...WebMD Health Hero, 2017
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WebMD's editorial team, composed of board-certified healthcare professionals and award-winning journalists, selects the recipients of the annual award. This year, WebMD will bestow this honor on a new generation of Health Heroes -- one young person under the age of 21 in each of the following categories: Investigator, Advocate and Inventor. WebMD will also present a new healthcare professional-focused award to the Medscape Mentor of the Year, chosen by Medscape's team of editors. Chloe was awarded this honor for her work as an Advocate. Read below and click HERE to learn more.
Chloe Fernandez is a published author, reaching and teaching people of all ages about primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). At age 6, Chloe was diagnosed with PCD, a rare genetic disease that damages cilia, hair-like structures that sweep mucus out of the lungs. PCD builds up mucus, causing breathing problems and repeated lung infections. Living with PCD has meant major life changes for the 6th grader. Fernandez is home-schooled to avoid exposing her to the kinds of infections that used to land her in the hospital. During one of those hospital visits, she and her mother went to the library to check out a book on PCD, but there were none to be found. That is when Chloe decided to write her own book. With help from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Fernandez published PCD Has Nothing on Me! She's donated the proceeds to Make-A-Wish and the PCD Foundation. Chloe and the other WebMD health heroes were honored at a gala in New York City on January 22, 2018.
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