Pennridge Pediatrics, a long-standing and trusted pediatric practice in Bucks County, has joined St. Luke’s University Health Network.
The practice, now known as St. Luke’s Pennridge Pediatrics, provides families in the region direct access to high-quality pediatric care.
The St. Luke’s name is synonymous with all-around excellence. This past fall, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ranked St. Luke’s #1 – ahead of Houston Methodist and Mayo Clinic, two of the nation’s most prestigious institutions – as the nation’s top health system for quality, safety, and patient experience. This objective recognition, based on public data reported to the government, reaffirmed St. Luke’s preeminent position among the leading health systems in the country.
“Welcoming Pennridge Pediatrics into St. Luke’s represents an important step in expanding access to exceptional pediatric care in Bucks County,” St. Luke’s Vice President of Women’s & Children’s Service Lines Jessika Haynos said. “We are proud to partner with this highly regarded team to provide even more comprehensive services for children and their families.”
The Pennridge Pediatrics team joining St. Luke’s includes:
- Deborah Faccenda, MD
- Richard Kratz, MD
- Anuta Dolha, MD
- Danielle Lee, MD
- Rebecca Bibro, CRNP
- Lindsey Baranik, CRNP
- Victoria Phifer, CRNP
Patients will continue to receive care at the practice’s existing locations:
- 711 Lawn Avenue, Sellersville, PA 18960
- 270 Main Street, Harleysville, PA 19438
Through this integration, Pennridge Pediatrics patients will gain expanded access to the full breadth of pediatric services available through St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, including more than 40 pediatric specialties, advanced pediatric inpatient care at the Grand View Campus and St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital at the Bethlehem Campus, and a dedicated pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and a specialized children’s ER in Bethlehem.
To schedule an appointment, the new phone number for St. Luke’s Pennridge Pediatrics is 484-658-KIDS (5437).
About St. Luke’s
Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network with annual net revenue of more than $4.5 billion. With 23,000+ employees at 16 hospital campuses and 350+ outpatient sites, it is the Lehigh Valley’s biggest employer.
The Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital is based at the Bethlehem Campus.
Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only four-year medical school. It also operates the nation’s oldest continuously operated School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 60+ fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 550+ residents and fellows. Additionally, the St. Luke’s College of Health Sciences opened in 2026.
In 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ranked St. Luke’s #1 – ahead of Houston Methodist and Mayo Clinic, two of the nation’s most prestigious institutions – as the nation’s top health system for quality, safety and patient experience. This objective recognition, based on public data reported to the government, reaffirms St. Luke’s preeminent position as THE BEST OF THE BEST among the most respected health care systems in the United States.
St. Luke’s has been named a Leapfrog Group Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. In 2026, all of the Network’s eligible hospital campuses were awarded Medicare’s highest ratings for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. The Network also earned straight A’s for safety from Leapfrog across all of its acute care hospitals. It has earned 100 Top Hospital designations from Premier 12 years in a row, including in 2026 when the Network was identified as THE #1 MEDIUM-SIZE HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY. Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of SLUHN’s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.
Information provided to TVL by:
Sam Kennedy
