Lauren A. Teverbaugh MD, FAAP

Lauren Teverbaugh Pediatrician and Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She has a diverse background in research and works centered around social and community activism including the behavioral effects of lead poisoning on children in Kingston, Jamaica, children with perinatally acquired HIV and their families, health care disparities among the medically underserved, global health, sickle cell anemia, trauma-affected youth, and public health and policy.

Her interests include medically complex children and children with chronic medical illnesses and psychosocial dysfunction, sexual education and trauma, integrated interdisciplinary care, and school-based delivery of care. she utilizes an interdisciplinary treatment model that is culturally sensitive and uniquely tailored to address the health needs of communities of color.

She is the Director of Pediatric Psychiatry at Tulane Lakeside Hospital where her co-run the consultation-liaison service. she provides supervision and teaching to the medical students, residents, and fellows on the pediatric consultation-liaison service as well as in the school-based clinics. Additionally, she provides direct pediatric and psychiatric care to children at JeffCare, a community-based health clinic.