RobertMReeceMD

Pediatrics • North Falmouth, MA

Child Abuse Pediatrics

Editor Emeritus, The Quarterly Update, a review journal addressing child abuse

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Office
32 Quail Hollow Rd
North Falmouth, MA 02556

Summary

Robert M. Reece, MD, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine (Retired), formerly Director of the Child Protection Program at Tufts Medical Center, Boston.

Dr. Reece directed the Pediatric Emergency Room at Boston City Hospital from 1974-1978. He practiced pediatrics in Falmouth between 1978 and 1988 while continuing with his Child Protection Program at Boston City Hospital from 1978 to 1989 and at Boston Children’s Hospital from 1987-1989. In 1989 he was Director of the Child Protection Program at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, returning to Boston and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in 1993. From 1994 until 2010, he was a member of the pediatric faculty at Tufts Medical Center until his retirement.

He consulted to Child Protection Teams at the Massachusetts General Children’s Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, and the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth. He has been on the boards and executive committees of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), Prevent Child Abuse (America), and the National Children’s Alliance. He has served on the International Advisory Board of the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome and the National Center for Child Fatality Review. He was Chair of the Child Abuse Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics from 1998-2002.

He is editor of Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management, now in its third edition; Child Abuse Treatment: Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical and Legal Practitioners, the second edition of which will be released by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 2014, and co-editor of Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma published by the AAP in 2003. He has published 48 peer-reviewed medical articles and 26 book chapters. He edited The Quarterly Update from 1993 until 2017 and has written reviews of over 1,300 articles for that journal.

Clinical Expertise

Shaken baby syndrome, Forensic medicine, Novel writing, Child abuse, Accidental Falls, Craniocerebral Trauma, Physical Child Abuse, Retrospective Studies

Education & Training

Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1968 - 1970
Harvard Medical SchoolNon-Degree, Family Health, 1967 - 1968
Indiana University School of Medicine/Methodist HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1961 - 1962
University of Cincinnati College of MedicineClass of 1961
University of CincinnatiB.S., 1954

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1967 - 2013
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member Helfer Society, 1998-2023
Elected Member American Pediatric Society, 2003
Award for Outstanding Contributions in the field of Child Maltreatment Ray E. Helfer Society, 2003
Award for Outstanding Contributions in the field of Child Maltreatment Section on Child Abuse of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2000
Outstanding Faculty Award Tufts University, 1998
Outstanding Professional Award in the field of Child Maltreatment American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), 1997
The Best Doctors in the Northeast, Pediatrics, Child Abuse 1996
The Best Doctors in America, Pediatrics, Subspecialty Child Abuse 1992
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
The "New Science" of Abusive Head Trauma
Daniel M. Lindberg, Howard Dubowitz, Randell Alexander, Robert M. Reece
International Journal on Child Maltreatment. 2019-01-01
Highlighting Violent and Repetitive Shaking
Robert M. Reece
Pediatrics. 2010-09-01
Evidence outweighs belief.
Randell Alexander, Ronald G. Barr, Robert W. Block, Mary E. Case, David Chadwick
Minnesota Medicine. 2010-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

