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Spiderman look-alikes. Jennifer Thompson, MD’18, and a young patient compare their web shooting technique. Courtesy Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.
There are health care
superheroes. Dr. Jennifer Thompson is both.
Thompson, an alumna and third-year pediatrics resident at Nicklaus Children s Hospital, is also known as Dr. Spiderman.
It started off as a joke in medical school. It was close to Halloween, and Thompson donned a Spiderman costume for a class project. Her classmates and her professor at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM) loved it. Spidey leaped into action again during her medical school pediatrics rotation. Thompson and her alter ego were asked to help kids with IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, learn about their condition.