Doctors at Grow Up Great! Pediatrics in Bountiful

Kara Fadel Burnett is a Board Certified Pediatrician who has been practicing at Grow Up Great! sicne the summer of 2000. She was born and raised in Bountiful, Utah, and has completed all of her eduation and training in Utah. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Utah. She received her medical degree at the University of Utah Medical School. She also completed her residency in pediatrics through the University of Utah residency program at Primary Children's Medical Center. Dr. Burnett is married and has three sons and one daughter. She enjoys photography, outdoor activities, and spending time with her family.

Claudia spent most of her early years in Memphis, Tennessee where she graduated from high school. She then attended college at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and majored in Biology. She entered medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed her degree in 1986. Claudia began her pediatric residency training at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. In 1989 after completing her residency, she, her husband, and her son moved to Utah. She has been in the practice of pediatric and adolescent medicine since she moved to Utah. She is currently on staff at Lakeview Hospital and Primary Children's Hospital. Claudia and her husband have two sons born in 1986 and 1989.

Jackie Giannini is originally from Rhode Island. She attended medical school in Albany, New York and completed her residency in Ohio at Wright Patterson AFB and The Children's Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. She was the Chief Resident at Wright Patterson AFB for one year. She arrived here with her husband in 1994 and spent two years working for the military at Hill Air Force Base. She began working at Grow Up Great! Pediatrics in 1996. Dr. Giannini enjoys skiing, hiking, gardening, and just being outdoors. She and her husband have a son and two daughters.

Growing up in Salt Lake with a mother who taught early childhood education, Dr. Groebs couldn't help but have an interest in childhood development. After finishing medical school at the University of Utah, she and her husband headed to the Midwest, where she completed residency training in Pediatrics at Ohio State University. After completing residency, she continued to work with Columbus Children's Hospital and affiliated community clinics while her husband, Allen, finished his training in Orthropedics. She couldn't wait to move back to the west and the mountains. Before joining Grow Up Great! Pediatrics, she worked at various KidsCare locations. If she is not working or playing with her 2 girls, Sarah and Sidney, she'll be skiing, gardening, waterskiing, or biking depending on the weather.

Dr. Pamela Japlit Hildebrand grew up in Bountiful, Utah. After completing her education at the University of Notre Dame and Creighton University School of Medicine, she returned to Salt Lake City and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Utah/Primary Children's Medical Center. She now returns home to join Grow Up Great! Pediatrics as a full-time pediatrician. Dr. Hildebrand provides care for children of all ages and the most common medical condtions including the following: well child care, immunizations, asthma, ADHD, school and sports physicals, and adolescent medicine.

Dr. Earl Judd joined the group at Grow Up Great! Pediatrics in July 2005 after completing his residency at Primary Children's Medical Center. He is a Northern California native who spent much of his time moving around California and Puerto Rice. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia during high school and then attended Georgia Tech where he received his Bachelor Degree. He attended medical school in Georgia and moved here to Utah to complete his residency. He has grown to enjoy many things about Utah but especially his wife, Ambre, who hails from Vernal. He enjoys camping, hiking, raquetball, skiing, and scuba diving. He speaks Spanish and Portuguese fluently and has enjoyed many opportunities to travel and live in Latin America. He never misses a chance to taste a little Mexican or Brazilian food.

Dr. Kathy Liou was born and raised in Connecticut. She attended the College of Holy Cross in Massachusetts where she received a BA degree in Biology. Her M.D. Degree was received from George Washington University in Washington, DC. She did her pediatric residency training at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pennslvania. Dr. Liou moved to Farmington, Utah in 1990 where she resides with her husband, Dr. Ted Liou, a pulmonary and critical care physician at the University of Utah. They have two children, Rebecca and Nathan, and they recently adopted twins from China, Michael and Grace. In her free time, Dr. Liou enjoys cooking, getting away in the mountains, and spending time with her children.