Child Maltreatment Assessment Volume 1 focuses on supplying the reader with the skills to identify and respond to the physical indicators of child maltreatment. With its inclusion of 17 case studies and dozens of high-quality images, this assessment serves to help readers differentiate between abusive and nonabusive injuries. Chapters include topics pertaining to different forms of physical abuse, such as skeletal injuries, abusive head trauma, and how to respond to pediatric poisoning cases.
Alexander, Randell: - Randell Alexander is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida and the Morehouse School of Medicine. He currently serves as chief of the Division of Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics and interim chief of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Florida-Jacksonville. In addition, he is the statewide medical director of child protections teams for the Department of Health's Children's Medical Services and is part of the International Advisory Board for the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. He has also served as vice chair of the US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the boards of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and Prevent Child Abuse America. Randell Alexander has served on state child death review committees in Iowa, Georgia, and Florida, and two regional child death review committees. He is an active researcher, lectures widely, and testifies frequently in major child abuse cases throughout the country.
Doshi, Ruchita: - Ruchita Doshi, DO, is currently working at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital as both a Pediatric Hospitalist and for the Child Protection Team. She graduated from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2015 and completed her pediatric residency iat Lehigh Valley Health Network in 2018. In 2018, she became a board certified pediatrician. She is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Ray Helfer Society.
Esernio-Jenssen, Debra: - Debra Esernio-Jenssen, MD is currently working at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital in the field of Child Protective Medicine. In 2009 she was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Child Abuse Pediatrics. From 1998 to April 2010, she was the Director of the Child Protection Center at Schneider Children's Hospital and the Chair of the Child Protection Consultation Team at Long Island Jewish Hospital in New Hyde Park, New York. She graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1982 and completed her pediatric residency at North Shore University in Manhasset, NY where she was selected to be Chief Resident in Pediatrics in 1985. In 2007, she was invited to join the Ray Helfer Society. She is a member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and has a special interest in prevention. Debra has also produced a domestic violence and abusive head trauma public service announcement that has been shown on the big screen before every University of Florida home football game. Debra is recognized both nationally and internationally for her work in child abuse and child abuse prevention.
