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Primary Care Centers

Nationwide Children's offers community-based physician services for children (ages birth to 21) to help you keep your child healthy with regular physical exams, vision, hearing and general development checks, and immunizations against childhood diseases. The best health care for children begins with a qualified pediatrician. And when your child is sick, it's comforting to get help from a pediatrician you already know and trust.

The Primary Care Network at Nationwide Children's is one of the largest in the country. If your child is a patient of Nationwide Children’s Primary Care Network, ask for a free bicycle helmet during your next appointment at any of our 10 locations. Helmets will be available while supplies last.

Read about the Columbus Youth Bicycle Helmet Law.


Hours, information and maps for each Primary Care Center are available in our Maps & Directions section. Please select a location to see this information: Downtown, Eastland, Hilltop, Linden, Near East, Northland, Olentangy, South High, Westside, Whitehall.

To schedule an appointment, call (614) 722-6200

Interested in the Reach Out and Read® Volunteer Program? Click Here


Partnership with The Wiggles
Dr. Olivia Thomas, Section Chief of Ambulatory Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, participated in a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to support a partnership between Reach Out and Read® and The Wiggles. During The Wiggles’ “Go Bananas Live!” 2009 summer tour, families were encouraged to bring a new book to donate to Reach Out and Read®. Watch the PSA.



Download a printable version of our Office Visit/Vaccine Record to keep track of your child's health.


Collaborative Children's Health Report
In 2008, Nationwide Children's partnered with the Columbus Public Health Department and many local organizations to present the 10 most significant health indicators affecting Franklin County children. A few indicators from the Full Potential Community Report are highlighted below:


Meet Our Doctors

Primary Care Network
Primary Care Centers
Center Physician

Downtown Primary Care Center
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Outpatient Care Bldg. 3rd Fl.
700 Children’s Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43205

Red Primary Care Center



Yellow Primary Care Center







Nicole Caldwell, MD
Stefanie Bester, MD
William Cotton,MD

Jagadisharaje Urs, MD
Pamela Phillips, MD
Elizabeth Bauer, MD
Cheryl Pippin, MD
Lakshmi Atkuri, MD
Angela Jones, MD
Emily Decker, MD

Eastland Primary Care Center
4434 Crossroads Center
Columbus, Ohio 43232
Julie Castrop, MD
Hilltop Primary Care Center
2857 W. Broad St.
Columbus, Ohio 43204
Tanushree Ghosh, DO
Stefanie Bester, MD
Maureen Kollar, DO
Linden Primary Care Center
1390 Cleveland Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43211
Jack Kopechek, MD
Martha Miller, MD
Uma Gupta, MD
Akua Amponsah, MD
Kerry McGee, MD
Near East Primary Care Center
1125 East Main St.
Columbus, Ohio 43205
Douglas McLaughlin, MD
Judith Groner, MD
Mary Kay Kuzma, MD
Wendy Anderson, MD
Angela Jones, MD
Northland Primary Care Center
4560 Morse Centre Road
Columbus, Ohio 43229
Janice Taylor, MD
Uma Gupta, MD
Rachel Rosenfeld, MD
Lakshmi Atkuri, MD
Michelle Phillips, MD
Christine Dugan, MD
Kerry McGee, MD
Melissa Meyer, MD
Olentangy Primary Care Center
1275 Olentangy River Rd
Columbus, Ohio 43212

Shilpa Sangvai, MD
Ranee Jostpille, MD
Alex Rakowsky, MD

South High Primary Care Center
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
1392 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43207

Scott Holliday, MD
Linda Chun, MD
Camilla Curren, MD
Kimberly Bates, MD
Richard Rodenberg, MD

Westside Primary Care Center
441 Industrial Mile
Columbus, Ohio 43228
William Cotton, MD
Monica Gilbert, MD
Carrie Cacioppo, MD
Milgro Castaneda, MD
Stefanie Bester, MD
Jagadisharaje Urs, MD
Linda Chun, MD
Kerry McGee, MD
Dane Snyder, MD
Whitehall Primary Care Center
561 S. Yearling Rd.
Columbus, Ohio 43213

Razan Alkhoury, MD
Obiaghanwa Ugbana, MD
Aurelia Jackson, MD
Patricia Fine-Rosenstein, MD
Stephen Hersey, MD
Lakshmi Atkuri, MD
Akua Amponsah, MD
Christine Dugan, MD
Kerry McGee, MD
Dane Snyder, MD

Float/Contingent Doctors Uma Gupta, MD
Shilpa Sangvai, MD
Stephen Hersey, MD
Anuja Sriparameswaran, MD
Michele Oyoretey, MD
Amy Sternstein, MD
Nate O'Dorisio, MD
Eric Schumacher, DO