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Reaching Children Initiative
Faculty
Dr. Laraque is the Debra and Leon Black Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School
of Medicine and the District II Vice-Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A pediatrician with over 20 years of clinical
experience who continues to see her own patients, Dr. Laraque's commitment to mental health issues is evident through the numerous
projects she has undertaken, including development of the award winning CD-ROM Feelings Need Check Ups Too and
her involvement in various committees including the newly formed AAP National Mental Health Task Force.
Faculty
Minna Barrett, Ph.D.
Director of Research & Training, WTC Family Center
South Nassau Community Hospital
Senior Scientist, New York Academy of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Chris Burke
Founder
Tuesday's Children
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and
Director, Child and Family Resilience Program
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
Background: Expertise on the effects of trauma and disasters on the mental health of children and families.
Principal investigator of the bereavement registry and other outreach efforts to families affected by 9/11.
Thomas Demaria, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President, Behavioral Sciences
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peter S. Jensen, M.D.
Director, Center for the Advancement of Children’s Mental Health
Ruane Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
NYSPI/Columbia University
Gerald McCleery, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director
Mental Health Association of NYC
Background: Responsible for LifeNet (NYC’s 24/7 multicultural mental health crisis and information and referral service)
disaster services, including administration of the American Red Cross 9/11 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program; and public education and outreach services
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Background: Has extensive clinical and research experience with children with attention problems and is involved in the
Child and Adolescent Trauma Treatment and Services Consortium (CATS).
Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
MaryEllen Salamone, J.D.
President
Families of September 11
Background: Key in helping to develop appropriate questions for the online 9/11 Grief Survey,
works with schools and trauma specialists to assess special needs of children affected by 9/11,
and member of the New Jersey Governor's Council on Emergency Response and Trauma Preparedness.
David J. Schonfeld, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Thelma and Jack Rubinstein Chair and Director, Division of Developmental Disabilities
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Background: Has published on the process of bereavement in children and was instrumental in assisting schools address the needs of children and adolescents following the events of 9/11.
Assistant Attending and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Background: Graduate of the MSSM HRSA Primary Care Clinician-Research Fellow.
Focused on psychosocial screening for trauma in the primary care setting.
Rachel A. Zuckerbrot, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Institution: NYSPI/Columbia University
Background: Attending and Associate Clinical Professor, Child Psychiatry
Triple boarded in pediatrics, child psychiatry and psychiatry
Interested in improving the interface between pediatrics and psychiatry
Collaborators
The Reaching Children Initiative is endorsed by the the
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) New York Chapter 1, New York Chapter 2 and New York Chapter 3, AAP New Jersey Chapter, and AAP Hezekiah Beardsley Connecticut Chapter. RCI is being carried out in collaboration with Families of September 11, and Tuesday’s Children.
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