Pediatrician Staff
Meet our friendly, experienced pediatricians and staff at The Children's Doctor! Our entire team is dedicated to helping you and your child feel at home from the moment your walk through the door. We're proud to be members of the Hagerstown community and serve the needs of their children.
We pride ourselves in being an exceptional clinic where children come first. Our child-focused practice works hard to meet the needs of children from infancy through adolescence. Compassionate, knowledgeable and supportive staff is the cornerstone of Name of The Children's Doctor's quality care. All of our pediatricians and medical staff are highly trained professionals, and maintain the highest level of accreditation in pediatrics to address the special needs of infants, children, and teens.
We strive to treat each and every patient as we would want our own children to be treated. Our doctors and staff look forward to building a relationship with you and your family.
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Saqib Masood, MD, FAAP
About: Dr. Masood was born in Sargodha, Pakistan. He attended Adam Jee Government Science College in Karachi for his premedical school diploma and received his medical degree from Dow Medical College. Dr. Masood did three years of Pediatric residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in Bronx, NY. He completed one year of fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism at North Shore University Hospital, NYU School of Medicine in Manhasset, NY. Dr. Masood joined The Children’s Doctor in May 2004. He is Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
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Vandana Sajankila, MD, FAAP She is Board Certified. Dr. Sajankila joined The Children's Doctor in November 2007. Her special professional interest are in the fields of genetics and dermatology. Her leisure interested include music, literature, and she is an avid football fan. She is married and has two children. |
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Abdur Chowdhury, MD, FAAP
Dr. Chowdhury was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He received his medical diploma at Chittagong Medical College and then received his post graduate diploma in pediatrics at Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He then went to the United Kingdom for higher studies where he received his Diploma in Child Health (DCH) at the University of Glasgow, Scotland and Membership diploma in Pediatrics (MRCP) at Royal College of Physicians of United Kingdom. He completed his residency training at Lincoln Medical Mental Health Center, an affiliate of New York Medical College, New York. He is board certified in General Pediatrics and a Fellow of American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Chowdhury has worked at Valley Health System based in Winchester, Virginia before joining The Children’s Doctor. He is interested to see all kinds of physical and mental health illnesses in children including growth and development during their Well Child Examination. He enjoys reading, traveling, gardening, and spending time with his family and friends. He is married and has two daughters. |
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Miranda Turnblacer, CPNP-PC She attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and graduated with her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She attended Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing for her MSN to be a Nurse Practitioner. She worked as a nursing assistant and then a registered nurse in a pediatric primary care clinic before receiving a Master’s Degree and becoming a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Miranda joined The Children’s Doctor in October 2013. Her medical interests are adolescent health and allergies. She enjoys photography and baking with her Kitchen Aid mixer. She also is collecting the classic Disney movies that are kept in the Disney Vault. She was married in April 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska and enjoyed her honeymoon at Walt Disney World. When they got home, they adopted a handsome black Labrador Retriever named Texas. |
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Amy Pelfrey, CPNP, PC |
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Angela Fetty, DNP, CRNP, PNP-AC
Angie was born and raised in Charlotte, NC. Her early nursing career took her to Charleston, SC, Nashville, TN, Alexandria, VA, and Charlottesville, VA before eventually settling down and calling WV home. She matriculated at Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing-Diploma RN. This school is now known as Queens University in Charlotte, NC. She then moved on to get her BSN at Mountain State University and after leaving there obtained her DNP-PNP-AC at The University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. She has worked in various hospitals’ Pediatric Intensive Care Units - including Vanderbilt, Fairfax, Georgetown University Medical Center, Children’s National Medical Center, and The University of Virginia Medical Center. After gaining valuable experience in the care of critically ill children, she began her career as a Nurse Practitioner in the Pediatric ER at Frederick Medical Center and Reston Medical Center. Angie just recently began to teach at Shepherd University in the Department of Nursing in the undergraduate and graduate programs. She holds the position of Assistant Professor at Shepherd at this time. Her medical interests lean towards pediatric asthma and respiratory disease as well as congenital heart disease. She describes herself as a HUGE fan of various sports, including her children’s sports activities, Carolina Panther football, West Virginia football and basketball, Duke basketball, and Nascar. She likes to stay active and heads to the gym periodically. When not working out, she loves baking with her children in the kitchen and is especially fond of the Christmas holiday—being, of course, one of the best times to be baking cookies! She is married to Ryan Fetty and the couple have three children. She smiles as she notes that she had a home grown substrate for the study of growth and development as she developed her career as a Nurse Practitioner. She looks forward to permanently settling down now and practicing her art at The Children’s Doctor for some years to come. |