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Monica Lemmon, MD
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MD, Harvard Medical School
Monica Lemmon, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Pediatric Neurology. She works as a fetal and neonatal neurologist and directs Duke’s Neuro-Intensive Care Nursery Program.
Dr. Lemmon’s research aims to understand, measure, and improve how parents and clinicians partner to make decisions for critically ill children. Specific areas of interest include measures of shared decision making, parent outcomes after neonatal illness, and parent-clinician communication. Dr. Lemmon’s work has received support from the National Palliative Care Research Center, NINDS Child Neurologist Career Development Program, and Derfner Foundation.
Lemmon ME, Bansal S, Nanduri N, Davalos A, Glass HC, Lord B, et al. Feasibility of an Intervention to Support Shared Decision-Making for Critically Ill Infants. J Pediatr. 2025 May 2;283:114632.
Young KA, Field NK, Nanduri N, Greco G, Campagna A, Barks MC, et al. Enhancing shared decision-making for infants in the intensive care unit: lessons from parents. Pediatr Res. 2025 Apr 17;
Maney K, Pallotto IK, Bansal S, Patel S, Shellhaas RA, Grinspan ZM, et al. Communication About Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: An Adaptation of the SPIKES Protocol. Pediatr Neurol. 2025 Feb;163:50–7.
