Mei A. Elansary, MD, MPhil
Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Pediatrics

MD, Yale University
MPhil, Oxford University
BA, University of Pennsylvania



Mei Elansary MD, MPhil is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, a developmental behavioral pediatrician at Boston Medical Center, and a health services researcher. Dr. Elansary’s research investigates maternal mental health and child development. She has specific interests in parenting interventions for trauma-exposed families, with a focus on prevention of child psychopathology. She also studies the effects of early life opiate exposures on child health and development.

She has a BA in the Biological Basis of Behavior and Environmental Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania, an MPhil in Medical Anthropology from the University of Oxford, and an MD from Yale School of Medicine.

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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  1. Elansary M, Kistin CJ, Antonio J, Fernández-Pastrana I, Lee-Parritz A, Cabral H, Miller ES, Silverstein M. Effect of Immediate Referral vs a Brief Problem-solving Intervention for Screen-Detected Peripartum Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 May 01; 6(5):e2313151. PMID: 37171819; PMCID: PMC10182435; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.13151;
     
  2. Elansary M, Zuckerman B, Patts G, Antonio J, Mayes LC, Silverstein M. Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and the Quality of Maternal-Child Interactions in Mothers of Preterm Infants. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2022 Dec 01; 43(9):e605-e613. PMID: 36040801; PMCID: PMC9712498; DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001122;
     
  3. Elansary M, Pierce LJ, Wei WS, McCoy DC, Zuckerman B, Nelson CA. Maternal Stress and Early Neurodevelopment: Exploring the Protective Role of Maternal Growth Mindset. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2022 Feb-Mar 01; 43(2):e103-e109.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34456304
     
  4. Elansary M, Silverstein M. Understanding Gaps in Developmental Screening and Referral. Pediatrics. 2020 04; 145(4).View Related Profiles. PMID: 32123019; PMCID: PMC7111491; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-0164;
     
  5. Zuckerman B, Elansary M, Needlman R. Book Sharing: In-home Strategy to Advance Early Child Development Globally. Pediatrics. 2019 03; 143(3).View Related Profiles. PMID: 30728271
     
  6. Peluso MJ, Kallem S, Elansary M, Rabin TL. Ethical dilemmas during international clinical rotations in global health settings: Findings from a training and debriefing program. Med Teach. 2018 01; 40(1):53-61. PMID: 29094625
     
  7. Provenzano AM, Graber LK, Elansary M, Khoshnood K, Rastegar A, Barry M. Short-term global health research projects by US medical students: ethical challenges for partnerships. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug; 83(2):211-4. PMID: 20682858; PMCID: PMC2911161; DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0692;
     
  8. Haq C, Lukolyo H, Graber LK, Elansary M, Khoshnood K, Rastegar A. With so much need, where do I serve? Virtual Mentor. 2010 Mar 01; 12(3):149-58. PMID: 23140860
     
  9. Elansary M, Goldberg B, Qian T, Rizzolo LJ. The 2008 anatomy ceremony: essays. Yale J Biol Med. 2009 Mar; 82(1):37-40. PMID: 19325944; PMCID: PMC2660589
     

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 9 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2010 and 2022

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In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Early Childhood Adversity
Global Early Childhood Development
Mindset
Book-Sharing and Early Literacy
Early Intervention

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