Best of the Best

NWA Democrat-Gazette Best of the Best 27 Friday, October 29, 2016 Our mission is to serve the children and families we care for with a personal approach in a way that expresses the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. • We believe that a pediatric of ce, its staff and providers, should feel like family. • We truly feel it is a privilege to care for you and your children as family. • We are humbled by the trust you have in us and we will be good stewards of that trust. • We will provide evidence-based care with love and respect in a fun and friendly environment. • We will partner with families to promote illness prevention and healthy lifestyles. • We will encourage growth and the well-being of each employee so that we can build and maintain strong relationships among ourselves, our families, our patients, and out community. 1502 SE 28th Street Suite #2 Bentonville, Arkansas 479-282-2966 livingtreepediatrics.com Thank You for Voting Us One of the Best! FINALIST Pediatrician nwadg.com/best JEFFREY SAVAGE, LIVING TREE PEDIATRICS Special to the NWA Democrat-Gazette L iving Tree Pediatrics, PLLC is a pediatric prac- tice focusing on the care of newborns to adult- hood. Dr Tate and Dr Savage are also on staff at Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville covering the nursery, NICU, pediatric unit and pediatric ED consults. Their mission is to serve the children and families we care for with a personal approach in a way that expresses the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. They believe that a pediatric offi ce, its staff and provid- ers, should feel like family. They truly feel it is a privilege to care for you and your children as family. They are humbled by the trust you have in them, which they will be good stewards of that trust. They will provide evidence-based care with love and respect in a fun and friendly environment. They will partner with families to promote illness pre- vention and healthy lifestyles. They will encourage growth and the well-being of each employee so that they can build and maintain strong rela- tionships among themselves, their families, their patients, and their community. Dr. Savage was born in Louisiana and spent the majority of his early childhood in the back of his father's pharmacy. His family moved to Heber Springs when he was eight. Dr. Savage obtained his un- dergraduate degree from the University of Central Arkansas and his medical de- gree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He joined the Army just before start- ing medical school (and just before 9/11), accepting a scholarship to help pay for his medical school training. Dr. Savage completed residency training while on active duty at the San Antonio Military Pediatric Consortium and was then assigned to Fort Polk, Louisiana where he served as a general pediatrician, caring for the children of soldiers stationed there. While at Fort Polk, Dr. Savage deployed to Iraq where he served as physician for the 3rd Squadron, 1st US Calvary Regiment. Dr. Tate is a native of Florida, and is a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of south Alabama. After high school, she attended the University of Alabama spending sum- mers in programs at the University of Oklahoma, and Yale University medical school as well as a patient care assistant for pediatrics at the University of Ala- bama's Capstone clinic. She earned her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2005 spending summers in pediatric rheu- matology research. She has two fi rst author publications for this work including one in the peer reviewed journal, Pediatrics. Dr Tate completed her pediatrics training at St Louis Children's hospital with her outpatient clinic in Maryville, IL. Experienced doctors at Living Tree Pediatrics treat patients like family Dr. Savage Dr. Tate

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