Sarah Benke, DO

Board certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, Dr. Sarah Benke joined Valley Children’s Specialty Medical Group as a pediatric infectious disease specialist in August 2026.

Dr. Benke received her doctorate of osteopathic medicine from Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine. After finishing her pediatric residency at Valley Children’s Hospital, affiliated with the Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Benke completed a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., where she also worked as a medical officer in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center of Biologics Evaluations and Research, Office of Vaccines Research and Review.

Dr. Benke has published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the American Journal of Medical Genetics and the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. Additionally, she has contributed publications and blog posts to the American Academy of Pediatrics California Chapter 1, Healthy Children from the American Academy of Pediatrics in Action and the Valley Children’s Blog. Dr. Benke has also presented at national and international conferences, such as the Pediatric Academic Societies Conferences, the American Thoracic Society International Conference and Western Medical Research Conference. She is a member of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics.