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Elizabeth Dawson

Sep 16, 2026

33:24
Has that always been a big passion for you? And how did your passion and interest begin? So I would say
33:33
My passion for serving, you know, kind of started in wanting to serve the needs of children, especially in rural areas, but really any children that weren't being served by the current system.
33:47
And initially I really looked at that from the medical lens and I thought, oh, I'll just, you know, they just need a good pediatrician.
33:56
I thought I was that good pediatrician.
33:57
If I was out there doing good, great pediatrics, then we'd see great outcomes.
34:02
Turns out there's more to it, much more to child health than just doing great pediatrics.
34:09
And so I remember being in residency and I did residency in Chicago.

8 MINS LATER

42:14
How do you balance everything from being a mom, a person, a full-time community pediatrician running a nonprofit and doing AAP work?

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