MiriamBeharMD

Pediatrics • Lexington, KY

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky

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Office
135 East Maxwell St.
Ste. 200
Lexington, KY 40508
Phone+1 859-323-6211

Fax+1 859-257-9821

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1981 - 1984
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1981
University of California, BerkeleyBA, With Highest Honors in Biology, 1974 - 1977
Stanford UniversityNo Degree, 1973 - 1974

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 1981 - 2026
MI State Medical License 1994 - 2024
KY State Medical License 2009 - 2022
KY State Medical License 2021 - 2022
LA State Medical License 2021 - 2022
TX State Medical License 1985 - 1987
OK State Medical License 1984 - 1985
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Jerrold Veldman Clinical Pediatric Teaching Award MSU Pediatric Residency Program, 1998
Community Faculty Teaching Award MSU Pediatric Residency Program, 1996
Alpha Omega Alpha The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1981
Phi Beta Kappa 1976
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Heterotopic ossification in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Akshay Sharma, Miriam Behar
The Journal of Pediatrics. 2015-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

The Harriet Lane Handbook
Chapter: Chapter on Neprology
Behar MEditors: Cynthia H. Cole, M.D..Yearbook Medical Publishers, ChicagoEdition Tent,1984

Lectures

“Helping Babies Breathe”
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Mar 2014 - 7/1/2014
“What Could it Hurt?” Chicken Soup and other Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pediatric Practice.
5/8/2014
Shoulder to Shoulder medical brigade
Ecuador, 2010, 2012, 2013 - 5/1/2014
Chronic Abdominal Pain
12/1/2013
On use of the Midmark spirometer.
11/1/2012
On using and interpreting spirometry in the clinic.
3/1/2012
Approach to Failure to Thrive
10/1/2011
The Limping Child
4/1/2011
Asthma Education in the Primary Care Setting
6/1/2010
Private Practice Puzzlers
4/1/2010
Update on Neonatal Circumcision
1/1/2010
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Press Mentions

Wayne Pediatrics and WSU Medical Students Provide Urban Clinical Excellence at Children’s Health Event SHARENovember 11th, 2022