Dela Cruz, Christine

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Dr. Deborah Schofield is a pediatric pathology specialist at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Schofield earned her medical degree from the University of South Carolina and completed a residency at Emory University.