Eleni I. Capetanakis, MD - Children's Primary Care Medical Group

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Board-certified Chula Vista pediatrician Eleni I. Capetanakis, MD, FAAP, delivers adolescent and general pediatric care through Children's Primary Care Medical Group's Third Avenue location near Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. Her clinical scope includes developmental vision screening during well-child visits, with refractive-error and amblyopia referrals coordinated through providers such as Villa Optometry for patients requiring full optometric evaluation. A graduate of St. George's University School of Medicine with residency training at St. Joseph's Hospital, Dr. Capetanakis is affiliated with both Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center and Rady Children's Hospital through the UC San Diego Health physician network. Her adolescent-medicine emphasis spans sports-physical clearance, behavioral-health triage, and musculoskeletal injury management, with post-injury rehabilitation coordinated through practices such as Sports Performance Physical Therapy for return-to-play protocols. The practice's most complex services include coordinated chronic-disease management for pediatric Type 1 diabetes insulin-pump optimization and severe persistent asthma requiring ICS/LABA step-therapy per NAEPP EPR-4 guidelines.