About Us

PedEM, PLLC, is South Florida’s only democratically-owned pediatric emergency physician group. PedEM physicians staff Baptist Children’s Hospital, in Miami, FL, with opportunities to work at its sister hospital, West Kendall Baptist Hospital. Teaching and partnership opportunities are also available.

Who We Are

Ana Rodriguez P.A.

  • University of Florida College of Medicine BS Medicine/M.S Physician Assistant Studies (1996-1998)
  • American Academy of Physician Assistants

Carlos Barahona, M.D.

  • Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador, School of Medicine San Salvador, El Salvador (1994-2003)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship SUNY Downstate Medical Center/ Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY
  • American Board of Pediatrics

Carolinna Garcia, M.D.

  • New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, Doctor of Medicine 1999-2003
  • Fellowship, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY 2010-2013
  • American Board of Pediatrics

Clarines Rosa, M.D.

  • Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 1998-2000
  • American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, St. Maarten Doctor of Medicine 2000-2002
  • Pediatric Emergency Fellowship, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL
  • American Board of Pediatrics

Eduardo Fanilla, M.D.

  • Universidad Autonoma/UACA Doctor in Medicine Cum Laude San Jose, Costa Rica 1988-1993
  • Pediatric Residency Training, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital 1998-2000

Fernando Mendoza, M.D., FAAP

  • University of Florida College of Medicine, M.D., Gainesville, FL 1999
  • Fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA 2002-2005
  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • Medical Director of Baptist Children’s Emergency Center
  • Associate Medical Director of Pediatric Emergency Services of West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Jennifer Cheney, M.D. F.A.A.P.

  • State University of New York Upstate Medical Center, M.D. Syracuse New York 1979-1983
  • Clinical and Research Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical College, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 1986-1988
  • Subspecialty Board Certified, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Emergency Department Physician, Baptist Hospital of Miami, FL 1997-present

Michael J Gomez, M.D.

  • Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajar, Jalisco, Mexico 1996-2000
  • General Pediatrics Residency, Memorial Health University Medical Center 2002-2005
  • Pediatric Emergency Department Physician, Baptist Hospital of Miami, FL 2009-present

Omer Nasiroglu, M.D.

  • University of Istanbul Medical School Istanbul, Turkey 1983-1989
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa
  • Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey 1995-1998
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, University of Florida,
  • Gainesville 1998-2001
  • Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial
  • Hospital 2003-2004
  • American Board of Pediatrics and Subboard of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2006
  • American Academy of Pediatrics

Robert Novo, M.D.

  • Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1979-1980
  • CETEC University, MD Degree, 1979-1980
  • Monmouth Medical Center, Pediatrics, Long Branch, New Jersey, 1981-1983
  • American Board of Pediatrics