Susan Feigelman, MD

• University of Rochester, B.A., Biology (Cum Laude), 1977
• University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, M.D., 1981
• Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Residency, Pediatrics, 1984
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellowship, General Academic Pediatrics, 1987

Dr. Feigelman has been a member of the Division of General Pediatrics at the University of Maryland since 1987, providing primary care to children, medical services to youth in the Juvenile Justice system, and specialty care for children with growth faltering. Although no longer providing direct clinical care she remains involved in research, teaching and service to the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Medicine. Her research included studying the medical status of children in foster and kinship care and youth risk behavior.  She was instrumental in the development of the SEEK project with Dr. Howard Dubowitz - a program based in primary care aimed at preventing child maltreatment. She also participated in the evaluation of TREE, a program of the Maryland AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics), promoting positive parenting, also based in primary care. She is the author of several chapters in Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics. She was the faculty leader for the Pediatric Primary Care Pathway residents. Her current interests are in vaccine hesitancy, injury prevention and continuity of care in general pediatrics. She is a leader in national organizations dedicated to improving the health of children through excellence in education. She continues to teach and mentor the next generation of physicians.

continuity of care, vaccine hesitancy, SEEK, resident education, child maltreatment

Candelaria MA, Tellerman K, Hutchison H, Silver D, Feigelman S, Endy K, Afkinich J, Wilms Floet AM. The TREE Program: Promoting positive early childhood experiences during well- child visits.  Clinical Pediatrics. 2024:64 (2): 230-246.

Dubowitz H, Finkel M, Feigelman S, Lyon T.  Initial Medical Assessment of Possible cihild sexual abuse: History, history, history. Academic Pediatrics.  2024; May-Jun 24: 562-569. 

Millstein LS, Feigelman S, Custer JW, Giudice EL. Individualization of resident education through pathways and longitudinal experiences. Medical Education. 2019;53(May): 506-7.

Black MM, Tilton N, Bento S, Cureton P, Feigelman S. Recovery in Young Children with Weight Faltering: Child and Household Risk Factors. Journal of Pediatrics. 2016; 170:301-6.

Feigelman S, Dubowitz H, Lane W, Grube L, Kim J. Training Pediatric Residents in a Primary Care Clinic to Help Address Psychosocial Problems and Prevent Child Maltreatment. Academic Pediatrics. 2011;11: 474-480.