Karen Barbara Dorsey MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)

Departments & Organizations

2006 YCCI Scholars

Past IMP Students

Yale Medical Group

CORE: Faculty

Pediatrics: Pediatric Primary Care/General Pediatrics

Research Interests

Childhood obesity; Prevention and treatment of obesity in clinical settings; Etiology and treatment of childhood obesity; Measurement and modification of physical activity in overweight children more...

Education

• B.A., University of Virginia, 1994
• M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, 1998

Selected Publications

• Dorsey KB, Wells C, Krumholz HM, Concato J. Diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of obese children in practice. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2005; 159(7): 632-8.
• Dorsey KB, Herrin J, Krumholz HM. An algorithm for identifying physical activity patterns from motion data. Pediatric Exercise Science. 2008; 20(3): 305-18.
• Dorsey KB, Herrin J, Krumholz HM, Irwin M. The utility of shorter epochs in direct motion monitoring. Research Quarterly for exercise and Sport. 2009; 80(3):1-9.

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