To Tell The Truth
Robert M. Reece, MDEBookBakeryBooksEdition 1,2015
Treatment of Child Abuse: Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical and Legal Professionals
Editors: Reece RM, Hanson R, and Sargent J.Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore2013
The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment
Chapter: Medical Evaluation of Physical Abuse
Reece RMEditors: Myers JEB.Sage Publications, Los Angeles, CAEdition 3rd,2011
Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Cutaneous Manifestations of Abuse
Jenny C and Reece RMEditors: Reece RM, Christian CW.American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village IL2009
Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management
Editors: Reece RM and Christian CW.American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, ILEdition Thir,2008
Child Fatality Review. An Interdisciplinary Guide and Photographic Reference
Chapter: The Role of Child Abuse Pediatricians
Lowen D, Block R and Reece RMEditors: Alexander R.GW Medical Publishers, St Louis, MO2007
Principles and Practice of Pediatrics
Chapter: Child Abuse and Neglect
Reece RMEditors: DiAngelis CD, Feigin RD, McMillan JA, Warshaw JB.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA2006
Child Maltreatment
Chapter: Child Fatality Review Teams
Giradino AP, Reece RMEditors: Giardino AM.GW Medical Publishers, St. Louis, MOEdition 3rd,2004
Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma
Editors: Reece, RM and Nicholson CE.American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL2003
Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma
Chapter: Differential Diagnosis in Inflicted Childhood Neurotrauma
Reece RMAmerican Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL2003
Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management
Editors: Reece RM and Ludwig S.Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, BaltimoreEdition Seco,2001
The Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Chapter: Controversies in Shaken Baby/Shaken Impact Syndrome
Reece, RMEditors: Lazoritz S and Palusci VJ.The Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY2001
Pediatrics: A Problem-Based Review
Chapter: Necrotic, Ulcerating Lesions in the Posterior Oropharynx in a 4-Month-Old Boy
Reece, RMEditors: Burg FD, Vaughn III VC, Nelson KG.WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia2001
Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Fatal Child Abuse and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Reece, RM. and Krous, HKEditors: Reece, RM. and Ludwig, S.Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore2001
Treatment of Child Abuse: Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical and Legal Professionals
Editors: Reece RM.Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore2000
Current Pediatric Therapy
Chapter: Child Maltreatment
Reece RMEditors: Burg F, Inglefinger J, Wald E, and Polin R.WB Saunders, Philadelphia1999
Trying Child Abuse Cases: A Comprehensive Look at the Law and Practice
Chapter: The Medical Aspects of Child Physical Abuse
Reece RMEditors: Coakley, M.Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc, Boston, MA1998
Practical Strategies in Pediatric Diagnosis and Therapy
Chapter: Child Abuse
Reece RMEditors: Kliegman RM, Nieder ML and Super DM.WB Saunders, Philadelphia1996
Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management
Editors: Reece RM.Lea and Febiger, Malvern, PA1994
Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Fatal Child Abuse and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Reece RMEditors: Reece RM.Lea & Febiger, Malvern, PA1994
Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management
Chapter: Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries associated with Child Abuse
Chadwick DL, Merten DM and Reece RMEditors: Reece RM.Lea & Febiger, Malvern, PA1994
Manual of Emergency Pediatrics
Chapter: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Reece RMEditors: Reece RM.W.B. Saunders Company, PhiladelphiaEdition 4th,1992
Manual of Emergency Pediatrics
Chapter: Child Abuse and Neglect
Reece RMW B Saunders Company, Philadelphia1992
Textbook of General Medicine and Primary Care
Chapter: Child Abuse and Neglect
Reece RMEditors: Noble J.Little, Brown and Company, Boston1987
Textbook of Primary Care
Chapter: The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Reece RMEditors: Noble J.Little, Brown and Company, Boston1987
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Abstracts/Posters

