“I want my patient families to
know that, in my office, we truly
care about their child.”
Rachel Barnhart, MD
Welcoming
Dr. Barnhart’s practice is located in the Family Medical Center,
Suite 4, at 200 Richmond Avenue East in Mattoon. She shares a
practice with Advanced Practice Nurse, Kim Peery, who has been
caring for children at Sarah Bush Lincoln’s Pediatric Clinic for the
last year.
Rachel Barnhart, MD, FAAP
and
Kim Peery, APN, PPCNP-BC
“I understand the unique needs of our local families,” Dr.
Barnhart said, “I want my patient families to know that, in my
office, we truly care about their child.”
Pediatrics, SBL Family Medical Center
Kim Peery, APN, brings experience to SBL Pediatrics
To Kim Peery, APN, being a nurse practitioner is about more than
medicine. It’s also about education.
Creating access for same-day or
next-day care.
Rachel Barnhart, MD, is a pediatrician who understands the
complex issues facing today’s parents.
Born and raised on a farm in Norris City, Illinois, Dr. Barnhart
spent most of her childhood outdoors. Winters were busy with
school sports and summers meant family time in the country:
boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, gardening and camping.
Dr. Barnhart attended the University of Evansville for her
undergraduate degree. She quickly realized that her true passion
was medicine. Dr. Barnhart attended the University of Illinois,
Chicago School of Medicine where she participated in the Rural
Medical Education (RMED) program.
The birth of her first daughter, Savannah, turned Dr. Barnhart’s
focus to pediatrics. She went on to complete her pediatric
residency at the University of Alabama Birmingham, though she
always knew she would return to Illinois to practice.
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august 2017
Pediatrician Rachel Barnhart, MD, FAAP, (left) & Kim Peery, APN, PPCNP-BC.
During her residency, Dr. Barnhart’s second daughter, Shelby, was
born. Barnhart believes that balance, time management and a
strong support system are the keys to having a healthy family at
any stage of life.
“Doing my pediatric residency with two young children at home
wa