Sima Stein, MD

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Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Sima Stein, who serves patients in San Jose, California.

Dr. Stein is a well-known and much-respected pediatrician who leads the team at Stein Pediatrics in San Jose, California. She provides high-quality, personalized medical care to infants, children, teenagers, and young adults. She welcomes patients up to 21 years of age and offers a full range of skilled medical services in an inviting, patient-focused environment.

One of her goals throughout her career has been creating long-term relationships with her young charges and their parents. Her expertise includes evaluation and management of newborns, sick-child visits, as well as monitoring childhood development, which includes gross and fine motor skills, cognition, and speech.

The offices of Stein Pediatrics are designed with patients and their parents in mind, including waiting rooms with a separate area that helps limit contact between patients scheduled for well-child exams and routine monitoring and those who are feeling ill. They are equipped to provide services in English, Chinese, Hindu, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Pertaining to her educational pursuits, Dr. Stein received her medical degree from Second Moscow State Medical Institute in Russia. After relocating to the United States, she completed residency programs in pediatrics at New York Methodist Hospital and Stanford University Medical Center.

An expert in her field, the doctor is board-certified in pediatrics by 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.

A longtime advocate of helping prevent childhood illnesses through parental instruction, healthy nutrition, and preventive medicine, her outreach to the teens and young adults in her community includes education, screening, and treatment regarding sports injuries, acne, birth control counseling, STDs, and healthy lifestyle choices such as routine exercise. She is also certified to conduct immigration medical exams.

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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