NEWS
The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital Expands Pediatric Services for Hudson County Families
January 8, 2026
New Brunswick, NJ–January 8, 2026 – The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital has had a long-standing reputation for providing superior pediatric specialty care in Hudson County and recently established The Dr. Bipin Patel Pediatric Multispecialty Center at Hoboken University Hospital-Hudson Regional Health to enhance access to pediatric specialists. Today, The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s proudly announces the addition of two pediatric practices in Hoboken and Jersey City, expanding access to quality pediatric care for children and families in Hudson County. The new pediatricians joining The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s are Andrzej Klos MD, and Vijay Prasad, MD, located at 122 Clinton Street, Hoboken, and Piotr Oko, MD, located at 138 River Drive South, Jersey City.
“Saint Peter’s is proud to continue our legacy of providing excellence in pediatric care to the residents of Hudson County. For over 20 years we have provided pediatric specialty care, close to home in Hudson County, and now we excited to add three additional experienced general pediatric physicians to expand the reach of our quality pediatric care in the region,” said Siva Jonna, MD, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Saint Peter’s University Hospital and physician-in-chief of The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital.
For the past 16 years, Dr. Klos has been practicing pediatrics in Hoboken. He attended medical school in Poland and attended Seton Hall University in New Jersey, completing his pediatric residency at Jersey City Medical Center. In addition to private practice, Dr. Klos has been a clinical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences at Rutgers and a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). He is a Fellow and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. To make an appointment with Dr. Klos, please call 201.479.5206 or schedule a visit via his Zocdoc page.
Prior to joining the Hoboken pediatric practice, Dr. Prasad practiced at Tribeca Pediatrics in Ridgewood, Queens, NY, where he has served as the lead primary care physician for four-and-a-half years. Dr. Prasad is an experienced pediatrician who has worked in primary care, urgent care, emergency medicine, and in inpatient and critical care environments and serves a clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Weil Cornell School of Medicine in New York City.
He has worked in primary care, urgent care, emergency medicine, and in inpatient and critical care environments and serves a clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Weil Cornell School of Medicine in New York City.
Before coming to the East Coast, Dr. Prasad was an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine and Transport at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) where he was responsible for managing and stabilizing critically ill or injured pediatric and neonatal patients at referring facilities and while in transit to higher levels of care. While at CHLA, he served an ethnically diverse, underserved and medically complex patient base. Dr. Prasad graduated from the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine with a master’s in public health and received his Doctor of Medicine from Boston University’s School of Medicine. He is proficient in conversational medical Spanish. To make an appointment with Dr. Prasad, please call 201.479.5206 or schedule a visit via his Zocdoc page.
Dr. Oko opened his first pediatric practice in West New York, NJ, and has operated a pediatric practice in Hoboken for the past 25 years, caring for patients in Hudson and Bergen counties. He has served in various clinical leadership roles at Hudson County hospitals. He attended medical school in Poland and then Seton Hall University, completing his pediatric residency at Jersey City Medical Center. Dr. Oko is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. To make an appointment with Dr. Oko, please call 201.884.5351 or Schedule a visit via his Zocdoc page.
To learn more or to make an appointment at the pediatric practices located in Hudson County, visit SPPANJ.com. For more information about the services provided by The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, visit saintpetershcs.com/childrenshospital.
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About The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital
The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital is a state-designated acute care children’s hospital and Regional Perinatal Center sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s provides families with access to a full range of pediatric specialties, including a nationally renowned Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department certified as an Autism Center, adolescent medicine, cancer care, diabetes, orthopedics, surgery, developmental pediatrics, gastroenterology, allergy and immunology, infectious disease medicine, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, pediatric intensive care, pulmonary/sleep medicine, audiology and physical therapy. Other programs and services include Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, which counsels, tests and treats children with rare diseases; the Craniofacial and Neurosurgical Center, which offers corrective surgery and multidisciplinary support for children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities; the Dorothy B. Hersh Regional Child Protection Center, a state-designated regional Diagnostic and Treatment Center for child abuse prevention; and the Center for Diabetes Self-Management and Education, which diagnoses and treats children with diabetes and other endocrine disorders.
