Howard Needelman, MD

Academic Appointment
Professor, Department of Pediatrics 

Academic Office
Developmental Medicine
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985380 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5380
Phone: 402-559-4985
Email

Administrative Appointments
Resident Rotation Director of Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics
Faculty Coordinator for Project DOCC

Medical School
Rush Medical College

Resident in Pediatrics
University of Michigan

Neonatal/Perinatal Fellowship
University of Cincinnati

Developmental/Behavior Pediatrics Fellowship
University of Nebraska Medical Center

• Director of DBPeds Fellowship
• Coordinator of Resident DBPeds rotation
• Medical Director of State of NE Neonatal Followup program
• Member of state and county Chlld Death review committees
• Executive Committee of National AAP Section of Child Death Reiview and Prevention
• A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study with Three Fixed Doses of Aripiprazole in the Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Autistic Disorder (Clinical Protocol CN138179)
• School Psychology Leadership Specialization in Family-Centered Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Project DOCC at MMI
• Open Pilot Study of SSRIs Citalopram (Celexa) and Fluvoxamine (Luvox) for Stereotyped and Self-Injurious Behavior in Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• A Phase III Open-Label Safety and Efficacy Study of Tomoxetine Hydrochloride in Outpatients with ADHD ages 6 to 18 years (B4Z-MC-LYAB)
• Health Care Training in Developmental Disabilities for Medical Providers

Publications from PubMed

• American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Medical Association
• Metropolitan Omaha Medical Society
• Nebraska Medical Association
• Society of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

• Bronze Tablet, University of Illinois
• High distinction in Zoology
• BS with high honors
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Phi Beta Kappa
• James Scholar