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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

GARCIA DANY

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1301 CONCORD TERRACE

(Street)

SUNRISE

33323

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/04/2008

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP INC [ PDX ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Option (Right to buy)	11/04/2009⁽¹⁾	11/04/2018	Common Stock	13,334⁽²⁾	36.52	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Stock options vest in three equal installments on November 4, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

2. Stock options granted pursuant to the issuer's 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan.

	/s/ Thomas W. Hawkins Attorney-in-fact	11/05/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms 3, 4, and 5

	Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby appoints each of Thomas W. Hawkins and Karl B. Wagner, with full power of substitution, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned SEC Forms 3, 4, and 5 relating to the undersigned's interest in the Company's securities, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other appropriate authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to the above attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the above attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Sections 13(d) or 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1937.

	The authority of Thomas W. Hawkins and Karl B. Wagner under this Power of Attorney shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked in writing.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of   October, 2008.


/s/ Dany Garcia
___________________
Dany Garcia