John Mishel Leventhal MD
Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and in the Child Study Center and Clinical Professor of Nursing; Medical Director, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital Child Abuse Program
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupChild Study Center
Pediatrics: Pediatric Primary Care/General Pediatrics: Child Abuse Program, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Yale School of Nursing
Research Interests
Child Abuse Prevention; Distinguishing Accidental from Abusive Injuries; Epidemiology of Child Maltreatment
Clinical Interests
Evaluation and treatment of physically abused, sexually abused, and neglected children; developmental-behavioral; pediatrics; primary care of children
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Education
- M.D., Tufts University , 1973
Latest Honor and Recognition
- The Eleventh Millie and Richard Brock Award (In Recognition of Distinguished Contributions to Pediatrics)(2006) , New York Academy of Medicine
Articles
Nov/Dec 2012
Pediatrician recognized by international body for work on preventing, treating child abuse
John M. Leventhal, M.D., professor of pediatrics and in the Child Study Center, has been honored with the C. Henry...
Sept/Oct 2007
Breaking away from child abuse?
When an infant breaks a bone, it’s often not an accident. In fact, doctors cite abuse in more than a third of bone...
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