Breastfeeding Medicine
Breastfeeding Medicine provides unparalleled peer-reviewed research, protocols, and clinical applications to ensure optimal care for mother and infant. The Journal answers the growing demand for evidence-based research and explores the immediate and long-term outcomes of breastfeeding, including its epidemiologic, physiologic, and psychological benefits. It is the exclusive source of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocols.
Breastfeeding Medicine coverage includes:
Breastfeeding recommendations and protocols
Health consequences of artificial feeding
Physiology of lactation and biochemistry of breast milk
Optimal nutrition for the breastfeeding mother
Breastfeeding indications and contraindications
Managing breastfeeding discomfort, pain, and other complications
Breastfeeding the premature or sick infant
Breastfeeding in the chronically ill mother
Management of the breastfeeding mother on medication
Infectious disease transmission through breast milk and breastfeeding
The collection and storage of human milk and human milk banking
Measuring the impact of being a “baby-friendly” hospital
Cultural competence and cultural sensitivity
International public health issues including social and economic issues
Breastfeeding Medicine is under the editorial leadership of Editor-in-Chief Arthur I. Eidelman, MD, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Israel, and other leading investigators.
Audience: Physicians, pediatricians, growth and development specialists, midwives and perinatal nurses, obstetricians, and gynecologists, among others
| Arthur I Eidelman, MD, FAAP, FABM | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Ruth A Lawrence | Univ Of Rochester Sch Of Med & Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA |
| Pamela D Berens Fabm | Mcgovern Medical School At Ut Health, Houston, TX, USA |
| Lori Feldman-Winter, MD, PhD | Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA |
| Lawrence Noble, MD | Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai, Elmhurst, NY, USA |
| Ryan M. Pace, PhD | University of South Florida, USA |
| Philip O Anderson, PHARMD | Ucsd Skaggs School of Pharm & Pharmaceutical Sci, San Diego, CA, USA |
| Vinod K Bhutani, MD | Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA |
| Caroline J. Chantry, MD | University of California, Davis, CA, USA |
| Karen Cloud-Hansen | Brookfield, WI, USA |
| Sharon M Donovan, PhD, RD | University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA |
| Anne Eglash, MD | University Of Wisconsin, Mount Horeb, WI, USA |
| Tijen I Eren, MD, PhD | London North West University Healthcare, London, United Kingdom |
| Mary Fewtrell, MD | Ucl Institute Of Child Health, London, United Kingdom |
| Lawrence M Gartner, MD | Valley Center, CA, USA |
| Laurence M Grummer-Strawn, PhD | World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Ashok Gupta, MD | International Neonatology Association, Jaipur Rajasthan, India |
| Kazuo Itahashi, MD, PhD | Showa University School Of Medicine, Hainagawa-Ku, Japan |
| Martha Ann Keels, DDS, PhD | Duke Pediatric Dentistry, Durham, NC, USA |
| Mathilde Kersting Phd | Ruhr University, New Rochelle, NY, USA |
| Han-Suk Kim, MD, PhD | Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea |
| Robert M Lawrence, MD | Gainesville, FL, USA |
| M Jeffrey Maisels | Oakland University William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USA |
| Ardythe Luxion Morrow | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA |
| Renato S Procianoy, PhD, MD | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Hadia Radwan, PhD | University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| Suman Rao, PN, MD, DM | St Johns Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India |
| Felicity Savage | Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Richard J Schanler, MD | Cohen Children's Medical Ctr Of New York, New Hyde Park, NY, USA |
| Evette Van Niekerk, PhD | Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Cape Town, South Africa |
| Carol Wagner, MD | Medical University Of S. Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA |
| Yue Zhang, PhD | National Center For Women And Children Health, Beijing, China |
| Deena Zimmerman, MD, MPH | Ministry Of Health, Jerusalem, Israel |