I am a board certified child abuse pediatrician. I founded the University of Chicago Medicine Child Advocacy and Protective Services Program in 1991 to develop an interagency and medically informed response to child maltreatment. In 2000 in partnership with other Chicago children's hospitals, the Department of Children And Family Services, and Chicago police we developed the MPEEC- Multidisciplinary Pediatric Education and Evaluation Consortium which ensures that a mandated population of children reported for injuries receives a medical informed interagency response to discern the manner of a child's injury. Our CAPS program is a crisis model response to all forms of suspected child maltreatment, we also have a robust educational mission including a mandatory one month child advocacy rotation for pediatricians and our staff participates in many advocacy activities, such as the Cook County Death Review, the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect and other citizen committees dedicated to helping vulnerable populations.
What Happens When Child Abuse Pediatricians and CPS Investigators Collaborate? A Study of the Multidisciplinary Pediatric Education and Evaluation Consortium.
What Happens When Child Abuse Pediatricians and CPS Investigators Collaborate? A Study of the Multidisciplinary Pediatric Education and Evaluation Consortium. Child Maltreat. 2024 Oct 16; 10775595241292050.
PMID: 39413037
Running water while bathing is a risk factor for pediatric scald burns.
Running water while bathing is a risk factor for pediatric scald burns. Burns. 2023 11; 49(7):1714-1718.
PMID: 37193613
Medical Marijuana for Minors May Be Considered Child Abuse.
Medical Marijuana for Minors May Be Considered Child Abuse. Pediatrics. 2018 10; 142(4).
PMID: 30213842
Refusal of Vitamin K Injection: Survey of the Current Literature and Practical Tips for Pediatricians.
Refusal of Vitamin K Injection: Survey of the Current Literature and Practical Tips for Pediatricians. Pediatr Ann. 2018 Aug 01; 47(8):e334-e338.
PMID: 30102758
A 6-Year Case-Control Study of the Presentation and Clinical Sequelae for Noninflicted, Negligent, and Inflicted Pediatric Burns.
A 6-Year Case-Control Study of the Presentation and Clinical Sequelae for Noninflicted, Negligent, and Inflicted Pediatric Burns. J Burn Care Res. 2017 Jan/Feb; 38(1):e101-e124.
PMID: 28009699
Physical Abuse of Children.
Physical Abuse of Children. Pediatr Rev. 2016 Apr; 37(4):146-56; quiz 157.
PMID: 27037100
Inflicted traumatic brain injury: advances in evaluation and collaborative diagnosis.
Inflicted traumatic brain injury: advances in evaluation and collaborative diagnosis. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007; 43(5):436-41.
PMID: 17786016
A phase II trial of 200% ProMACE-CytaBOM in patients with previously untreated aggressive lymphomas: analysis of response, toxicity, and dose intensity.
Gordon LI, Young M, Weller E, Habermann TM, Winter JN, Glick J, Ghosh C, Flynn P, Cassileth PA. A phase II trial of 200% ProMACE-CytaBOM in patients with previously untreated aggressive lymphomas: analysis of response, toxicity, and dose intensity. Blood. 1999 Nov 15; 94(10):3307-14.
PMID: 10552939
Distinguished Community Service and Advocacy Faculty Award
The University of Chicago Biological Science Division
2015
Gold Humanism Award
University of Chicago Pritzker Medical School
2008
Friend of Children Professional Award
Prevent Child Abuse Illinois
2008
Chicago Medicine Humanitarian Award
Department of Social Work University of Chicago
2008
L. Sandford Blustin Public Service Award
North Suburban Bar Association
2003
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Faculty Award
Pritzker School of Medicine
2000
1999 Teaching Award Recognition
The University of Chicago, Emergency Medicine
1999
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award
University of Chicago Hospitals
1999
Excellence in Teaching Award
Cook County Hospital Department of Emergency Residency Program
1998
Richard Rothberg Attending Teaching Award
University of Chicago
1994