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Dr. Laura Jana

LLuminari Expert Dr. Laura Jana is a pediatrician and Associate Director of the Boys Town Institute for Child Health Improvement based in Omaha, Nebraska. Having served as a consultant to Dr. Benjamin Spock for the seventh edition of Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, published in 1998, she went on to co-found a national parenting media company named after her mentor in 1999, and has remained dedicated to promoting what she considers to be "reality parenting" ever since. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Dr. Jana completed her pediatrics internship at the University of California, San Francisco, and finished her residency training in pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and board certified in pediatrics. In addition to her daily direct interactions with children and parents, Dr. Jana is regularly quoted in national parenting magazines including Parents, Parenting, American Baby, Working Mother and Child, and serves as a media spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, a member of the LLuminari Expert Network, and a ClubMom expert. She is the co-author of the parenting book, Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality, published in 2005 by... Next

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