Hospital for Children

UMMS Child Protection Team

The Child Protection Team (CPT) of the University of Maryland Medical System is an interdisciplinary team including the disciplines of pediatrics, nursing, mental health, law, and social work, with representation from Baltimore City Child Protective Services.

CPT Goals

Support the efforts of UMMS staff to ensure optimal care of abused and neglected children.
Education and training of UMMS staff on issues pertaining to child abuse, neglect, and intimate partner violence.
Policy development for optimal, effective approaches to address child abuse, neglect and intimate partner violence.
Continue quality improvement by tracking abused and neglected children seen at UMMS, and the services they receive.

The following examples may reflect child abuse or neglect:

Physical Abuse

Injury pattern suspicious for abuse
Injury inconsistent with history

Sexual Abuse

History or disclosure suggestive of sexual abuse
Age-inappropriate sexualized behavior
Genital findings suggestive of abuse
Sexually transmitted infection in prepubertal child
Pregnancy in young adolescent

Neglect

Failure to thrive with significant psychosocial problems
Medical neglect
- Non-adherence (non-compliance) to treatment, jeopardizing child's health
- Dangerous delay in seeking health care
Grossly inadequate clothing or hygiene
Extended school absence

Emotional/Psychological Abuse

Hostile or inappropriate parent-child interaction
Intimate partner violence

CPT Services

Information/Resources: The CPT can assist you with identifying resources for children and families.
Consultation: The CPT is available for consultation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Consultation may focus on medical or psychosocial evaluation of suspected abuse or neglect, and/or management and disposition of a case.
Support and Advocacy: The CPT can help you with court proceedings, and assist you in working with professionals from outside agencies.
Education and Training: The CPT offers in-service training to UMMS staff on:
- Child abuse
- Child neglect
- Intimate partner (domestic) violence
- Child and family advocacy

Team Members

Wendy Lane, MD

Pediatrician and CPT Chair
Tel: (410) 706-7865
E-mail: wlane@epi.umaryland.edu
Pager: (410) 932-9301
Fax: (410) 326-4425

Howard Dubowitz, MD

Pediatrician
Tel: (410) 706-6144
E-mail: hdubowitz@peds.umaryland.edu
Pager: (410) 932-2548
Fax: (410) 326-3017

Charles Shubin, MD

Pediatrician (at Mercy)
Tel: (410) 500-5500
E-mail: cshubin@umaryland.edu
Pager: (410) 894-7130
Voicemail: (410) 500-5568

Forrest Closson, MD

Pediatrician
Tel: (410) 328-6335
E-mail: fclosson@peds.umaryland.edu
Pager: (410) 475-0441
Fax: (410) 328-0987

Rebecca Statman, LCSW-C

UMMS Social Worker
Tel: (410) 328-0841
E-mail: rstatman@umm.edu
Pager: (410) 328-2337, #6666

Sandra Giangrande, MSN, PhD

School of Nursing
Tel: (215) 901-2166

Brandi Stocksdale, LGSW

Baltimore City CPS
Tel: (443) 423-7286
E-mail: bstockd@dhr.state.md.us

Tonya Scofield, LCSW-C

Baltimore City DSS Family Services
Tel: (443) 423-5552
E-mail: tscofiel@dhr.state.md.us
Fax: (443) 423-5552

For more information or to reach the CPT, please call (410)706-5176.

This page was last updated on: September 11, 2009.

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1-800-492-5538 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).