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Mark A. Sloane, DO, has been a board-certified practicing pediatrician for more than 36 years and is considered a local, regional, and statewide expert in the diagnosis/treatment of pediatric disorders of mood, behavior, learning, and attention. He has evaluated/treated 10,000 children with these disorders, and from 2003-2013 (after 20 years practicing primary care general pediatrics) he owned and operated a specialty practice limited to neurobehavioral / neurodevelopmental pediatrics. He also serves as a trauma-informed medical consultant and provides trauma-informed / FASD-informed training and consultation for a variety of child welfare agencies, community mental health groups, schools, courts, and primary care practices throughout Michigan and across the US. Since 2011, Sloane has provided trauma-informed training and consultation to more than 400 primary care providers across MI and the US. Sloane, a 1979 graduate of Michigan State University – College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSU-COM), has completed specialized (fellowship) training in adolescent behavioral medicine at Michigan State University – Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies (MSU-KCMS). He is a founding member & current Medical Director of the Children’s Trauma Assessment Center (CTAC) (at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI). Dr. Sloane’s current research interests include an interdisciplinary collaborative translational neurobiological research approach to complex childhood neurobehavioral disorders in multiple settings. This approach involves the neurobehavioral interface of neurodevelopment, mood, attention and behavior in traumatized and prenatally-exposed children and adolescents. He has co-authored numerous publications and has delivered more than 900 presentations to more than 60,000 interdisciplinary professionals across Michigan, the US, and Canada. Session: Addressing ACES in Primary Care 2019 Autumn Scientific Convention |
Mark A. Sloane, DO