Dr. Pamela Jane Compart, MD

Dr. Compart is a developmental pediatrician who treats children with a variety of behavioral and developmental disorders. She has a special interest in treating children with autism spectrum disorders. She performs comprehensive assessments and provides ongoing treatment, combining both traditional and complementary medicine approaches in treating these disorders. I try to bring to each patient the best of all that I have learned, whether from a traditional or complementary medicine perspective. Part of each evaluation includes two fundamental questions:

Is this childs brain getting all that it needs to function optimally? and

Is there something getting to this childs brain that is having a negative impact on its functioning?

These simple questions can lead to a variety of very elegant treatment interventions (therapy, diet changes, nutritional supplements, etc.) which often result in significant improvement in brain functioning. I believe that the children I see have wonderful …gifts hidden within their challenges and that my role is to help bring these gifts to light. My goal is to help children reach their potential and have the best quality of life possible. This is achieved by a true partnership with parents whose input is essential and valued. Dr. Compart received her medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. She completed a pediatric residency at Childrens National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and fellowship training in behavioral and developmental pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. After practicing in a variety of hospital and outpatient settings, she founded HeartLight Healing Arts in November 2001, bringing together like-minded and like-hearted practitioners to work in a truly integrated and caring environment.