Meet the Doctors

Karen B. Dewling, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Dewling grew up in the Baltimore, MD area. She received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Dewling completed internship and residency training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1993. After four years in practice in Maryland, she relocated to Georgia in 1997 to serve as Chief of the Section of Pediatrics, The Emory Clinic and as Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University. In 2001, she and Dr. Perlstein started Johns Creek Pediatrics, P.C. Dr. Dewling was named one of Atlanta's Top Doctors in the July 2007 issue of Atlanta Magazine. Dr. Dewling has appeared on numerous health information spots on news programs nationwide. She also appears on CNN’s Accent Health, a health news program shown in physicians’ offices. Dr. Dewling is married and has two teenage children. She enjoys reading, yoga, horseback riding and spending time with her family.

Harriette S. Perlstein, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Dr. Perlstein grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her A.B. from Harvard University in 1978 and her M.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1982. Her pediatric residency training was completed at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio in 1985. Dr. Perlstein moved to Atlanta in 1988 and has been in pediatric practice in the north Atlanta area since then. In 1998, Dr. Perlstein joined Dr. Dewling in practice at The Emory Clinic and as Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University. She and Dr. Dewling founded Johns Creek Pediatrics in 2001. Dr. Perlstein has had the privilege of seeing many of her patients from birth through high school graduation. Dr. Perlstein serves on the board for The Childrens Health Network. She is married and has two sons, one in college and one in high school. She enjoys tennis, swimming and music.

Jennifer R. Looby, MD, F.A.A.P
Dr. Looby grew up in the Columbus, Ohio area. She received her BS from the University of Notre Dame in 1993 and her MD from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio in 1997. She completed her residency at The Children’s Medical Center, now Dayton Childrens in 2000. Dr. Looby was in private practice with a large pediatric group in Ohio for nearly seven years before relocating to the north Atlanta area in March of 2007. She is married with two young daughters. She enjoys gardening, cooking, decorating, and spending time with her family.



Anna M. Bramwell, M.D.
Dr. Bramwell grew up in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from the Lovett School. She received her BS from Emory University in 2001 and her M.D. from Mercer University School of Medicine. She then returned to Atlanta and completed her residency training at Emory University in 2008. Dr. Bramwell married her high school sweetheart and together they have a young son. She enjoys running, drawing, and spending time with her family and two golden retrievers.