Claire McCarthy, M.D., Harvard Medical School

Claire McCarthy, M.D., is a senior medical editor for Harvard Health Publications. She is an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, an attending physician at Children's Hospital of Boston, and co-director of the pediatrics department at Martha Eliot Health Center, a neighborhood health service of Children's Hospital. The author of two books, "Learning How the Heart Beats" and "Everyone's Children", Dr. McCarthy was a regular columnist for "Sesame Street Parents Magazine" from 1995 to 1998 and is currently a contributing editor for "Parenting Magazine".

&#lt;i&#gt;Undergraduate education&#lt;/i&#gt;: Princeton University

&#lt;i&#gt;Medical School&#lt;/i&#gt;: Harvard Medical School

&#lt;i&#gt;Residency&#lt;/i&#gt;: Children's Hospital, Boston

&#lt;i&#gt;Current position/titles&#lt;/i&#gt;: instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; director of Pediatrics, Martha Eliot Health Center, Children's Hospital; contributing editor, Parenting Magazine.

&#lt;i&#gt;Particular medical interests&#lt;/i&#gt;: coordinated care of medically complicated children

&#lt;i&#gt;Hobbies/non-medical interests&#lt;/i&#gt;: raising five children doesn't leave me much spare time, but I enjoy swimming, yoga, and sewing

&#lt;i&#gt;What I enjoy most about being a doctor&#lt;/i&#gt;: being allowed into the lives of families and helping them to be healthier and happier -- and watching children grow from babies to young adults.