Compassionate care
Warm, family-centered relationships and clear communication.
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About Sunshine Pediatrics
A brighter tomorrow, together.
A Patient-Centered Medical Home, certified by the AAAHC since 2017 — grown from one part-time clinic into a trusted practice across Tampa Bay.
Our story
From one part-time clinic to a Tampa Bay home base.
Sunshine Pediatrics of Florida has been a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), certified by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC) since 2017.
The practice was established as a part-time clinic in 2007 by Dr. Payal Patel and transitioned into a full-time practice when Dr. Saumeel Mehta joined in 2010. Since then, we have expanded to multiple locations across Hillsborough and Pasco counties, serving communities such as Lutz, Land O’ Lakes, Trinity, New Port Richey, Spring Hill, Carrollwood, Temple Terrace, Tampa, Wesley Chapel, San Antonio, Dade City, Riverview, Westchase, Odessa, and surrounding areas. We accept all major private and Medicaid insurances.
Over the years, our team has grown to offer comprehensive pediatric services, delivered by empathetic and compassionate providers and staff who are committed to delivering up-to-date, family-centered medical care with dignity and respect. Through the PCMH model, we have built strong, lasting relationships with our patients and families by listening to their feedback and implementing improvements that reflect their needs.
As a result of this mutual trust, we have introduced extended weekday and weekend office hours, opened appointment calendars for self-scheduling at patients’ convenience, implemented symptom tracking tools to help reduce unnecessary ER and urgent care visits, offered parent education sessions, and actively contribute to our community through initiatives such as annual scholarship programs.
We are humbled by the trust our patients and families place in us and remain committed to continually improving our care and services.
Our mission
Our goal is to provide Integrative medicine where we can combine Alternative with Western medicine.
We support many different approaches to providing care for your family.
Office statement
At Sunshine Pediatrics, we believe in personalized care for your child, whether that child is an infant, a toddler, grade school student, teenager, or college student.
Our entire staff is committed to these goals. As a team, we will communicate with you, understand your needs, and accomplish the goals that are before us. We will do everything we can to make and to keep your child well, as he/she grows into a unique individual.
Urgent hours available.
Unless you need to call 911, call us first and avoid disruption to the continuity of your care. We provide:
- Lutz Extended/Urgent Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu — 5 PM–8 PM, and Saturdays 9 AM–3 PM
- Wesley Chapel Extended/Urgent Hours: Mon–Fri — 5 PM–6 PM
- Tampa Extended/Urgent Care Hours: every other Saturday — 9 AM–3 PM
- Call us during non-office hours to access our providers.
For emergencies, call 911 or seek emergency care.
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Why Sunshine?
Our values, our four-stage timeline from one clinic to three doors, and what makes the Sunshine experience different.
Access that makes sense
Routine, same-day and after-hours pathways that are easy to understand.
Meet the people behind the care.
Providers, care team and career opportunities — all in one hub.