Who's Who 2011: Dr. Julia Pewitt Kinder

Kinder is a physician at Jackson Medical Center and at Doctors Express; medical director for VaxCare Corporation, Missouri and Texas, and a fitness instructor at Healthpoint Fitness. She is a strong advocate for children with special needs and contributes to many panels on health, wellness and special needs education. Dr. Kinder is an active author and public speaker. She counsels new parents of children who have Down syndrome, provides training to labor and delivery staff at Southeast Hospital on how to support parents whose babies are born with special needs, and is school board president for Deer Creek Christian Academy.

"If I had 10 extra hours a week to volunteer, you would find me at The Humane Society walking dogs! I would like to write books to educate children about our responsibilities to care for animals: the daily care required in having a pet (and only adopting a pet if you can make a long-term commitment), spaying and neutering, and abuse/neglect/dogfighting. I would then provide the books to local elementary schools."