Dr. Ruth E. Stein, MD

Ruth E.K. Stein, MD, is an attending pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is in developmental and behavioral pediatrics, child and adolescent mental health and chronic conditions in children.A graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, after receiving her Bachelor of Arts, Dr. Stein attended Einstein, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 1966. She started her postgraduate training at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, completing two years of her pediatric residency there in 1968. She then went to Children’s Hospital of the District of Columbia, completed the third year as assistant chief resident and fellow in comprehensive care. She returned to the faculty at Einstein in 1970 and has been on the faculty ever since. In 1987 and 1988, she was a visiting scholar at Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine.Dr. …Stein’s research focuses on improving outcomes for children and members of their families, especially those with a wide range of physical and behavioral conditions, as well as on measurement development. She has shared her work through more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, as well as four edited books, and innumerable chapters, abstracts, and presentations at national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Stein is a manuscript reviewer for several medical journals and has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics and Ambulatory Pediatrics.Dr. Stein is a Diplomate of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics. She is a member of many professional societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academic (formerly Ambulatory) Pediatric Association (including as its president 1987-8), and the Society for Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, among others. Throughout her career, she has been active on regional, national and international committees. Dr. Stein has received many accolades, receiving Einstein’s first award for outstanding mentorship in clinical research and its Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as research awards from the Academic Pediatric Association, the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Academy of Pediatrics.