Department of Pediatrics

Rebecca Stephen, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She leads Quality and Safety initiatives, including serving as the institutional physician lead for the national collaborative Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes.  She also serves as a Quality Improvement Specialist for Telehealth Programs and is a member of the Center for Quality and Safety at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

I graduated from Loyola Medical School and did pediatric residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Children's Memorial Hospital / Northwestern University. I served as the medical director of the emergency department at Children's Memorial and Lurie Children's hospital. I'm currently the medical director of risk management. I'm very involved in disaster planning for children and hospital preparedness.

Malika Shah is the Medical Director of the Newborn Nursery at Prentice Women’s Hospital, Northwestern Medicine and an Attending Neonatologist in the NICU's at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Prentice Women's Hospital. She also sees NICU graduates in the Lurie Cardiac and Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up Clinic.

Dr. Becker has extensive training and experience in the practice of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) and has written a number of book chapters and articles on this approach to examining and addressing public health problems. He has applied this methodology to examine and address the impact of stressful community conditions on the health of women raising children, youth violence prevention, and the impact of the social and physical environment on physical activity. In his role as executive director of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, he is currently exploring th...

Dr. Harvey designed, opened and now serves as Medical Director for Lurie Children's Immediate Care Services (formerly Convenient Care). With extended hours and walk-in service, Immediate Care offers same-day medical services for the unexpected illnesses.  Her clinical interests include inpatient care of general pediatric patients and providing sedation for medical imaging. She is dedicated to medical education as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

My interests include: - Adults with congenital heart disease with arrhythmias, particularly, which type of device (pacemakers/defibrillators) is indicated in patients to prevent sudden cardiac death.- Management of arrhythmia in patients of all ages, from fetal arrhythmias to adult congenital patients.- Catheter ablation - of complex arrhythmias, and ways to minimize fluoroscopy.- Utilization of resynchronization in single ventricle patients and in patients with cardiomyopathy.- Screening athletes and patients on ADHD medications.- Prevention of sudden death in congenital central hypoventilati...

Clinical interests include taking care of premature babies and other ill neonates in the Intensive Care Nursery, and in the process training of medical students and other hospitalists. Of special interest is mastering procedures needed in the care of neonates. A final priority is to continue to develop and execute a comprehensive approach to economically disadvantaged youth through the role of Founder and President of Chicago Youth Programs, Inc.

As a pediatric hepatologists I care for children with transient and chronic liver diseases, as well as those that require liver transplantation. I am very grateful for the opportunities to care for our amazing patients. I enjoy building relationships with patients and families, and working collaboratively to keep children as healthy as they can be so they can thrive in all areas of life. 

1980; New York University School of Medicine; New York, N.Y.; M.D., Medicine 1980-1983: New York University Medical Center; New York, N.Y.; Resident, Department of Pediatrics 1983-1986: Yale University School of Medicine; New Haven, CT. Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Viral Pathophysiology; George Miller, M.D., Preceptor. 1986-1987: Instructor, Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine; New Haven, CT. 1987-1991: Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale University School...

I am an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Dermatology at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and an Attending Pediatric Dermatologist, Dermatologic Surgeon and Laser specialist at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. I received my medical degree from McGill University in 1988, and completed internship (1989) and residencies in Pediatrics (1991) and Dermatology (1994) at the University of Arizona. I received Board Certification in Pediatrics (1995-2006), Dermatology (1995-2025) and Pediatric Dermatology (2004-2025). I am a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatolog...