Advocacy, Diversity, Innovation
Child and Adolescent Health
The Division of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH) is dedicated to improving the health of children and adolescents in New York City and defining model programs for the care of high-risk children everywhere. We provide comprehensive clinical services and community health programs in partnership with the Ambulatory Care Network (ACN) of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and conduct research and develop innovative programs. CAH includes general and community pediatrics, adolescent medicine, the child advocacy center, the complex-care program, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, a well-baby nursery, and a newborn clinic.
Members of the division are both pediatric generalists and subspecialists. CAH is responsible for the well-baby nursery and the adolescent consult service at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and includes 47 full-time faculty, three part-time faculty, sessional faculty, and 107 part-time/affiliated faculty. Division members serve as both the gateway (e.g., generalists, adolescent medicine) to the subspecialties and support for other subspecialists (e.g., adolescent medicine, complex care, child maltreatment, developmental-behavioral pediatrics). Our faculty practice in various settings, including community and school-based health centers, the well-baby nursery, and ColumbiaDoctors. CAH has both a clinical and basic science research footprint and is home to the Center for Children’s Digital Health Research.
New Appointments
- Priya Pathak, MD - Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
Retirements
- Nan Salamon, MD - Retired August 2022
Promotions
- Shoshana Friedman, MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
- Steve Caddle, MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
- Melissa Glassman, MD - Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Honors and Awards
Heidi Beutler, MD
- Inducted Into the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE)
Steve Caddle, MD
- Appointed to the AAP Executive Committee for the Council on Healthy Mental and Emotional Development
Marina Catallozzi, MD
- Elected to the Association of Pediatric Program Director’s Vice Chair Executive Committee as an At-Large Member
Alwyn Cohall, MD
- Named the VP&S 2022-2023 Vanneck-Bailey Scholar
Maggie Costich, MD
- Named VP&S Pediatric Clerkship Director
- Named VP&S Class of 2024 Major Clinical Year Outstanding Teacher
Dani Dumitriu, MD, PhD
- Named Director of the Nurture Science Program, Succeeding Program Founder Dr. Martha Welch
Cristina Fernández, MD
- Selected to Serve on AAP Section on Early Career Physicians as Co-Chair of the Leadership Program Advisory Committee
- Selected to Serve on the APA BORN (Better Outcomes Through Research for Newborns) Leadership Steering Committee
- Invited to Serve on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship Award Committee
- Invited to Join the Executive Board of the New York Common Pantry
- Selected to the VP&S Latino Association Founding Board of Directors as Co-Chair of the Social Affairs and Communications Committee
- Selected to Receive an LRP Award Through the Health Disparities Research LRP From the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Melissa Glassman, MD
- Accepted as a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
Luz Adriana Matiz, MD
- Selected to the VP&S Latino Association Founding Board of Directors as Faculty Affairs Committee Co-Chair
Mara Minguez, MD
- Selected to the New VP&S Latino Association Founding Board of Directors as Co-President
- Named a 2022 National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Leadership Fellow
- Inducted Into the VP&S Academy of Community and Public Service
Dodi Meyer, MD
- Won the Iris Award-NYP Allen Hospital and Ambulatory Care Network West
Karen Soren, MD
- Elected to the Board of Governance for the FPO
Major Grants
- COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO): Brain-behavior functioning. NIMH. 5R01MH126531-02. Principal Investigators: Dani Dumitriu, MD, PhD; Rachel Marsh, PhD; Catherine Monk, PhD.
- Respiratory Virus Transmission Network. CDC. 75D30121C11656. Principal Investigator: Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH.
- Pediatric COVID-19 vaccination RCT Vaccination in your children RCT study. CDC. 75D30122F00007. Principal Investigator: Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH.
Selected Publications
Shuffrey LC, Firestein MR, Kyle MH, Fields A, Alcántara C, Amso D, Austin J, Bain JM, Barbosa J, Bence M, Bianco C, Fernández CR, Goldman S, Gyamfi-Bannerman C, Hott V, Hu Y, Hussain M, Factor-Litvak P, Lucchini M, Mandel A, Marsh R, McBrian D, Mourad M, Muhle R, Noble KG, Penn AA, Rodriguez C, Sania A, Silver WG, O'Reilly KC, Stockwell M, Tottenham N, Welch MG, Zork N, Fifer WP, Monk C, Dumitriu D. Association of birth during the COVID-19 pandemic with neurodevelopmental status at 6 months in infants with and without in utero exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection. JAMA Pediatr. 2022;176(6):e215563.
Stockwell MS, Shone LP, Nekrasova E, Wynn C, Torres A, Griffith M, Shults J, Unger R, Ware LA, Kolff C, Harris D, Berrigan L, Montague H, Localio AR, Fiks AG. Text message reminders for the second dose of influenza vaccine for children: An RCT. Pediatrics. 2022;150(3):e2022056967.
Dawood FS, Porucznik CA, Veguilla V, Stanford JB, Duque J, Rolfes MA, Dixon A, Thind P, Hacker E, Castro MJ, Jeddy Z, Daugherty M, Altunkaynak K, Hunt DR, Kattel U, Meece J, Stockwell MS. Incidence rates, household infection risk, and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children and adults in Utah and New York City, New York. JAMA Pediatr. 2022;176(1):59–67.
Kyle MH, Hussain M, Saltz V, Mollicone I, Bence M, Dumitriu D. Vertical transmission and neonatal outcomes following maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2022;65(1):195–202.
Monk C, Fernandez CR. Neuroscience advances and the developmental origins of health and disease research. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(4):e229251.
Master S, Garbers S, Lynch L, Bell DL, Catallozzi M, Santelli J. Comprehensive sexuality education for fraternity-affiliated undergraduates: A pilot program to improve sexual and reproductive health knowledge, attitudes, and communication. J Am Coll Health. 2022 Oct:1–10.
Lakhaney D, Matiz LA. Telemedicine for children with medical complexity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for practice. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2022 Aug:99228221116707.
Schulte AG, Ricci LR, Melville JD, Brown J. Emerging trends in smartphone photo documentation of child physical abuse. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2022;38(9):464–468.
Abraham C, Avis E, Caddle S, Lane M, Friedman S. Improving utilization of an after-hours phone triage service: A resident quality improvement initiative. Qual Manag Health Care. 2022;31(3):191–195.
Glassman ME, Blanchet K, Andresen J, Lewis RA, Rosenthal SL. Impact of breastfeeding support services on mothers' breastfeeding experiences when provided by an MD/IBCLC in the pediatric medical home. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2022;61(5-6):418–427.
Highlights
Dani Dumitriu, MD, PhD, and COMBO Team Featured in Story at nature.com
Dani Dumitriu, MD, PhD, and the COMBO team were featured in the Nature article "The COVID Generation: How Is the Pandemic Affecting Kids’ Brains?"
Opinion: I'm an Anxious New Mom. Here's Why I've Decided to Vaccinate My Baby
The author of this opinion piece on cnn.com, Edith Bracho-Sanchez, MD, is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine, and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Pediatric Researchers Join NIH Study of Long COVID
Columbia researchers could receive up to $9.4 million to learn about long COVID in children and young adults as part of NIH’s REsearching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) initiative.