Zhear Al-Godi, M.D., FAAP, earned his medical degree from Damascus University School of Medicine in Syria in 1988. He completed a pediatric residency at Sinai Children’s Hospital in Chicago and a fellowship in neonatology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Al-Godi says he chose health care because he loves to help people. In his spare time, he enjoys playing ping pong. His favorite quote is “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you! Treat them like you want to be treated.”