Certifications
Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology

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Appointment
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School

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Languages
English
Hebrew

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Primary Location
CHA Cambridge Pediatrics
1493 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-665-1264
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Education
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship: Children's Hospital

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Additional Information

As Chief of Pediatrics at Cambridge Health Alliance and Mount Auburn Hospital, I am proud to oversee the care of thousands of children from across the greater Boston area.  I also take great pleasure in my academic activities, including many years of teaching Harvard Medical students in the traditional pediatric block clerkship, the new integrated clerkship, and in other venues. 

As a pediatrician, I see public health as a core mission. There are so many health issues that we can prevent or influence, such as vaccines for preventable diseases, childhood asthma, and childhood ADHD. These are among the most prevalent disorders children face. For each of these areas, we have developed innovative “registries” that are helping us improve the care for children. This includes our Childhood Asthma Registry, which has dramatically reduced unscheduled visits by asthmatic children to the emergency room and hospital admissions for asthma, immunization registry, which has increased immunization rates to historically high levels, and most recently, our childhood ADHD Registry, which is aiming to optimize care for children with ADHD to improve their academic performance and behavior.

Continuing this work requires a large number of partnerships with stakeholders in the community – and we have been fortunate to partner with area physicians, school nurses, school administrations and municipal governments to ensure the success of our efforts. 

In addition to working in the US on quality improvement, I have also been involved overseas in Ukraine for the last thirteen years. This work has led to new clinical and educational programs there (including an annual post-graduate course in Ob and Pediatrics in conjunction with Dr. Benjamin Sachs) which is leading to better lives for countless children in need.

Member of the Academy at Harvard Medical School; Recipient of the 2003 Dean's Award for Community Service