Pediatrics Offices In Hoboken, Jersey City Acquired By Major Hospital System

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — Three pediatricians who work in Hoboken and Jersey City will now be part of The Children's Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, a hospital spokesperson said last week.

The spokesperson clarified that the doctor's offices will remain in the same locations. They will now be part of a large New Jersey hospital system.

The pediatricians are Andrzej Klos and Vijay Prasad, who work at 122 Clinton St. in Hoboken, and Piotr Oko at 138 River Drive South, Jersey City.

The news may be welcome for local families after the recent closure of several pediatrics offices run by Optum Health in November, including in Secaucus and Jersey City Heights. (Optum has also kept several practices open.)

St. Peter's spokeswoman Amy Stern said that The Children’s Hospital has already been involved in Hudson County. The system recently established The Dr. Bipin Patel Pediatric Multispecialty Center at Hoboken University Hospital-Hudson Regional Health to allow more access to pediatric specialists, she noted.

She provided this information about the doctors and how to make an appointment:

Dr. Klos has been practicing pediatrics in Hoboken for 16 years. He attended medical school in Poland and Seton Hall University, completing his pediatric residency at Jersey City Medical Center. He has also taught in the Department of Pediatrics at the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences at Rutgers and as a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). To make an appointment, call 201-479-5206 or use Zocdoc.

Dr. Prasad practiced at Tribeca Pediatrics in Ridgewood, Queens, as the lead primary care physician, before coming to Hoboken. He has worked in emergency care and serves a clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Weil Cornell School of Medicine in New York City. Years ago, he was an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine and Transport at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) where he was responsible for managing and stabilizing critically ill or injured pediatric and neonatal patients. He graduated from the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine with a master’s in public health and received his Doctor of Medicine from Boston University’s School of Medicine. He is proficient in conversational medical Spanish. Call 201-479-5206 or use Zocdoc for an appointment.

Dr. Oko opened his first pediatric practice in West New York and has run a pediatric practice in Hoboken for 25 years. He attended medical school in Poland and then Seton Hall University, finishing his pediatric residency at Jersey City Medical Center. Call 201.884.5351 or use Zocdoc for appointments.

Siva Jonna, MD, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, said, “For over 20 years we have provided pediatric specialty care closeto home in Hudson County, and now we excited to add three additional experienced general pediatric physicians to expand the reach of our quality pediatric care in the region."

To learn more or to make an appointment visit SPPANJ.com. For more information about The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, visit saintpetershcs.com/childrenshospital.