Jane Aronson,

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(born November 10, 1951,

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) is an

osteopathic physician Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO or D.O., or in Australia DO USA) is a medical degree conferred by the 38 osteopathic medical schools in the United States. DO and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees are equivalent: a DO graduate may become lice ...

, with expertise in

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s and adoption medicine.

Life and career

Jane Aronson grew up on

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. After graduating from

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, she was a school teacher for ten years. She became a physician after earning her

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO or D.O., or in Australia DO USA) is a medical degree conferred by the 38 osteopathic medical schools in the United States. DO and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees are equivalent: a DO graduate may become li ...

degree from the

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) was a state-run health sciences institution with six locations in New Jersey. It was founded as the Seton Hall College of Medicine and Dentistry in 1954, and by the 1980s was both a ...

in 1986. She completed several residencies, including a pediatric residency and chief residency in

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, and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Columbia Presbyterian/Babies Hospital in New York City. From 1992 to 2000, she was the Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Director of the International Adoption Medical Consultation Services in

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. In July 2000, Dr. Aronson went into private practice as Director of International Pediatric Health Services in New York City. She is Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the

Weill Medical College Weill Cornell Medicine (; officially Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University), originally Cornell University Medical College, is the medical school of Cornell University, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in Ne ...

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and has evaluated over 4,000 children adopted from abroad as an adoption medicine specialist. She has traveled to orphanages in

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

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, and throughout

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Worldwide Orphans Foundation

In 1997, Aronson founded Worldwide Orphans Foundation (WWO). WWO's mission is to transform the lives of orphaned children and it accomplishes this through programs that address the medical and developmental conditions of children living in orphanages abroad. WWO was the first NGO to provide HIV+ orphans in Ethiopia and Vietnam with ARVs and has a medical mentoring program that ensures follow up treatment. WWO's major programs are in Bulgaria (Early Intervention Programs), Ethiopia (Family Health Clinic with

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, the WWO Academy, an elementary school for orphans and community children, and summer camp), and in Vietnam (Early Intervention, Camp, and soon, integrated services as a USAID/NPI grantee).

WWO Ranger Program

WWO Ranger programs include the Orphan Rangers, which has been likened to a

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for orphanages, Global Arts Rangers, which brings in-country and US artists to provide workshops, teacher training, and integrated arts curricula, and Service Rangers, through which families and teens can work at an orphanage to complete a project identified by the orphanage itself. Since 1997, WWO Rangers have worked in

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Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

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, and

Published work

Original, peer-reviewed articles

*Tottenham, N., Hare, T., Quinn, B., McCarry, T., Nurse, M., Gilhooly, T., Millner, A., Galvan, A., Davidson, M., Eigsti, I.M., Thomas, K.M., Freed, P., Booma, E.S., Gunnar, M., Altemus, M., & Aronson, J., Casey, B.J. ''Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically larger amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation.'' Developmental Science. 2008. *Schulte J, Maloney S, Aronson J, San Gabriel P, Zhou J, Saiman L. ''Evaluating acceptability ad completeness of overseas immunization records of internationally adopted children.'' Pediatrics. 2002; 109 (2); pp e22. *Saiman L, Aronson J, Zhou J, Gomez-Duarte C, San Gabriel P, Alonso M, Maloney S, Schulte J. ''Prevalence of infectious diseases among internationally adopted children.'' Pediatrics. 2001; 108 (3); 608–612. *Aronson J. ''Medical evaluation and infectious considerations on arrival.'' Pediatr Ann. 2000; 218–222. *Committee on Infectious Diseases. ''Planning for children whose parents are dying of HIV/AIDS.'' American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Pediatric AIDS, 1998–1999. Pediatrics. 1999; 103 (2): 509–511. *Committee on Infectious Diseases and Committee on Pediatric AIDS. ''Measles immunization in HIV-infected children.'' AAP Policy. 1999; 103 (5): 1057. *Committee on Pediatric AIDS and Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics. ''Issues related to Human Immunodeficiency Virus transmission in schools, child care, medical setting, the home, and community.'' Pediatrics. 1999, 104(2): 318–324. *Aronson J, McSherry G, Hoyt L, Boland M, Oleske J, Connor E, Persaud D, Borkowsky W, Krasinski K, Bakshi S, Pitt J, Gershon A. ''Varicella does not appear to be a cofactor for human immundefiency virus infection in children.'' Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 1992; 11: 1004–8

