FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2004--Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (NYSE:PDX) today announced that it will participate in the 22nd Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference, to be held in San Francisco January 12 through January 15, 2004.

Pediatrix's President and Chief Executive Officer, Roger J. Medel, M.D., will present at 9 a.m. Pacific time Thursday, January 15, 2004.

The presentation will be broadcast live on the Web and will be available for replay at http://www.pediatrix.com.

About Pediatrix

Pediatrix was founded in 1979. Pediatrix physicians are reshaping the delivery of maternal-fetal and newborn care, identifying best demonstrated processes and participating in clinical research to enhance patient outcomes and provide high-quality, cost-effective care. Its neonatal physicians provide services at more than 200 NICUs, and through Obstetrix, its perinatal physicians provide services in many markets where Pediatrix's neonatal physicians practice. Pediatrix also employs pediatric intensivists, pediatric hospitalists, and pediatric cardiologists. Combined, Pediatrix and its affiliated professional corporations employ more than 690 physicians in 30 states and Puerto Rico. Pediatrix is also the nation's largest provider of newborn hearing screens and newborn metabolic screening. Additional information is available at http://www.pediatrix.com.

CONTACT:
Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc., Fort Lauderdale
Bob Kneeley, 954-384-0175, x-5300
bob_kneeley@pediatrix.com
SOURCE: Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.