Physical Child Abuse
Reece RM, Karolinska Institutue Course on Child Maltreatment, Stockholm Sweden, 10/25/2010
The History of Child Abuse
Reece RM, Karolinska Institutue Course on Child Maltreatment, Stockholm Sweden, 10/24/2010
Current Concepts of Retinal Hemorrhages in Abusive Head Trauma, Grand Rounds
Reece RM, Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 6/3/2010
The David Chadwick Endowed Lecture: Child Abuse and the Jungle of Irrationality: Is Education the Trail Out?
Reece RM, San Diego Conference on Child Maltreatment, San Diego, CA, 1/28/2010
The OSCARS of Child Abuse Literature from 2009
Reece RM, San Diego Conference on Child Maltreatment, San Diego, CA, 1/28/2010
Case Review
Reece RM, San Diego Conference on Child Maltreatment, San Diego, CA, 1/27/2010
Meeting Untrue Defenses in Child Abuse Cases
Reece RM, San Diego Conference on Child Maltreatment, San Diego, CA, 1/26/2010
Recognition of Child Abuse in the Emergency Department
Reece RM, Recognition of Child Abuse in the Emergency Department, Dedham, MA, 9/23/2009
The Past, Present and Future of Child Abuse Pediatrics
Reece RM, AAP Prep Course, Portland, Oregon, 7/22/2009
Current Controversies in Abusive Head Trauma, Grand Rounds
Reece RM, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 4/23/2009
Visiting Professorship: Multidisciplinary Teaching over 2 Days about Abusive Head Trauma
Reece RM, U of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 4/23/2009
Long-term Outcomes of Childhood Abuse
Reece RM, Psychiatry Residents, Tufts Medical Center, 4/8/2009
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Reece RM, Psychiatry Residents, Tufts Medical Center, 3/25/2009
Differential Diagnosis of Child Physical Abuse
Reece RM, Noon Lecture to Residents and Students, 3/16/2009
A Medico-legal Case Review
Reece RM, Responding to Child Maltreatment Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 1/29/2009
Active Surveillance of Physical Child Abuse
Reece RM, Responding to Child Maltreatment Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 1/27/2009
Abusive Head Trauma
Reece RM, Lecture PICU Staff, 1/7/2009
Is It Child Abuse? Workshop Presentation
Reece RM, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Boston, MA, 10/13/2008
Meeting Untrue Defenses
Reece RM, International Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Vancouver, British Columbia, 10/7/2008
Lessons from the Au Pair Case
Reece RM, International Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Vancouver, British Columbia, 10/5/2008
Accidents or Abuse: How To Tell the Difference
Reece RM, Prosecutors Conference, Durban, South Africa, 5/16/2008
Meeting Untrue Defenses
Reece RM, Prosecutors Conference, Durban, South Africa, 5/16/2008
Lessons from the Au Pair Case
Reece RM, South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 5/14/2008
When Experts Disagree
Reece RM, South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 5/14/2008
Conditions Mistaken for Child Physical Abuse
Reece RM, South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, 5/13/2008
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Other

Highlighting Violent and Repetitive Shaking
Reece RM
8/9/2010
Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MBP); Factitious Disorder by Proxy (FDP); Pediatric Disease Falsification (PDF)
Reece RM, Lecture Series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM 3d Edition 2008, American Academy of Pedia
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2008
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Fatal Child Abuses
Reece RM, Lecture Series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM 3d Edition 2008, American Academy of Pedia
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2008
Abusive Visceral Injuries
Reece RM, Lecture Series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM 3d Edition 2008, American Academy of Pedia
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2008
Shaken Baby Syndrome. A Visual Overview: Version 3.0. 2006
Lauridson J, Levin A, and Reece R, Copyright James Lauridson and the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Ogden, Utah - 1/1/2006
Fatal Child Abuse and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Critical Diagnostic Decision
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
The Expert Witness: Rules, Roles, and Responsibilities
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Conditions Mistaken for Child Physical Abuse
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Unusual Manifestations of Child Abuse
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Munchausen by Proxy
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Child Neglect
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Visceral Injuries in Child Abuse
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Abusive Skeletal Injuries
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Cutaneous Manifestations of Child Abuse
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Head Trauma in Child Abuse
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Accidents and Abuse: How to Tell the Difference
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
Medical Evaluation of Physical Abuse
Reece, RM, Lecture series: Visual Diagnosis of Child Abuse on CD-ROM, American Academy of Pediatrics
Elk Grove Village, IL - 1/1/2003
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Authored Content

The Lewellyns from VincennesMay 2022
Strong MedicineAugust 2020
Double Blind Double CrossApril 2017
To Tell The TruthJune 2014
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Press Mentions

A Tragic BirthdayDecember 21st, 2021

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics - AAP
Member
The Helfer Society
Member
American Pediatric Society
Member

External Links

Robert Reecehttp://www.robertmreece.com