About

Deborah Lehman, MD, is the Interim Vice Chair for Education within the Department of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her MD from UCLA. Dr. Lehman completed her pediatric residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and specialized training in pediatric infectious diseases at UCSF. Her professional interests include congenital infections and medical education. She has created a pediatric infectious diseases curriculum for medical students and residents and serves on the editorial board of NEJM Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, as well as being a senior deputy editor of NEJM Knowledge Plus. Dr. Lehman oversees pediatric clerkships and electives for medical students, and she is actively involved in mentoring and educational development within the department.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Immunology
• Biology
• Intensive care medicine
• Pediatrics
• Microbiology
• Obstetrics

Selected publications

• Who you gonna call? Understanding the shortages of the pediatric subspecialty workforce

  Seminars in Perinatology · 2025-12-03 · 2 citations

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• Vibrio parahaemolyticus

  Elsevier eBooks · 2025-01-01 · 1 citations

  book-chapter1st authorCorresponding
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• Pasteurella multocida

  Elsevier eBooks · 2025-01-01 · 1 citations

  book-chapter1st authorCorresponding
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• Comment on "Analyzing various factors in the association between olfaction and perceived nasal patency" by Chao et al. including reply.

  PubMed · 2023-08-01

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• Diagnosis and Management of Osteomyelitis in Children

  Journal watch · 2021-09-02

  article1st authorCorresponding

  Sponsoring Organizations: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Infectious Diseases Society of AmericaBackgroundThese evidence-based clinical practice

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• Does Provider Recommendation Influence Parents' Intent to have Teens Vaccinated Against HPV?

  Journal watch · 2021-02-23

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  Notwithstanding the quadrivalent HPV vaccine's licensure in 2006, vaccination rates remain lower than for other childhood vaccines, with the most

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• Take Urine Concentration into Account When Evaluating Urine Specimens for Infection

  Journal watch · 2021-02-04

  article1st authorCorresponding

  Urinary tract infection (UTI) in young children can present with nonspecific symptoms, and diagnosis can be challenging. We rely on urinalysis,

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• Influenza Vaccination in Children: Recommendations for the 2021–2022 Season

  Journal watch · 2021-11-17

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  Sponsoring Organization: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)BackgroundThe AAP annually reviews its recommendations for routine influenza immunization;

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• Serologic Follow-Up of a Two-Dose HPV Vaccine Schedule

  Journal watch · 2021-01-12

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  The 9-valent human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine protects against 90% of strains implicated in HPV-related cancers. In 2017, a two-dose regimen was

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• The 2021 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule

  Journal watch · 2021-03-02

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  Sponsoring Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,

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Frequent coauthors

• Michael C. Yeung

  9 shared

• Allan S. Y. Lau

  University of Hong Kong

  9 shared

• FRANCESCA R. GEERTSMA

  University of California, San Francisco

  9 shared

• James D. Cherry

  8 shared

• John S. Bradley

  Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

  8 shared

• Walter Deberdt

  Eli Lilly (United States)

  8 shared

• Alan Breier

  Indiana University School of Medicine

  8 shared

• Carrie A. Young

  7 shared

Awards & honors

• several teaching awards