Ashley Popejoy

Dr. Ashley Popejoy ni umuyobozi mukuru ushinzwe ubuvuzi bw’amenyo muri Jordan Valley, aho yishimira kuba ashobora gukorera abaturage bo mu gace yakuriyemo. Dr. Popejoy yize muri Kaminuza ya Missouri-Kansas City, ahakura impamyabumenyi ya DDS, kandi abona impamyabushobozi mu buvuzi bw’amenyo y’abana muri Kaminuza ya Illinois-Chicago. Kuva mu 2014, Dr. Popejoy akorera Jordan Valley Health.

Dr. Popejoy yifuje kuba umuganga w’amenyo kubera ubuzima yabayemo akura. Yakuriye mu muryango ufite amikoro make kandi ni we wa mbere mu muryango we wize amashuri makuru. Nubwo ubuvuzi bw’amenyo butari muri gahunda ze za mbere, yakuruwe n’uko buhuza siyansi, kuvura hakoreshejwe amaboko, n’ubushobozi bwo kugira impinduka zigaragara mu buzima bw’umuntu. Yifuzaga gusubira mu baturage bo mu gace kameze nk’ako yakuriyemo maze akabakorera. Yahisemo kuba inzobere mu buvuzi bw’amenyo y’abana kuko yashakaga kwita ku bana bashobora guhura n’inzitizi zibabuza kubona serivisi n’amahirwe. Dr. Popejoy yemera ko buri mwana akwiriye kwitabwaho mu buryo burangwa n’impuhwe, kuvurwa amenyo mu buryo bumusigira ibyiyumvo byiza, no guhabwa amahirwe yo kurushaho kwigirira icyizere mu kwita ku buzima bwe. Kuba ashobora gufasha imiryango no gushyiraho ahantu hakira abana neza kandi bashobora kugera byoroshye ni amahirwe n’inshingano aterwa ishema no kuzuza. Dr. Popejoy yishimira kubona ubuvuzi atanga bufasha umwana ugira amasonisoni gutaha yishimye kandi yizeye ko ashobora kwita ku menyo ye. Atanga ubuvuzi bushingiye ku bimenyetso bya siyansi. Avura mu buryo butarangwa no gucira abantu imanza kandi burangwa n’impuhwe. Dr. Popejoy agamije kwigisha imiryango ibijyanye n’ubuzima bwabo muri rusange, atari ubuzima bw’amenyo yabo gusa.

Uretse akazi ke, Dr. Popejoy agira uruhare mu bikorwa by’imiryango myinshi. Yabaye umuyobozi ushinzwe ubuvuzi muri Special Olympics yo muri Missouri, umuvugizi ku bijyanye na Medicaid mu Ishyirahamwe ry’Abaganga b’Amenyo ryo muri Amerika, intumwa mu Nteko y’Intumwa y’Ishyirahamwe ry’Abaganga b’Amenyo ryo muri Missouri, na perezida w’Ishyirahamwe ry’Abaganga b’Amenyo ryo muri Springfield no mu nkengero zayo. Mu gihe cye cy’ikiruhuko, Dr. Popejoy akunda kwiruka, gusoma no kumva ibiganiro bya podikasiti.