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ShannaRCox,M.D.,F.A.A.P.,Pediatrician,Professor,
Advocate
Dr.Cox isapracticingPediatricianinaboutique pediatricpracticein
NewportBeach,CA.SheservesasaVolunteerClinicalAssistant
ProfessorofPediatricsfortheUniversityofCalifornia,IrvineSchoolof
Medicine,whereshehasservedinavarietyofrolesfromAttending
physicianconductingdailybedsidehospitalrounds, tomentoring
medicalstudentsintheClinicalSkillsCenterastheypreparefortheir
futurecontributions totheadvancementofinnovativepediatric
clinicalcare.
Recently,ProfessorCox ledacourseexaminingtheU.S.HealthcareSysteminthePaulMerage
SchoolofBusiness.ShecompletedherundergraduateworkatHarvardUniversity,hermedical
trainingatTheUniversityofVirginia,andherspecialtytrainingatU.C.I,whereshegraduatedas
Seniorresidentoftheyear.ShehasbeenpublishedinJAMA,SouthernCaliforniaPhysician,and
contributed overthirty articlestotheonlineparentingmagazineInformedParent.
Dr.Cox ispassionateaboutadvancingtreatments,andpromotingthrivorshipforpediatric
cancerpatients.Inadditiontoher experiencescaringforchildrenandfamiliesbattlingcancer,
Dr.Cox ismotivatedby theexperienceofachildhood cancersurvivor inherownfamily.
Alongsideherhusband,Dr.Cox hasworkedwiththenationalnonprofit; TheHope Fundsfor
CancerResearch,supporting younginvestigatorsstudyingnovel approachestocancer
treatmentanddrugdevelopment.Dr. Cox’songoingprofessionalandpersonalexperiences
inform,anddriveherdesiretoadvocatenotonly fornewpediatriconcologicaldevelopments,
butthecollaborationrequiredtomakethrivorshipapossibilityforeverychild,everywhere.
“G9unitesthefightagainst allpediatric cancers under agolden sailofhope.
When itcomesto kidsand cancer, we’reallon thesameteam,working tomake
surechildren not onlysurvivebut thriveforalifetime.”