Anna Sonkin, MD
Program Coordinator, Euro Regional Program Department of Global Pediatric Medicine
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Anna Sonkin was born in New York into a family of Russian immigrants who returned to Moscow after the fall of the Soviet Union. She spent 30 years living in Moscow, where she earned a medical degree, worked as a pediatrician and palliative physician, and taught clinical communication skills. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anna and her daughters moved to the US. Sonkin works in the Euro Regional Program of St. Jude Global and spends her free time singing and studying opera.
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Reflections on Knowledge from a Parent-Physician
March 5, 2024Anna Sonkin, MD, is a pediatrician from Russia. Her daughter is in remission from a brain tumor. Read her reflections on her parent-physician journey.
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