Dr. John Leventhal is Professor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine and the Yale Child Study Center, and is the Medical Director of the Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Abuse Program. In 2010, Dr. Leventhal received the Ray Helfer Society Award for his distinguished achievement in the field of child abuse and neglect. He has published more than 140 articles and chapters and has lectured throughout the United States and internationally. Dr. Leventhal is the former Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal, Child Abuse & Neglect, The International Journal. He is recognized nationally for his research in the area of child maltreatment, where he has focused on the epidemiology of child maltreatment, perinatal risk factors for abuse and neglect, and distinguishing abusive from accidental injuries. Dr. Leventhal’s most recent research, published in Pediatrics, is Using U.S. Data to Estimate the Incidence of Serious Physical Abuse in Children, and is the first study to provide national estimates on the occurrence of physical injuries due to physical abuse.