Thornburg Pediatrics, in Naples, has added Dr. Howard C. Schlachter to its staff. Affectionately known as “Dr. Rusty”, he is admired for his quick wit and the impressive knowledge accumulated from 25 years of providing holistic medicine, alternative therapies and pediatrics.

Schlachter’s extensive credentials include being president of both the Board of Health and Board of Education for Essex Fells, New Jersey, where he operated his own successful pediatric practice and was also an attending physician at St. Barnabas Hospital; and clinical assistant professor at Rutgers Medical School, New Jersey.

After graduating from Georgetown University Medical School in the 1960s, Schlachter spent some time at Tampa’s General Hospital and the Children’s Hospital, in San Francisco. He served as chief of pediatrics for the U.S. Air Force Medical Facility at Patrick Air Force Base, in Brevard County, Florida, for several years.

Location: 6017 Pine Ridge Rd., Ste. 148. For more information or to make an appointment, call 239-348-7337, email [email protected] or visit ThornburgPediatrics.com.