Steven M. Lazar, MD, MEd, FAAP

Personal Statement

I am a clinician-educator and medical education researcher whose professional mission is to advance the training of medical learners in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for the care of individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities. My practice focuses on direct patient care, clinical instruction, graduate medical education program leadership, and the publication and dissemination of medical education research and enduring educational materials. Clinically, I am dedicated to the early detection, diagnosis, and management of children at the highest risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities. 

Clinical Interests

High-risk infant and neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up (including prematurity, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), and related neurologic disorders), neurologic neonatal intensive care, early detection and management of cerebral palsy and motor neurodevelopmental disorders, genetic disorders, and the intersection of neurologic and developmental care of children. 

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Research interests

My primary academic research interests involve educational design research (EDR), which incorporates educational and learning theory into practical, real-world curriculum development and instructional design contexts. I am actively invo lved in research surrounding improving the process of how we teach medical learners, particularly regarding the care of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Clinical research interests include program development in high-risk infant/neonatal follow-up and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of high-risk infants and children with genetic disorders. 

Cokley, J. A. & Lazar, S. M. (2024). Building a pediatric neurocritical care program: The role of the clinical pharmacist practitioner on clinical practice and education. A curriculum for neuropharmacology training. Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 101119. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SPEN.2024.101119 

Lazar, S. M., Challman, T. D., & Myers, S. M. (2024). Etiologic Evaluation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 71(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PCL.2023.12.002  

Lazar, S. M., & Abid, F. (2024). Pearls & Oy-sters: CACNA1A-Related Paroxysmal Tonic Upgaze With Ataxia Responsive to Acetazolamide. Neurology, 102(1), e207992. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207992 

Di Luca, D. G., Lazar, S. M., Gupta, P., Lukban, M. C. S., Crowson, C., Albert, D. V. F., Moeller, J. J., Fernandez, A., Southerland, A. M., & London, Z. (2023). How to Peer Review a Neurology Education Manuscript. Neurology: Education, 2(4), e200099. https://doi.org/10.1212/NE9.0000000000200099  

Lazar, S.M. (2023). Mind–Body Issues in Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities. In: Maldonado-Duran, J.M., Jimenez-Gomez, A., Saxena, K. (eds) Handbook of Mind/Body Integration in Child and Adolescent Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18377-5_25

Lazar, S. M., Evans, D. W., Myers, S. M., Moreno-De Luca, A., & Moore, G. J. (2014). Social cognition and neural substrates of face perception: Implications for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. Behavioural brain research, 263, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.010

Evans, D. W., Lazar, S. M., Boomer, K. B., Mitchel, A. D., Michael, A. M., & Moore, G. J. (2014). Social Cognition and Brain Morphology: Implications for Developmental Brain Dysfunction. Brain imaging and behavior, 1-11. doi:10.1007/s11682-014-9304-1

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