Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics
Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine - Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX US

Associate Program Director

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency
Baylor College of Medicine

Medical Director

Desmond NICU and High-Risk Infant Neurodevelopmental Follow-up Program
Texas Children's Hospital

Addresses

Texas Children's Hospital (Clinic)

Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-1750
Fax: (832) 825-1717

Meyer Center for Developmental Pediatrics & Autism (Clinic)

8080 N. Stadium Dr.
Houston, TX 77054
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3400
Fax: (832) 825-3399

Education

Residency at Bayor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital

06/2023 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatrics, Child Neurology

MD from Sidney Kimmel Medical College @ Thomas Jefferson University

05/2017 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

BS from Bucknell University

05/2013 - Lewisburg, Pennsylvania United States

Neuroscience

MEd from University of Houston

05/2023 - Houston, Texas United States

Curriculum and Instruction for Health Professions Education

Certifications

General Pediatrics Board Certified

(10/12/2022)

American Board of Pediatrics

Neurology With Special Qualifications in Child Neurology

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Professional Interests

• Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Premature and High Risk Neonates
• Medical Education
• Curriculum and Instructional Development
• Educational Design Research
• Early Recognition and Diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders including Cerebral Palsy
• Fetal and Neonatal Neurology

Professional Statement

My professional mission is to be a clinician educator and medical education researcher within an academic setting to advance the training of medical learners in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for the care of individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities through a process of direct patient care, clinical instruction, graduate medical education program leadership, and publication and dissemination of medical education research and enduring educational materials.

Websites

Professional Development

A Practical Guide to Genetic Testing in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Cerebral Palsy as a Model

Seminar (Organizer, 2022)

Sponsor: AACPDM

Morning Seminar presented at the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine 2022 Annual Meeting on genetic testing in neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Navigating the Alphabet Soup: Charting the Waters of Genetic Testing in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Workshop (Organizer, 2021)

Sponsor: Society for Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Half-day workshop on genetic testing in neurodevelopmental disabilities presented at the Society for Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics 2021 Annual Meeting.

Modernizing Education for the Next Generation – Tips for Creating an Engaging and Dynamic Educational Experience

Seminar (Organizer, 2024)

Sponsor: American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

This goal of the 2024 Spring Symposium is to provide an audience of interdisciplinary health professions educators with the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required to engage, motivate, and challenge adult learners regardless of profession or specialty. The Morning session will focus on introducing three evidence-based educational examples with practical tips for incorporating Narrative Medicine, social media-based knowledge dissemination and engagement, and "flipped classroom" learning. The Afternoon session will focus on the integration of technology into learning experiences as well as tips for gamification of learning. Each session will conclude with live panel discussions with the content experts to discuss common challenges and clarifications through moderated question and answer periods. The overriding theme of the symposium will be to provide clear examples and tools for the audience to implement into their regular teaching and learning experiences. The synchronous session will be enhanced with gamification to promote engagement with the recorded lectures to include brief content-based questions at the conclusion of each presentation.

Selected Publications

• Evans DW, Lazar SM, Boomer KB, Mitchel AD, Michael AM, Moore GJ "Social cognition and brain morphology: implications for developmental brain dysfunction." Brain Imaging Behav. 2015 Jun;9(2):264-74. Pubmed PMID: 24788335
• Lazar SM, Evans DW, Myers SM, Moreno-De Luca A, Moore GJ "Social cognition and neural substrates of face perception: implications for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders." Behav Brain Res. 2014 Jan 22;263:1-8. Pubmed PMID: 24462962
• Evans DW, Orr PT, Lazar SM, Breton D, Gerard J, Ledbetter DH, Janosco K, Dotts J, Batchelder H. "Human preferences for symmetry: subjective experience, cognitive conflict and cortical brain activity." PLoS One. 2012 Jun 13;7(6) Pubmed PMID: 22720004
• Di Luca, D. G., Lazar, S. M., Gupta, P., Lukban, M. C. S., Crowson, C., Albert, D. V., ... & London, Z. "How to Peer Review a Neurology Education Manuscript." Neurology: Education. 2023 Dec 1;2(4)

Memberships

American Academy of Pediatrics

FAAP, Member

Child Neurology Society

Member; Neurodevelopmental SIG Co-Chair

American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

Education Committee Chair Elect

American Academy of Neurology

Member

Texas Neurology Society

Society for Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Funding

Implementation of Micro-Learning Strategies to Optimize Cognitive Load in an Enhanced Team-Based Learning (TBL) curriculum for Child Neurology Trainees

Grant funding from Center for Research, Innovation, and Scholarship in Medical Education