One of my favorite aspects of my developmental pediatrics practice at the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) at Einstein is that I have the opportunity to follow children and their families in the clinic over the long term—often for many years. Because I am the director of the Infant and Toddler Team, that may sound Read more
Pediatrics
The conversation parents dread even more than the one about the birds and the bees? It’s the one about their kids’ weight. Sure, the facts-of-life talk is awkward and needs to be age-appropriate and you want your facts straight, but it’s different when you’re talking to your kids about what they weigh. Your children never Read more
I am not a doctor. I haven’t spent much time working in hospitals. That made working at a malaria research ward in the African country of Malawi a challenge—and an experience that continues to inspire me. I’m a fourth-year Ph.D. student performing my thesis research in the laboratory of Dr. Johanna Daily. What drew me Read more
I recently returned from a 10-day vacation from my position as a developmental pediatrician. I specialize in the early identification and management of autism at Einstein’s Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center. The night before returning to work, I decided to check my voicemail. Since my last vacation, a new office voicemail system had been installed Read more
Most parents know that their children tend to be irritable when overtired, but one of Einstein’s fellows in developmental and behavioral pediatrics, Rebecca Scharf, M.D., wondered whether children who sleep less have worse behavior in general. Before we conducted a study published in the July/August issue of the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, which I Read more
Back in April, I wrote a blog post for The Doctor’s Tablet about a controversy regarding the ethics of informed consent for research in a study of treatments for extremely premature newborns. The study compared different oxygen levels given to preemies in an attempt to determine the optimal level for this high-risk group. At the Read more
