Dr. Vijaya Yezdani, MD

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Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Vijaya Laxmi Yezdani, who serves patients in New Castle, Delaware.

A trusted pediatrician with over five decades of experience, Dr. Yezdani sees patients ages 2-11 at Family Care Associates in New Castle, Delaware. It is a part of the ChristianaCare network.

“Our mission as an organization is to serve our neighbors as expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. This is our promise to you. We call it The ChristianaCare Way” as stated on their website.

Regarding her educational background, Dr. Yezdani obtained her medical degree from Gandhi Medical College in India in 1974. She then went on to perform her internship at Gandhi Hospital in 1975, and her residencies in pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center and Wilmington Medical Center in 1978 and 1980, respectively. 

In 1982, she attained board certification in pediatrics through the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). The mission of the ABP is to advance child health by certifying pediatricians who meet standards of excellence and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.

Licensed to practice medicine in Delaware, Dr. Yezdani is affiliated with MeadowWood Behavioral Health Hospital, Nemours Children’s Hospital, and ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends individuals be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. Pediatricians provide medical care to people ranging in age from newborns to young adults. They are trained to examine, diagnose, and treat children with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses through all of their developmental stages, as they grow and mature.

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