Our Team
Our Doctors
Andrew Elliston, MD, FAAP / Cofounder
Dr. Andrew Elliston is a board certified pediatrician providing expert personalized care in the convenience of your New York City home. He received his Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Duke University. He also received his Doctorate of Medicine at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and completed his Pediatric Residency at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. Upon his move to New York City, he became affiliated with Weill-Cornell / New York Presbyterian Hospital and Lenox Hill Hospital.
Dr. Elliston has been chosen for inclusion on the “Super Doctors and Rising Stars of New York City Pediatricians” list by The New York Times in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Dr. Elliston’s expert training, reliability and calming demeanor ensures best outcomes for his patients while supporting and reassuring parents every step of the way. He is most passionate about creating meaningful, trusting, and long term relationships with the families that he cares for. With patience, empathy, vast experience, and education, he helps guide parents through all of the ups and downs of their children’s health and development.
Throughout his years in practice, Dr. Elliston has fostered meaningful professional relationships with the top Pediatric Specialists. These relationships ensure that his patients receive excellent, timely care and follow up as needed.
Although he is a North Carolina native, Dr. Elliston has lived in NYC with his wife and two children since 2013, and their dog Duke who recently joined their loving family.
Michelle Bennett, MD, FAAP
Dr. Michelle Bennett is a board-certified pediatrician with 20 years of experience in providing excellent, thoughtful, thorough patient care to children from infancy through college. Dr. Bennett grew up in Kentucky and decided in 5th grade that she wanted to become a pediatrician. To that end, she graduated from high school as valedictorian and received a full-paid merit scholarship to Transylvania University in Lexington, where she received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in biology and graduated magna cum laude. She completed medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, where she graduated in the top 10% of her medical school class and with Honors in Pediatrics. She was elected to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Bennett completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of South Carolina, where she was nominated Resident of the Year her final year and was awarded Outstanding Pediatric Resident. She then practiced for 17 years as a full-time pediatrician in Kentucky before moving to Manhattan.
Dr. Bennett finds delight in supporting growing families and in helping parents gain the confidence to trust their parenting compass. She recognizes that each child is an individual and that no cookie-cutter approach will be effective for all children. She loves to work with families as they discover the unique and amazing things that make their child and their family special.
In her free time, Dr. Bennett enjoys spending time with her own family, traveling, and going to the theater. A fun fact about Dr. Bennett’s family is that her daughter has been in two Broadway shows, including the role of Young Anna in the original Broadway cast of Frozen the Musical, thus prompting Dr. Bennett’s family’s move to New York City several years ago. And yes, they are pros at building snowmen!
Selena Levine, DO, FAAP
Dr. Selena Levine is a board certified pediatrician providing personalized, family-centered care to all of her patients. Originally from Long Island, New York, she decided at a very young age that she wanted to become a pediatrician. She would dress up as a doctor every year for Halloween and go trick-or-treating with a long white coat and stethoscope. She received her Bachelor of Arts in History and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at the University of Connecticut, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, CT. Following residency, she completed additional training in the field of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at New York Medical College, Maria Fareri Children’s Medical Center.
Dr. Levine is extremely dedicated to providing quality, individualized care to her patients and their families. She believes in treating the patient as a whole in the context of their home and environment. She believes in providing exceptional care that encompasses a teamwork approach between herself, her patients, and their families. She views it as a great honor and privilege to watch her patients grow and develop through the years.
Outside of work Dr. Levine enjoys taking advantage of all that New York City has to offer. She is a proud dog mom to Gunther (don’t forget to ask her how he got his name!) and serves as a member of the Friends of Hudson River Park Dog Park Advisory Board. Despite not knowing how to ride a bike, she is a SoulCycle enthusiast and stays active by hiking, rollerblading and playing tennis. Having grown up attending sleep away camp, she spends a week each summer as the Camp Doctor. She also enjoys baking and cake decorating as a way to relax after a busy day.
Our Office
Heidi Meeker, BSN, RNC-OB, MNN, LRN, EFM / Cofounder
Heidi is a registered nurse with 20 years of experience. She has worked in Adult Medicine, Psychiatry, Home Care, Nursing Management and for the majority of these 20 years she has been a Labor and Delivery nurse which is her passion. Heidi loves empowering women to find their inner strength and helping guide the newborns safely into this world. She has additional training and advanced certification in lactation, Inpatient Obstetrics, Electronic Fetal Monitoring, Maternal Newborn Nursing and Low Risk Newborn. Heidi is the cofounder of Elliston Pediatrics and Dr. Elliston’s wife.
Together they are the proud parents of two teenagers, Isabela and Liam, who are the inspiration for making Elliston Pediatrics the best medical practice you will ever find! As a nurse, mother of two and wife of a pediatrician, Heidi can be an additional support to answer any questions parents might have. Her goals and efforts are spent making sure your pediatric practice not only provides the best medical care to your children but also can support, guide and empower parents to make life as stress free as possible.
She and Dr. Elliston are always working to stay ahead of medical, technological, or social changes that may affect or improve the care of your children. Dinner conversations in their home are extra nerdy!! When she can find free time, she loves cooking, eating, exercising, and cuddling with her kids (if they let her 🙂 )
Heather Susca – Office Manager/Patient Advocate
Heather has over ten years of experience working in multiple administrative positions including front desk, surgical coordination, medical billing, and operations management at several different specialty practices. Throughout each practice she has always carried and valued a “Patient Comes First” attitude to make sure patients always walk away with an experience that exceeds expectations. With high attention to detail, analysis, and outside-the-box approaches, she has helped practices optimize operations without diluting high quality patient care. Heather can advocate for our parents with specialist’s offices, insurance companies and overall help better navigate your children’s care.
Outside of healthcare, her true passions are figure skating, exploring new restaurants, and spending time with her family and friends.
Jaime Hilliard – Practice Manager/Administrator, CMOM
Jaime is a Member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Administration and Practice Management (SOAPM). She brings over 14 years of pediatric primary care experience to Elliston Pediatrics. She has studied business, medical practice management, and marketing. Jaime is in charge of coordinating business operations and patient management, as well as keeping us up to date and in compliance with the ever changing business aspects of pediatric medical practice. Anything from insurance and physician credentialing, supply management, and price negotiations. She can do it all!!
In her time away from work, Jaime enjoys exercising, sports, concerts, traveling, and spending time with her husband, two sons, and sweet grandson.