Jeffrey M. Maisels MD

Dr. Maisels is Professor of Pediatrics at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. He received his medical degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved to the United States in 1966 and completed his residency training in pediatrics at the Boston Children’s Hospital and his subspecialty training in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Laboratory for Neonatal Research, Boston Lying-In Hospital, where he performed his first studies on neonatal jaundice.

Dr. Maisels is recognized internationally for his studies in neonatal jaundice and his publications on this topic which extend over 40 years. He is the author or coauthor of over 200 research publications and chapters in books and he recently co-edited a book entitled “Care of the Jaundiced Neonate”. He is the recipient of the Douglas K. Richardson Award of The Society for Pediatric Research for lifetime contributions to pediatric research and the 2007 Virginia Apgar Award of the American Academy of Pediatrics for contributions to perinatal medicine.