Barry Zuckerman

Barry S. Zuckerman is the co-founder of Reach Out and Read, a national childhood literacy program in the United States, and the founder of the Medical-Legal Partnership model.

Background

Zuckerman has a B.A. from Rutgers University and M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Zuckerman spends much of his time promoting child health and development, training child professionals, and developing strategies to transform child health services. Since completing his medical training, he has helped start the Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, Healthy Steps, Health Leads, Witness to Violence, PainFree Pediatrics, and Reach Out and Read, that go beyond the scope of conventional medical care.

Dr. Zuckerman has authored more than 200 scientific publications about the impact of biological, social, health services, and psychological factors on children's health and development. He is an editor of four books, such as the Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics: Handbook for Primary Care, which was published in English and Spanish.

Awards and honors

• The Shepherd Distinguished Lecture and Achievement Award Memorial Health University Medical Center Savannah, Georgia (2000)
• Ray A. Kroc Visiting Professorship Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (2001)
• 40th Annual Bilderback Lecturer Bilderback Foundation, The Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, and Portland Academy of Pediatrics Portland, Oregon (2001)
• For the People, Against the Tide Lifetime Achievement Award, Health Care For All, Boston, Massachusetts (2002)
• Public Policy and Advocacy Award from the Ambulatory Pediatric Association (2003)
• Maxwell Bogin Lecture Bridgeport, Connecticut (2004)
• Sidney Rosen Memorial Lecture, The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2005)
• Starkey Davis State-of-the-Art Pediatrics Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (2006)
• Tecklenburg Family Annual Pediatric Literacy Lectureship, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio (2007)
• Voted Best Doctor by Best Doctors, Inc. (2007)^[1]

Program awards

• Reach Out and Read
  • Confucius Prize for Literacy from UNESCO (2007)
  • Social Capitalist Award from Fast Company magazine and Monitor Group (2007)

• Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership
  • AHA NOVA Award from The American Hospital Association (2007)
  • Moments in Leadership: Case Studies in Public Health Policy and Practice (2007)
  • Robert F. Kennedy Embracing the Legacy Award (2008)

Publications

• Friedman A, Schor E, Stanton B, Stapleton B, Zuckerman B. "Returning to the Basics: A New Era in Pediatrics Education." Arch of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2006;160(5):466-467.
• Smith L, Oyeku S, Homer C, Zuckerman B. "Sickle Cell Disease: A Question of Equity and Quality." Pediatrics. 2006;117:1763-1770.
• Willis E, Kabler-Babbitt C, Zuckerman B. "Early Literacy Interventions: Reach Out and Read." Pediatr Clin N Am. 2007;54:625-642.
• Wang L, Wang X, Laird N, Zuckerman B, Stubblefield P, Xu X. "Polymorphism in maternal LRP8 gene is associated with fetal growth." American Journal of Human Genetics. 2006;78(5):770-777.

Books

• Fitzgerald HE, Lester BM, Zuckerman B. Children of Addiction: Research, Health, and Policy Issues. New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer; 2000.
• Fitzgerald HE, Lester BM, Zuckerman B. The Crisis in Youth Mental Health: Childhood Disorders. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers; 2006.
• Parker S, Zuckerman B, Augustyn M. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. A Handbook for Primary Care. 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2005.
• Zuckerman B, Lieberman A, Fox N. Emotional Regulation and Developmental Health: Infancy and Early Childhood. Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute, LLC; 2002.

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