Shannon L. Carpenter, MD, MSCI, FAAP, is the Director, Anticoagulation Management Program at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Carpenter received her medical degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio and a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology.