges to Lancaster General Health and UPMC Pinnacle Lititz. We see new babies at Women & Babies Hospital - Lancaster General Health and at UPMC Pinnacle Lititz