Dr. Rachel Y. Moon M.D.
Pediatrician
111 Michigan Ave NW Washington DC, 20010About
Rachel Moon, MD, is a pediatrician and SIDS researcher at Children's National Health System. She is also one of five physicians on the American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Sudden Infant Death ...
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acute sinusitis.
- Prone infant sleeping despite the "Back to Sleep" campaign.
- Let's go shopping: a tool for pediatric resident education.
- Sudden infant death syndrome in child care settings.
- Infant sleep position policies in licensed child care centers after back to sleep campaign.
- Parental opinions regarding poliomyelitis immunizations.
- Determinants of infant sleep position in an urban population.
- Clinical evaluation of a new oral anticoagulant sintrom.
- Back to sleep: can we influence child care providers?
- Back to Sleep: an educational intervention with women, infants, and children program clients.
- Early infant multivitamin supplementation is associated with increased risk for food allergy and asthma.
- Stable prevalence but changing risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome in child care settings in 2001.
- State child care regulations regarding infant sleep environment since the Healthy Child Care America-Back to Sleep campaign.
- Apparent life-threatening events (ALTEs) and the role of home monitors.
- "And things that go bump in the night": nothing to fear?
Professional Memberships
- Member Center for Translational Science
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