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Debra S Lefkowitz

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Psychiatry

Contact information
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
3500 Civic Center Boulevard
HUB-12594
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-5720
Education:
B.A. (Psychology)
Rutgers University, 1995.
Psy.D. (School Psychology)
Rutgers University, 2002.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Pediatric Psychology, Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2001-2002.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pediatric Psychology, Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA , 2002-2003.
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Selected Publications

West, K.B, Plevinsky, J., Amaral, S, Laskin, B., Lefkowitz, D.S.: Predicting psychosocial risk in pediatric kidney transplantation: An exploratory cluster analysis of a revised Pediatric Transplant Rating Instrument. Pediatric Transplantation 27(2): e14454, March 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/petr.14454. Epub 2022 Dec 14.

Freeman, M.A., Botha, J., Brewer, E., Damian, M., Ettenger, R., Gambetta, K., Lefkowitz, D.S., Ross, L.F., Superina, R., Blydt-Hansen, T.: International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) position statement supporting prioritizing pediatric recipients for deceased donor organ allocation. Pediatric Transplantation 27(Suppl 1): e14358, February 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/petr.14358. Epub 2022 Dec 5.

Boyle, C., Ha, L., Lefkowitz, D., O’Connor, M., Rhone, C., White, R., & Edelson, J.: Helping adolescent heart transplant patients THRIVE: A multi-disciplinary approach. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Puerto Rico. February 2023.

Rea, K. E., West, K. B., Dorste, A., Christofferson, E. S., Lefkowitz, D., Mudd, E., Schneider, L., Smith, C., Triplett, K., McKenna, K.: A Systematic Review of Social Determinants of Health in Pediatric Organ Transplant Outcomes. Pediatric Transplantation 27(1): e14418, February 2023 Notes: doi: 10.1111/petr.14418. Epub 2022 Nov 1.

Arslan, Z., Hennessy, J., McCulloch, M., Dipchand, A. Lefkowitz, D.S., Marks, S.D.: Experience of ethical dilemmas among professionals working in paediatric transplantation: an international survey. Pediatric Transplantation 26(7): e14331, November 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1111/petr.14331. Epub 2022 Jul 18.

Dusing, C., Demianczyk, A., Dempster, N., Alexander, N.M., Anton, C., Butcher, J., Brosbe, M., Brosig, C.L, Christofferson, E.S, Cutitta, K.E., Grodin, L., Gross Toalson, J.M., Heinrich, K., Kenowitz, J., Lefkowitz, D.S., Sananes, R., Schneider, L.M., Triplett, K., Cousino, M.K. : Psychosocial team benchmarking in pediatric heart centers. 25th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, Huntington Beach, CA. August 2022.

West KB, Plevinsky JM, Amaral S, Laskin B, Lefkowitz DS.: Predicting risk in pediatric kidney transplantation: An exploratory cluster analysis of the revised Pediatric Transplant Rating Instrument (P-TRI) Poster presented at the Society for Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. April 2022.

Plevinsky, J and Lefkowitz, DS: Illness-related Parenting Stress at Evaluation for Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant. Poster presented at the Society for Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. April 2022.

Levy, T.J., Tyner, C.E., Amaral, S., Lefkowitz, D.S., Kessler, S.K., Levin, L.S.: 5-Year Activity and Participation Outcomes of the First Successful Pediatric Bilateral Hand Transplantation: A Case Report. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 42(6): 663-679, April 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1080/01942638.2022.2057210. Epub 2022 Apr 4. Erratum in: Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2022;42(6):690.

Snyder, K.; Amaral, S.; Kilaru Kessler, S.; Lefkowitz, D.; Levy, T.; Hewlett, J.; Levin, L; Feudtner, C. : Pediatric hand transplantation: A decision analysis. Hand 16(6): 731-740, November 2021.

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