Dr Theresa LaFranco joined Advocare Sussex County Pediatrics in October 2018, after providing Pediatric care for 24 years in Pennsylvania at Pediatric Practices of NE PA in Milford, PA. Dr LaFranco graduated from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway NJ and completed her Pediatric Residency at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia PA. She is  Board Certified and a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatr...

Dr. George joined Advocare Sussex County Pediatrics in February 2024. After spending 10 years in Houston, TX, she is excited to be back in her home state of NJ! Dr. George grew up in Bergen County, until she went to college at Virginia Commonwealth University. There she developed her research skills and worked on projects related to viruses, cystic fibrosis, and epigenetics. After graduating, she continued as a research scientist in areas of skin research and antibiotic resistance research, un...

Kim Dachisen is a Family Nurse Practitioner who joined Dr. Porter and Dr. La Franco in March of 2023. Prior to joining the team, she worked as a Nurse Practitioner at MSK (Memorial Sloan Kettering) Kids, taking care of kids on the bone marrow transplant unit and clinic there since 2019. She graduated from Walden University in 2018 with her Master’s of Science in Nursing. Prior to NP school, she had been a pediatric nurse for her entire career and started at Goryeb Children’s Hospital...