1.0Newsroomhttps://www.unmc.edu/newsroomKaren Burbachhttps://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/author/45c48cce2e2d7fbdea1afc51c7c6ad26/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5GoU0j8WrU"><a href="https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/2003/03/17/docs-clowning-around-helps-pediatric-patients/">Doc’s clowning around helps pediatric patients</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/2003/03/17/docs-clowning-around-helps-pediatric-patients/embed/#?secret=5GoU0j8WrU" width="600" height="338" title="“Doc’s clowning around helps pediatric patients” — Newsroom" data-secret="5GoU0j8WrU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Tom Poulton, M.D., tries to take the pain out of bone marrow biopsies, lumbar punctures and bronchoscopies by clowning around. The UNMC professor of pediatrics and anesthesiology is an amateur clown, an activity he finds useful in working with pediatric patients.https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/poultonclown3.jpg