Fidel Garcia, MD
Founder & Director, Casa Health; Pediatric Emergency Physician, NYU Langone; Assistant Professor, NYU School of Medicine · Casa Health
NYU Langone pediatric emergency physician and Casa Health founder bringing house-call concierge care into adult and family homes
About
Fidel Garcia, MD is Casa Health's founder and director, an NYU Langone pediatric emergency physician, and an assistant professor at NYU School of Medicine. He is board-certified in both pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine, speaks English, Spanish, French, Creole, and Portuguese, and founded Casa after frontline COVID-19 work in New York City. His training gives Casa a clear acute-care and family-care foundation inside a concierge model.
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What to Know
Signature approach
Garcia brings emergency-medicine decision making into a home-visit setting: assess quickly, coordinate the right service, and treat the patient where they are when appropriate. At Casa, that translates into house-call urgent care, pediatric and family concierge care, mobile IV, at-home labs, mobile diagnostics, and telehealth-supported follow-up.
What sets them apart
- Emergency-care depth. Dual American Board of Pediatrics certification in pediatrics and pediatric emergency medicine is uncommon for a concierge founder.
- NYU faculty and active practice. His NYU Langone pediatric ER role and NYU School of Medicine faculty work keep him connected to acute-care medicine.
- Five-language fluency. English, Spanish, French, Creole, and Portuguese are meaningful for families using care at home.
Before You Book
- Care focus. Garcia's board training maps especially well to pediatric, family, urgent-care, and house-call care.
- Ask who handles adult follow-up. Adult longevity programs run through Casa's broader concierge model, so confirm who manages routine visits, protocols, and follow-up in your market.
- Confirm availability. He also practices and teaches through NYU, so named-physician access should be clarified during intake.
Expertise
Patient types
Credentials
Education
MD, Medicine
Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Faculty of Medicine (2003)
Board certifications
Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics
Board certification in general pediatrics — the recognized national credential for physicians treating infants, children, and adolescents.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics
Subspecialty board certification for pediatricians qualified to manage acute, urgent, and life-threatening illness and injury in children.
Residency
Pediatrics
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Fellowship
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center / Children's Hospital of New Jersey
Years in practice
15
NPI
1881831873
Affiliations
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