Our Professional Staff
Sharon E. Barnett, MD
Dr. Sharon Barnett was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in 1998 and joined Advocare The Farm Pediatrics that same year. Dr. Barnett received her bachelor's degree in biology from Wilkes University, and in 1995 earned her medical degree at The State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine in Syracuse, New York. She completed a three-year combined residency program at The Thomas Jefferson University – A.I. duPont Hospital for Children. Dr. Barnett is presently affiliated with Virtua West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey.
Eric D. Berman, DO
Dr. Eric Berman joined Advocare The Farm Pediatrics in 1984 and was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in 1986. After graduating from Hofstra University in 1975, Dr. Berman earned his master's degree at the Universtiy of Maryland in 1976. He received his doctor of osteopathy degree in 1980 from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed his internship and pediatric residency at the hospital of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center in 1984. Dr. Berman is affiliated with Virtua West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey.
David E. Chasen, MD
Dr. David Chasen joined Advocare The Farm Pediatrics and was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in 1997. He received a bachelor's degree in pre-medicine from The Pennsylvania State University in State College in 1991 and earned his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College in 1994. From 1994 through 1997 Dr. Chasen attended the Thomas Jefferson University – A.I. duPont Hospital for Children combined pediatric residency program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. His residency included working for Delaware County Pediatric Associates, a community pediatrics office, where he gained experience in a continuity clinic. Dr. Chasen is affiliated with Virtua West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey.
Mary Elaine Holmes-Bricker, DO
Dr. Mary Elaine Holmes-Bricker joined Advocare The Farm Pediatrics in 2000. After earning a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from St. Joseph's University in 1983, Dr. Holmes-Bricker received her medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1991. She performed her rotating internship from 1991 through 1992 in Flint, Michigan and completed her pediatric residency from 1992 through 1995 at Ohio State University–Columbus Children's Hospital. Prior to joining Advocare The Farm Pediatrics, Dr. Holmes-Bricker practiced as a pediatrician at Simmers, Lerch, Cook & Holmes in Laurel Springs, New Jersey. Dr. Holmes-Bricker is affiliated with Virtua West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey.
Kathryn T. Lafferty, MD
Dr. Kathryn Lafferty was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in 2001 and joined Advocare The Farm Pediatrics in July 2002. She earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Ursinus College in 1994, and in 1998 received her doctorate of medicine degree from The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lafferty performed her pediatric residency at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she served as Chief Pediatric Resident from 2001 to 2002. She is affiliated with Virtua West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey.
Florence A. Pandit, MD
Dr. Florence Pandit was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in 1998 and joined Advocare The Farm Pediatrics in 2006. In 1981 she received her medical degree from the University of Nairobi in Kenya. After completing her internship in Kenya, Dr. Pandit worked in Zimbabwe and Toronto, Canada before coming to the United States. Dr. Pandit was a pediatric resident at Hahnemann University Hospital and Cooper Hospital, where she was also an attending pediatrician from 1998 to 2000. Prior to joining Advocare The Farm Pediatrics, Dr. Pandit was in private pediatric practice in Marlton for six years. She is affiliated with Virtua West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey. Dr. Pandit has a special interest in the care and follow-up of infants who have spent time in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.
Stephen A. Szawlewicz, MD
Dr. Stephen Szawlewicz is an original member of the former practice, Williams & Szawlewicz, P.A., which joined The Farm Pediatrics in 1975. In that same year, Dr. Szawlewicz was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. He received his bachelor's degree Georgetown University in 1966, and earned his doctorate of medicine degree from Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical in 1970. Dr. Szawlewics completed his internship and residency at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1970 through 1973, and then served in the U.S. Navy in Charleston, South Carolina though 1975. Dr. Szawlewicz is affiliated with Virtua West Jersey Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey.
In Memory of Dr. Dan
The late and beloved Dr. Daniel H. Williams, known to all as "Dr. Dan," founded The Farm Pediatrics in the early 1970s. To make children feel comfortable when they came to see the doctor, The Farm Pediatrics was in fact situated on a working farm. Children enjoyed visiting the animals whenever they came to visit Dr. Dan.
Dr. Dan received a bachelor of science degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA in 1960. He earned his master's degree in medical microbiology from Hahnemann Graduate School in Philadelphia, received his doctorate of medicine degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1967, and completed his medical internship and residency at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC.
Achieving the rank of Major in the U.S. Army, Dr. Dan served in Germany from 1970-1973.
While we no longer share our location with farm animals, Advocare The Farm Pediatrics is still committed to making children feel comfortable in everything we do. In memory of Dr. Dan, we continue to be a medical practice that furthers his mission and, we hope, would make him very proud.