About Our Practice

Home » About Our Practice

Supportive team approach for patients and families

Our Mission is Your Health

Nutmeg Pediatric Pulmonary Services, LLC is dedicated to providing state of the art care to patients with respiratory disorders. We see patients ranging from newborn to early adulthood. We proudly serve the majority of children whose families serve in various branches of the military and are stationed in Connecticut. We offer a supportive team approach for patients and families. We work together with other members of the health care team in order to provide our patients with sound, progressive and comprehensive care.

As the largest private Pediatric Pulmonary practice in Connecticut, we work seamlessly with the other subspeciality practices in the Yale University and University of Connecticut systems. Additionally, we have established collaborative relationships with the National Institutes of Health, The Children’s Hospital in Boston and Columbia University.

We understand that during the time of your child’s diagnosis and treatment it can be stressful. We strive to provide an open, welcoming environment where you and your child feel safe and confident in their care.

As our patients progress into their adult years, we help transition their care to appropriate providers for their ongoing needs. We do the same for our younger patients when the military services relocate their families.

Affiliations

Testimonial

Our relationship with Dr. Palazzo began in 2021 when our daughter faced recurrent pneumonia, and even Yale Children’s Pediatric ER couldn’t identify the issue. After a roller coaster of illness, missed work, and constant worry, Dr. Palazzo diagnosed her and created a care plan we trusted. Both my husband and I work in healthcare, and when we say they don’t make them like that anymore, it’s true! Dr. Palazzo connects with her patients on a personal and emotional level while making wise medical judgments based on data. She provided answers and helped our daughter get healthy. Dr. Palazzo‘s office manager, Jami Klubek, and support staff, along with Dr. Katz, have been wonderful, helping us navigate FMLA paperwork and ongoing care for Caroline. We are so thankful for these medical professionals. Please don’t ever retire, Dr. Palazzo!

We would not have been able to successfully navigate the journey of our daughter River without the support and guidance provided by Dr. P. She goes over and beyond for her patients and provides families with an aptitude of knowledge regarding their children's diagnoses'. Dr. P is a true angel on earth and we are extremely lucky to have her on River's medical team.

Dr Palazzo and her staff have a very warm and welcoming practice. Dr Palazzo is a very knowledgeable doctor who has always taken the time to listen to our concerns. She is thorough with her care and empathizes with her patients and their families. Anyone that knows Dr. P will tell you that she has a genuine compassion for each and every one of her patients. My son has a very complicated medical history and we have been under her care both in the office and the hospital. We have depended on Dr P. during some very stressful times. We know that she is always there to help us through, while also advocating for our son's specific medical needs. We cannot say enough about how grateful we are to have her on his medical team!

I just wanted to share what a wonderful, compassionate and dedicated office Nutmeg Pediatric Pulmonary Services has been for me. Since I was an infant I have been under the care of Doctor Regina Palazzo and her services have been nothing less than professional and at the same time still treating me as a family member. I then was given the utmost honor of meeting Dr. Katarzyna Saar who, as I got older, her experiences and dedication to not treating every child the same and to really look and treat the lungs in every child accordingly, only enhanced what I love about this office. I highly recommend their services for any child because if you do call the office you will get a great staff who is just as supportive and concerned as the Doctors in the office are.

Dr. Palazzo is a brilliant doctor!! She has been caring for our daughter for 27 years. She is extremely dedicated to her patients and their families. Her knowledge, expertise and her ability to take a holistic view of her patients, helps to drive better outcomes in complex situations. In addition to her extensive knowledge, her kindness and humor has been a great source of comfort for us!

Thorough, insightful, brilliant, humble, out-of-the-box thinker, these are just a few of the thoughts that come to me when thinking about Dr. Regina Palazzo. We had the extraordinary luck to have been given Dr. Palazzo's contact information while on one of our many stays in the Yale PICU. The debate at the time was whether our daughter with significant special needs could survive a scoliosis surgery. Two Pulmonologists and one Surgeon had already told us no. Dr. Palazzo studied our daughter's case and agreed with the doctors that our daughter may not survive the surgery but also told us it was very likely our daughter would survive and proceeded to meticulously outline both scenarios. Dr. Palazzo explained to us that once we faced our greatest fear of the worst outcome and sat with it for a while to then put it away and focus on the likelihood of a successful procedure. What an extraordinary and wonderful thing to hear. We felt we were not only guided by a gifted physician but by a sagacious woman who spoke to us on a very human level. This is Dr. Palazzo's greatest gift. She is a unique, wise, and astute doctor with the biggest heart and good sense I have ever had the privilege to know. We went ahead with the surgery and it was the best decision we have ever made for our daughter. It was life changing. Meeting Dr. Palazzo was life-changing. We will be forever grateful.

MENU

About Our Practice

Our Mission is Your Health

Affiliations

Testimonial