SOM Faculty Profile : Wendy G Lane

Wendy G Lane

Wendy G Lane M.D., M.P.H.

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Primary Appointment: Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

Secondary Appointments: Pediatrics

wlane@epi.umaryland.edu

Location: Howard Hall, 142E

Phone: (410) 706-7865

Fax: (410) 706-4425

Personal History

Wendy Lane, MD, MPH is a pediatrician and researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and is board certified in both Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine. Dr. Lane received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and then completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina Hospitals. While in North Carolina, Dr. Lane began a second residency in Preventive Medicine, and as part of this program, she received a Masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following the completion of her Preventive Medicine residency, Dr. Lane completed a clinical fellowship in Child Abuse and Neglect at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Lane's current clinical activities include performing medical consultation at several local child advocacy centers and at the University of Maryland Medical Center for children with suspected maltreatment. Her research is focused primarily on child maltreatment, with specific interests in abusive abdominal trauma, child abuse prevention, physician identification and reporting of maltreatment, and race and class differences in the identification and reporting of maltreatment.

Research Interests

Epidemiology of child abuse and neglect
Child abuse prevention
Physician identification and reporting of maltreatment
Racial and ethnic disparities in child abuse identification and reporting

Clinical Speciality

Pediatrics
Child Maltreatment
Preventive Medicine

Publications

Selected Publications

Refereed Journals

Lane WG, Liu GC, Newlin L. The association between hands-on instruction and proper child safety seat installation. Pediatrics. 2000;106:924-9.

Lane WG, Kemper A. Screening for elevated blood lead levels in children. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2000;20:78-82.

Lane WG, Rubin D, Monteith R, Christian CW. Racial differences in the evaluation of pediatric fractures for physical abuse. JAMA. 2002;288:1603-9.

Lane WG, Dubowitz H, Harrington D. Child sexual abuse: Adherence to recommendations. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 2002;11(4):17-34.

Dubowitz H, Lane WG, Ross K, Vaughan D. The involvement of low-income African-American fathers in their children's lives, and the barriers they face. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2004;4:505-8.

Dubowitz H, Lane WG, Greif G, Jenssen TK, Lamb ME. Low income African American fathers' involvement in children's lives: Implications for practitioners. Journal of Family Social Work. 2006;10:25-41.

Lane WG, Newman D, Edwards M, Blaisdell C. Disparities in the circumstances of asthma deaths in Maryland. J Asthma. 2006;43:777-782.

Dubowitz H, Feigelman S, Lane WG, Prescott L, Blackman K, Grube L, Meyer W, Tracy JK. Screening for depression in an urban pediatric primary care clinic. Pediatrics. 2007;119:435-43.

Lane WG, Dubowitz H. Identification and reporting of abusive fractures by orthopaedic surgeons. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. 2007;461:219-25.

Lane WG, Dubowitz H, Feigelman S, Kim J, Prescott L, Meyer W, Tracy JK. Screening for substance abuse in pediatric primary care. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2007;7:458-462.

Lane WG, Dubowitz H. What factors affect the identification and reporting of child abuse-related fractures? Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. 2007;461:219-25.

Dubowitz, H., Prescott, L., Feigelman, S., Lane, W., Kim, J. Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in an Urban Pediatric Primary Care Clinic. Pediatrics, 2008;121:e85-91.

Kim JK, Dubowitz H, Hudson-Martin E, Lane W. Comparison of Three Data Collection Methods for Gathering Sensitive and Non-sensitive Information. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2008;8:255-260.

Dubowitz H, Feigelman S, Lane W, Kim J. Pediatric primary care to help prevent child maltreatment: The Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) model. Pediatrics. 2008. In press.

Lane WG, Dubowitz H. Primary care pediatricians’ experience, comfort and competence in the evaluation and management of child maltreatment: Do we need child abuse experts? Child Abuse Negl. 2008. In press.

Book Chapters

Christian CW, Lane WG. Ophthalmologic involvement in non-accidental trauma. Pediatric Eye Disease: Color Atlas and Synopsis. Hertle, RW, Schaffer, DB, Foster, JA, eds. New York: McGraw Hill Medical Publishing, 2002.

Lane WG. Screening in pediatric practice. In: Comprehensive Pediatrics. Osborn L, DeWitt, T, First, L, Eds. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2005. p . 155-166.

Lane WG. Healthcare Response to Child Maltreatment. Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence. Sage Publications. Toledo, OH. In press.

Lane WG, Dubowitz H. Child Abuse Prevention: What Pediatricians Can Do. Rudolph’s Pediatrics. Colin Rudolph, Ed. Media, PA; McGraw Hill. In press.

Invited Reviews

Rubin D, Lane W, Ludwig S. Child abuse prevention. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2001;13;388-401.

Lane WG. Fathers and child maltreatment: Findings from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. Best Practice Next Practice. Summer 2002:8-10.

Lane WG. Diagnosis and management of physical abuse in children. Clinics in Family Medicine. 2003;5:493-514.

Lane WG. Review of: Widening social inequalities in risk for sudden infant death syndrome. The Quarterly Update: Reviews of current child abuse medical research. 2006;13(2):22.

Lane WG. Review of: Heneghan AM, et al. Factors Associated With Identification and Management of Maternal Depression by Pediatricians. Pediatrics 2007; 119: 444-454. The Quarterly Update: Reviews of current child abuse medical research. 2007;14(3):28.

Krugman SD, Lane WG, Walsh C. Update on child abuse prevention. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2007;19:711-18.

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