Monica Pavlova, BSN, RN, Founder

Hello I’m Monica one of Ollie’s Founders. Congratulations on your parenting and/or child caregiving journey. As a mom of two small children I can attest to the immense joys and the real struggles of mothering today. Our family is also a blended family so I get to be Bonus mom as well which has its own world of emotions. What I did realize early on as a mom is that it truly takes a village to raise these little humans. This is where for me our healthcare and family support systems have all fallen short.

When I founded Ollie the top initiative was uncompromising medical care with ease of access. My world, as most Moms, stops when my children are sick so this was the top priority. My pediatric visits involved phone calls, dealing with hurried administrative staff, a wait in the waiting room, another wait in the patient room followed by a 3-minute doctor visit. Then while getting to the car I remembered the other five questions I had for the doctor and stressing how hard it would be to get them on phone. Oh, and now turn on gentle-parenting because my toddler just realized they are wearing the “red” sweater and having a meltdown while I’m putting her in the car seat.

I have totally embraced “Mom Life” but that’s not the pediatric experience I want for myself or any other mom.  

The next top initiative was that Ollie was going to be of service to parents and the next major parental concern after physical wellness is mental wellness. Like most parents I want to make sure my children are in excellent physical shape but also mental and emotional shape. So back to Ollie’s mission of uncompromising care we will have a Doctor of Psychology on staff. Additionally, your in-house care team will have a parent coach, sleep consultant and a list of close advisors to help with nutrition, lactation, education guidance and caregiver training.  Finally, a membership concierge to help coordinate all your specialty consultations outside of Ollie. Our shared mission with Ollie is to transform the pediatric experience but my personal mission is to give moms and dads more space to enjoy their little humans.

Fun Fact

One of the activities I enjoy the most is traveling. My dear husband suffers from travel anxiety so traveling is always fun.