{"id":277960,"date":"2026-03-31T12:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/doctors\/kristen-prescott-md\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T05:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:12:12","slug":"kristen-prescott-md","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/kristen-prescott-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Prescott MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"grid\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 maincopy blogCore\">\n<p>A Dra. Prescott obteve a sua licenciatura em Artes, Magna Cum Laude, em Antropologia na Universidade de Boston.  Em seguida, frequentou a Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Tufts, obtendo o seu doutoramento em Medicina.  A Dra. Prescott completou ent\u00e3o a sua resid\u00eancia pedi\u00e1trica no INOVA Fairfax Hospital for Children na Universidade da Virg\u00ednia.  Os seus interesses cl\u00ednicos incluem pediatria geral e medicina do aleitamento materno.<\/p>\n<p>Os pais da Dra. Prescott disseram-lhe que, aos 5 anos de idade, ela j\u00e1 falava em querer ser m\u00e9dica de beb\u00e9s, e esse sonho nunca mudou! Ela adora ver os seus pacientes quando est\u00e3o bem ou doentes, e esfor\u00e7a-se por conhecer os seus pacientes e as suas fam\u00edlias em todos os aspectos dos seus cuidados m\u00e9dicos.<\/p>\n<div>Ela adora a continuidade dos cuidados prestados pela pediatria.  A pediatria permite-lhe prestar cuidados excepcionais a um beb\u00e9 ap\u00f3s o nascimento, continuando at\u00e9 \u00e0 adolesc\u00eancia. A filosofia de cuidados da Dra. Prescott est\u00e1 centrada numa rela\u00e7\u00e3o de colabora\u00e7\u00e3o entre o paciente, a fam\u00edlia e o m\u00e9dico. Quando n\u00e3o est\u00e1 a trabalhar, a Dra. 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