Mrs. SHIRLEY STICKLE, MD, MPH, FAAP

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Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Shirley Stickle, who serves patients in Florida.

Dr. Stickle is a caring and compassionate pediatrician with a special interest in treating childhood obesity and promoting healthy lifestyles. At Children’s Physicians, she operates out of the offices in Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, and Palm City, Florida.

Considering it both a great joy and responsibility to care for children, the credo of Children’s Physicians has always been to offer professional and compassionate pediatric care in a pleasant and non-threatening environment. The practice places emphasis on continuing medical education through seminars and pediatric educational meetings both in the United States and abroad.

Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Stickle traded in the ski slopes and traffic jams for sunnier skies and scuba diving.  After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, she attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed her pediatric training at the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.

In addition to being a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric (FAAP), she 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. 

Practicing medicine in Florida, Dr. Stickle is affiliated with St. Mary’s Medical Center-West Palm Beach, Jupiter Medical Center, and Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center.

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.

In her free time, Dr. Stickle enjoys running, swimming, traveling, and anything Disney. She spends time with her three young children and her physician husband, Robert Stickle, a radiologist and mammographer at Jupiter Medical Center. She is bilingual in English and Cantonese (Chinese).

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