UCSD School of Medicine graduate (2014) Dr. Poorvi Patel in Encinitas serves as a pediatric hospitalist at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas on Santa Fe Drive, managing acute inpatient pediatric admissions and newborn nursery care. Post-discharge follow-up coordination routes recovering patients to outpatient pediatric practices at Scripps Coastal Medical Center Encinitas – Pediatrics on El Camino Real for continuity of care after hospital stays. Board-certified in pediatrics with multilingual capability in English, Hindi, and Gujarati, she provides culturally concordant inpatient care for the diverse North County population. Neonatal observation and feeding-difficulty management at this Rady Children's Level II nursery site include collaboration with outpatient developmental monitoring by pediatricians at El Camino Pediatric Med Group for infants requiring post-NICU growth tracking. Inpatient capabilities include bronchiolitis management with high-flow nasal cannula therapy, IV fluid resuscitation for dehydration secondary to gastroenteritis, and critical newborn sepsis workup protocols including blood culture collection, lumbar puncture, and empiric antibiotic initiation.