Presenting Pediatrician and Mother Extraordinaire, Dr. Ana Arias-Pandey!

Ana with newborn Veejay.

Vinod, Alex, and Fiona. Vinod seems to be very social and quite bright.
Vivek with his reading! This precocious lad was reading the Harry Potter collection when he was 4 years old. Unbelievable! He was also riding a bike without training wheels at that age. I'm in awe of this kid!
Baby Veejay asleep in my lap. He's not falling off, though it looks that way!

Ana has been a very good friend of mine for 15 years. We were roommates at the College of Charleston, and we both travelled to Seattle, WA to attend Bastyr University. Ana's naturopathic training was interrupted by her pregnancy with Vivek, her oldest son. I was so excited by her pregnancy, and it was perhaps no coincidence that I got pregnant with Alex at the ovulation following the discovery of her pregnancy!

Ana's the person who introduced the whole idea of naturopathic medicine to me. She taught me about organic food and homeopathy. Charleston is blessed to have her as a pediatrician! She's very sincere and committed to her work and to her family.

Ana now has three children--all boys. Vivek, just turning 10 now, Vinod, perhaps 7, and the new kid on the block, Veejay, who is about 3 months old. Ana graduated from MUSC with a new babe-in-arms this year. She had a month or so off, and then she started her grueling pediatric residency in July... Needless to say, Ana is overwhelmed with work and family. I've barely seen her since she started her M.D. medical education 4 years ago. This visit was during her small break before the residency began.