Karen Beckman, M.D.

Dr. Karen Beckman founded Riverside Pediatrics, LLP in January 2006. Dr. Beckman is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Fairfield County Medical Society, the Stamford IPA, and the Connecticut State Medical Society. She speaks Spanish.

Dr.  Beckman grew up in Guilford, Connecticut.  She attended Hamden Hall and then went on to Tufts University where she received a B.S. double majoring in Psychology and Spanish and was in the National Psychology Honors Society. She then attended Tufts University School of Medicine, where she was a peer advisor.  She did her Pediatric Residency at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital where she was chosen to be a Chief Resident.  She opted not to accept that position so that she could pursue her career goal of practicing pediatrics in a private office based setting, where she could develop long-lasting relationships with her patients and their families.  She chose to begin a career at New England Pediatrics with offices in Stamford and New Canaan, Connecticut.  There she developed a large patient following because of her clinical expertise and her warm bed-side manner.  She became partner at the practice during which time she provided ongoing training for and direct supervision of all new pediatricians. She left New England Pediatrics in December, 2005 so that she could open her own practice in Greenwich.

She is married with two sons who attend school in Greenwich, where she and her family have lived since 2000.
 

Henry Rascoff, MD Dr. Henry Rascoff joined Riverside Pediatrics, LLP in July, 2006.  Dr. Rascoff is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Stamford IPA and the New York Pediatric Society.  He is conversant in Hebrew. Dr. Rascoff grew up in New Rochelle, New York.  He attended Ramaz School in Manhattan and then went on to Harvard University, where he concentrated in Mathematics, earning an AB degree with Honors.  After completing pre-medical requirements, he was accepted at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where, in addition to receiving his MD degree, he was awarded grants from both the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the American Heart Association to fund work in a research laboratory.  He then completed his residency in Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan.  Having gained valuable clinical experience and a large patient following at two practices -- Wasserman and Glassman, based in Mamaroneck, New York, and New England Pediatrics, located in Stamford and New Canaan, Connecticut -- he elected to join Dr. Beckman as a partner in Riverside Pediatrics.  Dr. Rascoff has co-authored several scientific papers, and has had a number of letters published in medical publications as well as in the New York Times.  Dr. Rascoff is a member of the Credentialing Committee at Stamford Hospital. He married Carina Mazelle Tammam Rascoff in July, 2005.  They have lived in Stamford since that time, and have two daughters.

Gretchen Crist, MD

Dr. Gretchen Crist joined Riverside Pediatrics, LLP in October 2007. Dr. Crist is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She speaks Spanish. Dr. Crist grew up in Foxboro, Massachusetts. She attended Foxboro High School and then went on to Tufts University where she received a B.S. in Biology. Upon completion of her undergraduate education, she worked for two years in the Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital conducting basic and clinical research. She then attended Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her Pediatric Residency at the University of Vermont.  Dr. Crist worked at New England Pediatrics in Stamford and New Canaan and then relocated with her family to San Francisco, California where she worked for Kaiser Permanente’s Pediatric Urgent Care clinic. Upon returning to the East Coast, Dr. Crist joined Gergely Pediatrics in Garrison, NY. She decided to join Drs. Beckman and Rascoff because of a shared philosophy of ensuring adequate time to address the concerns of patients and their families. She is married with one daughter and a newborn son and is very happy to be returning to and settling in Greenwich.

Svenja Resto (Lahrs), MD

Dr. Svenja Resto (Lahrs), joined Riverside Pediatrics in July, 2008. She completed her pediatric residency at New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital and is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is fluent in German and conversant in Spanish. Dr. Resto was raised in Cologne, Germany; she moved to the United States when she was 17 years old. After spending a year in Oklahoma as a Fulbright scholar, she moved to Stamford, Connecticut, earning her German and American high school diplomas from the White Plains-based German School of New York. She completed her B.S. degree at Tufts University in three years, where she majored in Biology and Community Health. After graduation, she decided to work at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center as a laboratory research assistant. Based on her work at Sloan, she co-authored several published scientific papers. She then enrolled at Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Medicine in Canada, receiving her MD degree in 2005. There she was awarded the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Award. Dr. Resto married in 2006 and resides in Tarrytown.

Dr. Katherine ("Dr. Katy") Noble

Dr. Katherine ("Dr. Katy") Noble joined Riverside Pediatrics in November 2009.  She is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  She is conversant in Japanese. Dr. Noble was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended San Ramon Valley High School.  She graduated with Highest Distinction in General Scholarship from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in Integrative Biology and a Minor in Music, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After a year in Boston working in cancer research, she returned to California to receive her medical degree from U.C. San Francisco, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.  From 1996 to 1997, she was the president of the medical student body.  She completed her pediatric training at the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics, consisting of Harvard-affiliated Boston Children's Hospital and Boston University-affiliated Boston Medical Center. From 2001 to 2003, she lived in Tokyo, working as a Clinical Research Fellow at Japan¹s National Center for Child Health and Development.  She taught pediatric trainees, and published her research project "Pediatric Postgraduate Medical Education in Japan and The United States:  A Comparative Study." She also started an exchange program with Boston Children¹s Hospital, and developed a following of international patients in a private clinic in Tokyo.  She then moved to Connecticut, where she has worked in private practice from 2003 to 2009.  In her six years of pediatric practice in Fairfield County, Dr. Noble has built an impressive reputation for being both a superb diagnostician and a warm caregiver.   Dr. Noble is married to Dave Noble.  They live in Old Greenwich and have three young children.

Dr. Nancy H. Sedlack

Child psychologist Dr. Nancy H. Sedlack is an on-site consultant at Riverside Pediatrics. She will be available to meet with parents regarding a variety of issues including questions about child development, normal developmental challenges, and social, emotional and behavioral concerns. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Sedlack spent much of her childhood in California where she graduated from the University of California at Davis with a B.A. in Psychology with Honors. She moved east to study at Cornell University where she received her Ph.D. in Human Development, studying the development of children in the context of the family. Although initially interested in pursuing a career in research, she found studying individuals more interesting than groups and so re-trained in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology. She completed a 2-year Child Psychology Fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center before opening a private psychotherapy practice in Westport. Still fascinated by the issues that intrigued her in graduate school (development in the context of the family), Dr. Sedlack focused her practice on young children and their parents. During her 15 years of private practice, Dr. Sedlack worked with many parents seeking guidance regarding challenging children or challenging circumstances. These parents often needed information and guidance, but their children did not require therapy. She also saw a number of children whose behavioral problems had escalated unnecessarily because the parents had not received appropriate guidance earlier. Dr. Sedlack became convinced that many parents would welcome an opportunity to consult with a psychologist regarding parenting issues in a setting that addressed the broader health needs of their children. Riverside Pediatrics’ emphasis on caring for the whole child and supporting parents provides an ideal setting for her work. Married for 20 years, Dr. Sedlack and her husband have three teenage children.

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