North Augusta Pediatrics-where children come first and are given compassionate, quality medical care!
10/07/2025
We are excited to announce that we are launching our new extended evening and weekend hours on November 1! We have 3 awesome providers who will begin seeing patients during these new hours. We will post about each of them later this week! If you work during the day, now you can bring your child to a checkup without having to miss work! Our sick appointments for our evening and weekend hours will be walk-in sick appointments. Give us a call to schedule a well checkup for our new hours at 803-510-0007. We look forward to providing our patients and their families even more convenient and compassionate care!
10/06/2025
We kickoff the week in celebration of our amazing PA, Kathy Saumweber! She has been a staple at our office for many years now and is a favorite of so many of our patients! We are grateful for all of the knowledge, compassion, and dedication she brings to our office. She always gives the best care and advice to her patients, and we love having her as a major cornerstone of our office! Happy PA Week, Kathy! May you have a blessed week! ❤️❤️
10/03/2025
10/03/2025
Tomorrow marks a very special day at our office (but we are celebrating today!). We celebrate the first 20 year anniversary of one of our staff (if you don’t count Dr. Allen)! Jennifer is our amazing referral specialist. If your child has ever needed to see a specialist or have a CT, MRI, or ultrasound or needed speech, occupational, or physical therapy, she is the person who takes care of all of these requests for your sweet kiddos! She started off 20 years ago working the front desk for Dr. Allen two offices ago! She has helped us make two moves to two new offices, and as she worked over the years, she learned so much that she transitioned into the referral specialist role. We joke that she can never leave because her brain serves as a computer and holds all of the knowledge as to which specialist takes which insurance and who can see which kids the quickest for different problems. Without her, the office would definitely not run as smoothly and efficiently! She truly gives her all at this job, and she does it to help each and every child get the help they need as quickly as possible! Thank you, Jennifer, for your hard work, dedication, compassion, and friendship over the years! Here’s to the next 20 years!!
10/01/2025
We now have our Medicaid and Self-Pay flu shots available in addition to our private insurance flu shots! Call us today to schedule a flu shot or FluMist appointment!
09/30/2025
💙 We’re Growing Our Team! 💙
Our pediatric clinic is looking for caring, dependable people to join us in making a difference for kids and families! (We’re hiring for our new weekend and evening hours that we are hoping to start in November.) If you are looking for a flexible, part-time job where you can make a difference, check out our openings below:
✨ Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)
✨ Medical Receptionist
📅 Hours for Both:
Available at least 2–3 evenings per week (5–9 PM)
Available at least 1–2 weekends per month (12–6 PM : Saturday and Sunday)
If you’re friendly, reliable, and love working with children and families, we’d love to meet you!
👉 Apply by sending your resume to napediatrics@yahoo.com or apply through our ad on Indeed!
09/27/2025
One year ago today, we all woke up to the most extreme devastation that many of us will probably ever see in our lifetime. Hurricane Helene caused extreme destruction, chaos, and sadness. But from this desolate place, the most beautiful thing emerged. Our community rose up to face this devastation with utter strength and kindness! Neighbor helped neighbor. Stranger helped stranger. Businesses helped people, and people helped businesses. We saw countless people helping cut down trees just to make roads passable. The extreme conditions that line workers and cable workers had to face was unimaginable. All of the countless hours that emergency personnel and government workers had to put in to help everyone in our area seemed neverending. We had so many people donate supplies like formula, diapers, and wipes for children in our community. (Even some of our amazing formula reps and lab reps came by to give out supplies.) TrueNorth Church graciously opened their doors with welcome arms so that we could see sick children in our community to relieve some pressure from the ERs. Churches, the Y, and the American Red Cross fed people, clothed people, and offered shelter and warm showers. We will never forget how our community came together in such a trying time and showed that it truly can be “A Wonderful World.” ❤️❤️❤️❤️
09/26/2025
We wanted to share this lovely book, Possibilities, that was written by a patient’s mom. Her daughter, Alyson, was a beautiful patient of ours, and her mother wrote this book to help shine her light. She hopes the book will help facilitate acceptance of differently abled individuals so that others can see there is more to them than a disability. She wants everyone to see that they are filled with endless Possibilites.
You can find it in paperbook at Amazon or in hardcover at Barnes and Noble.
(A percentage of the proceeds goes to The Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundation.)
