Background
Lillian McLean was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Beard decided at an early age to pursue medicine.
Lillian McLean was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Beard decided at an early age to pursue medicine.
After graduating in 1961, Beard attended Howard University where she received a Bachelor of Surgery degree. In 1970, Beard graduated in a class of 100 students as one of fifteen women.
With the mission of reaching patients within their homes, Doctor Lillian M. Beard utilized various forms of mass communication, from magazine publications to television news sources, to reach the homes of innumerable women. Living with single mother, Woodie McLean, and a younger sister, McLean was dedicated to her studies from the beginning of her formal education. Traveling two hours each way, Beard was one of five African American students in a class of 1,055 at Midwood High School in New New York
Applying to attend Howard University College of Medicine.
Receiving her Doctor of Medicine Beard went on to complete her pediatric internship and residency at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in 1973. Doctor Beard began her career as a Community Pediatrics Fellow.
This position was sponsored by the Program for Learning Studies and the Comprehensive Health Care Program of the Child Health and Development Department at George Washington University in Washington District of Columbia Doctor Beard continued her involvement with Howard University as an assistant professor and joined the teaching staff of George Washington University School of Medicine. In addition to this aspect of Doctor Beard"s career, Doctor Beard took a very vocal approach to medicine, working as a health expert on Good Morning America, Cable News Network"s Health Accent, American Broadcasting Company"s Home Show, Fox After Breakfast, and Everyday with Joan Lunden.
Utilizing modern forms of communication, Doctor Beard began to write advice columns including "Ask the Experts" on yourbabytoday.com and in print in Good Housekeeping"s "Ask Doctor Beard." Since 1995, Doctor Beard has been the national spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Doctor Beard is also a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Medical Association, and the American Medical Women"s Association. Doctor Lillian Beard currently works as a practicing pediatrician in Silver Spring, Maryland. She also currently holds the positions of associate clinical professor of pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and assistant professor at Howard University College of Medicine.
Doctor Beard has recently published Salt In Your Sock and Other Tried-and-True Home Remedies, a publication that features medically based holistic treatments Doctor Doctor