My name is Sharon Leonard.
I work here at Nemours
Children's Specialty Care
Clinic in the Department
of Pediatric Allergy
and Immunology and I've
been here for nine years.
Pretty much knew that I
wanted to go into medicine
from high school on.
I chose pediatrics
because in medical school,
it came the most natural to me.
It was very easy for me to
interact with the children.
It was very easy
for me to understand
the pediatric disease.
So I felt like it was my niche.
The diseases that I treat are
asthma, allergic rhinitis,
which is nasal allergy,
eczema, otherwise known
as atopic dermatitis, food
allergy, insect allergy,
medication allergy.
We are unique in that
we focus all of our care
just on children.
So we have 100%
experience with dealing
with children with
allergic disorders
and those sort of things.
It's important to look as
kids as their own people.
They're not small adults.
They are changing
and growing and they
have changing and growing needs
as well as their allergies
can change over time.
I would like
patients and families
to come and know that I have
the best intention for them.
All of my recommendations
are because I
feel it's what is
medically necessary
and all of the choices
I make for them
would be what I would make--
the type of choices I would
make for my own family.
My parents taught me a long
time ago that being satisfied
means extending out.
You have to do for others.
In that, you will get
your greatest amount
of satisfaction,
and that's what I
try to find in my work every
day is I try to help people.
And I hope they
feel helped by me.
