Dr. Kersha Pennicott is a board certified pediatrician and breastfeeding specialist who practices pediatrics at the Atria Institute in New York City. She also is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Over the past decade, Dr. Pennicott completed medical missions to Haiti, Ghana, Uganda, India and Peru. Her passion for global health and education has fueled her overseas work that has included teaching college/medical students and residents; running a pop up clinic and implementing quality improvement projects to benefit the local community. In this impactful episode Dr. Penicott helps shed light on the need to change the medical industry's education of lactation for both doctors and mothers.
