Background
Stiles, Laura Shepherd was born on May 18, 1941 in Mexico, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Harrison and Lillian Mae (Filser) Shepherd.
Stiles, Laura Shepherd was born on May 18, 1941 in Mexico, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Harrison and Lillian Mae (Filser) Shepherd.
Bachelor of Science in Education, U. Missouri, 1962; postgraduate, Tarkio (Missouri) College, 1965; postgraduate, N.E. Missouri State University, Kirksville, 1969-1971; Doctor of Osteopathy, Kirksville (Missouri) College Osteopathic Medicine, 1975.
Dormitory counselor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1959-1961; with library personnel department, Wilmette (Illinois) Public Library., 1962; teacher home economics, Joseph Sears School, Kenilworth, Illinois, 1962-1964; teacher vocational economics, Page Company, College Springs, Iowa., 1965-1966; intern, Mount Clemens (Michigan) General Hospital, 1975-1976; resident in pediatrics, Kirksville College Osteopathic Medicine, 1976-1978; pediatrician, assistant professor, Kirksville College Osteopathic Medicine, 1978-1986; associate professor, Kirksville College Osteopathic Medicine, 1986-1990; acting chairman, Kirksville College Osteopathic Medicine, 1987-1988; chairman pediatrics department, Kirksville Osteopathic Medical Center, 1987-1988. Board directors Missouri Medical Advisors.
Board of directors N.E. Missouri Mead Start Agency, since 1978, Parents as Teachers, since 1986, Violence Intervention Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1987. Fellow American College Osteopathic Pediatricians. Member Missouri Osteopathic Association, American Osteopathic Association (delegate from Missouri 1989), N.E. Missouri Osteopathic Association, Missouri Osteopathic Association, Missouri Association Osteopathic Physicians (chairman Missouri Medicaid advising committee since 1989).
Married Lanny Eugene Stiles, December 16, 1977. Children: Michelle L. Todd-Zipfel, Lisa A. Todd.