Jill Brody:
CLASS OF 1981
West High SchoolClass of 1981
Waterloo, IA
University of Iowa - MedicineClass of 1988
Iowa city, IA
Iowa State UniversityClass of 1985
Ames, IA
West Junior High SchoolClass of 1978
Waterloo, IA
Lowell Elementary SchoolClass of 1975
Waterloo, IA
Jill's Story
Life
Since 8th grade I've wanted to be a doctor and decided then on ophthalmology. I went to ISU and marched for the Cyclone Band, tutored male student athletes for the athletic department and finished in 3 years. I got accepted at Iowa and finished med school in '88. My internship was at Michigan State and I did my residency in Washington, DC, finally a cornea fellowship at Harvard finishing in '94. I met my husband there and we relocated to west central Illinois working for SIU and now he is a prof at Western Illinois. Hard to believe I spent 13 years from graduation from West High to finishing training- just like doing kindergarten to 12th grade again!
I have a private practice doing cataract surgery, etc in Macomb, a university town...Expand for more
of about 20,000.
My daughters, Zoe(12) & Mia(11), are in 7th & 6th grade and are busy with sports- Bball, soccer, softball. They love school and are tomboys like I was but they call it "sporty girls". Small town life is different but we are a short train ride to Chicago and love the CUBS!
My friend Lori Cockerham got married in August '07 and met Theresa Schaefer and family in Denver for the festivities. Great to all be together again and we were able to catch up and the kids had fun together.
Most recently my Mom got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and is in hospice. We are with her all we can and she is comfortable. She sure had a lot of fun being a den mother to the guys at Lowell School! She retired from nursing last August at age 74.
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