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Pediatrician Johnye Ballenger | Meeting the minds

Her Rx: Equal parts humor, respect

By Andrew Rimas
Globe Correspondent / May 15, 2006

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There are two things every good pediatrician needs: a cast-iron immune system and a bottomless well of humor. Dr. Johnye Ballenger has at least one of these, even if on a recent Friday she's still a little hoarse from a case of ''pedi-crud" -- her poetic term for childhood contagions. (Full article: 844 words)

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