Case reports

*Eppinger MD, Aronson JE, Cunningham-Rundles C. ''Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) in a 15 year old patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.'' Scand J Infect Dis. 1999;31(2): 203–6 *Sivakmaran M, Nachman SA, Spitzer E, Aronson J. ''Meningococcal meningitis revisited: normocellular CSF.'' Clinical Pediatrics. 1997; 36: 351

Review, chapters and editorials

*''Red Book'', Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics. Collaborator. 2000, 2006. *Alcohol-Related Disorders and Children Adopted from Abroad. Richard P. Barth, Madelyn Freundlich, and David Brodzinsky. ''Adoption & Prenatal Alcohol Drug Exposure: Research, Policy, and Practice.'' Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute and Child Welfare League Association, 2000. *Alcohol-Related Birth Defects and International Adoption. ''International Adoption: Challenges and Opportunities.'' Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child, 1999. *Severe Sepsis in Infants and Children. ''Sepsis and Multiorgan Failure.'' Alan Fein, ed. Williams and Wilkins, 1997.

Abstracts

*Luo RF, Barlow M, Nguyen HT, Aronson JE. ''Growth and developmental delay of HIV-infected children in an orphanage in Vietnam.'' Pediatric Societies’ Annual Meeting, 2005. *Roque Gordon R, Aronson JE. ''Evaluating immunizations in internationally adopted children.'' American Academy of Pediatrics 2003 National Conference and Exhibition. *Johnson DE, Aronson JE, Federici R, Faber S, Tartaglia M, Daunauer L, Windsor M, Georgieff M. ''Profound, global growth failure afflicts residents of pediatric neuropsychiatric institutes in Romania.'' The American Pediatric Society and The Society for Pediatric Research, 1999. Abstract # 734. *Aronson JE, Johnson DE, Melnikova M, Alonso M. ''Catch-up brain growth in children adopted from Eastern Europe and Russia.'' Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 1–4, 1999. Abstract # 1645. *Johnson DE, Aronson JE, Cozzens D, Federici J, Federici R, Pearl P, Sbordone R, Storer D, Zeanah P, Zeanah C. ''Growth parameters help predict neurologic competence in profoundly deprived institutionalized children in Romania.'' Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 1–4, 1999. Abstract #1447. *Aronson JE, Johnson DE, Hostetter MK, Traister M, Smith AM, Kothari V, Alonso M. ''Lead poisoning in children adopted from China.'' Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, May 1–4, 1999. Abstract #1381. *Eppinger MD, Aronson JE, Cunningham-Rundles C. ''Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) in a 15 year old patient with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.'' American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. November 8–11, 1996. *Aronson JE, ''Who takes care of HIV-infected children on Long Island?'' Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescents Medicine. April 1995, p 109. Abstract #281. *Aronson JE, Reindl FJ, Marino RV. ''Pediatricians think that general pediatricians should be responsible for the primary care of HIV-infected children.'' Supplement to Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. April 1995. Abstract 280, p 109. *Aronson JE, ''A pediatric resident practice can assure the same immunization status as a faculty pediatric practice.'' American Journal of Disease in Children. April 1993. Vol 147, p 431. Abstract #65. *Aronson JE, ''Sex Abuse in a Suburban Community in New Jersey.'' Pediatric Emergency Care. 1991, p 318.

Honors and awards

* 2011 – Hunter College "Hall of Fame Alumni" Award * 2009 – Glamour "Woman of the Year" Award * 2007 – Azerbaijan Society of America Humanitarian Award * 2006 – World of Children Humanitarian Award

References

External links

WorldWide Orphans Foundation and Global Art Ranger Program

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