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Karen Lakin, MD, Pediatrics, Nashville, TN

KarenLakinMD

Pediatrics Nashville, TN

Child Abuse Pediatrics

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine Medical Director and Section Head of the Child Maltreatment Program CARE Team

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  • Office

    3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
    Nashville, TN 37232
    Phone+1 615-322-3000

Education & Training

  • University of Tennessee
    University of TennesseeResidency, Pediatrics, 1993 - 1996
  • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
    Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityClass of 1993
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMSPH, 1989
  • Duke University
    Duke UniversityBS, Zoology, 1986

Certifications & Licensure

  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 1995 - 2026
  • MS State Medical License
    MS State Medical License 2014 - 2022
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Child Abuse Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • 21st Century Scholar Department of Preventive Medicine, 2005
  • Best Doctors in America 2002, 2004, 2006-2013
  • The Medical Humanities Award East Carolina School of Medicine, 1993
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Inclusion of previable infants: Impact on leading causes of death in African-American infants in Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee 1999-2003  
    Bringman, J, Magsumbol, M, Lakin, KL, and Williams, B, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/2006
  • Murine coronavirus temperature sensitive mutants  
    Baric, R.S., Schaad, M.C., Wei, T., Fu, K.S., Lum, K. Schieh, C., Stohlman, S.A., Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1/1/1990
  • Genetics of mouse hepatitis virus transcription: identification of cistrons which may function in positive and negative strand RNA synthesis  
    Schaad, M.C., Stohlman, S. A., Egbert, J., Lum, K., Fu, K., Wei, T., and Baric, R.S., Virology, 1/1/1990
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Failure to Thrive” and “The Medically Fragile Child
    Lakin, KL, The Tennessee Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers Connecting for Children’s Justice Conference, Nashville, TN, 1/1/2014
  • Effective Use of Medical Information in Investigations and the Courtroom
    Lakin, KL, The Tennessee Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers’ 5TH Annual Connecting for Children’s Justice Conference, Nashville, TN, 1/1/2008
  • Inclusion of previable infants: impact on leading causes of death in African-American infants in Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee 1999-2003
    Bringman, J, Magsumbol, M, Lakin, K, and Williams, B, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/2006
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Lectures

  • Child Maltreatment 
    Memphis, TN - 1/1/2016
  • Drug Exposed Infants 
    Jackson, TN - 1/1/2015
  • Failure to Thrive 
    Jackson, TN - 1/1/2015
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Professional Memberships