I met Glenn in 2006 at which time I was a pediatrics resident doing a rotation in developmental pediatrics.  I spent some time in his feeding clinic and immediately felt inspired by and attracted to his passion for caring, his innovative thinking, his family-centered practice style, and his extraordinary talent as a clinician and teacher.  I knew, right away, that I would like to spend my professional career working with Glenn. We soon became great friends, colleagues, and eventually professional partners.  He taught me virtually everything I know about pediatric nutrition. He opened countless professional doors of opportunity for me. And most of all, he was, and continues to be, a wonderful friend.

Glenn currently has limited means to prepare for the eventual progression of his ALS.  At the moment, he and his wife, Darlene,  are making arrangements for home care, a wheelchair and renovations to accomodate those. A community fundraising website has been set up to help raise funds for this.

If you wish, please consider making a contribution.  Further details here: http://www.plumfund.com/community-crowdfunding/glenn-and-darlene-berall

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This coming Sunday (Oct 20, 2013), Kindercare Pediatrics’ Dr. Sydney Leibel will be running in the Soctiabank Toronto Marathon to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Dr. Daniel Flanders will be running in the Half-Marathon to raise money for Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.

If you would like to support either or both of these causes/docs, please read below:

To sponsor Dr. Leibel, visit http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=2017725

To sponsor Dr. Flanders, visit http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=3925011&LangPref=en-CA

Thanks so much for your support!

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