Dr. Maria Barrueco has been a physician for Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center (CDTC) since 1998. She received her medical degree from Universidad Central Del Este School of Medicine in the Dominican Republic and completed her residency as well as a fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Barrueco treats children with special healthcare needs in CDTC’s Pediatric Primary Care Center as well as our Early Steps Program, which provides early intervention services for infants and toddlers.

Dr. Barrueco is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American Medical Association. She is fluent in both English and Spanish.

Dr. Berenise Lafrance earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from Florida International University and went on to complete her medical degree at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She completed her resident training in Pediatrics at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital. Immediately following, she joined the team of doctors at Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center where she has been treating children with special medical needs in our Primary Care Center since 1999. Dr. Lafrance is fluent in English, Creole and Spanish.

Dr. Lisa-Gaye Robinson joined Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center’s Primary Care Center as a pediatric physician in 2016 working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to provide exceptional patient centered care for children with special needs.

Dr. Robinson is board certified in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Columbia University and is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at New York University as well as a pediatric infectious disease fellowship at Emory University.

Prior to her tenure here, Dr. Robinson was a practicing pediatrician for 17 years in New York City, providing direct primary and specialty care to children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS. As a Director of the Pediatric HIV clinic, she oversaw several grant-funded programs providing supportive services for this population.

Dr. Paulo Oliveira is a dentist devoted to giving patients their confidence back by restoring healthy, beautiful smiles. He graduated from the dental program at Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil in 1994 and completed the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, focusing on special needs patients, at Nova University in 2017.

Dr. Oliveira’s service to others began long before his arrival at CDTC. He first began practicing dentistry in his hometown of Porto Alegre in Brazil. His passion for helping those most in need took him St Croix in the US Virgin Islands working as a dental assistant and educating pre-school children about oral hygiene.

Never forgetting his dream to be a dentist in the US, he moved to California in 2008 to work as a dental assistant in surgical and restorative dentistry. He eventually made his way to Florida as a dental hygienist working with HIV patients.  Under the auspices of the ​Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Residency Program and Nova Southeastern University, he began working with patients with special healthcare needs through Nova University’s College of Dental Medicine.

Dr. Oliveira is a National Health Service Corp Participant. He has also provided dental care to underserved populations in places such as Jamaica, the Fiji Islands, Nicaragua and Bolivia through various mission trips and Mission of Mercy. He also serves as a clinical director to the Special Olympics Florida Special Smiles.

Dr. Oliveira is fluent in both English, Spanish, and Portuguese.