Layton Pediatrician

James Fennell, M.D.

About James:

Dr. Fennell was raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, but now calls Utah his home. He received his Medical Degree from the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine. He did his Pediatric Training at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern North Carolina (now Maynard’s Children Hospital), where he served his final year as Chief Resident. He considers his time serving the children of eastern North Carolina to be some of the most challenging and rewarding of his life.

While doing a third-year sub-internship at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, he fell in love with the people of the Beehive State and knew that this was where he ultimately wanted to practice.

Dr. Fennell enjoys good friends, good laughs, good music (especially “old school” R&B), science fiction, and college football. As the office can attest, he loves the Christmas holidays with a passion (and ignores the groans in the office when he insists on listening to the Christmas sounds of Nat King Cole, Michael Buble, and The Carpenters…in JUNE!) Ultimately, his greatest joy comes from the love he receives from both the parents and their kids.

Specialty

Pediatrics

Location(s)

Accepting New Patients

Yes

Education

M.D. East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, 1998

Language(s)

English

Parent Feedback

My family loves Dr. Ragsdale, he has been such a great doctor who not only cares about our kids, but he also take the time to care about us as the parents. He uses his time to bond and build trust. Every visit I feel like he goes above and beyond to ensure that not only the kids are taken care of, but the whole family is taken care of. We have seen a few of the other doctors on emergency visits who have been great as well. Like all things, we have had a couple bumps in the road that we were displeased with, but we feel like we are listened to and that they are wanting to resolve our concerns. Overall we love taking our kids to see Dr Ragsdale and we speak very highly of him to others.

—Alicia Sanders.

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