Dr. Jennifer Shu, medical editor of HealthyChildren.org, joins host Dr. Edith Branch-Sanchez for a special "Ask the Pediatrician" episode. They answer questions from listeners on topics including how measles messes with the immune system, knowing when your child is ready to read, when teens struggle to fall asleep, what to know about baby formula and tips to protect kids from sunburn.
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Guest
Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP 
Dr. Jennifer Shu serves as the medical editor of HealthyChildren.org and provides oversight and direction for the site in conjunction with the staff editor. Dr. Shu is a practicing pediatrician at Children's Medical Group in Atlanta, Georgia, and she is also a mom. She earned her medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and specialized in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Her experience includes working in private practice and in an academic medical center. She served as director of the normal newborn nursery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. Dr. Shu is also co-author of
Food Fights and
Heading Home with Your Newborn, both published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
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Theme music composed by Doug Nagel.
The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and not necessarily those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.