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Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Pediatrician-in-Chief
L. Joseph Butterfield Chair in Pediatrics
The Children's Hospital
Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD, earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago in 1977 and his Masters in Public Health from Harvard University in 1979. He completed his residency in Pediatrics and his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, in 1981 and 1984, respectively. In 1989 he received his doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina. Dr. Daniels held numerous academic and clinical appointments at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital before joining the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2006 as Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief and L. Joseph Butterfield Chair in Pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Daniels’ area of expertise is in preventive cardiology, with a longtime interest in the application of sophisticated epidemiologic and biostatistical methods to pediatric clinical research problems. His studies have focused on better understanding the causes of blood pressure elevation and cholesterol abnormalities in children and adolescents, particularly the role that obesity may play in these health issues. He has also researched the development of structural and functional abnormalities in the heart and vascular system, including cardiovascular abnormalities occurring in pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus, as well as the relationship of left ventricular hypertrophy to obesity and hypertension. The role of lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical activity, is central to many of Dr. Daniels’ studies.
Dr. Daniels has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Pediatrics since 1995. He is a peer reviewer for many other journals and is widely published in the medical literature. He is co-author of Medical Epidemiology, an introductory textbook for medical students, and co-author and editor of the book Pediatric Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, published in 2006. Dr. Daniels is a highly sought-after speaker nationwide.
Dr. Daniels has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He has been an active participant and leader in many national investigative committees and study sections, including the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Nutrition, the American Heart Association’s Council for Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the International Pediatric Hypertension Association’s Executive Board, which he recently chaired. He has also served as a frequent participant in grant review study sections and science panels of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Daniels is board certified in Pediatrics and certified by the American Society of Hypertension as a Specialist in Clinical Hypertension.
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Further Information
about Dr. Daniels
Publications in PubMed - click for a list of publications with links to abstracts, at the National Library of Medicine PubMed website
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