Capitol Pediatrics

*****WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT*****

Meet Dr. Snowden!

Dr. Gray Snowden grew up in Jacksonville, FL before attending Duke University and graduating in 1983 with a BS in Psychology. He then earned his medical degree in 1990 from Vanderbilt University in Nashville and went on to complete his pediatric residency at Egleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta in 1993. After brief stints on the Egleston faculty and with a private practice outside of Atlanta, he moved to Richmond and joined Capitol Pediatrics. Dr. Snowden is Board Certified in Pediatrics and is the current Chief of Pediatrics at CJW Medical Center. Dr. Snowden enjoys baseball, baseball cards, Duke basketball, and being around children of all ages. Included in his medical special interests are removal of foreign bodies and laceration repairs.

**WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT**

Meet Brooke Saunders CPNP. Brooke was raised in Poquoson, Virginia. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Liberty University and then moved to Los Angeles working as a pediatric nurse at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing from UCLA and returned home to Virginia when she joined Capitol Pediatrics in the summer of 2021. Brooke’s passion to become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner is to see her patients grow from newborn to adulthood while providing quality medical care and guidance along the way. In addition, Brooke is a certified lactation consultant and is passionate about empowering mothers on their breastfeeding journeys. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, two children and their two Italian greyhounds.