Barry Zuckerman

Barry S. Zuckerman is Professor and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center. He started the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at BUSM and Boston Children's Hospital, as well as one of 12 founders of the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. He was the First Medical Director of Boston Medical Center, co-founder of Reach Out and Read, a national childhood literacy program in the United States, founder of Medical-Legal partnership, and co-founder of Health Leads and Healthy Steps, which has transformed pediatric care for low income families. Along with colleagues, he developed a free app, Small Moments Big Impact, that promotes the emotional well-being, empathy, and resilience of new low-income mothers.

He is the author of over 250 scientific publications addressing the importance of mothers' health and well-being on child health, starting during pregnancy. He is the co-editor of numerous books including 4 editions of “The Zuckerman Parker Handbook of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics for Primary Care." He served on the National Commission on Children and Carnegie Commission on Young Children. He has consulted globally for UNICEF in Turkey, Bangladesh and Universities in Serbia, Poland, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Education

Awards and Honors
  • Honorary Degree in Education (Ed.D.) and Commencement Speaker at Wheelock College (1996)
  • Sunny Days Award, Children's Television Network (1998)
  • Edna W. Smith Pioneer in Community Health Care Award (1999)
  • The Ambulatory Pediatric Association Public Policy and Advocacy Award (2003)
  • Voted Best Doctor by Best Doctors, Inc. (2007)[2]
  • The C. Anderson Aldrich Award, American Academy of Pediatrics (2008)
  • Robert F. Kennedy Embracing the Legacy Award for Medical-Legal Partnership (2008)
  • Ashoka Fellow (2010)
  • APA Health Care Delivery Award to the Department of Pediatrics (2014)
  • The Joseph St. Geme Jr. Award for Outstanding Leadership in Academic Pediatrics from Federation of Pediatric Organizations (2015)

Publications (Peer-Reviewed)
  1. Hingson, R, Alpert, JJ, Day, N, Dooling, E, Kayne, H, Morelock, S, Oppenheimer, E, Rosett, H, Weiner, L, Zuckerman, BS. Effects of Maternal Drinking and Marijuana Use on Fetal Growth and Development. Pediatrics, 70:539, 1982. PMID: 6981792
  2. Zuckerman, BS, Hingson, R, Alpert, JJ, Dooling, E, Kayne, H, Morelock, S, Oppenheimer, E. Neonatal Outcome-Is Adolescent Pregnancy a Risk Factor? Pediatrics, 71:489,1983.
  3. Zuckerman, DM, Zuckerman, BS. Impact of Television on Children. Pediatrics, 75:233,1985.
  4. Zuckerman BS, Frank D, Hingson R, Morelock S, Kayne H. Impact of Maternal Working During Pregnancy on Neonatal Outcome. Pediatrics, 77:459-464, 1986.
  5. Zuckerman, BS, Beardslee, W. Maternal Depression: An Issue for Pediatricians, Pediatrics, 79:110-117, 1987.
  6. Zuckerman, B, Stevenson, J, Bailey, V. Sleep Problems in Early Childhood Continuities, Predictive Factors and Behavioral Correlates. Pediatrics, 80:664-671, 1987.
  7. Frank, D, Zuckerman, B, Reece, H, Amaro, H, Hingson, R, Fried, L, Cabral, H, Levenson, S, Kayne, H, Vinci, R, Bauchner, H, Parker, S. Cocaine Use During Pregnancy: Prevalence and Correlates. Pediatrics, 82:888-895, 1988.
  8. Zuckerman, B, Frank, D, Hingson, R, Amaro, H, Levenson, S, Parker, S, Vinci, R, Kyei-Aboagye, K, Fried, L, Cabral, H, Timperi, R, Bauchner, H. Effects of Maternal Marijuana and Cocaine Use on Fetal Growth. N Engl J Med, 320:762-768, 1989.
  9. Cabral, H, Fried, LE, Levenson, S, Amaro, H, Zuckerman, B. Foreign and U.S. Born Black Women: Differences in Health Behaviors and Birth Outcomes. Am J Public Health, 80:70-72, 1990.
  10. Amaro, H, Fried, LE, Cabral, H, Zuckerman, B. Violence During Pregnancy: The Relationship to Drug Use Among Women and Their Partners. Am J Public Health, 80:575-579, 1990. PMID: 2327535
  11. Needlman R, Fried LE, Morley DS, Taylor, S, Zuckerman, B. Clinic-Based Intervention to Promote Literacy. AJDC, 145:881-884, 1991.
  12. Mayes, LC, Granger, RH, Bornstein, MH, Zuckerman, B. The Problem of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: A Rush to Judgment. JAMA, 267:406-408, 1992.
  13. Adair, R, Bauchner, H, Phillip, B, Levenson, S, Zuckerman, B. Reducing Night Waking in Infancy: A Primary Care Intervention, Pediatrics, 89:585, 1992.
  14. Zuckerman, B and Frank, D. Crack Kids: Not Broken. Pediatrics, 89:337-339, 1992.
  15. Groves, BM, Zuckerman B, Marans, S, Cohen, D. Silent Victims: Children Who Witness Violence. JAMA, 269:262-4, 1993. PMID: 7678044
  16. Zuckerman, B, Augustyn, M, Groves, B, Parker, S. Silent Victims Revisited: The Special Case of Domestic Violence. Pediatrics, 96:511-513, 1995. PMID: 7544457
  17. Wang, X, Zuckerman, B, Coffman, G, Corwin, M. Familial Aggregation of Low Birth Weight Among Whites and Blacks in the United States. N Engl J Med, 333:1744-1749, 1995.
  18. Linares LO, Groves B, Greenberg J, Bronfman E, Augustyn M, Zuckerman B. Restraining Orders: A Frequent Marker of Adverse Maternal Health. Pediatrics. 104(2):249-57, 1999.
  19. Frank D, Augustyn M, Grant-Knight W, Pell T, Zuckerman B. Growth, Development, and Behavior in Early Childhood Following Prenatal Cocaine Exposure. JAMA. 285(12): 1613-1625, 2001.
  20. Linares LO, Heeren T, Bronfman E, Zuckerman B, Augustyn M, Tronick E. A Mediational Model for the Impact of Exposure to Community Violence on Early Child Behavior Problems. Child Development. 72(2): 639-652, 2001. PMID: 11333090
  21. Wang X, Zuckerman B, Pearson C, Kaufman G, Chen C, Wang G, Niu T, Wise PH, Bauchner H, Xu X. Maternal Cigarette Smoking, Metabolic Gene Polymorphism, and Infant Birth Weight. JAMA. 287(2): 195-202, 2002.
  22. Zuckerman B, Frank D, Mayes L. Cocaine-Exposed Infants and Developmental Outcome: “Crack Kids” Revisited. JAMA. 287(15): 1990-1991, 2002.
  23. Kahn RS, Zuckerman B, Bauchner H, Homer CJ, Wise PH. Women’s health after pregnancy and child outcomes at age 3: a prospective cohort study. Am J Public Health. 2002;92(8):1312-1318.
  24. Flores G, Barton Laws M, Mayo SJ, Zuckerman B, Abreu M, Medina L, Hardt EJ. Errors in Medical Interpretation and Their Potential Clinical Consequences in Pediatric Encounters. Pediatrics. 111(1): 6-14, 2003.
  25. Zuckerman B, Sandel M, Smith L, Lawton E. Why Pediatricians Need Lawyers to Keep Children Healthy. Pediatrics. 2004;114(1):224-228.
  26. Zuckerman B, Parker S, Kaplan-Sanoff M, Augustyn M, Barth M. Healthy Steps: A Case Study of Innovation in Pediatric Practice. Pediatrics. 2004;114(3):820-826.
  27. Smith L, Oyeku S, Homer C, Zuckerman B. Sickle Cell Disease: A Question of Equity and Quality. Pediatrics. 2006;117:1763-1770.
  28. McPhillips H, Stanton B, Zuckerman B, Stapleton B. Role of a Pediatric Department Chair: Factors Leading to Satisfaction and Burnout. J Pediatr, Oct 2007;151(4):425-434.
  29. Duursma E, Augustyn M, Zuckerman B. Reading aloud to children: The evidence. Arch Dis Child, July 2008;93(7):554-7.
  30. Zuckerman B, Sandel M, Lawton E, Morton S. Medical-Legal Partnership: transforming health care. Lancet, Nov 2008;372(9650):1615-7.
  31. Zuckerman B. Promoting Early Literacy in Pediatric Practice: Twenty Years of Reach Out and Read. Pediatrics, Dec 2009;124(6):1660-1665.
  32. Zuckerman B, Margolis P, Mate K. Health Services Innovation: The Time is Now. JAMA, Mar 2013; 309(11): 1113-1114.
  33. Bair-Merritt M, Zuckerman B, Augustyn M, Cronholm PF. Silent Victims – An Epidemic of Childhood Exposure to Domestic Violence. N Engl J Med Oct 2013; 369:1673-1675.
  34. Zuckerman B. Growing Up Poor: A Pediatric Response. Acad Pediatr. 2014 Sep Oct;14(5):431-5. PMID: 24942932.
  35. Wang, G. et al. Weight Gain in Infancy and Overweight or Obesity in Childhood across the Gestational Spectrum: a Prospective Birth Cohort Study. Sci. Rep. 6, 29867; doi: 10.1038/srep29867 (2016).
  36. Rowe M, Zuckerman B. Word Gap Redux: Developmental Sequence and Quality. JAMA Pediatr. 2016;170(9):827-828.
  37. Mueller C, Rowe ML, Zuckerman B. Mindset Matters for Parents and Adolescents. JAMA Pediatr. 2017; 171(5):415-416. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.5160
  38. Raghavan R, Riley AW, Volk H, Caruso D, Hironaka L, Sices L, Hong X, Wang G, Ji Y, Brucato M, Wahl A, Stivers T, Pearson C, Zuckerman B, Stuart EA, Landa R, Fallin MD, Wang X. Maternal Multivitamin Intake, Plasma Folate and Vitamin B12 Levels and Autism Spectrum Disorder Risk in Offspring. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 Oct 06. PMID: 28984369.
  39. Maroney T and Zuckerman B. “The Talk,” Physician Version: Special Considerations for African American, Male Adolescents. Pediatrics. Jan 2018;141(2):e20171462.
  40. Marcil LE, Hole MK, Wenren LM, Schuler MS, Zuckerman BS, Vinci RJ. Free Tax Services in Pediatric Clinics. Pediatrics. Jun 2018;141(6): e20173608.
  41. Zuckerman B and Wong SL. Family History: An Opportunity to Disrupt Transmission of Behavioral Health Problems. Pediatrics. 2019;143(6):e20183383.
  42. Silverstein M, Howell EA, Zuckerman B. Cannabis Use in Pregnancy: A Tale of 2 Concerns. JAMA. 2019;322(2):121–122. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.8860.
  43. Biel MG, Tang MH, Zuckerman B. Pediatric Mental Health Care Must Be Family Mental Health Care. JAMA Pediatr. Published online April 6, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0065.
  44. Zuckerman B and Needlman R. 30 Years of Reach Out and Read: Need for a Developmental Perspective. Pediatrics. 2020;145(6):e20191958.

