
Karen Lakin MD
Child Abuse Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine Medical Director and Section Head of the Child Maltreatment Program CARE Team
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3601 The Vanderbilt ClinicNashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-322-3000
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Education & Training
University of Tennessee College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 1993 - 1996
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityClass of 1993
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMSPH, 1989
Duke UniversityBS, Zoology, 1986
Certifications & Licensure
TN State Medical License 1995 - 2028
MS State Medical License 2014 - 2022
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Child Abuse Pediatrics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- 21st Century Scholar Department of Preventive Medicine, 2005
- Best Doctors in America 2002, 2004, 2006-2013
- The Medical Humanities Award East Carolina School of Medicine, 1993
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsDevelopment of a Deep Learning Model for Retinal Hemorrhage Detection on Head Computed Tomography in Young Children.Fatma Gunturkun, Berna Bakir-Batu, Adeel Siddiqui, Karen Lakin, Mary E Hoehn
JAMA Network Open. 2023-06-01
Journal Articles
- Inclusion of previable infants: Impact on leading causes of death in African-American infants in Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee 1999-2003Bringman, J, Magsumbol, M, Lakin, KL, and Williams, B, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/2006
- Murine coronavirus temperature sensitive mutantsBaric, R.S., Schaad, M.C., Wei, T., Fu, K.S., Lum, K. Schieh, C., Stohlman, S.A., Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1/1/1990
- Genetics of mouse hepatitis virus transcription: identification of cistrons which may function in positive and negative strand RNA synthesisSchaad, M.C., Stohlman, S. A., Egbert, J., Lum, K., Fu, K., Wei, T., and Baric, R.S., Virology, 1/1/1990
Abstracts/Posters
- Failure to Thrive” and “The Medically Fragile ChildLakin, KL, The Tennessee Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers Connecting for Children’s Justice Conference, Nashville, TN, 1/1/2014
- Effective Use of Medical Information in Investigations and the CourtroomLakin, KL, The Tennessee Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers’ 5TH Annual Connecting for Children’s Justice Conference, Nashville, TN, 1/1/2008
- Inclusion of previable infants: impact on leading causes of death in African-American infants in Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee 1999-2003Bringman, J, Magsumbol, M, Lakin, K, and Williams, B, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/2006
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- Fellow
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