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Deborah Lehman

· Vice Chair, Education

University of California, Los Angeles · Pediatrics

Active 1988–2025

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Citations975
Papers26639 last 5y
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About

Deborah Lehman, MD, is the Interim Vice Chair for Education within the Department of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her MD from UCLA. Dr. Lehman completed her pediatric residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and specialized training in pediatric infectious diseases at UCSF. Her professional interests include congenital infections and medical education. She has created a pediatric infectious diseases curriculum for medical students and residents and serves on the editorial board of NEJM Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, as well as being a senior deputy editor of NEJM Knowledge Plus. Dr. Lehman oversees pediatric clerkships and electives for medical students, and she is actively involved in mentoring and educational development within the department.

Research topics

  • Medicine
  • Internal medicine
  • Immunology
  • Biology
  • Intensive care medicine
  • Pediatrics
  • Microbiology
  • Obstetrics

Selected publications

Frequent coauthors

  • Michael C. Yeung

    9 shared

  • Allan S. Y. Lau

    University of Hong Kong

    9 shared

  • FRANCESCA R. GEERTSMA

    University of California, San Francisco

    9 shared

  • James D. Cherry

    8 shared

  • John S. Bradley

    Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

    8 shared

  • Walter Deberdt

    Eli Lilly (United States)

    8 shared

  • Alan Breier

    Indiana University School of Medicine

    8 shared

  • Carrie A. Young

    7 shared

Awards & honors

  • several teaching awards

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