Our Providers
Mindy Stern, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Stern has been in practice for more than 20 years and spent 11 years at a practice in Reston before joining Whole Child. During that time, Dr. Stern developed a large and very loyal following. Prior to coming to Northern Virginia, Dr. Stern practiced in Northern Kentucky and served on the Board of Directors of Summit Medical Group, a corporation that owns multiple primary care practices in the area.
Dr. Stern is a graduate of the University of Michigan Inteflex program, which allowed her to obtain both her Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences and her Medical Doctorate in only seven years. She completed her Pediatric residency training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. During her training, she published a peer reviewed paper in the journal Clinical Pediatrics and was selected resident of the year at her outpatient pediatric clinic.
Dr. Stern is a multiyear recipient of Washingtonian Magaziine's Top Doctor Award as well as the 2018 Top Doctors in Northern Virginia award from Northern Virginia Magazine. She is accepting new patients and practices all aspects of pediatrics. In addition, she has a special interest in ADHD and feeding difficulties. Dr. Stern is fluent in English and Spanish. She lives in Vienna with her husband, a Colon and Rectal surgeon, and is the mother of two daughters. In her spare time, she enjoys playing tennis, trying out new recipes, going to the movies and reading.
Maria E. Juanpere, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Juanpere served as Medical Director of Nursery and Pediatric Services for Fauquier Health Systems in Warrenton and prior to that appointment, she spent fifteen years as a practicing pediatrician and co-owner of a community based pediatric practice in Warrenton. Dr. Juanpere served for many years as Chair of Fauquier Hospital's Obstetrics and Pediatrics Committee, as a member of the hospital’s Medical Executive Committee and quality care committee, as an instructor in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program and Pediatric Advanced Life Support Program and as Director of the Fauquier Hospital Special Care Nursery.
Dr. Juanpere also has served on the Northern Regional Child Fatality Review
and the National Capital Region Pediatric Mass Casualty Response Plan teams.
In April, 2014, she was honored during Child Abuse Prevention Month for her
work with the Fauquier County Department of Social Services in educating the
public and patients on safe sleep, child safety and prevention of infant
/childhood fatalities.
Dr. Juanpere earned her medical degree at
Boston University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Boston
City Hospital. She also earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Medical
Technology and a Master’s of Science degree in Medical Laboratory Management
with a minor in hematology/blood bank from Catholic University. Before
medical school, she worked for ten years as a medical technologist for
Harvard University Health Services, Children’s National Medical Center and
Arlington Hospital Center. Dr. Juanpere is fluent in English and
Spanish. In her spare time, Dr. Juanpere pursues her passions -
photography and animal rescue. She received a certificate in digital
photography from the New York Institute of Photography and volunteers for
Paws for Seniors Rescue group.
Dr. Juanpere is accepting new patients and practices in all areas of pediatrics. She has a special interest in newborn care, child development and adolescence.
Stephanie Corn, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Corn graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Temple University. She went on to earn her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed her residency training at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Dr. Corn operated her own pediatric practice in Georgia for more than 25 years. She moved to Virginia in 2016 to join a multispecialty community health center in Harrisonburg that focuses on serving underserved communities in the Shenandoah Valley as well as international populations. She left that position to join us at Whole Child in August 2019.
Dr. Corn has a particular interest in respiratory disorders and in caring for medically complex children. In her spare time, she enjoys outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking, cooking, reading, traveling and the arts.
Dr. Corn lives with her husband, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist,
as well as two adorable dogs.
Lisa A. Irvine, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P
Dr. Irvine earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University and was admitted to both the Tao Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and the Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society. She went on to complete a joint M.D. and Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins University in the Medical Scientist Training Program, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and simultaneously earning both a Doctor of Medicine degree and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. After completing this rigorous program, Dr. Irvine did her pediatric residency training at Johns Hopkins. Her scholarly work has been published in multiple professional publications.
Dr. Irvine is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Special Interest Group in Teaching Pediatrics in a Community Setting. She also has a special interest in pediatric cardiology and child behavior and development. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, crocheting, and spending time with her husband and children. She looks forward to meeting and working with her new patients at Whole Child Pediatrics.
Lindsay Russow, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Russow is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she combined her pre-Med studies with a degree in European history and studied abroad at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Dr. Russow went on to earn her M.D. degree from the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, where she earned Letters of Distinction in an array of medical fields, including Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Basic and Clinical Sciences and Humanism. She then completed her pediatric residency training at Children’s National Medical Center, where she excelled as part of the Primary Care Track, specializing in seeing patients in a busy pediatric setting.
In addition to her exemplary training in pediatrics, Dr. Russow has had a wide variety of work experience in healthcare, including having worked as Program Director for the Madison House volunteers in the Medical Services Program of the Acute Pediatrics Unit at the University of Virginia and as an aquatics therapy volunteer at the Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center in Charlottesville. She has a special interest in childhood development and in all aspects of general pediatrics.
Dr. Russow is a native of Ashburn and attended Stone Bridge High School. She and her husband, also from Ashburn, enjoy spending time with their two children and two dogs at their home in Western Loudoun. She is thrilled to have returned to her Ashburn roots and loves seeing her young patients at Whole Child Pediatrics grow through the years.
Christina Dawson, M.D.
Throughout her medical and academic training, Dr. Dawson has been recognized as an outstanding medical professional. In medical school, she was admitted to the Gold Humanism Honor Society and won the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award as well as the Alan B. Urgent Award for Advocacy and Social Justice. During her residency training, Dr. Dawson was awarded the University of North Carolina Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Medical Education Award. Her research on social medicine curricula, improving pediatric well visits, the effects of food insecurity and indigenous rights has been published in scholarly journals.
Dr. Dawson has deep and diverse experience as a healthcare worker both in the United States and abroad. She worked in a community health center in Cusco, Peru, interned at St. Stephens Hospital in Mpererwe, Uganda and organized and wrote a classroom curriculum for nutrition and sexual education at a community center in Chacraseca, Nicaragua. In addition, before attending medical school, Dr. Dawson worked at Whole Child Pediatrics for more than eight years, first as an administrative assistant and then as a Medical Assistant and Vaccine Program Coordinator.
Dr. Dawson has a particular interest in early childhood development, adolescents, and ADHD management. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, reading, painting and paddle boarding! She looks forward to seeing her old and new patients as she returns to Whole Child!