About the Author

Paula Elbirt, M.D., opened her pediatric practice in 1983. She teaches at Mount Sinai/NYU Medical centre and Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where she holds appointments as Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Elbirt has contributed articles to Parents, Glamour, and Healthy Kids, and has also appeared as a pediatric consultant on national television. In 1997 she and her husband founded drpaula.com, the only site at which a doctor answers questions posted by parents about their children's health. It receives over three million hits a month and registers 600 new users a week.