LaurenJenniferBectonMD

Pediatric Nephrology

Physician

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Dr. Lauren Becton is a pediatrician in Philadelphia, PA and is affiliated with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She received her medical degree from Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and has been in practice 9 years. She currently specializes in pediatric urgent care. She has 8 publications and over 100 citings.

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Nephrology, 2012 - 2015
Medical University of South CarolinaResidency, Pediatrics, 2008 - 2011
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 2008

PubMed

57 citations
Prevalence and clinical correlates of microalbuminuria in children with sickle cell disease.
Lauren J. Becton, Ram Kalpatthi, Elizabeth Rackoff, Deborah Disco, John K. Orak
Pediatric Nephrology. 2010-05-27
25 citations
Hypertension and obesity: epidemiology, mechanisms and clinical approach.
Lauren J. Becton, Ibrahim F. Shatat, Joseph T. Flynn
Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 2012-06-05
21 citations
Hypertension in Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome
Ibrahim F. Shatat, Lauren J. Becton, Robert P. Woroniecki
Frontiers in Pediatrics. 2019-07-16