Experienced medical specialists, physician assistants, dieticians and support staff dedicated to personal care focused on your unique needs.
Pallavy (Polly) Reddy, MD, F.A.C.E., is originally from Lima, Ohio. She attended college and medical School at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida and completed her Internal Medicine residency and Endocrinology fellowship at the prestigious Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. There, Dr. Reddy did specialized training and research in the field of osteoporosis and presented her findings at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research in 2003. She is an AACE Certified Clinical Densitometrist. She is also certified in Thyroid Ultrasound by AACE. In addition, she was trained by renowned diabetologists that were primary investigators in the DCCT trial–the study which was the first to educate the world on the importance of tight blood glucose control in the prevention of diabetes-related complications.
Dr. Reddy has been practicing here at DECO since 2005. She currently resides in New Albany, Ohio with her husband and three sons.
Dr. Reddy is a general endocrinologist, specializing in the management of all endocrine conditions. She has community privileges at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, is a part of the Clinically Integrated Network with OhioHealth, and is a proud partner with Privia Health. Dr. Cater has online access to obtain medical records from Ohio State University, Mount Carmel, and OhioHealth.
Taylor Cater, MD, is originally from Martinsburg, West Virginia. She completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University, attended medical school at Marshall University, and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at West Virginia University. She further specialized in Endocrinology during her fellowship at University of North Carolina.
Dr. Cater joined DECO in 2024 and recently moved to Columbus with her husband, their dog Roux, and cat Burl Ives.
Dr. Cater has community privileges at Mount Carmel St. Ann’s, is a part of the Clinically Integrated Network with OhioHealth, and is a proud partner with Privia Health. Dr. Cater has online access to obtain medical records from Ohio State University, Mount Carmel, and OhioHealth.
Mary is originally from Poland, Ohio. She attended Youngstown State University where she received her Bachelor of Biological Sciences. She then attended The University of Mount Union where she received her Masters of Physician Assistant Studies. She is passionate about endocrinology and the lifelong care this specialty provides to its patients. She joined DECO in 2022.
She is registered nationally by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is currently certified in the State of Ohio as a Physician Assistant.
Mary has thoroughly enjoyed her move to Columbus and currently resides in Grandview Heights. Outside of her time at DECO, she enjoys spending time outdoors, baking, watching sports, walking her puppy, and relaxing with friends/family.
Jessica Cristini, PA-C is originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. She attended Pennsylvania State University and received her Bachelor of Science in Biology. She then attended Penn State College of Medicine where she received her Master’s of Physician Assistant Studies. Jessica worked as a physician assistant in Pennsylvania for over 3 years prior to relocating to Columbus and joining DECO in February of 2023.
She is registered nationally by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is currently certified in the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania as a Physician Assistant.
Jessica resides in Westerville, Ohio with her husband. In her spare time, she enjoys being outdoors, travelling, cooking, and spending time with friends and family.
Lydia Deppert, PA-C is originally from Cincinnati, OH. She received her Bachelors Degree in Health Sciences with a focus on integrative medicine at The Ohio State University, and attended Ohio Dominican University for her Physician Assistant studies.
Lydia is passionate about building quality, lifelong relationships with her patients and watching them succeed.
She currently live in German Village and in her free time, works at a fitness studio downtown in addition to spending time with her family, friends, trying new recipes, and watching football and basketball.
Maddie Binder, MS, RD is originally from the West side of Cincinnati, OH, but relocated to Athens, OH to attend Ohio University for her undergraduate degree in Food and Nutrition Sciences.
In 2022, she relocated to Columbus, OH for her internship and fell in love with Columbus and the community. In May of 2022 Maddie graduated from Ohio University’s Combined Master of Food and Nutrition Sciences and Dietetic Internship program.
In her free time she loves to go to local coffee shops, hot yoga classes, watch movies at the Grandview Theater, and hangout with her cat Sunshine.
At Diabetes & Endocrinology Center of Ohio, our Physicians perform in house Thyroid
Ultrasounds and Ultrasound guided Fine Needle Aspiration (Biopsy) for the
detection of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer.