Dr. Amna Hilal, a New Jersey native, completed her medical training at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in their combined 6-year B.A./M.D. program. She went on to complete her Pediatric Residency training at Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, before moving to Toronto for a Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children where she also served as Chief Fellow.

Dr. Hilal has always had a particular interest in pediatric advocacy and community outreach, as well as medical education, and completed a MScCH Health Practitioner Teachers Education degree through the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She continued to complete a Departmental Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She is board certified through the American Academy of Pediatrics in both General Pediatrics as well as Pediatric Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Hilal is excited to lead the Riverside Pediatrics team and serve children in the community as a primary care and consulting pediatrician. Outside of the office, Dr. Hilal enjoys spending time with her friends and family, playing with her toddler and newborn, and exploring new neighborhoods.

Languages: English, Urdu

Dr. Karen Beckman has been consistently recognized as a top doctor by Castle Connolly, New York Magazine, Connecticut Magazine, and various other local publications. Dr. Beckman is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Beckman, a Guilford, Connecticut native, attended Hamden Hall Country Day School before earning a B.S. in Psychology and Spanish from Tufts University, where she was a member of the National Psychology Honors Society. She continued her education at Tufts University School of Medicine. Upon completing her Pediatric Residency at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital, she embarked upon her private practice career in Connecticut.

Dr. Beckman is married with two college-aged sons both of whom attended school in Greenwich, where she and her family have lived since 2000.

Dr. Vaishali Bansilal joined our team in October 2019 and became a partner at Riverside Pediatrics on January 1, 2022. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and a Certified Lactation Counselor. She was voted Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2023.

Dr. Bansilal completed her Pediatric Residency training at The Brooklyn Medical Center,NY. She also did her Fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York. She received an undergraduate degree in Biology at D.G Ruparel College in Mumbai, India and then graduated from medical school at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Med College in Mumbai India.

Dr. Bansilal has a keen interest in asthma management along with her passion for counseling new mothers about breast feeding.

Dr. Bansilal lives with her husband and 2 kids in Rye Brook, NY. She enjoys baking and reading with her kids and her personal hobbies include cooking and dancing.

Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi

Originally from New Jersey, he completed his undergraduate education, as well as an MD/PhD program at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to his medical degree, he obtained a doctorate in Genetics. Dr. Rosenbach completed his pediatric residency at Albany Medical Center in 2013, and has been a practicing pediatrician since then. He has worked in Rockland and Westchester counties in New York until his recent move with his family to Stamford, Connecticut.

He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. In his free time, he enjoys playing with his toddler daughter, hiking with his wife, board games, and amateur astronomy.

Dr. Fisher grew up on Long Island and then attended Cornell University where she majored in Human Development. After college, she attended medical school at New York Medical College. This is where she realized her love of pediatrics and primary care.

After medical school, Dr. Fisher completed her pediatric residency at Cohen Children’s Medical Center where she met her husband who is also a physician. After her training, she worked in primary care in NYC until she and her family moved to Fairfield County. She then practiced in Westport, Connecticut until joining Riverside Pediatrics. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Fisher lives in Wilton with her husband, 2-year-old daughter and infant son. As a new mom herself, she is excited to care for families and children from this new perspective.

Languages: English, Russian, Spanish

Dr. Watman grew up on Long Island and then attended Union College in Schenectady, NY, where she earned her bachelor’s with honors as a double major in Neuroscience and Music.

After completing her undergraduate studies, Dr. Watman attended The George Washington University - Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, D.C. where she received her Master of Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health.

After graduate school, Dr. Watman attended medical school at St. George’s University, and completed her Pediatric Residency training at The Brooklyn Hospital Center.

Dr. Watman now resides in Westchester, NY with her husband, 2 kitties, and her baby boy, who was born in November 2023. She feels being a new Mom has given her a whole new perspective with providing pediatric care and she especially looks forward to helping 1st time parents navigate this exciting, yet challenging time. She also enjoys tennis, broadway shows, baking, arts & crafts, and scuba diving.

Dr. Scott Oster was born and raised in New York City. He completed his undergraduate studies at the College of Charleston and attended medical school at the Avalon University School of Medicine in the Netherlands Antilles. He then completed an academic research year at the Icahn School of Medicine in NY, where his focus was infectious disease and where he was part of published study on predictors of Hepatitis C treatment outcomes in primary care centers.

He next completed two years of General Surgery residency training at Nassau University Medical Center, a Level 1 Trauma Center in East Meadow, NY. During his surgical training, Dr. Oster was part of the Acute Surgical Response team for the initial outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic as well as a member of the Surgical Department's overflow Covid-19 intensive care unit.

Dr. Oster then completed his Pediatric training also at Nassau University Medical Center where he was awarded the Beth Seaton Outstanding Resident of the Year Award as an Intern.

Dr. Oster enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and two children exploring parks and playgrounds.

Kim Cifelli is a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Lactation Consultant working at both the Riverside and New Canaan offices. Kim’s career in healthcare started over ten years ago, after graduating from Villanova University College of Nursing. She went on to work as a Senior Nurse Clinician in NYU’s Pediatric Emergency Department.

While working at NYU, Kim received her Master of Science, Advanced Practice Pediatrics, graduating with honors. Kim has since enjoyed working as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and lactation consultant with families at both local clinic and private practices, settling on Riverside Pediatrics after finding it to be one of a kind.

As a provider, Kim enjoys caring for infants through young adults from routine well care and sick visits, to managing chronic and complex conditions, including, but not limited to: asthma, eczema, allergies, picky eating, sensory processing, autism spectrum, and neurologic disorders. Kim is also experienced in pediatric phlebotomy.

Kim and her husband moved back to Connecticut to raise their family where she grew up. In her spare time, you may find her chasing after her two sons in Darien, CT.

Jane Milberg-Rubenstein is a Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and is excited to rejoin the team at Riverside Pediatrics. She has extensive experience in outpatient pediatrics and will be working part time in the New Canann office and occasionally in Riverside.

Ms. Rubenstein completed undergraduate studies at Skidmore College and received a Master of Science Degree in Pharmacology from the Univeristy of Illinois. She then graduated from Yale Univeristy with a Master of Science Degres as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

Ms. Rubenstein worked as the Manager of the Department of Pediatrics at the Yale University Health Service for many years. She has also worked with inner city children at a School Based Health Center in New Haven.

Ms. Rubenstein and her husband relocated to Norwalk after residing in Westport for many years. Golf and bridge are two of her favorite hobbies and she and her husband love to travel.