Dr. Irene Shevelev earned her undergraduate and medical degrees in the USSR, where she graduated with honors. After coming to the United States, she served as Chief Resident at Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, where she was responsible for residents’ education and also cared for critically ill children in the pediatric ICU. Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Shevelev was recently named as one NJ’s favorite Kids Docs for 2012.