Guest Mary Romano was sure she wanted to be a doctor. But she really loved Latin and Greek and didn’t want to give up everything for her medical dreams too soon. So she majored in the classics and stayed on the pre-Med track. When others were getting into medical schools—or letting their med school dreams go, Mary did neither. Without a place to land, she went back home and regrouped.

She ultimately went to medical school in the Caribbean, an experience in itself. And returned to the U.S. for her clinicals and hospital placements in the U.S. Having known she wanted to go into pediatrics, she honed in on adolescent medicine as the place she would be most happy, seeing patients but also educating them daily. As her career advanced, the teaching roles became more diverse for a wider set of audiences—from med students to young doctors to policy makers. This is all the more true now that she has built a practice and center for transgender and gender diverse adolescents and children. From educating the patients and their parents to making sure legislators understand the science and lives behind their bills, she is always busy.

In this episode, find out from Mary how finding a way around barriers and removing them for others plays on the same skills and personality…on ROADS TAKEN...with Leslie Jennings Rowley.

About This Episode's Guest

Mary Romano, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she helped to cofound a center serving transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents. In addition to seeing patients through clinical service, she also provides education and training to gender diverse youth, their parents, and the providers that serve them. She lives in Nashville with her husband and their two children.

Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings Rowley

Music: Brian Burrows

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Email the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com

Find more episodes at https://roadstakenshow.com

Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings Rowley

Music: Brian Burrows

Email the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com

Not Easily Thwarted: Mary Romano on finding a way around barriers and removing them for others

Roads Taken