Dr. Susan Markel is a board-certified pediatrician who has a private consultative practice specializing in attachment parenting and child health. A graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Dr. Markel has been a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1981. She is a medical associate at Attachment Parenting International and became certified as an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 1997. She divides her time between homes in Connecticut and Aix en Provence, France.