BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Betsy Busch, MD, FAAP
Dr. Busch is a pediatrician and subspecialist in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics. She is an
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Her research
and clinical work has focused on children, adolescents and young adults with ADHD, learning
disabilities and related neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. She has expertise in stateof-the-art, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of patients with ADHD and its
comorbidities. Her other areas of expertise include: effective classroom teaching techniques;
appropriate accommodations for the classroom/workplace for children, adolescents and adults with
ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders; and standards for the evaluation of competence
and mastery in children and adults with learning disorders and ADHD. Dr. Busch consults with a
variety of corporations, private organizations and educational institutions, and has served on
Clinical Advisory Boards for several pharmaceutical companies. She is a Certified Clinician for
Major/Minor League Baseball (MLB), for players who may have ADHD. She also is the author of
several articles and commentaries on ADHD and child development, is an invited reviewer for a
variety of scholarly journals, and is a nationally known teacher.
Dr. Busch is a Trustee of Tufts University. She also is on the Board of the Massachusetts
Children’s Trust, and the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders
(APSARD).