Dr. Sweety Srivastava, MD

For Dr. Sweety Srivastava, caring for children has always been about much more than diagnosing an illness or prescribing a treatment. It is about listening to families, earning their trust, and helping parents feel confident that their child is being cared for with kindness, patience, and compassion.

Dr. Srivastava is a pediatrician and pediatric nephrologist with more than two decades of experience caring for children. She received her medical degree from Seth G.S. Medical College in Mumbai, India, and later completed her pediatric residency at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago. She then pursued advanced fellowship training in Pediatric Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Her career has given her the opportunity to care for children in many different settings. She practiced general pediatrics at Hamilton Community Health Network in Flint, later spent nearly a decade as an Attending Pediatric Nephrologist at the Detroit Medical Center, and since 2021 has been caring for children and families at The Pediatric Place in Burton.

Although her subspecialty training allows her to care for children with complex kidney and medical conditions, Dr. Srivastava especially enjoys the relationships that develop through everyday pediatric care. She loves watching children grow—from newborn visits and childhood checkups to school physicals, sports physicals, adolescence, and eventually young adulthood. For her, one of the most rewarding parts of pediatrics is getting to know not just the child, but the entire family.

Parents often appreciate Dr. Srivastava’s gentle, caring, and approachable nature. She understands that parents know their children better than anyone else, and she believes that good pediatric care begins by listening. She takes time to understand parents’ concerns, explain medical issues in a clear and reassuring way, and involve families in decisions about their child’s care.

Dr. Srivastava’s background in pediatric nephrology also gives families access to additional expertise when children have concerns involving the kidneys, blood pressure, urinary abnormalities, or other related medical problems. Her years of specialty practice have given her experience caring for children with both routine and complex medical needs.

Teaching and education have also been important throughout her career. She has taught nursing and physician assistant students and has participated in clinical research involving sickle cell disease and chronic kidney disease. Her academic work has included scientific presentations, publications, and contributions to pediatric nephrology textbooks.

While Dr. Srivastava is proud of her professional accomplishments, she is equally proud of the role that matters most to her personally—being a mother and a wife. Her husband is also a physician practicing in the greater Flint area, and together their family has been part of the Flint community for approximately 20 years. Over those years, caring for local patients and families has become much more than a profession; it has become part of their family’s connection to the community they call home.