Dr. Wendy Pomerantz joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to talk about choosing a pet. They explore the social emotional benefits of pet ownership, along with important safety and health considerations and the types of pets to avoid for families with young children. Learn how to tell if your child is ready for a pet and how to choose one that matches your child’s temperament.
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Wendy Pomerantz, MD, MS, FAAP
Dr. Wendy Pomerantz is a pediatric emergency medicine physician with a faculty appointment as a professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has been a pediatric emergency medicine physician for the past 31 years. Her interests include injury and poison prevention, concussions, EMS, mental and behavioral health, DEI and geographic information system.
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