Pediatric Hospitalists

Hospitalists (left to right): Rolando Mallari, MD;
Ava Cavaliere, DO; Mark Ditmar, MD; Andrea Palermo, DO; and Tamer El-Mahdy, MD

While in the Stanley M. Grossman Children's Center at ARMC, your child's care is coordinated by pediatricians who are based in the hospital as part of the AtlantiCare/duPont Children's Program, a partnership between AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center and the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington.

These pediatricians are known as "hospitalists" because their responsibility is to assist in the care of pediatric patients only in the hospital setting: in the pediatric unit, in the emergency department, in the delivery room, or any area of the hospital where they may be needed. All of our hospitalists are Board-certified.

Primary pediatricians request the assistance of the hospitalists because they are readily available in the hospital for examinations, interpretation of test results, consultations with other healthcare providers, and for coordination of the discharge process.

The hospitalists are always available to answer questions about the condition or treatment of your child.

Mark Ditmar, MD
Director, Hospitalist Program
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics

Ava Cavaliere, DO
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Residency: Pediatrics, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Tamer El-Mahdy, MD
Medical School: Alexandria University, Egypt
Residency: Pediatrics, Jersey Shore Medical Center
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics

Rolando Mallari, MD
Medical School: University of the Philippines
Residency: Pediatrics, Beth Israel Hospital, Philippine General Hospital
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics

Andrea Palermo, DO
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Pediatrics, Albert Einstein Medical Center

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