David Bowman, Rachel Ashworth, Brittany Blue, Stuart Sweet, Colleen Edge (St Louis Children’s Hospital)
Dr. Kristen Sohl, Aneesh Tosh, Clayton Butcher, Audrey Southard, Taylor Pancoast
the passage of a bill that would allow school officials to better understand the reasons why children bully others.
The day wrapped up with a birthday celebration for Dr. Baline Sayre and a new appreciation for the imperativeness that Pediatricians continue to advocate on all levels, and that no effort is too small.
A group from St. Louis Children’s Hospital met with Representative Jill Schupp, as she hurried back from voting on the floor, and she adamantly encouraged us to continue to advocate by developing a relationship with our legislators. She even asked that we write testimonies based on our expertise in Pediatrics, and reiterated that out “input very much matters.” Towards the end of the day, Representative Stephen Webber graciously took time to meet with us and explain the Affordable Care Act and its relationship to Medicaid Expansion to Missouri’s health in a manner we as physicians could easily understand.
Emily Paprocki, Jodie Amschler, Thuylinh Pham, Amanda Sommerville, Megan Ference, and Laura Plencner
Chris Lust, David Sonderman, Nicole Brossier, (SLCH)
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Amanda Musto
Dr. Amanda Musto is an intern at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She grew up near Orlando Florida and has two little sisters who were her initial inspiration to be a pediatrician. She graduated with an undergraduate degree with a bachelor’s in science from the University of Notre Dame in 2009, and attended the University of Florida College of Medicine. Her interests are community advocacy and global health. During medical school she participated twice in a medical trip to an orphanage in Chiang Mai, Thailand.