In this episode of the special series, “Pathways to Pediatrics,” hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, interview Cora Breuner, MD, MPH, FAAP. Dr. Breuner talks about how her time in the Navy inspired her to pursue a career as a pediatrician. She discusses her passions for Zumba, art and music, and how personal loss and a health crisis shaped her approach to care.
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Guests
Cora Breuner, MD, MPH, FAAP
Guest
Dr. Cora Breuner is a member of the Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She is a professor of pediatrics and adjunct professor of orthopedics and sports medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include the treatment of eating disorders and obesity in the adolescent as well as in sports and trauma related injuries in the child and adolescent. She is also interested in the management and treatment of adolescents with headaches, abdominal pain and chronic musculoskeletal pain. She is particularly focused on the use of holistic, mindfulness and integrative approaches such as biofeedback, yoga and massage in the management of these conditions. She is an active participant in the American Academy of Pediatrics and serves on the Committee for Adolescence and the PREP academic board review course for Adolescent Medicine.
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Music Credits:
"Steadfast" by Blue Dot Sessions at www.sessions.blue
Theme music composed by Matthew Simonson at Foundsound.media
*The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.