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MD - Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics - Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
Child Development - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
Child Development - John F. Kennedy Institute John Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities – American Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyPediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
Section Chief, Child Development
Director, Autism Integrated Care Program
Henry S. Cecil, MD, Endowed Chair in Rehabilitative Medicine
Prevalence and etiology of autism
Complementary and alternative treatments of autism
Shared decision making and autism
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Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network Surveillance Year 2008 Principal Investigators; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders--Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 sites, United States, 2008. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2012 Mar 30;61(3):1-19. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22456193.
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Sell NK, Giarelli E, Blum N, Hanlon AL, Levy SE. A comparison of autism spectrum disorder DSM-IV criteria and associated features among African American and white children in Philadelphia County. Disabil Health J. 2012 Jan;5(1):9-17. Epub 2011 Oct 29. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22226293.
Maenner MJ, Arneson CL, Levy SE, Kirby RS, Nicholas JS, Durkin MS. Brief report: Association Between Behavioral Features and Gastrointestinal Problems Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord. 2011 Oct 20. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22012246.
Pinto-Martin JA, Levy SE, Feldman JF, Lorenz JM, Paneth N, Whitaker AH. Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in adolescents born weighing < 2000 grams. Pediatrics. 2011 Nov;128(5):883-91. Epub 2011 Oct 17. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22007018.
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Giarelli E, Wiggins LD, Rice CE, Levy SE, Kirby RS, Pinto-Martin J, et al. Sex differences in the evaluation and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders among children. Disabil Health J. 2010 Apr;3(2):107-16. Epub 2009 Nov 8. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21122776.
Durkin MS, Maenner MJ, Meaney FJ, Levy SE, DiGuiseppi C, Nicholas JS, et al. Socioeconomic inequality in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder: evidence from a U.S. cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2010 Jul 12;5(7):e11551. Cited in PubMed; PMID 20634960.
Levy SE, Giarelli E, Lee LC, Schieve LA, Kirby RS, Cunniff C,et al. Autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring developmental, psychiatric, and medical conditions among children in multiple populations of the United States. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 May;31(4):267-75. Cited in PubMed; PMID 20431403.
Buie T, Campbell DB, Fuchs GJ 3rd, Furuta GT, Levy J, Vandewater J, et al. Evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders in individuals with ASDs: a consensus report. Pediatrics. 2010 Jan;125 Suppl 1:S1-18. Cited in PubMed; PMID 20048083.
Roberts TP, Khan SY, Rey M, Monroe JF, Cannon K, Blaskey L, et al. MEG detection of delayed auditory evoked responses in autism spectrum disorders: towards an imaging biomarker for autism. Autism Res. 2010 Feb;3(1):8-18. Cited in PubMed;PMCID: PMC3099241.
Souders MC, Mason TB, Valladares O, Bucan M, Levy SE, Mandell DS, et al. Sleep behaviors and sleep quality in children with autism spectrum disorders. Sleep. 2009 Dec 1;32(12):1566-78. Cited in PubMed; PMCID: PMC2786040.
Levy SE, Colantonio S, Reed H, Stein G, Frasso R, Barg F,et al. Shared decision making (SDM) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) [abstract presentation]. IMFAR 2012: International Meeting for Autism Research; 2012 May 17-19; Toronto, Canada.
Pinto-Martin J, Levy S, Feldman J, Lorenz JM, Paneth N, Whitaker A. Screening and diagnostic prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in adult low birth weight survivors [abstract presentation]. IMFAR 2010: International Meeting for Autism Research; 2010 May 20-22; Philadelphia, PA.
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Hyman SL, Levy SE. Complementary and alternative treatments. In: Volkmar F, editor. Evidence-based practices in autism. NY: Springer Publishing Company; 2010.
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Levy, SE. Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies for autism spectrum disorders [presentation]. Grand Rounds, Stony Brook University; 2011 Jun1; Stony Brook, New York.
Levy SE. Has the prevalence of autism plateaued? Why or why not? [presentation]. The Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities XXXIII. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 2011 Mar 28; Baltimore, MD.
Levy SE. Texas Autism Summit [panel discussion]. 2011 Jan 25; Austin TX.
Levy SE. Diagnostic evaluation of young children with possible ASDs [presentation, keynote speaker]. Symposium on Autism, Elwyn and Woods Services; 2010 Dec; Langhorne, PA.
Levy SE. Complementary and alternative medicine in children with autism and other developmental disabilities. AAP National Conference and Exhibition; 2010 Oct 2-5; San Francisco, CA.
Levy SE. Complementary and alternative medical therapy for ASDs. PRISMS (Parents and Researchers Interested in Smith-Magenis Syndrome) Research Alliance Meeting; 2010 May; Elwyn, PA.
2008-present, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2008-present, Journal Autism and Developmental Disabilities
2008-present, Journal Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
2008-present, Journal of Pediatrics
2008-present, Lancet