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LONNIE ZELTZER, M.D.    (BIOSKETCH)


EDUCATION/TRAINING

B.A. 1966  Douglass College-Rutgers University, N.J. Pre-medicine
M.D. 1970 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Pediatrics
Residency 1970-73 UCLA/University of Arizona  Pediatrics
Fellow 1975-76 Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles  Adolescent Medicine

            

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Assistant Professor USC School of Medicine

1976-1978

Assistant Professor UTHSC at San Antonio 1978-1984
Associate Professor University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 1984-1986
Associate Professor University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine 1986-1988
Professor of Pediatrics University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine 1988-present
Professor of Anesthesiology University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine 1997-present
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine 1999-present

         

HONORS AND AWARDS

Arangula Award, Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative 2001
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Research Expert Panel: NCL    2001
America’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical LTD. 2001
President, Society for Adolescent Medicine 1993-1994
Member, Human Development – I Study Section, NIH 1990-1995
W.T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholars Award 1985-1991
Research Career Development Award, National Cancer Institute 1985-1990
Fellow, Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 1985

                                                                              

PUBLICATIONS

1.         Zebrack, B.J., Zeltzer, L.K., Whitton, J., Mertens, A.C., Odom, L., Berkow, R., Robison, L.L. (in press).  Psychological Outcomes in Long-term Survivors of Childhood Leukemia, Hodgkin’s Disease and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Pediatrics.

2.         Zeltzer, L.K., Tsao, J.C.I., Stelling, C., Powers, M., Levy, S., Waterhouse, M., (in press).  A Phase I Study on the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Acupuncture/Hypnosis Intervention: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

3.         Tsao, J.C.I., Glover, D., Ifekwunigwe, M., Zeltzer, L.K. (in press).  Laboratory Pain Reactivity and Gender: Relationship to School Nurse Visits and School.  Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

4.         Bursch, B. & Zeltzer, L.K. (in press).  Pain Management in Children.  In Behrman, R.E., Kliegman, R.M., & Jenson, H.B. (Eds) Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th Edition.

5.         Bursch, B. & Zeltzer, L.K. (in press).  Chronic Pain/Somatic Complaints and Associated Disability.  In Osborn, L., DeWitt, T., & First, L. (Eds.) Comprehensive Pediatrics.  Harcourt Health Sciences.

6.         Tsao, J.C.I., Fanurik, D., Zeltzer, L.K. (in press). Long-term Effects of a Brief Distraction Intervention on Children’s Laboratory Pain Reactivity. Behavior Modification.

7.         Bursch, B., Joseph, M.J., Zeltzer, L.K. (in press).  Pain-Associated Disability Syndrome.  In Schechter, N.L., Berde, C.B., & Yaster, M. (Eds.) Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 2nd Ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

8.         Zebrack, B.J., Zeltzer, L.K., Living Beyond the Sword of Damocles: Surviving Childhood Cancer, Expert Review of Anti-cancer Therapy, 2001; 1(2): 163-64.

9.         LeBaron, S., Fanurik, D., Zeltzer, L.K.; The Hypnotic Dreams of Healthy Children and Children with Cancer: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis; The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 2001; 49 (4) 305-319.

10.      Waterhouse, M., Stelling, C., Powers, M., Levy, S., Zeltzer, L.K.: Acupuncture and Hypnotherapy in the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Children.  Clinical Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, 2000; 1, 139-150.

11.      Chen, E., Craske, M., Katz, E., Schwartz, E., Zeltzer, L.K.: Pain-sensitive Temperament: Does it Predict Procedural Distress and Response to Psychological Treatment Among Children With Cancer?  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2000; 25, 269-278.

12.  Chen, E., Zeltzer, L.K., Craske, M.G., Katz, E.R.: Children's Memories for Painful Cancer Treatment Procedures: Implications for Distress.  Child Development, 2000; 3, 933-947.

13.  Chen, E., Joseph, M.H., Zeltzer, L.K.: Behavioral and Cognitive Interventions in the Treatment of Pain in Children. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2000; 3,513-526.

14.  Chen, E., Zeltzer, L.K., Craske, M.G., Katz, E.R.: Alteration of Memory in the Reduction of Children's Distress  During Repeated Aversive Medical Procedures.  Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, 1999; 67, 481-490.

