Ginny Shelton is a pediatrician at Yakima Pediatrics, a federally qualified health center (FQHC), in Yakima, Washington. In addition to general pediatric well and sick care, Dr. Shelton cares for teenagers through the Teen Health Clinic within Yakima Pediatrics. She also was the Physician Champion for school-based health care when YP’s parent organization, Community Health of Central Washington had a school-based health clinic from 2019-2022. She provides routine care to teenagers who might otherwise have a difficult time receiving routine care in a traditional healthcare setting. Dr. Shelton also works in collaboration with Behavioral Health Consultants to address the teenagers’ gender care needs, mental health needs, including evaluations for ACEs and other social determinants of health. Additionally, Dr. Shelton provides these teenagers with reproductive healthcare services such as STD treatment, nPEP, PREP, and contraception.
Dr. Shelton was born and grew up in Monroe, Louisiana. She obtained her undergraduate degree at Northwestern State University of Louisiana in Natchitoches, Louisiana (a town which may sound familiar to those who’ve seen the film Steel Magnolias). Dr. Shelton completed medical school at the Louisiana State Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. Her pediatric residency training brought a change of scenery, to Richmond, Virginia, at Virginia Commonwealth University. During her final year of residency, Dr. Shelton worked at a pediatric urgent care clinic. Dr. Shelton continued working at this clinic for several months after concluding her residency, until she and her husband moved to Yakima, Washington, in the Fall of 2017. Dr. Shelton has worked at Community Health of Central Washington since Winter 2017 and Yakima Pediatrics since March 2018.