Overview
Recently, I was asked if I had not become a pediatrician, what type of medicine would I have chosen. I did not have an answer because pediatrics has always been my choice. My mother who was a pediatric nurse and my own pediatrician that I saw as a kid had profound influence on my career choice. I witnessed how they cared with such compassion for me as well as for children that were not their own.
My Mom worked with chronically ill children while she herself dealt with her own chronic illness, Multiple Sclerosis. Dr Higgins was in the ER, waiting for my brother after he lost his hand in an accident and provided comfort for my family. With these influences, I knew they were who I wanted to emulate in my career.
My undergraduate education started at Wayne State College in Nebraska and my Medical Degree is from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. In 1998, I was drawn to Kansas City by Children’s Mercy Hospital for my pediatric residency. Mind you, I am a small-town girl so trying to navigate I-35 traffic as a brand-new MD was part of my education.
My husband, Andy, has always been my rock and has been there through college, medical school, and residency. As our time for residency was coming to an end, we had fallen in love with KC and Lees Summit. So, with a 1-year old daughter at home, we started our next adventure when I started at Community Choice Pediatrics (Lees Summit Physicians Group) in November 2001.
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995 SW 34th Street, Lees Summit, MO 64082
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