Rebecca Shaffer

Assistant professor
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Rebecca Shaffer is associate professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio.

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By Craig Erickson, Rebecca Shaffer
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