Caring for kids around the world

With only one hour to spare between her shift in the intensive care unit and one at a primary care clinic, Julie Herlihy, MD, MPH, jets into a restaurant to grab a burrito and snags a seat on a bench. Between bites, the second-year Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics (BCRP) resident at Children's Hospital Boston describes her 7,000 mile journey to one of the world's poorest countries, Zambia, and how she ended up at Children's pursuing a career in global pediatric health. "Zambia is why I'm becoming a doctor," she says. "I had thought I was going to be a high school teacher!"

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Laurie Cammisa on Children's plan to improve health in our community | In difficult economic times like these, at-risk families in Boston's low-income neighborhoods have even greater needs. While Children's Hospital Boston has been striving to reach these families by creating community health programs to tackle health issues that affect their children, the need for such services far outstrips the capacity of any one hospital. Thus, the question is how we can leverage our resources to have broader impact.

Recipe Challenge winners | Congratulations to Jessica Ratner, Leah Cochran, RN, MSN, Kim Forbes, Maria Maginnis and Benjamin Berkowitz for their winning recipies.

Step by step | Sandra Maislen, administrative director for Children's Hospital Boston's Division of Developmental Medicine, hasn't taken a sick day in five years. "There's never been a day that I've said I don't want to go to work," she says. "I get up and I'm excited to come here. Every day, I feel like we're advancing something that's powerful and important."

Employee of the month | Congratulations to Kelly Connolly, BSN, RN, staff nurse III in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), who's been selected as Children's Hospital Boston's Employee of the Month for December.

Jude Teleau: A serious passion for screenwriting | You wouldn't know it from looking at me, but I'm an aspiring screenwriter with a serious passion for cinema. As I go about my day as a medical assistant at Martha Eliot Health Center, interacting with people of all backgrounds, ages and races, I'm reminded how unique each individual is.