Other Professional Activities

1974–1977: Degree Candidate, Nutritional
Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

1979: American Society of Clinical Nutrition, "Oxygenated Derivatives of Cholesterol in Aorta of Adolescents" Guelph, Canada

1980: Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health "Clinical Perspectives on Adolescent Health" Baltimore, MD.

1982–1984: Women's Infants and Children (WIC)
Nutrition Advisory Board, State of Maryland,
Dept. of Mental Health and Hygiene, Baltimore, MD.

1982–1985: School of Medicine Council, Nutrition Care Committee, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

1983: DHSS Maternal and Child Health Adolescent Health Training Group, Annual Meeting "The Adolescent Trauma Recovery Team at UMH" & "Optimal Management of Hypertension in Adolescents"  Baltimore, MD

1986: 9th Annual Current Concern in Adolescent Medicine, "Cardiovascular Risk Factors" 10/10/86, Warwick Hotel, New York, NY

1986: Course Director, Symposium on "Cholesterol, Fats, & The Cardiovascular System: Who's at Risk and Why?" 9/10/86, Garden City, NY

1986: School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Cruz Roja, Symposium on the Adolescent,  "Hyperlipidemia in Adolescent" and "Sexually Transmitted Disease for the Pediatrician" Madrid, Spain

1986-1989: Schneider Children's Hospital,
Medical Records Committee.

1986–present: Reviewer for Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

1986–1988: Schneider Children's Hospital, Chairman
Risk Management Committee.

1986: Board of Directors, Long Island Heart Council.

1987: American Heart Association, Nassau Chapter, "Hyperlipidemia: Adolescence" 11/19/87, Mineola, NY

1987: Speakers Bureau, Wyeth-Ayerst
Pediatric Atherosclerosis Prevention.

1987–1996: Chairman, Committee on Nutrition
American Academy of Pediatrics, Chapter 2, District II.

1988: Grand Rounds, University of Kansas, 5/28/88. Kansas City, KS

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1988: 8th International Atherosclerosis
Symposium, 10/15/88, Rome, Italy

1988: Selection Committee, Robert K. Match Distinguished Scholar Award, Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

1988–present: Reviewer for Journal of Pediatrics.

1988: Biological Chemistry Seminar "Role of Cholesterol Oxides in Atherogenesis" University of Maryland School of Medicine, 12/5/88, Baltimore, MD

1989: Course Director-Atherosclerosis Prevention: Finding and Treating  the Child with High Cholesterol, New York Hilton, 1/25/89, New York, NY

1989–1999: Executive Committee, Long Island Heart Council.

1989: Pediatric Grand Rounds, Wesley Medical Center, University of Kansas, 2/24/89, Wichita, KS

1989: Pediatric Grand Rounds, Children's Mercy Hospital, 2/23/89, Kansas City, MO

1989: New York City Department of Health Nutrition Seminar, 4/7/89, New York, NY

1989: Pediatric Grand Rounds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Hospital, 4/29/89, Bronx, NY

1989: Pediatric Grand Rounds, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 5/19/89, Cleveland, OH

1989: Pediatric Postgraduate Program, Maimonides Medical Center, 11/89, Brooklyn, NY

1990: Consultant-The Bogalusa Heart Study,
New Orleans, LA.

1991: Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Washington, Seattle, 9/26/91

1992–present: Ad Hoc Reviewer, Annals of Internal Medicine.

1992: 20th World Congress of Pediatrics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Plenary Session, Pediatric Nutrition, 9/4-9/11/92

1992: American Academy of Pediatrics, New York,
Chapter 2, Healthy Eating from Cradle to College, Course, Director, 11/4/92

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1993: Pediatric Nutrition Congress, Sao Paulo Brazil, 4/18-20/93

1993–96: Journal Advisory Committee of the Society for
Adolescent Medicine, Journal of Adolescent Health Care.

1993: Reviewer for American Medical Association,
Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services.

1993: Board of Directors, International Society
of Nutrition in Pediatrics.

1993–1995: President,  Heart Council of Long Island.

1994–1997: Abstract Reviewer, Society for
Adolescent Medicine.

1994: Invited Speaker, International Conference
on Childhood Atherosclerosis, Budapest, Hungary

1994: Second International Congress,
Society for Pediatric Nutrition
Lisbon, Portugal, 4/16-19/94

1994: American Academy of Pediatrics,
Section on Adolescent Health, Dallas, TX

1995: Abstract Reviewer, Society for Pediatric Research.

1995: Brazilian Academy of Pediatric, Annual Meeting, Invited Speaker, Obesity, Hypercholesterolemia,
Goianias, Brazil

1995: American Heart Association, "The Interrelationship of Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Treatment," New York, NY

1995: Abstract Reviewer, American Heart Association

1995:  Brazilian Academy of Pediatrics,
Adolescent Medicine Course, Aracaju, Brazil

1995:  Chairman: Adolescent Nutritional Disorders, New York Academy of Sciences-3 day conference
Dec 2-5, 1995.

1995–2001: Awards Committee, Society for Adolescent Medicine

1996: Symposia Medicus, 7th Adolescent Update, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico>

1997: American Heart Association,
Consensus Conference on Preventive Nutrition,
Salt Lake City, Utah

1998: Executive Committee Nassau Pediatric Society.

1998–2001: Abstract Review Committee, Society for Adolescent Medicine.

1998–present: Castle & Connolly Guide, Best Doctors in New York.


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1999: Chairman, Credentials Committee, American Board of Pediatrics, Sub board of Adolescent Medicine.

1999–2001: American Academy of Pediatrics Representative to the March of Dimes Task Force on Optimal Human Nutrition.

2002–present: American Academy of Pediatrics, Representative to the American Dietetic Association Committee on Pediatric Obesity Certification.

2002–2005: American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Adolescent Health, Editorial Board, Adolescent Health Update Nutrition Notes (editor).

2003–present: Member, American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Obesity.

2003–present: American Heart Association, Committee on Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Obesity in Youth.

2003: Marquis Who’s Who in America.

2004,2006, 2007: New York Magazine, Top Doctors In New York: Pediatric Lipid Specialist.

2004: Consumer Research Council of America, Guide to America’s Top Pediatricians.

2005: Best Doctors in America.

2005: Weight Watchers International, Consultant.


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2005: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), NIEHS  Obesity and  the  Built Environment,  RFA-ES-04-003,  Review Panel member.

2006:  HHS Office Of Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, Community based programs for pediatric obesity prevention.

2007: American Heart Association-Clinton Foundation,  Alliance for a Healthy Generation: Co-Chair 3 Day Meeting on Childhood Obesity Research Agenda. Dec 3-6, 2007,  Washington DC

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