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In 2015, Dr. Beth Pletcher, a pediatrician and associate professor specializing in genetics, was at the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington D.C. when she heard two speakers that forever changed her work with medical students. Dr. Beth Pletcher “I went to two talks on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that were so mind-boggling to me that I decided on my drive back to New Jersey that I had to do something about it,”says Pletcher, director of the Division...

Bravo! Great work!!! This work improves patient care and builds resilience in medical students. A path to control stress and prevent burn out in medicine and the health care system. We need more physicians like Dr. Pletcher. Suzanne Frank,MD Santa Clara County,CA ACEs Network Steering Committee