09/25/2025
Can you all believe we are just 3 months away from Christmas?!?! Time is flying by! Mark your calendars for the return of Santa to our office on Saturday, December 6! We will have Santa here from 1 - 4 pm and will have ornament activities for families to make together while they wait for Santa! We look forward to seeing all of the sweet kiddos! 🎅
09/24/2025
**Update: We have someone taking the cat home! Thank you to everyone for sharing! He's a super sweet kitten who let us all hold him and pet him and just purred and rolled biscuits.**
Our office staff noticed an orange kitten in the parking lot yesterday. They weren’t able to catch him, but a trap was brought today to catch him and was successful! Now, we need some help in finding someone to take it. The North Augusta Animal Shelter doesn’t have room and Molly’s Militia can’t take him until two weeks or so. Anyone know of anyone else? He’s absolutely adorable! (Calling him a he since most orange cats are boys, but we aren’t sure!) Video in the comments!
09/04/2025
We now have flu shots and FluMist in stock at our office for private insurance patients! We are still waiting on the state to send us our flu vaccines for Medicaid and self-pay patients. We anticipate receiving those later this month or beginning of October. Call us at 803-510-0007 to schedule a flu shot appointment!
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Dr. Allen attended Georgia Tech to receive his undergraduate degree and then went on to attend the Medical College of Georgia to receive his medical degree and complete his residency in Pediatrics. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Allen has been in practice for over 30 years! He opened North Augusta Pediatrics in 2006. Dr. Allen and his wife, Kathy, have been married for 40 wonderful years and have 3 children (Michael, Katherine and Amanda). They also have 3 grandchildren (Abigail, Emily, and Jonathan). Dr. Allen enjoys hunting, tennis, golf and, of course, Georgia Tech football!
Mindy Stansfield, M.D.
Dr. Stansfield graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology. She then attended Medical College of Georgia where she completed medical school and an internship/residency in Pediatrics. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Following residency, she was a pediatrician at St. Vincent’s Joshua Simon Max Primary Care Center in Indianapolis, IN and also trained residents in the pediatric and family medicine residency programs there for 3 ½ years. She married her husband, Brian, in 2003 and they have 4 children: daughter Charlotte (born in 2009), twins daughter Reese and son Philip (born in 2011), and son Jack (born in 2016). She attends First Presbyterian Church in Augusta. Her family keeps her busy and helps her understand the needs and challenges that her patients (and their parents) face. She enjoys singing and exercising. She enjoys taking care of patients of all ages, but she especially enjoys twins/multiples and helping moms with breastfeeding issues.
Kathy Saumweber, PA-C
Kathy received her Bachelor of Science at Augusta State University and then went on to get her B.S. as a Physician Assistant at The Medical College of Georgia. She is certified by the National Commison on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). She is also a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. She has been in pediatrics for over 20 years and has been at North Augusta Pediatrics since 2007.
Ashley Dickert, CPNP
Ashley received her Bachelors in Nursing at Clemson University. She then went to Vanderbilt to get her Masters in Nursing with a specialty as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She is certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board andis licensed by the State of SC. She joined North Augusta Pediatrics in September 2009. Ashley is a member at True North Church and volunteers with Element Student Ministries. She is married to Fletcher and they have three little girls, Zoe, Harper, and Sadie, and a golden retriever, Dixie. Besides spending time with her family, she also enjoys cooking, being outdoors and spending time with friends.
Lauren Boynton, FNP-C
Lauren grew up in North Augusta, and after completing her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at Clemson University, she returned to the area to begin her career. While working as a RN in Obstetrics and Newborn Nursery, she obtained her Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree from Augusta University as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and licensed in the state of South Carolina. Lauren joined North Augusta Pediatrics in January 2018. She is passionate about patient education and giving families the tools to live their healthiest lifestyle. Lauren is a member of Stevens Creek Church, spends much of her free time with her family and friends, and enjoys cooking, Clemson sports, and staying active.
Samantha Zoltak, PA-C
Samantha is a Physician Assistant from Buffalo, New York. She graduated from Daemen College, a well-known college for Physician Assistants up north. She is recently married, and she and her husband just moved to Georgia as a military family to be stationed at Fort Gordon. She is very excited to begin a new life in the South. She is licensed in South Carolina to practice medicine and is certified by the NCCPA. She also is able to prescribe ADHD medications for children struggling with attention, hyperactivity, and focus. Additionally, she is a certified lactation consultant willing and able to help new mothers with any breastfeeding concerns. She would love to speak with any parents who have breastfeeding questions or problems. She loves kids, loves dogs, and is a huge family person. Samantha is excited to be involved with our patients and their health.
