Grace Cottage is pleased to announce that Dr Katya Petrova will begin seeing pediatric patients at Grace Cottage Family Health on January 6, 2012. Dr. Petrova will be seeing patients on Wednesdays and Fridays and Dr. Elizabeth Linder will continue to see pediatric patients at Grace Cottage on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. This arrangement will allow pediatric coverage at Grace Cottage Family Health five days per week. In addition, Dr. Petrova will continue seeing patients at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s pediatric clinics in Brattleboro and Bellows Falls.

Dr. Petrova received her master’s degree in biomedical sciences at Albany Medical College, Center for Immunology and Microbial Diseases, after having completed her first medical degree at Russian State Medical University in Moscow. She finished her residency at State University of New York Downstate and has been seeing patients at Just So Pediatrics in Brattleboro.

Dr. Petrova has served as an English language interpreter for medical missions to the Ukraine and Russia. Her interests include sewing, reading, and ice skating.