About Riverside Pediatrics

Riverside Pediatrics is a pediatric practice that better meets the needs of both patients and parents, where patients are given the highest level of care and parents' time and questions are given the utmost concern.

Riverside Pediatrics and Riverside Pediatrics After Hours urgent care center have been listed numerous times as "Top Doctors" and "The Best in Fairfield County and Westchester" by multiple publications including New York Magazine, Greenwich Magazine, Fairfield County Living, New Canaan- Darien Magazine, Westport Magazine, Stamford Magazine and Serendipity Magazine.

Our Offices:

Greenwich (Riverside) office: conveniently located just off exit 5 (I-95) on E. Putnam Ave.

New Canaan office : conveniently located right downtown in the new medical office building on Vitti street just off of Cherry Street.

Our beautiful offices were specifically designed by Dr. Beckman to meet the needs of patients and their parents. For Patients’ safety, there are separate sick and well exam rooms and waiting areas. To keep patients entertained, we have flat screen televisions showing popular children’s programs together with plenty of books and toys. Patients are also offered balloons, stickers and temporary “tattoos” after visits. We have free parking directly below/behind the building in each office.

Our Pediatricians:

All of our kids doctors are board certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics and have years of experience in private practice. Most of our providers are parents as well so understand what it is like raise children and to worry about them! Two of our providers (Dr. Bansilal and Kim Cifelli, APRN are also certified lactation counselors. We speak several languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Marathi, and most importantly, keep up to date constantly with continued medical education. We have excellent relationships with local specialists so that we can coordinate care when needed. Our goal is to provide superior pediatric care with excellent service. We aim to make bringing your children to the doctor an easy, low stress, educational and helpful experience. We all offer 30 minute well visits so that we can answer parents questions and concerns in an unhurried manner. We are here for you!

Why Choose Riverside Pediatrics?

While you "can't go wrong" in your choice of physician at Riverside Pediatrics, we advise you to select a primary pediatrician to perform physicals and sick visits whenever possible. Our physicians feel that this will enable them to get to know your child well, which allows for more personalized and seamless care.  Each pediatrician at Riverside Pediatrics sees fewer than half the number of patients per day, and therefore spends more time face to face with patients, than almost any other local pediatrician. We offer thirty minute well child visits to fully evaluate your child. In every well check our pediatricians will review your child’s overall health, including growth, development, nutrition and safety, and will take time to thoroughly address all of your concerns. We understand that parents have questions and our pediatricians are happy to take the time to address them! Each member of our staff was hand selected to ensure that our patients will always be treated with kindness, compassion and competence.

The pediatricians at Riverside Pediatrics believe that accessibility, understanding and comfort, in addition to knowledge and skill, are the cornerstones for an exceptional pediatric practice. With Riverside Pediatrics After Hours, we offer the area’s most extensive office hours. We also offer helpful patient resources such as filling most prescription medications in the office and selling the most common pediatrician-recommended over-the-counter medications. We draw blood and perform most testing in our office. We even pierce ears! In our Riverside Pediatrics After Hours Clinic, we suture, staple and dermabond wounds. With all of these services, Riverside Pediatrics offers the most comprehensive and convenient care of any pediatrics practice in the area.

Please take a few moments to explore our informational website. We hope that you and your family join ours at Riverside Pediatrics!

Languages spoken (other than English)  in our office include:

• Dr. Karen Beckman is conversant in Spanish
• Dr. Vaishali Bansilal is fluent in Hindi and Marathi
• Dr. Fisher is conversant in Spanish and Fluent in Russian