Crestview Pediatrics, Sacred Heart Medical Group celebrate partnership

Sacred Heart Medical Group Crestview Pediatrics is accepting new patients and same-day appointments. The office celebrated joining Sacred Heart with an open house and ribbon cutting on Thursday. Pictured from left, are pediatricians Dr. Jennifer Heegard and Dr. Joseph Peter, with Sacred Heart Medical Group President Roger Poitras, Nurse Practitioner Lindsey Mann-Badyrka and Sacred Heart Medical Group Vice President Justin Labrato.

CRESTVIEW — Sacred Heart Medical Group Crestview Pediatrics is officially open for business, accepting new patients and same-day appointments at its 332 Medcrest Drive office.

Pediatricians hosted a ribbon-cutting and open-house reception on Thursday.

Crestview Pediatrics, which includes Dr. Joseph Peter and advanced nurse practitioner Lindsey Mann-Badyrka, recently joined Sacred Heart Medical Group’s regional network of physicians.

Two new pediatricians —  Dr. Jennifer Heegard and Dr. Lisa Currier —  have also joined the practice.

Peter has more than 25 years of pediatrics experience, spanning nearly three continents. He has served the Crestview community since 1998.

Mann-Badyrka is a nurse practitioner with experience working in intensive care and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Heegard is a board-certified pediatrician who practiced in San Antonio, Texas, and worked in the pediatric emergency room at the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio.

Currier is a board-certified pediatrician who has served as chair of pediatrics and a member of the medical executive committee at Vail Valley Medical Center in Colorado.

Call 683-5100 for more information.

This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview Pediatrics, Sacred Heart Medical Group celebrate partnership