Dr. Maria Turizo, M.D.

Dr. Maria C. Turizo is a board-certified general pediatrician who strives to ensure high-quality medical care for her patients. She has been caring for patients for the past 20 years and has been a pediatrician for the last 12 years. as a pediatrician, she has focused on treating children, adolescents and young adults.

During these years, she initially cared for patients while working mostly for fast paced private practices in northern New Jersey. It was always Dr. Turizo’s desire to guide and help families and their children during difficult times related to physical and behavioral problems. With the will to have a more personal one to one relationship with all her patients and to provide each child and parent with the time they need and deserve, Dr. Turizo decided to open her own pediatric practice, INTEGRAL CARE PEDIATRICS, in the year 2012.

Observing a child go through the discomforts of sickness is one of the worst experiences for a caregiver and Integral Care Pediatrics is here to make these moments smoother. Dr. Turizo is committed to helping your children heal and to helping parents release distress. Being a wife and becoming a mother of two children have only made these feelings of sympathy and compassion for other parents grow stronger.

After receiving her medical degree in Colombia SA, Dr Turizo worked as a general practitioner in the city of Medellin and in some tropical rural areas in Colombia where people live under very stringent circumstances and economic difficulties. These experiences were very valuable for her work and taught her the importance of preventive medicine and of a healthy environment.

After moving back to the USA Dr. Turizo completed her residency in pediatrics at the prestigious St. Joseph’s Children’s hospital, a level 3 hospital where a great variety of cases gave her the confidence to practice excellent care. In recognition of her outstanding work, she was offered the position of Chief Resident at this hospital and she had the opportunity to teach and supervise students and incoming residents.

Not only as a Pediatrician, but also as a mother of three boys and a wife, Dr. Turizo assures you a limitless dedication to provide the entire family with the best of care and professionalism.