Professor, Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine

Pediatrics

Dr. Alan F. Meyers, MD

Alan Meyers is an expert in the field of Pediatrics. He studied medicine at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Alan Meyers is also a published doctor. He has 37 publication published. The most recent publication is: The UDHR and the physician''s role.

Publications

Homelessness During Pregnancy: A Unique, Time-Dependent Risk Factor of Birth Outcomes.
Health of Children Classified as Underweight by CDC Reference but Normal by WHO Standard.
Zinc protoporphyrin and iron deficiency screening: trends and therapeutic response in an urban pediatric center.
US Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children.
Development and validity of a 2-item screen to identify families at risk for food insecurity.
Nutritional-assistance programs play a critical role in reducing food insecurity.
Iron supplementation of low-income infants: a randomized clinical trial of adherence with ferrous fumarate sprinkles versus ferrous sulfate drops.
Best practice updates for pediatric/adolescent weight loss surgery.
Household food insecurity: associations with at-risk infant and toddler development.
Pediatric obesity management: variation by specialty and awareness of guidelines.
Poverty, food insecurity, and obesity in children.
Heat or eat: the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and nutritional and health risks among children less than 3 years of age.
Child food insecurity increases risks posed by household food insecurity to young children's health.
Failure to thrive as distinct from child neglect.
Child food insecurity and iron deficiency anemia in low-income infants and toddlers in the United States.
Daily multivitamins with iron to prevent anemia in high-risk infants: a randomized clinical trial.
Food insecurity is associated with adverse health outcomes among human infants and toddlers.
Welfare reform and the health of young children: a sentinel survey in 6 US cities.
The campaign about doctors and torture in Israel two years on.
A randomized, controlled trial of the effectiveness of community-based case management in insuring uninsured Latino children.
The growth and development status of homeless children entering shelters in Boston.
School Breakfast Program and school performance.
The UDHR and the physician''s role.
Immigration legal status and use of public programs and prenatal care.
Maternal depression, changing public assistance, food security, and child health status.
Food insecurity and risk of poor health among US-born children of immigrants.
Subsidized housing and children''s nutritional status: data from a multisite surveillance study.
Hunger in legal immigrants in California, Texas, and Illinois.
Immigration reporting laws: ethical dilemmas in pediatric practice.
Growth status and related medical conditions among refugee children in Massachusetts, 1995-1998.
Welfare reform and children's health.
Daily multivitamins with iron to prevent anemia in infancy: a randomized clinical trial.
Medical ethics, the Israeli Medical Association, and the state of the World Medical Association: medical neutrality is being violated in Israel.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children participation and infants'' growth and health: a multisite surveillance study.
Breastfeeding and health outcomes among citizen infants of immigrant mothers.
The appearance of discretionary income: influence on the prevalence of under- and over-nutrition.

Schools

Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Saint Vincent39s Hospital
Boston City Hospital

Doctors Specialties

Pediatrics

Accepted Insurances

Education

Boston University Medical Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Hospital

Boston Medical Center

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