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Office
403 E 34th St Rm 115
New York, NY 10016Phone+1 646-501-2520
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 CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1999 - 2002
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
- DC State Medical License 2003 - Present
- NY State Medical License 2003 - 2027
- MA State Medical License 2002 - 2007
- 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
- World Trade Center Adolescent Health Study Start of enrollment: 2013 Dec 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Filling gaps in population estimates of phthalate exposure globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis of international biomonitoring data.Jonathan M Acevedo, Linda G Kahn, Kristyn A Pierce, Vittorio Albergamo, Anna Carrasco
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2025-04-01 - 1 citationsPrenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure and child growth and adiposity: A longitudinal study.Sarvenaz Shahin, Akhgar Ghassabian, Sophia M Blaauwendraad, Carol Duh-Leong, Kurunthachalam Kannan
Environmental Research. 2025-03-01 - Fetal exposure to phthalates and body mass index from infancy to adolescence. The Generation R study.Chalana M Sol, Geneviève Delgado, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Leonardo Trasande
Environmental Research. 2025-02-27
Journal Articles
- AAP Policy Statement: Food Additives and Child HealthLeonardo Trasande, MD, AAP News
- Food Additives and Child HealthLeonardo Trasande, MD, AAP News
- Food Additives and Child HealthLeonardo Trasande, MD, AAP News
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
- Microplastics Found in Nose Tissue at Base of Brain, Study SaysSeptember 16th, 2024
- ENDO 2024 Press Conferences to Highlight Male Birth Control, Anti-Obesity MedicationsMay 21st, 2024
- Locally Caught Fish Are Full of Dangerous Chemicals Called PFAS, Study FindsJanuary 17th, 2023
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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
- Fellow
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