Dr. Valerie Niketakis-Wujciak, MD, FAAP

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Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Valerie Niketakis-Wujciak, who serves patients in Eatontown, New Jersey.

A prominent pediatrician, Dr. Niketakis-Wujciak is in practice at HMMG–Eatontown Pediatrics. She can also be found on staff at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

Back in the early days of her academic career, she did her undergraduate work at The Johns Hopkins University, and then obtained her medical degree from the UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School now known as Rutgers Medical School. She then went on to complete her residency in pediatrics at the NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Center/Columbia University.  After completing residency she stayed on as a Pediatrician and Assistant Professor, caring for patients in the Columbia University faculty pediatric practice and teaching Columbia pediatric residents and medical students until 2019 when she retired from Columbia and joined Hackensack Meridian Health, where she currently works. 

Recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), the doctor is board-certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). The mission of the ABP is to advance child health by certifying pediatricians who meet standards of excellence and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents, maximizing their wellness.   The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends individuals be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. Pediatricians provide medical care to people ranging in age from newborns to young adults. They are trained to examine, diagnose, and treat children with a wide variety of  medical concerns through all of their developmental stages, as they grow and mature.

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