Meet Our Medical Advisors

Dina DiMaggio

Dina is a board-certified pediatrician and has practiced general pediatrics in NY for nearly two decades. She has received numerous research awards, along with Patient’s Choice Award (2008 to 2012) and compassionate doctor recognition (2010, 2012). She was listed in 2014 and 2015 as a New York Rising Star, as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Pediatrics from 2019-2026 and a Castle Connolly Exceptional Woman in Medicine in 2024.

She attended Barnard College, where she graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society and went on to attend medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. She completed her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and her hematology/oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Dina lives in NYC with her husband, 13 and 14 year old daughters, elderly dog and 2 adopted cats. Wanting to provide nutritious meals for her family and disheartened at the misinformation found on the Internet, she coauthored The Pediatrician’s Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers, to provide a trusted source for parents to turn to for feeding advice, and also provides UpToDate pediatric advice @parentingwiththepediatricpros on Instagram. To offer a source of reliable information on the Internet and in the media, from the relatable standpoint of both a parent and a pediatrician, she also became a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and is dedicated to educating parents on the latest guidelines from the AAP. She has published extensively on infant and toddler nutrition in peer reviewed journals. She has appeared on local news programs, provided her expertise for several parenting magazines, is a medical consultant for numerous baby companies, and has lectured on pediatric topics throughout the US to fellow pediatricians and in New York City and Connecticut to parent groups. She is currently a medical editor at the BUMP, a consultant for Gerber and Bobbie medical and offers up-to-date parenting advice.

Anthony Porto

Anthony is a board certified pediatrician and pediatric gastroenterologist and Professor of Pediatrics at Yale University. He has won numerous awards including the Norman J. Siegel Award at Yale University in 2015 for leadership and providing outstanding clinical care as well as Physician of the Year during his time at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. He has been named Castle Connolly Top Doctors since 2012. Anthony is interested in nutrition, especially in the care of children with difficulty gaining weight, feeding issues, and celiac disease. He is the co-author of the Pediatrician's Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers and contributes articles to numerous national medical societies, on-line health blogs and news outlets.

He lives in Connecticut with his family and is the proud father of two school aged children who remain his inspiration to educating families on the importance of early childhood nutrition. (He graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience and Behavior and attended medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine where he also received his master of public health. He completed his pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center and his pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York at Columbia University.)