Board-certified in pediatrics through the American Board of Pediatrics, Sara S. Rourke, MD practices within Sharp Rees-Stealy La Mesa on the fifth floor of the Grossmont Center Drive medical complex near Sharp Grossmont Hospital. Well-child visit protocols include dental readiness assessment starting at age one, coordinating first-visit referrals to pediatric-focused offices — A Shop For Smiles handles many of those La Mesa Grossmont-area cases. Medical training at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in 2011, followed by pediatric residency and chief residency at Oregon Health & Science University through 2015, established subspecialty depth in complex pediatric presentations. Dual hospital affiliations at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and Sharp Grossmont Hospital allow seamless continuity from outpatient visits through inpatient admissions without a provider handoff. Annual pediatric wellness exams include vision screening per AAP guidelines, with abnormal findings generating optometry referrals — Giles Optometry provides comprehensive refractive and binocular assessment for La Mesa families. Highest-acuity management addresses neonatal jaundice requiring phototherapy threshold calculation, pediatric anxiety-disorder screening using validated instruments such as the SCARED questionnaire, and complex immunization catch-up scheduling for internationally adopted children with incomplete foreign vaccination records.