About Us
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Dr. Christopher Becker, MDDr. Becker was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1996. He obtained his residency training at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and was Board Certified in Pediatrics upon completion in 1999. Dr. Becker ran a solo private practice for 2 years in Colorado before joining a pediatric group practice in Dallas, where he practiced for seven years. He enjoys all aspects of general pediatrics with a special interest in infectious disease processes and preventative care issues. He currently lives in Rowlett with his wife and son.
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine |
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Dr. Rana Pascoe, MDDr. Pascoe obtained her undergraduate degree at Chapman College, California and her medical degree from the University of Southern California. She completed her residency in family medicine at Kaiser Hospital in California, followed by a specialty fellowship in adolescent medicine at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. In November 2001, Dr. Pascoe became one of fewer than 100 family physicians in the country to pass the Adolescent Medicine Board examination. Dr. Pascoe enjoys seeing babies and young children, as well as teens and young adults. She lives in East Dallas with her husband, John, and her three children.
Medical School: University of Southern California |
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Dr. Gregory Sonnen, MD, FAAPDr. Sonnen is a Texas native, growing up in the San Antonio area. He received an undergraduate degree in microbiology from Texas A&M University in 1991. He followed that with an M.D. from Texas A&M Health Science Center in 1995. Dr. Sonnen completed his residency training in Pediatrics at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. While there, he authored several book chapters involving the treatment of infectious diseases in children. After training, Dr. Sonnen was board certified in General Pediatrics. He returned to Texas in 1998 and joined a large group practice in Mesquite where he practiced pediatrics for 11 years. He also received a faculty appointment to The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, where he taught medical students the fundamentals of pediatric care for 11 years. His special area of interest is childhood vaccine advocacy. Dr. Sonnen is a long time resident of Rockwall. He is married with two children.
Undergraduate: B.S. in Microbiology, Texas A&M University |
OUR VIEW ON CHILDHOOD VACCINATION:
Childhood vaccination is truly a modern miracle. Many of the lethal infant diseases parents worried about in the past have been well controlled with our modern infant and childhood vaccines. Our doctors strongly believe in childhood vaccination. We follow the CDC’s (Center for Disease Control) vaccine schedule with all vaccines. The CDC’s schedule is considered “standard of care” and is based on decades of experience and research.
Rarely, some parents choose not to vaccinate or use alternative or delayed vaccine schedules. No valid scientific data exists supporting the safety or efficacy of these alternative schedules. Choosing not to vaccinate your baby is a dangerous decision and puts your child at risk of very serious diseases which can be fatal.
We caution parents about vaccine information on the internet. Many sites on the internet have very faulty information about vaccines. This faulty information can lead to unneeded fear of vaccines. This fear has lead to some parents delaying or refusing their baby’s vaccines. These decisions are leading to a rise in some of these vaccine preventable diseases. We now live in an era of rising cases of measles and whooping cough (pertussis) which are both preventable through routine vaccination. A large outbreak of whooping cough in California in 2010 has resulted in the deaths of 10 babies there.
Remember: childhood vaccines save lives.