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Robert Reece, MD, Pediatrics, North Falmouth, MA

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

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    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
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

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
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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
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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
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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 Birthday
    A Tragic BirthdayDecember 21st, 2021

Professional Memberships

External Links

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