<p dir='ltr'>Liz Tullis never gave up advocating for her son Conrad after his near-drowning and anoxic brain injury as an infant. Neither did Dr. Peter Fox, the founder and head of the University of Texas Health Science Center's Research Imaging Institute in San Antonio; and they are this week's guests.  Listen as they discuss their unlikely journey to change how the medical community views pediatric non-fatal drowning and the powerful story behind the founding of the nonprofit Conrad Smiles Foundation.  </p> <div> </div>

Liz Tullis never gave up advocating for her son Conrad after his near-drowning and anoxic brain injury as an infant. Neither did Dr. Peter Fox, the founder and head of the University of Texas Health Science Center's Research Imaging Institute in San Antonio; and they are this week's guests. Listen as they discuss their unlikely journey to change how the medical community views pediatric non-fatal drowning and the powerful story behind the founding of the nonprofit Conrad Smiles Foundation.

<p>Liz Tullis never gave up advocating for her son Conrad after his near-drowning and anoxic brain injury as an infant. Neither did Dr. Peter Fox, the founder and head of the University of Texas Health Science Center's Research Imaging Institute in San Antonio; and they are this week's guests.&nbsp; Listen as they discuss their unlikely journey to change how the medical community views pediatric non-fatal drowning and the powerful story behind the founding of the nonprofit Conrad Smiles Foundation.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> &nbsp;

54. Liz Tullis and Dr. Peter Fox on the Conrad Smiles Foundation

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