Wafa Nasser, MD named 2020 Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky honoree

An independent woman who, by her own admission, takes life’s challenges head-on, Wafa J. Nasser has practiced pediatric medicine in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region for more than 30 years. Immigrating to the United States from Lebanon with her family at age 6, she finished her studies at the West Virginia University School of Medicine despite having to overcome an incurable and progressive disease: muscular dystrophy.

Graduating from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s residency program in 1984, Wafa has practiced medicine for 30 years in Northern Kentucky, 22 of which have been at her own practice, The Whole Child Pediatrics. Wafa acknowledges she would not enjoy the life she has without the support of her friends and family, especially when she suffered a personal health crisis that landed her in intensive care in August 2019. They have remained by her side as she deals with battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I have been privileged to take care of thousands of children, getting to know them and their parents as if they were part of my family. It was fun over the years making children feel better when they’re sick, teaching them healthy habits and seeing them grow from newborns to young adults. Children are joyful, energetic, eternally optimistic and resilient. I thank them and their families for the joy they have given me these many years.”

From the NKY Tribute, June 7, 2020