Josiane Lajoie, m.D.

About Me I come from a large Haitian family full of doctors, nurses, teachers, and therapists, but it was my pediatrician who inspired me to become a doctor. She was mild-mannered, and after an appointment would reassure me that I would feel better soon. I remember thinking, “I want to be like her.” In high school, I was intrigued by the heart and thought I would become a cardiologist. But I changed my mind during college, when I took linguistics classes and conducted research on language proces