Dr. Deborah Lowen is a fellowship-trained, board-certified Child Abuse Pediatrician who has been practicing in the field for over 25 years. She has performed medical evaluations of children due to concerns of abuse or neglect for the majority of her career, in both hospital and out-patient settings. She has directed child abuse programs in Oklahoma and Tennessee and trained multiple medical providers, multidisciplinary partners, and lay audiences in the recognition, evaluation, and diagnosis of multiple forms of child abuse. She has been called to court as an expert witness in numerous states and in federal court. She has authored several book chapters and been involved in research and peer-review publications. Dr. Lowen has served as a question writer and then chair of the American Board of Pediatrics Subboard on Child Abuse Pediatrics, and is currently its senior medical editor. Most recently, Dr. Lowen spent nearly three and a half years as Deputy Commissioner of Child Health for the State of Tennessee's Department of Children's Services, working to ensure that the health needs of the 9000+ children in custody were being met and providing her expertise on the medical aspects of child abuse.