Dawn Thompson
Pediatrician
Playlists
All Videos (20)
- What I Do
- Typical Day as a Pediatrician
- Great Part
- Challenges
- Education
- My College Volleyball Team
- Favorite Subjects
- Playing Sports
- Goals
- Helpful Teachers
- Heroes
- Skills From Childhood
- Family Support
- Staying Motivated
- Why Medicine
- Why Pediatrics
- Biggest Preventable Health Issue
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Best Staying Healthy Advice: Be Active
- Advice
Bio
Watch Dr. Dawn Thompson, M.D., Pediatrician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, share her unusual path to becoming a physician. She attended college on a volleyball scholarship intending to major in international business. After a knee injury required her to undergo rehabilitation, she became interested in medicine and was encouraged by her physical therapist to pursue a medical degree. Her love of children led her to specialize in pediatrics and her favorite part of the day is seeing the newborn babies.
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