Our dedicated and experienced pediatricians and medical professionals follow the patient-centered, Medical Home approach to care, providing a personalized, welcoming and culturally-responsive environment for children and families of all backgrounds.
![Alfie Meister, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Alfie-Meister-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Meister has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2003 and sees patients in our Aurora office and newborns at Medical Center of Aurora.
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Sekirnjak (pronounced Sekirnyak) is a Pediatrician at the Thornton office. She has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2004. She also cares for newborns at North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton.
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Denise is a Nurse Practitioner at the Thornton office and has been caring for patients since 2014.
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
Physician Assistant
Hillary has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2009 and sees patients at the Aurora office.
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
Physician Assistant
Jena has been working at Every Child Pediatrics since 2014 and sees patients at the Thornton office.
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Julie has been working at Every Child Pediatrics since 2006 and sees patients at the School-Based Health Centers in Aurora.
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
Physician Assistant
Kaitlin has been working at Every Child Pediatrics since August 2014 and sees patients at the Lakewood and Aurora offices.
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. White has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 1998 and sees patients at the Denver office.
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Henderson has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2008 and sees patients at the Thornton office and newborns at North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton.
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
Physician Assistant
Marnie has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2003 and sees patients at the Thornton office and in the School-Based Health Centers in Aurora.
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Daake has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2011 and sees patients at the Thornton office.
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Meharena has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2011 and sees patients at the Aurora office.
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Leamer has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2010 and sees patients at the Aurora office.
![Alfie Meister, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Alfie-Meister-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Meister has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2003 and sees patients in our Aurora office and newborns at Medical Center of Aurora.
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
![Debbie Sekirnjak, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Debbie-Sekirnjak-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Sekirnjak (pronounced Sekirnyak) is a Pediatrician at the Thornton office. She has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2004. She also cares for newborns at North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton.
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
![Denise Forrest, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Denise-Forrest-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Denise is a Nurse Practitioner at the Thornton office and has been caring for patients since 2014.
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
![Hillary Laird, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hillary-Laird-800x800-1.jpg)
Physician Assistant
Hillary has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2009 and sees patients at the Aurora office.
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
![Jena Cella, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jena-Cella-800x800-1.jpg)
Physician Assistant
Jena has been working at Every Child Pediatrics since 2014 and sees patients at the Thornton office.
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
![Julie Zavala, DNP, CPNP-PC](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Julie-Zavala-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Julie has been working at Every Child Pediatrics since 2006 and sees patients at the School-Based Health Centers in Aurora.
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kaitlin Ehrlich, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kaitlin-Ehrlich-800x800-1.jpg)
Physician Assistant
Kaitlin has been working at Every Child Pediatrics since August 2014 and sees patients at the Lakewood and Aurora offices.
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
![Kimberly White, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Kim-White-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. White has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 1998 and sees patients at the Denver office.
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
![Lucas Henderson, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Lucas-Henderson-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Henderson has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2008 and sees patients at the Thornton office and newborns at North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton.
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Marnie Walsh, MS, PA-C](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Marnie-Walsh-800x800-Lt.jpg)
Physician Assistant
Marnie has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2003 and sees patients at the Thornton office and in the School-Based Health Centers in Aurora.
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
![Shawna Daake, MD](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Shawna-Daake-800x800-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Daake has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2011 and sees patients at the Thornton office.
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
![Sophia G. Meharena, DO](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sophia-Meharena-800x800-Lt.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Meharena has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2011 and sees patients at the Aurora office.
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
![Karen Leamer](https://everychildpediatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen-Leamer-400x400-1.jpg)
Pediatrician
Dr. Leamer has been caring for patients at Every Child Pediatrics since 2010 and sees patients at the Aurora office.