Publications (Non-Peer Reviewed)
  1. Brazelton TB, Parker WB, Zuckerman BS. The Importance of Behavioral Assessment of the Neonate. Current Problems in Pediatrics, December, 1976.
  2. Zuckerman, B and Parker S. “Teachable Moments: Assessment as Intervention.” Contemporary Pediatrics, 103-118, 1997.
  3. Zuckerman B, Kahn R. “Pathways to Early Child Health and Development.” In Securing the Future: Investing in Children from Birth to College, edited by Sheldon Danziger and Jane Waldfogel. New York: Russell Sage Press, 87-121, 2000.
  4. Zuckerman B, Halfon N. (2003). School Readiness: An Idea Whose Time Has Arrived. Pediatrics, 111(6): 1433-1436.
  5. Zuckerman B, Zuckerman P. The Pediatrician as Ghostbuster: Angels Voices and Kisses. Infant Mental Health Journal; 26(6):529-532, 2005.

Books
  1. Green M, Brazelton TB, Fine L, Korsch B, Nelson K, Willis D, Zuckerman B. Guidelines for Health Supervision. Evanston, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 1985.
  2. Zuckerman, B, Weitzman, M, Alpert, JJ. Children at Risk: Current Social and Medical Challenges. Pediatric Clinics of North America, WB Saunders, Volume 35, No. 6, 1988.
  3. Fitzgerald, HE, Lester, BM, Zuckerman, B. Children of Poverty: Research, Health and Policy Issues. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Inc; 1995.
  4. Zuckerman B, Lieberman A, Fox N. Emotional Regulation and Developmental Health: Infancy and Early Childhood. Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute, LLC; 2002.
  5. Augustyn M, Zuckerman B, Caronna E. The Zuckerman Parker Handbook of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics for Primary Care. 3rd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2010.
  6. Tobin Tyler E, Lawton E, Conroy K, Sandel M, Zuckerman B. Poverty, Health and Law: Readings and Cases for Medical-Legal Partnership. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press; 2011.

References
  1. "BUSM Profile". Boston University School of Medicine. Boston University. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Best Doctors - Home Archived 2006-12-16 at the Wayback Machine


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