Skip to main content
Leonardo Trasande, MD, Pediatrics, New York, NY

Leonardo Trasande MD

Pediatrics•New York, NY

Jim G. Hendrick MD Professor and Vice Chair for Research in Pediatrics

Join to View Full Profile

  • 403 E 34th St Rm 115New York, NY 10016

  • Phone+1 646-501-2520

Dr. Trasande is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

  • Gain access to free telehealth tools, such as our “call shielding” and one-way patient texting.
  • Connect with colleagues in the same hospital or clinic.
  • Read the latest clinical news, personalized to your specialty.
See Dr. Trasande's Full ProfileAlready have an account?

Summary

  • Dr. Leonardo Trasande is a pediatrician based in New York, NY, and serves as Jim G Hendrick MD Professor, Vice Chair for Research and Director of the NYU Grossman Center for the Investigation of Environmental Hazards at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. His research focuses on identifying the role of environmental exposures in childhood obesity and cardiovascular risks, and documenting the economic costs for policy makers of failing to prevent diseases of environmental origin in children proactively. He also holds appointments in the Wagner School of Public Service and NYU’s College of Global Public Health. He is perhaps best known for a series of studies published in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism that document disease costs due to endocrine disrupting chemicals in the US and Europe of $340 billion and €163 billion annually, respectively. Dr. Trasande leads a cohort center in the National Institute of Health’s Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes program.

    After receiving his bachelor, medical and public policy degrees from Harvard, he completed the Boston Combined Residency in Pediatrics and a legislative fellowship in the Office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Prior to coming to NYU, he completed fellowship training in environmental pediatrics. For five years he also was a Lead Investigator in one of the original (Vanguard) locations of the National Children's Study, and Deputy Director for the largest (eight location) Study Center spanning a region from upstate New York to central New Jersey.

Education & Training

  • Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center
    Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1999 - 2002
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

  • DC State Medical License
    DC State Medical License 2003 - Present
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2003 - 2027
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2002 - 2007
  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014
  • Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2011-2014
  • Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • AAP Policy Statement: Food Additives and Child Health  
    Leonardo Trasande, MD, AAP News
  • Food Additives and Child Health  
    Leonardo Trasande, MD, AAP News
  • Food Additives and Child Health  
    Leonardo Trasande, MD, AAP News

Lectures

  • What Synthetic Chemicals Do to Our Hormones and Our Health and What Can We Do About It 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/24/2019
  • Endocrine Disruption 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/25/2019

Authored Content

  • Pediatricians Group Urges Parents to Avoid These ChemicalsJuly 2018
  • First Trimester Urinary Bisphenol and Phthalate Concentrations and Time to Pregnancy: A Population-Based Cohort AnalysisJuly 2018

Press Mentions

  • Common Chemicals in Plastics May Harm Baby Brain Development
    Common Chemicals in Plastics May Harm Baby Brain DevelopmentApril 4th, 2025
  • Exposure to Phthalates During Pregnancy Can Affect a Newborn’s Brain Development, Study Finds
    Exposure to Phthalates During Pregnancy Can Affect a Newborn’s Brain Development, Study FindsApril 2nd, 2025
  • Microplastics Found in Nose Tissue at Base of Brain, Study Says
    Microplastics Found in Nose Tissue at Base of Brain, Study SaysSeptember 16th, 2024
  • Join now to see all

Grant Support

  • Early Life Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Networks and RAGE in Liver DiseaseBECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE2024–2027
  • Exposomic Approach to Identifying WTC Exposures and Effects in Survivor Youth.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2022–2026
  • Exposomic Approach to Identifying WTC Exposures and Effects in Survivor Youth.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2022–2026
  • Exposomic Approach to Identifying WTC Exposures and Effects in Survivor Youth.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2022–2026
  • Exposomic Approach to Identifying WTC Exposures and Effects in Survivor Youth.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2022–2026
  • Exposomic Approach to Identifying WTC Exposures and Effects in Survivor Youth.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2022–2026
  • Exposomic Approach to Identifying WTC Exposures and Effects in Survivor Youth.COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2022–2026
  • NYU Collaborative Center In Children's Environmental Health Research and TranslationNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2021–2026
  • NYU Collaborative Center In Children's Environmental Health Research and TranslationNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2021–2026
  • NYU Collaborative Center In Children's Environmental Health Research and TranslationNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2021–2026
  • Developmental Origins of Kidney Function in Early Life and Environmental RisksNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2020–2025
  • Developmental Origins of Kidney Function in Early Life and Environmental RisksNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2020–2025
  • Developmental Origins of Kidney Function in Early Life and Environmental RisksNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2020–2025
  • Preconceptual Bisphenol and Phthalate Effects on Early Embryonic DevelopmentNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2018–2025
  • The NYU Children’s Health & Environment Study: an ECHO CohortNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2016–2025
  • The NYU Children’s Health & Environment Study: an ECHO CohortNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2016–2025
  • The NYU Children’s Health & Environment Study: an ECHO CohortNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2016–2025
  • The NYU Children’s Health & Environment Study: an ECHO CohortNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2016–2025
  • The NYU Children’s Health & Environment Study: an ECHO CohortNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2016–2025
  • The NYU Children’s Health & Environment Study: an ECHO CohortNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE2016–2025

Professional Memberships

Viewing the full profile is available to verified healthcare professionals only.

Find your profile and take control of your online presence:

Dr. Leonardo Trasande, Dr. Leonardo Trasande, MD, Dr. L Trasande