Sheena Tonkin, MD, FAAP, a Pediatrician with Watson Clinic Highlands

Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Sheena Tonkin, who serves patients in Lakeland Highlands, Florida.

Dr. Tonkin is a caring, board-certified pediatrician at Watson Clinic Highlands in Lakeland Highlands, Florida. Her areas of expertise include child wellness visits, immunizations, sports physicals, newborn care, sck visits such as fever, colds and flu, earaches and sore throats, as well as chronic problems such as asthma, allergies, and ADHD.

Watson Clinic Highlands is a nearly 74,000 square foot stunning two-story medical facility located at 2300 E. County Rd. 540A in south Lakeland. The facility offers family medicine, dermatology, facial plastic surgery, gastroenterology, general surgery, hand surgery, a Hearing Center, internal medicine, obstetrics – gynecology, orthopaedic surgery / sports medicine, otolaryngology (ENT), pediatric, psychiatry (child, adolescents and adult), DJ Orthopedics LLC store, physical therapy featuring cutting-edge equipment and a team of licensed therapists, as well as comprehensive radiology capabilities, including CAT scan, MRI, DEXA bone density scanning, x-ray, ultrasound, and 3D mammography. Additionally, the facility includes an on-site laboratory for faster test results and a Nurse Clinic.

The doctor’s acclaimed career in medicine began after she earned her medical degree from Albany Medical College – Union University in 2012. She then went on to perform her internship and residency in pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School/Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia.

A Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), Dr. Tonkin 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. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people 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 injuries and illnesses through all their developmental stages, as they grow and mature. 

Learn More about Dr. Sheena Tonkin:

Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/642392-Sheena-Tonkin-Pediatrician or through Watson Clinic LLP, https://www.watsonclinic.com/physicians/sheena-h-tonkin.html 

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