Name of Program:

Leadership Education Program in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Program Director:

Ruth EK Stein

Contact Person:

Maris D Rosenberg
Address: Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center
Rose F Kennedy Center
1410 Pelham Parkway South
Bronx, NY 1046
Phone: 718-430-8504
FAX: 718-892-2296

Faculty:

Ruth EK Stein, MD
Maris Rosenberg, MD
Blanche Benenson MD
Robert Marion MD
Herbert J Cohen, MD
Alex Okun, MD
Ellen Johnson, PhD
Ruth Kaminer, MD
Oscar Purugganan, MD, MPH

Number of fellows:

4

MCHB Funding Years:

1986-2013

RRC Accreditation Year:

2003

Program Goals:

1. To train fellows for academic leadership positions in DBP in a wide range of pediatric and community settings by providing them with the knowledge, skills and experiences to excel as clinicians, researchers, educators and advocates;
2. To prepare future practitioners (including pediatric residents, medical students, and allied health professionals) to provide care in a way that incorporates sensitivity to and knowledge of developmental-behavioral issues as they apply to a diversified multicultural population;
3. To implement innovative models of continuing education, Collaborative Office Rounds, and distance learning;
4. To collaborate with regional and national Title V and related programs.

Special Features:

Special features of this initiative include its emphasis on working with culturally diverse populations with substantial needs, achieving measurable training outcomes, and increasing capacity to provide appropriate services to children in HRSA Region II. Our program focuses on developmental, psychological, and social issues both in the care of well children in primary care settings and in the care of children with special health care needs in the hospital, ambulatory, and community settings. It provides rich training in the diagnosis and treatment of children with a wide range of DB issues and emphasizes the needs of inner-city residents and delivery of quality services in a way that is family-centered. It prepares graduates for leadership roles in DBP and equips them to deliver state-of-the-art, culturally-sensitive care to heterogeneous, high-risk populations. It addresses the needs of primary care practitioners and helps to promote better services and policies to serve the DB needs of children and adolescents.

The training is set in an inner-city medical center at the Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) and the Children's Hospital of Montefiore (CHAM), part of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The CERC the clinical arm of the Rose F Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). It is an interdisciplinary center serving infants, children and adolescents with a wide range of developmental disabilities and behavior disorders. CERC serves over 8,000 patients annually. The CHAM is a multi-specialty children's hospital CHAM that provides family centered care in a nurturing environment. At the heart of family-centered care is the belief that health care providers and the family are partners, working together to best meet the needs of the child.

It is our philosophy in training fellows to conduct research that they should each develop an individual research project under guided mentorship around an area of their own individual interest. Advanced course work in research methodology is includes as well as an option for a Master's in Public Health or Master's in Clinical Research.