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Division of General Academic Pediatrics

Saint Louis University School of Medicine's Division of General Academic Pediatrics is known for its expertise in research, education and leadership, as well as its advocacy for underserved children. 

A Compassionate, Whole-Child Approach

The Division of General Academic Pediatrics champions the needs of all children — especially the most vulnerable — through patient care, education, research and advocacy.  

Physicians provide primary care services at the Danis Pediatric Center within SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, serving around 10,000 patients and generating more than 16,000 visits per year. These patients often face serious medical and/or socioeconomic issues, and the division team partners with families and communities to ensure every child, no matter their circumstance, is treated with dignity and respect.  

Physicians also treat patients in the nursery at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - St. Louis and offer pediatric consultations.  

Their excellent teaching has repeatedly been recognized by students and colleagues. 

Special Interests and Expertise

  • Community pediatrics
  • Adoption medicine
  • International child health
  • Health care needs of LGBTQIA+ youth
  • Developmental delays
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Seamless care transitions and follow-up
  • Support for new mothers at risk of postpartum depression/anxiety
  • Neurofibromatosis
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Voiding dysfunction
  • Endocrinology
  • Sports medicine
  • Failure to thrive
  • Effect of media on children
  • Newborn medicine

Meet the Faculty

General Academic Pediatrics Research

The division is involved in a wide range of projects and collaborates with researchers from across the University. 

Key Research Areas
  • Food access and insecurity
  • Positive parenting
  • HPV immunization rates
  • Postpartum depression
  • Health care access for refugee families
  • Health care issues in the LGBTQIA+ community
  • Screenings for depression and suicide
Publications
  • Miller M.D., A. S., King, M. A., & Fretz, E. (2020). A 16-year old with fever and myalgia. Pediatrics in Review
  • Trenkamp, M., Ottomeyer, M., & Tanios M.D., A. T. (2020). Would you by my Mentor? Could you be my Mentor? Unlocking a residents’ superpower of peer mentorship. APPD.
  • Amy Ladley PhD , Matthew Broom MD, MBA , Joshua Arthur MD, MTS, Update on the Evaluation of Text Messaging as an Educational Method to Improve Healthcare Utilization, Academic Pediatrics (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2020.04.004
  • Arthur  J. The Experience of Sabbath: Exploring the Significance of Music in Healing from the Interdisciplinary Perspective of Theology, Medicine and the Arts. Journal of Health and Human Experience. 2019;5(1):85-111.
  • Barnidge E, Krupsky K, LaBarge G, Arthur J. Food Insecurity Screening in Pediatric Clinical Settings: A Caregivers’ Perspective. Maternal and child health journal. 2019.
  • LaBarge G, Broom M. Social Media in Primary Care. Missouri medicine. 2019;(2):106.
  • Ladley A, Waltos Hieger A, Arthur J, Broom M. Educational text messages decreased emergency department utilization among infant caregivers: a randomized trial. Academic Pediatrics (2018), doi 10.1016/j.acap.2018.02.003. PMID: 29432907