Dr. Downey is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia College
of Physicians and Surgeons. He interned at Bellevue Hospital and
completed pediatric residency at Babies (Presbyterian) Hospital
in New York City. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics at Northwestern University Medical School, a senior-attending
physician at Evanston Hospital, and on the attending staff at
Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Downey is Board
Certified in Pediatrics, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics,
and a member of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. In addition
to general pediatrics, his particular interests are behavior and
development as well as adolescent medicine. He believes that a
pediatrician’s greatest responsibility is to help parents
raise healthy children who are also happy with themselves. Dr.
Downey loves spending time with his numerous grandchildren and
has been with North Suburban Pediatrics since its inception in
1968.
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