EDUCATION
Capital University Law School
CLCP, 2017
Life Care Planning
UMDNJ/Hackensack University Medical Center
Fellowship, 2002
Child Abuse Pediatrics
Montefiore Medical Center
Residency, 2000
Pediatrics
State University of New York at Buffalo
MD, 1997
Medical Doctorate
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
MPH, 1993
Public Health/Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University
BA, 1992
Public Health
BRIEF BIO / PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Jennifer Canter, MD, MPH, FAAP, CLCP, CRC, is a board-certified general pediatrician and subspecialty board certified in child abuse/forensic pediatrics. Since 2002, Dr. Canter has been the director of clinical and academic programs for forensic/child abuse pediatrics at New York Medical College, the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at WMCHealth (Westchester Medical Center), and the Westchester Institute of Development’s Child Advocacy Center (CAC). Given her interest in long-term outcomes after catastrophic events, Dr. Canter achieved certification in life care planning and vocational evaluations for adults and children. Dr. Canter has well-balanced consulting and expert witness testimony experience in domestic and international civil and criminal proceedings. Her areas of expertise include damages assessments (life expectancy projection, analysis of medical necessity and pre-existing conditions, and interpretation of relevant costing data and research), mechanisms of physical injury (bruises, burns, fractures, head injury, abdominal injury), neglect (medical neglect, medical child abuse, failure to thrive), fatalities, sexual abuse, sexual assault, abuse in the school setting, abuse in individuals with developmental disabilities. From 2004 to 2018, she served as the co-director of Safe Babies NY, a safe sleep and abusive head trauma prevention program in all New York State. Dr. Canter has conceptualized and consulted on various successful legislative efforts in the areas of safe sleep, child abuse education, and abusive head trauma.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lifecareplanner/
DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES
Dr. Canter’s research and publications are in the areas of life care planning, infant fatality prevention, abusive head trauma, sexual abuse, physical abuse, safe infant sleep, missed child abuse and the use of alternate light in the detection of sub-clinical bruising. She regularly trains child protective service professionals, attorneys, judges, law enforcement professionals, teachers, and medical providers and participates on regional, state and national levels in policy development in various areas of child abuse and sexual assault.
RESEARCH INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES CATEGORIES
CLINICAL RESEARCH
- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/Safe Infant Sleep
SOCIAL/BEHAVIORAL AND EDUCATION
- Life Care Planning
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
In Progress:
Canter J, Pediatric Life Care Planning and Vocational Evaluations, Book Chapter, Handbook of Disability for Health Care Practitioners, Routledge Press, Publication Date Pending
Full Length Papers:
Patrick PA, Canter JF, Brumberg HL, Dozor D, Aboudi D, Smith M, Sandhu S, Trinidad N, LaGamma E, Altman RL. Implementing a hospital-based safe sleep program for newborns and infants [published online December 18, 2020]. Advances in Neonatal Care. 2020. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000807
Canter J, Rao V, Palusci V, et. Al. Interpreting Osteogenesis Imperfecta Variants of Uncertain Significance in the Context of Physical Abuse: A Case Series. Journal of Pediatric Genetics, September 15, 2018. DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1672135.
Rao V, Canter J. The Interpretation of Repeat Positive Results for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in Children. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2015 Aug;28(4):e109-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2014.09.014. PMID: 26119074
Canter J, Rao V, Patrick PA, Alpan G, Altman RL. The Impact of a Hospital-Based Educational Video on Maternal Perceptions and Planned Practices of Infant Safe Sleep. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2015 Jul;20(3):187- 92. doi: 10.1111/jspn.12114. PMID: 25898856
Lombardi M*, Canter J*, Patrick PA, Altman R. Is Fluorescence Under an Alternate Light Source Sufficient to Accurately Diagnose Subclinical Bruising? J Forensic Sci. 2015 Mar;60(2):444-9. doi: 10.1111/1556- 4029.12698. PMID: 25677469 (*Equal Contributors to primary authorship)
Altman RL, Canter J, Patrick PA, Daley N, Butt NK, Brand DA. Parent Education by Maternity Nurses and Prevention of Abusive Head Trauma. Pediatrics. 2011 Nov;128(5):e1164-72. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010- 3260. PMID: 22025587
Book Chapters:
Bernet W, Canter J. Reiman B, Child Sexual Abuse. Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science. Wiley, 2015
Bernet W, Canter J. Child Sexual Abuse. Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science. Wiley, 2013
Canter J, Rosenfeld J, Butt N, Botash A. “Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children.” Emergency Care of the Abused. Ed. Laura Melville and Fiona Gallahue Cambridge Press: 2008
Abstracts:
Dominguez, Michelle; Canter, Jennifer; Brumberg, Heather; Altman, Robin. Improving Newborn Safe Sleep Environment Through Modeling Before Discharge, Paul Woolf Research Day/New York Medical College Department of Pediatrics, 2016
Altman RL, Canter J, Patrick PA, Daley N, Butt NK, Brand DA. Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome: Parent Education by the Maternity Nurse (poster). Research Symposium. Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, NY June 2011.
Altman RL, Canter J, Patrick PA, Daley N, Butt NK, Brand DA. Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome: Parent Education by the Maternity Nurse (poster). Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice, New York, NY November 3, 2010.
Lombardi M, Altman R, Canter J, Visintainer P. Alternate Light Source to Examine Bruising”. (Poster). Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, May 2009.
DeBellis J, & Canter J. (2003). Vaginal Anatomy and Symptomatology in Pre-Pubertal Females Referred for Sexual Abuse Evaluations. Abstract accepted for presentation at the National Association of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Conference, Philadelphia.
Non-Peer Reviewed Articles:
Canter J, Butt N, Altman R. “Two Missed Cases of Abuse.” Consultant for Pediatricians. Fall 2008
Canter J, DeBellis J. (2002, March/April). Child Abuse and Neglect: What the EMT Needs to Know. The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Journal.
Full Length Paper Study Site Participant (No Authorship):
Kristine A. Campbell, Lenora M. Olson and Heather T. Keenan Critical Elements in the Medical Evaluation of Suspected Child Physical Abuse Pediatrics 2015;136;35
National Protocols:
Department of Justice. A National Protocol for Sexual Abuse Medical Forensic Examinations Pediatrics, April 2016 (Listed Contributor)
Rao, V., Canter, J. (2015). The interpretation of repeat positive results for gonorrhea and chlamydia in children. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 28(4), e109-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2014.09.014.
Canter, J., Rao, V. B., Palusci, V. J., Kronn, D., Manaster, M., Altman, R. (2018). Interpreting osteogenesis imperfecta variants of uncertain significance in the context of physical abuse: a case series. Journal of Pediatric Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1672135