Saint Peter’s University Hospital has Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care and Level IV Maternal Levels of Care Verification from the Joint Commission, as well as the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for its Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Saint Peter’s has achieved its seventh consecutive Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center of the American Nurses Association and its first Magnet ® with Distinction.
“Saint Peter’s is proud to continue our legacy of providing excellence in pediatric care to the residents of Hudson County. For over 20 years we have provided pediatric specialty care, close to home in Hudson County, and now we excited to add three additional experienced general pediatric physicians to expand the reach of our quality pediatric care in the region,” said Siva Jonna, MD, chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Saint Peter’s University Hospital and physician-in-chief of The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital.
For the past 16 years, Dr. Klos has been practicing pediatrics in Hoboken. He attended medical school in Poland and attended Seton Hall University in New Jersey, completing his pediatric residency at Jersey City Medical Center. In addition to private practice, Dr. Klos has been a clinical instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences at Rutgers and a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). He is a Fellow and member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. To make an appointment with Dr. Klos, please call 201.479.5206 or schedule a visit via his Zocdoc page.
Prior to joining the Hoboken pediatric practice, Dr. Prasad practiced at Tribeca Pediatrics in Ridgewood, Queens, NY, where he has served as the lead primary care physician for four-and-a-half years. Dr. Prasad is an experienced pediatrician who has worked in primary care, urgent care, emergency medicine, and in inpatient and critical care environments and serves a clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Weil Cornell School of Medicine in New York City.
He has worked in primary care, urgent care, emergency medicine, and in inpatient and critical care environments and serves a clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Weil Cornell School of Medicine in New York City.
Before coming to the East Coast, Dr. Prasad was an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine and Transport at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) where he was responsible for managing and stabilizing critically ill or injured pediatric and neonatal patients at referring facilities and while in transit to higher levels of care. While at CHLA, he served an ethnically diverse, underserved and medically complex patient base. Dr. Prasad graduated from the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine with a master’s in public health and received his Doctor of Medicine from Boston University’s School of Medicine. He is proficient in conversational medical Spanish. To make an appointment with Dr. Prasad, please call 201.479.5206 or schedule a visit via his Zocdoc page.
Dr. Oko opened his first pediatric practice in West New York, NJ, and has operated a pediatric practice in Hoboken for the past 25 years, caring for patients in Hudson and Bergen counties. He has served in various clinical leadership roles at Hudson County hospitals. He attended medical school in Poland and then Seton Hall University, completing his pediatric residency at Jersey City Medical Center. Dr. Oko is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and member of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. To make an appointment with Dr. Oko, please call 201.884.5351 or Schedule a visit via his Zocdoc page.
To learn more or to make an appointment at the pediatric practices located in Hudson County, visit SPPANJ.com. For more information about the services provided by The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, visit saintpetershcs.com/childrenshospital.
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About The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital
The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital is a state-designated acute care children’s hospital and Regional Perinatal Center sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s provides families with access to a full range of pediatric specialties, including a nationally renowned Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a dedicated Pediatric Emergency Department certified as an Autism Center, adolescent medicine, cancer care, diabetes, orthopedics, surgery, developmental pediatrics, gastroenterology, allergy and immunology, infectious disease medicine, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, pediatric intensive care, pulmonary/sleep medicine, audiology and physical therapy. Other programs and services include Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine, which counsels, tests and treats children with rare diseases; the Craniofacial and Neurosurgical Center, which offers corrective surgery and multidisciplinary support for children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities; the Dorothy B. Hersh Regional Child Protection Center, a state-designated regional Diagnostic and Treatment Center for child abuse prevention; and the Center for Diabetes Self-Management and Education, which diagnoses and treats children with diabetes and other endocrine disorders.
Saint Peter’s University Hospital has Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care and Level IV Maternal Levels of Care Verification from the Joint Commission, as well as the Beacon Award for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for its Neonatal Intensive Care and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Saint Peter’s has achieved its seventh consecutive Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center of the American Nurses Association and its first Magnet ® with Distinction.