Kitty Sum is a pharmacist who chose medicine without the blood, needles, and procedures, and found her chemistry with pediatrics almost by accident.

Kitty joins Liane and Annie to talk about why she chose the science and study of treatment over hands-on procedures, and how getting every dose exactly right is its own kind of chemistry, plus how landing in pediatrics almost by chance changed the way she parents her own child.

This episode covers:

● How Kitty chose pharmacy over medical school and why avoiding needles led to her calling

● What a hospital clinical pharmacist actually does, versus a retail pharmacist

● Why every dose for a child is calculated by body weight, not a standard adult amount

● The hardest and most rewarding parts of working in the pediatric ICU

● How the job has changed the way she  ...