Dr. Mitchell Goldstein is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise is pediatric emergency medicine, with a particular focus on child abuse and neglect service. As director of the Johns Hopkins Child Protection Team, Dr. Goldstein provides medical consultation to physicians, attorneys and social workers regarding children suspected of being maltreated. He currently works with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to develop a model system of medical consultation to children with suspicion of maltreatment. Dr. Goldstein is a member of the Maryland Academy of Pediatrics Child Abuse Subcommittee, where he often speaks about issues related to abusive head trauma.