General Practitioners

• Cryotherapy
  Your health and safety remain our top priority during this challenging time; our staff is healthy and well and we are seeing both well child and sick visits. For regularly scheduled visits you will be met at the door by a greeter who will screen for Covid-19 exposure and will guide you to your room. To keep you and your child safe and to keep our staff and other patients healthy we kindly request that you bring to the office only the patient to be seen. Mask wearing over age 3 years is strictly enforced. Our staff and providers will be wearing masks for all encounters and infection control is maximized. Covid-19 vaccines are provided by appointment. Some procedures cannot be combined with a sick visit and a separate appointment is needed. Skin allergy testing is performed by appointment. Wart cryotherapy is performed by appointment. Covid-19 known exposure testing is performed outside by appointment.
• Pediatric Care
  Dr.  Maritza I. Irizarry has been an active participant in the pediatric population and its healthcare needs, especially within the state of Arizona, for over twenty years. Following her graduation from the Ponce School of Medicine in 1985, Dr. Irizarry plunged into Pediatrics with gusto, successfully operating two offices. Dr. Irizarry has received numerous awards, certificates, and commendations recognizing her commitment to the healthcare of Arizona residents, and also of those abroad while participating in medical missions–experiences that are held close to her heart. Dr. Irizarry is very involved in the community with a special interest in moving underserved-women forward. Dr. Irizarry is well-known and respected among the medical community. Sunshine Pediatrics is the only sole woman-owned medical practice in the area.  Dr. Irizarry is credentialed at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and enjoys the comradery afforded by that affiliation.
• Emergency Care
  In 2017 Pauline decided to give up the irregular hours of the ED and it seemed natural to came back to Sunshine Pediatrics. Pauline feels that one of the most rewarding aspects of her position is the opportunity to impact children in a most significant way by teaching parents how to keep their children “out of the ED”. Pauline continues to practice at Banner Urgent Care facilities on a per diem basis. Hobbies include painting, playing guitar, scuba diving and dog agility competitions with her two Australian Shepards.
• Immunizations
  Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that all children 6 months through 5 years of age should receive a COVID-19 vaccine. This expands eligibility for vaccination to nearly 20 million additional children and means that all Americans ages 6 months and older are now eligible for […]

Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  These forms can be printed/completed at home. All children at 18 months and again at 24 months of age must have a completed  MCHAT form that you can bring to your visit. All children between 9 and 17 years old must have a PSC-17 form completed. Children with asthma should have the asthma forms completed. Children with severe allergies should have the anaphylaxis form filled out.  The Vanderbilt form is for those who are worried about ADHD, and there is also a form to be completed by your child's school teacher.

Dermatologists

• Acne Treatment

Physical Therapists

• Sports Medicine

Allergists

• Allergies
  We have the Covid-19 vaccine for all ages including parents. Covid-19 testing available. We have the influenza vaccine, Allergy testing by appointment with same day results