San Diego Pediatrics

Specialties

Servicing the San Diego area since 1983, Dr. Joel Snyder and the team pride themselves in compassionate, quality healthcare. With a focus on preventative care and education, we guide our patients and their families from infancy through adolescence offering services including:

Sick Care

Simple Wound/​Injury care

Well Visits

Camp and Sports Physicals

Immunizations

Circumcisions

Developmental Screenings and Guidance

Behavioral Consultations

Teen Healthcare

Complimentary Prenatal Visits

With a healthcare provider on-​call 24 hours a day to attend to urgent health concerns, support is never more than a phone call away. Our medical team has years of experience with managing and coordinating care of children with complicated medical needs, so no question is too big or too small.

History

Established in 1983.

Dr. Snyder is a board certified pediatrician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 1983 he began the private practice of pediatrics. Dr. Snyder has been Chief of Pediatrics at Grossmont Hospital, Chief of Staff of Pediatrics at Alvarado Hospital and chairman of the bioethics committee at Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego. Dr. Snyder is currently senior staff at Rady Children’s Hospital, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital, and Sharp Grossmont Hospital.

Dr. Gianfortune is a board certified pediatrician. She received her medical degree from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at University of California, San Diego.

Dr Rachel Abramson is a board certified pediatrician. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Southern California. She received her medical degree from University of Maryland in Baltimore, and she completed her pediatric residency at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore.

Meet the Business Owner

Joel S.

Business Owner

Dr. Snyder is a board certified pediatrician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He received his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in zoology from the University of Maryland. Then he received his medical degree from the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. His pediatric training was done at Children’s Hospital/​University of Colorado in Denver Colorado. He also spent a year there as chief resident in pediatrics. Dr. Snyder then went on to do a two-​year fellowship in child development at Children’s Hospital Medical Center/​Harvard in Boston Massachusetts. He then moved his wife and three children to San Diego to take a position as Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.