VanessaScottMDMS(She/Her)
Pediatrics • La Jolla, CAPediatric Nutrition, Obesity and Eating Disorders, Health and Culture, Pediatric Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy
Assistant Clinical Professor / Pediatrician
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Office
8910 Villa La Jolla Dr Ste 110
La Jolla, CA 92037Phone+1 858-203-4962
Clinical Expertise
- Breastfeeding support, Pediatrics, Pediatric nutrition, Clinical research, Epidemiology, Health communication, Quality improvement, Health literacy, Urban health, Childhood obesity, Vaccines, Healthcare clinical outcomes research, Pediatrician-parent-child education, Compassionate communication
Education & Training
New York-Presbyterian HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2016 - 2018
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Kravis Children'sResidency, Pediatrics, 2015 - 2016
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2013 - 2015
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 2013, M.D.
Columbia UniversityCertificate, Postbacc Premedical Studies, 2006 - 2008- Harvard UniversityBA, VES (Documentary Film), 1999 - 2003
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2015 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2016 - 2019
RI State Medical License 2014 - 2015- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsUsing the lens of trauma informed care to inform pediatric obesity management.Vanessa P Scott, Kyung E Rhee
Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2024-02-01 - Application of Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning to Identify Infants' Abnormal Suckling Behavior.Phuong Truong, Erin Walsh, Vanessa P Scott, Michelle Leff, Alice Chen
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 2024-01-01 - 1 citationsNon-Nutritive Suckling System for Real-Time Characterization of Intraoral Vacuum Profile in Full Term Neonates.Phuong Truong, Erin Walsh, Vanessa P Scott, Todd Coleman, Gopesh Tilvawala
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 2023-01-01
Journal Articles
- Office-Based Educational Handout for Influenza Vaccination: A Randomized Controlled TrialVanessa P. Scott, Douglas J. Opel, Jason Reifler, Sharon Rikin, Kalpana Pethe, Angela Barrett, Melissa S. Stockwell, Pediatrics, 8/2019
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Academic Pediatric AssociationMember
- Society for Pediatric ResearchMember
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