Lawrence D. Hammer
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - General
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Primary Care Clinic 730 Welch Rd 1st Floor Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 497-8820 Fax (650) 724-4001Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Administrative Contact Louise Talhouk Administrative assistant Email Tel Work 725-8314Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Pediatrics, General
- General Pediatrics
Administrative Appointments
- Medical Director, Ambulatory Services, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (1991 - present)
- Chief, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics (1985 - 1995)
Honors and Awards
- Kaiser Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (1986)
Professional Education
| Fellowship: | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA (1982) |
| Board Certification: | General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1980) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1980) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1979) |
| Internship: | Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (1979) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr Hammer has had a longstanding interest in factors influencing the development of childhood obesity. In particular, his studies have focused on early determinants of eating behavior, physical activity, and parenting behavior in relation to early feeding decisions and parental influences on diet and eating. With the current epidemic of child obesity and it's comorbidities, he is currently involved in the development of obesity toolkits for pediatric providers at the state and local level and in the development and evaluation of protocols for use of bariatric surgery in the treatment of morbidly obese adolescents.
Publications
- Puberty and gender interact to predict social anxiety symptoms in early adolescence. J Adolesc Health. 2007; (1): 102-4
- Childhood risk factors for thin body preoccupation and social pressure to be thin. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007; (2): 171-8
- Methamphetamine use following bariatric surgery in an adolescent. Obes Surg. 2006; (6): 780-2
- The relationship between parental factors at infancy and parent-reported control over children's eating at age 7. Appetite. 2004; (3): 247-52
- Risk factors for childhood overweight: a prospective study from birth to 9.5 years. J Pediatr. 2004; (1): 20-5
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