Stan Sonu, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Child Advocacy at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Medical Director for Child Advocacy at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Stan Sonu, MD, MPH

After obtaining his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia and completing his residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, Dr. Stan Sonu went on to complete a fellowship at the Cook County Preventive Medicine and Public Health Program. He also earned his Master of Public Health at Northwestern University.

In his role as Medical Director for Child Advocacy at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Dr. Sonu provides programmatic support for Strong4Life and the Atlanta Legal Aid and the Health-Law Partnership (HeLP)—a medical-legal collaborative between Children's and Georgia State University. Dr. Sonu also serves as an assistant professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, where his expertise and research interests include prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma-informed care education. In addition to supervising internal medicine residents in the Primary Care Center at Grady Memorial Hospital, Dr. Sonu provides direct care for children and adolescents at the Primary Care Center at Hughes Spalding hospital.

In his free time, you can find Dr. Sonu drinking good coffee, reading a book, enjoying engaging conversations and spending quality time with his wife, kids, family and friends.