Prasanna Ananth, MD, MPH, is pediatric hematologist/oncologist, an associate professor of pediatrics (hematology oncology) at the Yale School of Medicine, and a leading researcher in the field of palliative care for pediatric cancer patients.
A few minutes into an episode of the radio show “Yale Cancer Answers,” the guest and the host discovered that they knew and admired the same childhood cancer clinician at Dana-Farber in Boston.
Years ago, as a medical student interested in pediatrics, Prasanna Ananth, MD, MPH, recalled meeting the physician who became her mentor, Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH, while taking a visiting elective in her final year of medical school.
“Here was a phenomenal, powerful woman, trained as a pediatric oncologist and a pediatric palliative care doctor. She founded the first palliative pediatric care program in this entire country and is also a researcher and a mom of three kids. And having met her, I was really inspired by the work she did, by her demeanor, her approach, her passion for the work—the intellectual inquiry as well as the practical aspects of pediatric palliative care research…That’s really where I derived my inspiration,” Dr. Ananth said.
Source: Childhood Cancer Advances, Outcomes, and Long-Term Effects With Yale’s Dr. Prasanna Ananth