Dr. Jenifer R. Lightdale, MD, MPH
Pediatrician
300 Longwood Ave Children's Hospital Boston MA, 02115About
Dr. Jenifer Lightdale is a pediatrician practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Lightdale is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Lightdale diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Lightdale can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Living related donor transplantation: the future.
- Laboratory evaluation of hepatitis.
- Updates in pediatric nutrition.
- Updates in pediatric nutrition.
- Breastfeeding, food choices, restrictive diets, and nutritional fads.
- Sedation and analgesia in the pediatric patient.
- Percutaneous liver biopsy practice patterns among pediatric gastroenterologists in North America.
- Sedation of the pediatric and adolescent patient for GI procedures.
- Endoscopic sedation in pediatric practice.
- Small bowel intussusception in celiac disease: revisiting a classic association.
- Perceptions of simulation-based training in crisis resource management in the endoscopy unit.
- Agreement between patient- and physician-completed Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index scores.
- On the cost-effectiveness of the use of probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease.
- Sexual orientation and functional pain in U.S. young adults: the mediating role of childhood abuse.
- Answering questions on call: pediatric resident physicians' use of handoffs and other resources.
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