Dr. Gipson grew up in the Austin area. She attended the University of Texas at Austin and received her undergraduate degree in 1989. She attended UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and completed her pediatric and chief residency at Children's Medical Center of Dallas in 1997. Practicing in Georgetown since 1998, she opened River Ridge Pediatrics in the spring of 2012 and is excited to continue providing pediatic care. Married with 2 children, she enjoys raising her family and being part of the Georgetown community.

Dr. Shivani Patel says as long as she can remember, she always wanted to be a pediatrician. She grew up in the Midwest and attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City for both undergraduate and medical school degrees. After getting married to a born and raised Texan, Dr.Patel moved to Temple to complete pediatric residency at McLane Children’s Hospital Scott and White. Dr.Patel has been practicing as a general pediatrician in Georgetown since 2015 and lives in Georgetown with her husband and 2 daughters. Dr.Patel loves to read, travel and spend time with family and friends.

Rachel was born and raised in Austin where she continues to live with her husband, Brison, daughters Clara and Caroline, and son Luke. Rachel Matula, has been a pediatric nurse practitioner since 2009. She earned her MSN from the University of Texas Austin in 2006 and continued her education at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where she received her CPNP in May 2009. Rachel has worked at Dell Children’s Medical Center for the past 5 years in the Respiratory Unit. Rachel enjoys spending her time outdoors and fishing with her husband.

Mary Coghlan, grew up in both Florida and Texas and attended The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. After graduating from nursing school in 2019, she worked in the NICU at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. She returned to The University of Texas School of Nursing for graduate school in 2021, where she completed clinical rotations at several clinics around Austin, including River Ridge Pediatrics (where she also worked as a nurse). She fell in love with the providers and patients at River Ridge and, upon receiving her Master of Science in Nursing in Pediatric Primary Care in May 2023, decided to join the River Ridge family. She also joined our sister location, Pediatric Center of Round Rock. Mary is passionate about the care of her patients and is excited to partner with patients and families in helping kids achieve their optimal growth and development.