Dr. Buetow had been a Pediatric Physician on the staff of Carle Foundation Hospital and a member of the Carle Physician Group in Urbana, Illinois during 1965-2020. She served on Carle’s Immunization Committee as the Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at UIUC from 1986-2007. Kathleen received an MD from the University of Maryland in 1954 and a Doctor of Public Health degree at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. She became a diplomat of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 1959, and has been a member of the AAP since then.