Mission Care Pediatrics is a proud recipient of 2008 Top performing pediatric practice in Patient Satisfaction in a survey conducted by an Independent Physician Association for the Sacramento region.
Our staff consists of a group of warm, friendly and highly professional physicians, receptionist and medical assistants. Our Providers on duty are Shikha Garg, MD and Cristina Watkins, FNP, BSc.
Dr Shikha Garg completed her medical school training in India in 1998 followed by pediatric residency training at Cook County Children’s hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 2003. Dr. Garg received her board certification by the American Board of Pediatrics in 2003. She has since been an active Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Garg has been in private practice in Folsom since 2003. She takes great interest in Community Pediatrics by being actively involved with Children’s school related physical and emotional health. Besides being the chair at Mercy Folsom hospital pediatric subcommittee from 2007- 2009, Dr. Shikha Garg has been an active member of Advisory panel for primary care physicians at Sutter Independent physicians. Her special interests include Newborns, Children with special needs, and Children with Asthma, Allergies, Developmental and Behavioral conditions and Sports Injuries.
Cristina Watkins, FNP grew up in Newhall, CA. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, she double majored in molecular cell biology and public health. She also minored in Spanish. Following her passion for the health sciences, Cristina enrolled at Samuel Merritt University to earn her RN and Master’s in Nursing Science/Family Nurse Practitioner. During her nursing education, she gained experience caring for patients across the lifespan; completing over 600 hours in internal medicine, adult medicine including women’s health, and pediatrics. She joined Mission Care Pediatrics in 2010; before that she worked as an RN in Mercy General’s Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Mercy San Juan’s Telemetry Unit.
Cristina is nationally board certified and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau (a nursing honor society). Her practice philosophy is to provide professional, personal care that emphasizes upon prevention and health promotion.
In her free time, Cristina enjoys spending time with her family and being outdoors. Her favorite activities include tennis, snowboarding, hiking and dancing.
Meet our Staff
