Join us Sunday, July 24th at 2 PM PST for The Meet Your SheHero Medical Career Panel

featuring Dr. Verna Gibbs & Dr. Susan desJardins

This month we are delighted to be featuring not one but two SheHeroes! If you've thought about a career in medicine, here's your opportunity to learn more about the healing profession.

Verna C. Gibbs, MD

Dr. Gibbs is a surgeon affiliated with the San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Medical Center. To learn more about her career, watch her SheHero Video (just click on the link): https://sheheroes.org/profiles/sheheroes-episode-9-dr-verna-gibbs/

Susan desJardins, MD

Susan E. desJardins, MD, specializes in pediatric cardiology at The Heart Center at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology.

Dr. desJardins received her undergraduate B.S. in Biology at Yale University, her medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and completed her pediatric internship and residency at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. She completed her fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Johns Hopkins University and at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. During her fellowship, she completed an M.S. degree in Clinical Research Design and Biostatistical Analysis from the University of Michigan

Beginning her medical career on active duty for the U.S. Air Force, Dr. desJardins provided pediatric cardiology care for military dependents at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, and at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

After discharge from the military, Dr. desJardins joined Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in 2003, where she has been providing outpatient and inpatient management of general pediatric cardiology patients for the last 19 years..