Receiving her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Cynthia Keator now works as a pediatric neurologist and epileptologist at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth.
In addition to being a clinical physician, a good portion of Keator's time is spent in clinical research dedicated to pediatric epilepsy. “I am the current prime investigator at Cook Children's Hospital for the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium, which is a national multi-center nonprofit project that actively recruits patients under the age of 3 with a diagnosis of new-onset epilepsy in hopes of better understanding and identifying etiologies, causes and treatments for specific types of infantile and childhood onset epilepsies,” Keator says.
Keator sits on the physician advisory board for the DFW chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas, and she has been involved with charities that raise funds for neuroblastoma and Cook Children's Medical Center, including the Jewel Charity Ball and the Doctor's Society.
Keator says it's how people carry themselves in their everyday life that truly makes them beautiful. “It is the confidence one has when they walk into a room, how they communicate with others and how they live their lives,” Keator says.
The greatest influence in her life has been her father. She says, “He has shown me work ethic, compassion for others, to always see the good in people and to be thankful to the Lord for everything He has given me.”
Managing a busy work schedule, Keator stays fit mentally and physically by making time to exercise several days a week and spending time with her husband and extended family that live nearby.
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