HerschelLessinMD

Senior Partner at The Children's Medical Group, PLLC

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Office
301 Manchester Rd
Ste 105
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Phone+1 845-452-1700

Fax+1 845-452-1752

I am a board certified Pediatrician in private practice since 1982. I very active in the American Academy of Pediatrics, serving on the Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, The Executive Committee of the Section on Administration and Practice Management, and the Editorial Board of Practice Management Online. The group I co-founded has now grown to 24 Pediatricians in 9 offices throughout NYS Mid-Hudson Valley. I have gone on more than a dozen medical mission trips to Central America, Vietnam, and Ghana. I have served as an expert witness fo both Plaintiff and Defense for 25 years and am experienced in both deposition and trial. I have been on the faculty of the AAP national meeting for the past 5 years and have been an invited speaker at meetings around the country.

Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2013-2016

PubMed

388 citations
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents.
Mark L Wolraich, Joseph F Hagan Jr, Carla Allan, Eugenia Chan, Dale Davison
Pediatrics. 2019-10-01
68 citations
Effects of prebiotic-containing infant formula on gastrointestinal tolerance and fecal microbiota in a randomized controlled trial.
Hannah D. Holscher, Kristin Faust, Laura A. Czerkies, Richard Litov, Ekhard E. Ziegler
JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2012-01-11
126 citations
2014 recommendations for pediatric preventive health care.
Geoffrey R. Simon, Cynthia N. Baker, Graham A Barden rd, Oscar W. Brown, Amy P. Hardin
Pediatrics. 2014-02-24

Lectures

When EHRs Go Bad: Liability Traps in Electronic Documentation
National Conference & Exhibition 2019 - American Academy of Pediatrics - New Orleans, LA - 10/27/2019

Stimulants May Not Improve Academic Learning in Children with ADHDJune 13th, 2022
COVID-19 Leaves Thousands of U.S. Children Without a ParentApril 8th, 2021
COVID-19 Leaves Thousands of U.S. Children Without a ParentApril 8th, 2021
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Elected Member, Executive Committee, AAP Section on Administration and Practice Management 2011 - Present
member, Editorial Advisory Board, AAP, Practice Management Online 2008 - Present
Member, Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine, AAP 2007 - Present

Pediatric Expert Witness, Plaintiff and DefenseWorked as a Pediatric Medical Malpractice Case Reviewer and Expert Witness for both sides. Experienced in both deposition and trial. Willing to travel as needed. Honest reviews based solely on the merits of the case.1986 - Present