Arthur Lavin MD
Julie Hertzer MD
Kelley Muldoon Rieger APRN, PNP
Arthur Lavin, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician in private practice and an
associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Case Medical School in Cleveland,
Ohio. He was trained and then taught at Harvard and MIT in pediatrics and the
is also board certified as a sub-specialist in newborn medicine. He has
published original research in such journals as Science. He is the leading
author of Baby and Toddler Sleep Solutions for Dummies (Wiley, 2007)
which is distributed across the US, Europe, and Japan. He is also the coauthor of Who’s the Boss: Moving Families from Conflict to Collaboration
(Collaboration Press, 2006), a book presenting a new paradigm of parenting
and specific guidance on managing the most common challenges of parenting
young children such as toilet training, sibling rivalry, and discipline.
Dr. Lavin has established a reputation in the ability to apply the best of
emerging neuroscience into actual practice. He has studied neuroscience for
over 25 years in response to the rising incidence of autism, attentional
disorders, and other forms of cognitive dysfunction. In 2006, he was the first
professional in the United States to introduce work completed in Sweden’s
Karolinska Brain Institute. This innovative breakthrough has established proof
that it can change a key cognitive capacity of the mind, working memory. In
2007, Dr. Lavin was recognized by SharpBrains, a research & advisory firm
devoted to helping individuals, companies, health providers, investors, and
policy makers understand and participate in the emerging brain fitness field
through a variety of market-intelligence products and services. SharpBrains
selected Dr. Lavin to join the nation's top neuroscience experts for their
interview series on applications of neuroscience. Others of the fifteen included
Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg, whose mentor, Dr Alexander Luria created the field
of neuro-psychology, as well as leading neuroscience experts from Israel,
Japan, Sweden, and around the US.
Microsoft showcased Dr. Lavin’s office, Advanced Pediatrics, in its launch of
Office 2003. In 1998, Dr. Lavin accepted an invitation by the United States
government to participate in an overseas health partner mission. Dr. Lavin is
married and has three children.