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Olanrewaju Falusi, MD

Medical Director, Advocacy Education, Child Health Advocacy Institute Director, LAUnCH Track Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program LAUnCH Track Pediatrician Make an Appointment

Locations

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Yoruba

Education & Training

  • Residency, Pediatrics, 2009
    Children's National Medical Center
  • Residency, Pediatrics, 2008
    Children's National Medical Center
  • MD, 2005
    University of Virginia
  • BS, 2001
    Virginia Commonwealth University

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics

Awards & Recognition

  • Top Doctors Washingtonian (2021, 2020, 2019)

National Provider ID: 1629235296


Biography

Olanrewaju Falusi, M.D., focuses her clinical, advocacy, education and research interests on how social factors – including poverty, immigration status and many others – affect the health of children, and how this growing body of knowledge can help us to achieve health equity. 

Publications

ORCiD

Research & Publications

Do Pacifiers Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? A Meta-analysis. 

(Pediatrics, 2005)

The Pacifier Debate: In Reply

(Pediatrics, 2006)

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: A Review of the Literature

(Current Pediatric Reviews, 2008)

Review of the book, "Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health"

(JAMA, 2008)

Sleep: What Every Parent Needs to Know

(American Academy of Pediatrics, 2013)