Dr. Amy Peardon, FACOP, FAAP

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Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Amy Peardon, who serves patients throughout the State of New Jersey.

Dr. Peardon is an amazing pediatrician, having been in practice for nearly two decades. She is determined to enhance her patients’ quality of life, providing high quality, individualized care in order to ensure the most optimal results. 

In New Jersey, she is in practice with Ocean Pediatric Group in Eatontown, which is a part of Hackensack Meridian Health. She is also affiliated with Monmouth Medical Center, The Unterberg Children’s Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and Ocean University Medical Center.

Back in 1999, Dr. Pearson graduated with her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine in New Jersey. After medical school, she remained within the same institution for her internship, before completing her residency training with University Hospital, Newark & Hackensack University Medical Center.

Recognized for her expertise in all facets of general pediatrics, she is a Diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics (AOBP). The AOBP is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of medical diseases in infants, children, and adolescents.

Holding fellowship status, Dr. Pearson is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians (FACOP) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP).

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.

With a passion for her work, Dr. Peardon has been the recipient of the Patients’ Choice Award (2018, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008), Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2018, 2015, 2012, 2011), and On-Time Doctor Award (2018, 2015, 2014).

On a more personal note, she is fluent in English and Spanish.

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