Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children

Lori Frasier is the medical director of Medical Assessment at the Center for Safe and Healthy Families at Primary Children's Medical Center and associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Formerly, she was an assistant professor of Child Health and the director of the Child Protection Program and Division of General Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr. Frasier graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1995, completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital and Medical Center/University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and held a fellowship at the University of Washington's Sexual Assault Center. Dr. Frasier has authored several articles and chapters and lectured locally, regionally, and nationally on subjects related to child maltreatment. Kay Rauth-Farley is a board certified pediatrician who specializes in forensic pathology. Dr. Farley is a graduate of Creighton University, the Creighton University School of Medicine, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Farley was on the staff of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2006, Dr. Farley was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Children's Alliance. Dr. Farley has received numerous awards, including a proclamation from then Arizona Governor Jane D. Hull, the U.S. Customs Office in Phoenix, the Phoenix Police Department, Child Protective Services of Arizona, the Mary Paul O'Grady Award for the Pursuit of Social Justice presented by the Sisters of Mercy of St. Joseph's Hospital, the Humanitarian Award presented by the residents and faculty of the Children's Health Center, and numerous teaching awards. Randell Alexander is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida and the Morehouse School of Medicine. He currently serves as chief of the Division of Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics and interim chief of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Florida-Jacksonville. He is the statewide medical director of child protections teams for the Department of Health's Children's Medical Services and is part of the International Advisory Board for the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. He has also served as vice chair of the US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the boards of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and Prevent Child Abuse America. He is an active researcher, lectures widely, and testifies frequently in major child abuse cases throughout the country. Robert Parrish began his legal career in the Utah Attorney General's Office in 1980.Parrish consulted on hundreds of cases all over the world, authored a training curriculum for law enforcement and CPS investigators, and wrote articles and chapters for several prosecution and medical texts. Parrish has presented training in England, Australia, and throughout the United States on a variety of topics relating to abusive head trauma in children and focusing on the legal system's role in responding to this severe form of child abuse. In 2002, Parrish returned to state government as a Guardian ad Litem, representing abused, neglected, and delinquent children in juvenile court and managing six other attorneys and staff.

Volume I: A Clinical Guide - Chapter 1 Perspectives of Abusive Head Trauma - Chapter 2 Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury: Recognizing Unintentional Head Injuries in Children - Chapter 3 Biomechanics of Head Injuries - Chapter 4 Abusive Head Trauma as a Medical Diagnosis - Chapter 5 Radiology/Neuroradiology - Chapter 6 Neurosurgical Interventions - Chapter 7 Ophthalmology - Chapter 8 Abusive Head Trauma and Associated Injuries - Chapter 9 Medical Disorders Confused With Abusive Head Trauma - Chapter 10 Nursing Care for the Head Injured Patient - Chapter 11 The Role of Social Services - Chapter 12 Autopsy Findings in Abusive Head Trauma - Chapter 13 Forensic Investigation of Abusive Head Trauma - Chapter 14 Prosecution Issues - Chapter 15 Use of Technology in Presenting Evidence - Chapter 16 Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury - Chapter 17 Prevention and Education - Chapter 18 The Role of the Media in Abusive Head Trauma Cases - Chapter 19 A Hypothetical Case: Putting it All Together Volume II: A Color Atlas - Chapter 1 Defining Abusive Head Trauma - Chapter 2 Normal Anatomy of the Head - Chapter 3 Biomechanics of Injury - Chapter 4 Radiology - Chapter 5 Ophthalmology - Chapter 6 Neurosurgery - Chapter 7 Pathology - Chapter 8 Abusive Head Trauma and Associated Injuries/Injuries Not Involving the Brain - Chapter 9 Accidental Head Trauma - Chapter 10 Mimics of Abusive Head Trauma - Chapter 11 Outcomes - Chapter 12 Investigation - Chapter 13 Technologies and Prosecution Issues - Chapter 14 Untrue Defense Issues - Chapter 15 Prevention - Chapter 16 Parent Issues and Resources - Chapter 17 Ten Abuse Cases