Sheila Gahagan, MD, MPH

University of California, San Diego
Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
7920 Frost Street, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92123
 
Phone: 858-246-0053
Secondary Phone: 858-246-0024
Email: [email protected]
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Last Updated: October 25, 2013

 

Leadership: Director
Principal Investigator
Leadership Administrative Staff: Professor and Chief, Academic General Pediatrics, Child Development & Community Health
Martin Stein Endowed Chair
Program Director, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship
Primary Activity Coordinators: Clinical Services
Early Intervention
Pediatric Services
Training Director
Discipline Coordinators: Pediatrics
Pediatrics: Developmental/Neonatology
Specialty Resource Contacts: http://rchsd.org/dbp
http://peds.ucsd.edu/cdch/residency/dbp-fellowship.shtml
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: http://rchsd.org/dbp
 
Discipline(s): Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
 
Education: Medical School: Michigan State Univ., College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, M.D. (09/76-06/80)
Residency: Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve Univ. Hospitals, Cleveland, OH (1980 1984)
Additional Graduate Studies: Univ. of Michigan, School Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, M.P.H Epidemiology (2003-2005)

Vita/Bio

Marcus S, Lopez JF, McDonough S, Mackenzie MJ, Flynn H, Neal CR Jr, Gahagan S, Volling B, Kaciroti N, Vazquez DM. Depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Impact on neuroendocrine and neonatal outcomes. Infant Behav Dev. 2010 Oct 28. PMID: 21035873 Sudden onset of refusal to eat on waking after a nightmare in a 6-year-old girl. Zaccagnino M, Gahagan S, Spencer A, Jellinek M, Stein MT. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012 Feb;33(2):184-6. PMID:22227797. Gahagan S. The Development of Eating Behavior - Biology and Context.In press. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. Invited Review. 33(3) :261-71, 2012. PMID: 22472944. Nader P, Huang TK, Gahagan S, Kumanyika S, Hammond RA, Christoffel K. Next Steps in Obesity Prevention: Altering Early Life Systems to Support Healthy Parents, Infants and Toddlers. Child Obes. 2012 Jun;8(3):195-204. PMID: 22799545. Khuc K, Blanco E, Burrows R, Reyes M, Castillo M, Lozoff B, Gahagan S. Adolescent metabolic syndrome risk is increased with higher infancy weight gain and decreased with longer breast feeding.Int J Pediatr 2012:478610. PMID:22829844. Reyes M, Hoyos V, Martinez S, Lozoff B, Castillo M, Burrows R, Blanco E, Gahagan S. Satiety responsiveness and eating behavior among Chilean adolescents and the role of breastfeeding. International Journal of Obesity. Accepted for pub 9/25/13.


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