15.  Zeltzer, L.K.: Pediatric Pain: New Directions From a Developmental Perspective, Part II. (Guest Editors: Schechter,  N.L., Zeltzer, L.K.); Journal of Developmentaal and Behavioral Pediatrics, 1999; 314.

16.  Bursch, B., Walco, G., Zeltzer, L.K.: Clinical Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain and Pain-Associated Disability Syndrome (PADS).  Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 1998; 19 (1), 44-52.

17.  Chen, E., Zeltzer, L.K., Bentler, P.B., Byrne, J., Nicholson, H.S., Meadows, A.T., Mills, J.L., Haupt, R., Fears, T.R., Robison, L.L.: Pathways Linking Treatment Intensity and Psychosocial Outcomes Among Adult Survivors of  Childhood Leukemia.   Journal of Health Psychology, 1998; 3, 23-38.

18.  Zeltzer, L.K., Bursch, B., Walco, G.: Responsiveness and Chronic Pain: A Psychological Perspective. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 1997; 18, 402-412.

19.  Zeltzer, L.K., Chen, E., Weiss, R., Guo, M., Robison, L., Meadows, A., Mills, N., Nicholson, Byrne, J.: A Comparison of Psychological Outcome in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Versus Sibling Controls: A  Cooperative Children's Cancer Group and National Institutes of Health Study.  Journal of Clinical Oncology, 5 (2), 1997; 547-556.

20.  Zeltzer, L.Z., Bush, J., Chen, E., Riveral, A.: A Psycho-biologic Approach to Pediatric Pain, Part I: History, Physiology and Assessment Strategies.  Current Problems in Pediatrics, 1997; 27 (6), 221-260.

21.  Dolgin, M.J., Blumensohn, R., Mulhern, R.K., Sahler, O.J., Roghmann, Carpenter, P.J., Sargent, J.R., Barbarin, O.A., Copeland, D.R., Zeltzer, L.K.: Sibling Adaptation to Childhood Cancer Collaborative Study: Cross-cultural Aspects.  Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 1997; (15) 1-14.

22.  Zeltzer, L., Hyman, P., Heyman, M., Boyce, W.T., Zwass, M., Koh, J., Hamilton, A., Feldman, E.J.: Persistent Visceral Pain in Adolescents.  Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 1996; 22, 92-98.

23.  Zeltzer, L.K., Dolgin, M., Sahler, O., Barberin, O., Copeland, D., Sargent, J., Roghmann, K., Carpenter, P., Melhern, R.: Sibling Adaptation to Childhood Cancer Study: Health Outcomes of Siblings of Children with Cancer.  Medical and Pediatric Oncology, 1996; 27, 98-107.

24.  Barr, R.G., Boyce, T., Zeltzer, L.K.: The Stress and Illness Connection in Children: A Perspective From the Biobehavioral Interface.  In N. Garmezy and M. Rutter (Eds.), Risk and Resilience in Children (3rd edition), 1994;182-224.

25.  Fanfurik, D., Zeltzer, L.K., Roberts, M.C., Blount, R.L.: The Relationship Between Children's Coping Styles and Psychological Interventions for Cold Pressor Pain.  Pain, 1993; 52, 255-257.

26.  Zeltzer, L.K., Altman, A., Cohen, D., LeBaron, S., Munuksela, E.L., Schechter, N.L.: Report of the Consensus Conference on the Management of Pain in Childhood Cancer: Report of the Subcommittee on the Management of Pain Associated with Procedures in Children with Cancer.  Pediatrics, 1990; 86, 826-831.

27.  Zeltzer, L.K., Fanurik, D., LeBaron, S.: The Cold Pressor Pain Paradigm in Children: Feasibility of an Intervention Model, Part II.  Pain, 1989; 37, 305-313.

28.  LeBaron, S., Zeltzer, L.K., Fanurik, D.: An Investigation of Cold Pressor Pain in Children, Part I.   Pain, 1989; 37, 161-171.

29.  LeBaron, S., Zeltzer, L.K.: Assessment of Acute Pain and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents by Self-reports, Observer Reports, and a Behavior Checklist.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984; 55, 729-738.

30.  Zeltzer, L.K., LeBaron, S., Hypnosis and Nonhypnotic Techniques for Reduction of Pain and Anxiety During Painful Procedures in Children and Adolescents with Cancer.  Journal of Pediatrics, 1982; 101, 1032-1035.





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