Randell C. Alexander M.D., Ph.D. Professor & Chief, Division of Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics; Program Director, Pediatric Child Abuse Fellowship Department: Department of Pediatrics Business Phone: (904) 633-0190 Business Email: randell.alexander@jax.ufl.edu Appointments and Locations Board Certifications PediatricsChild Abuse Pediatrics Show More Clinical Profile Specialties Pediatrics Interests Clinical Special Interests: Prader-Willi syndrome; child development; shaken baby syndrome; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; cocaine exposure in children Show More Publications 2019Association of Friday School Report Card Release With Saturday Incidence Rates of Agency-Verified Physical Child Abuse.JAMA pediatrics.173(2):176-182[DOI] 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4346.[PMID] 30556830.7 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2017Medical Evaluations Then and NowJournal of Interpersonal Violence.32(6, SI):826-852[DOI] 10.1177/0886260516657354.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2014Commentary On Dialectics, Infant Shaking, and Perpetrator Statements in Child MaltreatmentJournal of Family Violence.29(1):93-94[DOI] 10.1007/s10896-013-9563-4.[PMID] .PubMed·Publisher's Site2011Conducting the medical history.Journal of child sexual abuse.20(5):486-504[DOI] 10.1080/10538712.2011.607406.[PMID] 21970642.13 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2011Introduction to the special section: medical advances in child sexual abuse, part 2.Journal of child sexual abuse.20(6):607-11[DOI] 10.1080/10538712.2011.623686.[PMID] 22126104.PubMed·Publisher's Site2011Medical advances in child sexual abuse.Journal of child sexual abuse.20(5):481-5[DOI] 10.1080/10538712.2011.607754.[PMID] 21970641.5 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2011Neisseria-avoiding the jump to conclusions.Journal of child sexual abuse.20(6):622-30[DOI] 10.1080/10538712.2011.622253.[PMID] 22126106.2 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2009Child fatality review teams.Pediatric clinics of North America.56(2):379-87[DOI] 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.01.004.[PMID] 19358922.22 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2009Telemedicine and child abuse examinations.Pediatric annals.38(10):574-8[DOI] 10.3928/00904481-20090918-03.[PMID] 19968197.3 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site2008Shaken baby syndrome and a baby's cry.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992).97(6):782-5[DOI] 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00778.x.[PMID] 18397351.58 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site Show More Office Information Academic Office First Coast Child Protection Team4539 Beach BoulevardJacksonville, FL 32207(904) 633-4185 randell.alexander@jax.ufl.edu Executive Assistant Diego Cristales(904) 633-0190diego.cristales@jax.ufl.edu GME Office First Coast Child Protection Team4539 Beach BoulevardJacksonville, FL 32207Phone: (904) 633-4185Fax: (904) 633-0191 randell.alexander@jax.ufl.edu GME Program Administrator Ashley Volz, M.S.H.S.(904) 427-7133ashley.volz@jax.ufl.edu Show More Education Medical Degree1980 · Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USAPediatrics Residency1983 · Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA Show More News October 23, 2015 Several faculty recognized for longstanding service at UFCOMJ May 7, 2013 UF Offers First Child Abuse Pediatric Fellowship in State February 4, 2010 First to achieve board certification in child abuse Media Coverage December 31, 2019 New Safe Sleep education initiative News4Jax (WJXT) March 9, 2018 Is it ‘child neglect’ if you don't buckle your kids up? Doctors, government don't agree Miami Herald April 20, 2016 5 babies die from co-sleeping in 2 weeks in Northeast Florida Action News April 19, 2016 First Coast Connect: Child Abuse Prevention WJCT April 22, 2015 Boy with autism wanders from home News4Jax (WJXT)