Our Mission 

To provide the highest quality medical care from birth through adolescence to the children of western Rochester.  We offer the best in flexible scheduling, access to physicians and nurses, and accept all insurances.  Patients and their families feel comfortable coming to our office.

Our Physicians

We hold teaching appointments at the University of Rochester's School of Dentistry and Medicine. 

Education, Credentials and Hospital Affiliations are important in choosing a physician and for providing high quality of care.  Our physicians not only have attended first rate educational institutions, they also teach the next generation of doctors.  The best pediatricians are often sought out by the medical schools to help teach their students because they are the best teachers.   Periodically you will see medical students at our office, shadowing our doctors.  It keeps us stimulated to remain on top of the latest advances in medicine.

You can be confident your newborn children are in good hands with our physicians. 

Our physicians have additional training and credentialing to be the staff Pediatricians at the Unity Hospital August Family Birth Place.  This includes Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification. 

We are the staff Pediatricians for the Unity Hospital August Family Birth Place.

Dr. Gretchen Smith-Burke is the Director of the Unity Hospital Nursery.

We admit patients to, and attend to patients at, Unity Hospital, Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester General Hospital, and Highland Hospital.

 

Gretchen Smith-Burke, MD

Dr. Smith-Burke is a graduate of The University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She served as a Chief Resident of Pediatrics.  Dr. Smith-Burke founded Parkway Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 15 years ago, and moved to the current location in 1999. She is Board Certified in Pediatric Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Tracy Carafice, DO

Dr. Carafice is a graduate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Western Reserve Care System, Tod Children's Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio. Dr. Carafice graduated from St. John Fisher College.  She is Board Eligible in Pediatric Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Dr. Carafice is a Greece native!

Eric Socha, MD 

Dr. Socha graduated from The SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Golisano Children's Hospital. Dr. Socha worked as Chief Resident at the Golisano Children's Hospital from June 2006 to June 2007. Dr. Socha is Board Certified in Pediatric Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a graduate of the University of Rochester.

Barbara Wedig, MD 

Dr. Wedig graduated from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.   She worked in New Jersey and Indiana in private Pediatric practices before coming to Rochester in 2002 and has 15 years of private practice experience.  Dr. Wedig is Board Certified in Pediatric Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Cheryl Kame, MD

Dr. Kame graduated from New York Medical College and completed her residency at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.  She is Board Certified in Pediatric Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  Dr. Kame is a graduate of Colgate University.

Timothy Hessert, MD

Dr. Hessert is Board Certified in Pediatric Medicine and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  He completed a Fellowship in Adolescent Psychology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.  Dr. Hessert works shifts at the Emergency Department of Rochester General Hospital.

Each of our physicians is accepting new patients.  You can meet them, and see our facility, at one of our Open Houses!