Catherine Schuster, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

How long have you worked in Pediatrics?        
7 years                                 

What is your favorite thing about your job?     
Affecting meaningful change for my patients and their families.  Having discussions about function and quality of life – tailoring those to what is important and relevant to each patient, each family, every time.  Love receiving graduation announcements or other things that celebrate the accomplishments of my patients.  

What is your hometown?
Cincinnati, OH

What is your favorite movie?
Clueless, Pitch Perfect, Clue, Mean Girls

Tell us about your family: My husband's name is Tushar.  Two kids - Maya 7 and Cole 5

Do you have pets?
2 dogs, Crosely and Joey and one cat named Jasmine

What are you doing, where are you going, for your next vacation?
Beach vacation, likely Mexico or similar

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Always wanted to be a doctor except for the brief period of time I wanted to be the first female professional baseball player despite the fact that I have no athletic ability and quit baseball after an unsuccessful attempt at T-ball.

What is one of your proudest accomplishments? My family

What is your favorite quote?
Not sure if this counts, but came across this on social media recently: “we often think productivity means to work.  It doesn’t.  Productivity means to make intentional choices towards a goal.  The choice could be to pause, the goal could be to replenish.  Productivity could mean to rest” (Dr Mona Masood)

What was your first job? Hostess at a local restaurant

What is your favorite ice cream?
Cinnamon