Jacquelyn Busse MD, FAAP

Dr. Jackie Busse is a board-certified pediatrician and a national expert in plant-based nutrition for kids and families. Dr. Busse grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She went on to do a pediatric residency and chief residency at Rush University in Chicago. Shortly after moving to California in 2011, she was introduced to The China Study and it changed her life and practice. She has been living and teaching a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle ever since.

As a founding member of the pediatric working group of the Plantrician Project, she was the lead author and editor of their Pediatric Quick Start Guide published in 2018. As an expert lecturer for the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutritional Studies, she recently rebuilt the pediatric and family lecture modules for the Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate program offered through eCornell. In addition to her full-time pediatric practice, Dr. Busse teaches an ongoing whole-food, plant-based nutrition series to patients has organized and spoken at several physician education events and regularly speaks to local interest groups and schools. She is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.