Touchpoint Pediatrics in Chatham
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  • Pediatrics - Special Needs / Developmental Pediatrician

Touchpoint Pediatrics

About Us

Touchpoint Pediatrics is committed to providing individualized comprehensive pediatric and adolescent medical care. We have five doctors; a courteous medically trained professional staff, two waiting rooms & ample parking. We are also handicapped accessible.  We are affiliated with St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Overlook Hospital in Summit and Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ.

Touchpoint Pediatrics has been recognized by the NCQA for 4 consecutive years in a row.

Our Doctors

Jennifer Shaw-Brachfeld, M.D., F.A.A.P

She is the administrator & owner of Touchpoint Pediatrics, P.A. located in Chatham, NJ. Before creating Touchpoint Pediatrics, Dr. Shaw was the Medical Director of the Hunterdon County Child Development and Evaluation Center in Flemington, NJ.

Education & Training
  • Dr. Shaw completed her general pediatric residency and specialty fellowship at Schneider Children’s Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, where she received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarly Performance.
  • She received her M.D. from the University of Connecticut.
  • She graduated from Union College in Schenectady with honors in English and Biology. She is one of the first board certified developmental and behavioral pediatricians in the country as well as being board certified in general pediatrics.
Hospital Affiliations
  • She is on the teaching attending staff at Atlantic Health Systems (Morristown Memorial/Overlook Medical Centers) and St. Barnabas Medical Center.
Honors and Awards
  • Both Touchpoint Pediatrics and Dr. Shaw have been nationally recognized by the NCQA as the highest-level Patient-Centered Medical Home
  • “America’s Top Pediatricians” Consumer’s Research Council 2002 to present
  • “Top Docs in New Jersey” New Jersey Monthly Magazine
  • “Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor” 2013 to present
  • “Family Magazine’s Favorite Doctors” 2009 (inception) to present
  • How to Find The Best Doctors: New York Metro Area, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. 1997, 2015 – present
  • “Millburn-Short Hills/National Super Doctors” 2013 (inception) to present
  • Vitals – Top 10 Doctors Award in NJ – Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics Dr. Shaw 2014
  • “Best Doctors in America” 2011 to present
  • New Jersey Blue Cross Blue Shield Horizon “Pediatric Value Based Program Advisory Board” 1/2016 – present
  • Valerie Tom, M.D., F.A.A.P.

    Valerie Tom, M.D., F.A.A.P. practiced pediatrics in Alexandria, Virginia for 4 years prior to returning to New Jersey in 2005, when she joined Touchpoint Pediatrics.

    Education & Training
  • Dr. Tom completed her pediatric residency training at Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
  • A graduate of UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School, Dr. Tom graduated from Wellesley College cum laude with a degree in English and Biology.
  • While in Virginia, she was an Assistant Clinical Professor at George Washington University School of Medicine.
  • Honors and Awards
  • Both Touchpoint Pediatrics and Dr. Tom have been nationally recognized by the NCQA as the highest-level Patient-Centered Medical Home
  • “Family Magazine’s Favorite Doctors” 2014 to present
  • Our Services

    TOUCHPOINT PEDIATRICS is committed to providing individualized comprehensive pediatric and adolescent medical care. We have 4 doctors; a courteous medically trained professional staff, two waiting rooms & ample parking. We are also handicapped accessible.  We are affiliated with St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, Overlook Medical Center in Summit and Morristown Memorial Medical Center in Morristown, NJ.

    Touchpoint Pediatrics has a vast array of services that we provide our patients. All of our physicians bring something special to the practice and working in a team environment helps us provide the quality of care your family needs.

    When you come for your appointment, your normal time in the reception area is 5 to 10 minutes.

    From flexible vaccine schedules, coordinating services for our special needs patients to investigating traditional and holistic approaches to illness, we pride ourselves on offering our patient families the latest medical technological advances along with the warmth and caring your family deserves.

    Our services include but are not limited to:
    • Electronic Medical Records (since 2005)
    • Flexible vaccine schedule
    • Objective, interactive, computerized diagnostic test for ADHD
    • Coordination of services for our patients with specialists in NY, NJ and PA
    • We see our patients in the hospital
    • We have an experienced pediatric nurse to speak to regarding medical concerns
    • Our physicians are available 24/7 weekends and holidays
    • Pediatric and Adolescent medical care from birth to 23 years old
    Our Office
    Phone: 973-665-0900
    Fax: 973-665-0901
    Monday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Thursday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
    Saturday: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    Sunday: Closed
    Please Note:
  • Sunday: Doctors will see you at the office by appointment
  • After-Hours care by our doctors available
  • Insurance
    • Aetna – All Products (HMO we must be the Primary care Physician)
    • Aftra Health Fund
    • Amerihealth – All Products (HMO we must be the Primary care Physician)
    • Beech Street
    • Cigna – All Products (HMO we must be the Primary care Physician)
    • Empire Blue Cross – PPO Only
    • Empire HMO
    • GHI
    • Horizon – All Products (HMO we must be the Primary care Physician)
    • Multiplan,
    • Mutual Of Omaha
    • Performax
    • Private Healthcare Systems
    • Qualcare
    • Saint Barnabas Healthplan
    • Tricare
    • Non par.Third Party – Preferred Health Strategies

    My three daughters have been with Dr. Shaw for approximately 8 years. Dr. Shaw has always answered any questions they have had with great respect and bountiful knowledge. Whether they’ve asked at 3 or 13, they’ve never felt as though a question was ‘stupid’. The office visits are never rushed and the entire staff is friendly. Phone calls are returned promptly and privacy is always respected. The office is always clean and run with efficiency. Thankfully, a sick visit is always accommodated. Both the doctors and the office staff work so well together with patients, that it seems as though you are visiting family when you step into their office. A genuinely nice feeling…We haven’t felt that way anywhere else!

    Since moving in the area this has been the Best Pediatrics we have found. We have been Very Happy with this Office and their Doctors. They are great with our kids!
    I have nothing but great things to say about Dr. Shaw and all other doctors @ Touchpoint including the nurses and admin staff. They are friendly, always answer my calls, always make room to see my son whenever he is sick. When my son was just three months old, he developed a respiratory infection and was admitted at Morristown hospital. Dr. Shaw came by every morning to check up on him and kept constant contact with all Morristown doctors and nurses. I absolutely recommend Touchpoint Pediatrics!