BRIEF HISTORY

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2022 - present    WMCHealth - Dialysis

2011 - present    Chief Executive Officer, Empire Lactation, Inc. (formerly Mami Mia, Inc)

2014                     Lactation Consultant, St. Lukes Cornwall

2012-2014           Lactation Consultant, Mount Sinai-East

2008–2012         Asst. Director of Hospitals, Elmhurst Hospital Mount Sinai -East

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Research:

 

Alma Natural, Lea Rivera-Todaro, Lawrence Noble. Why Do Mothers Stop Breastfeeding in the US? Poster presentation at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, May 2012.

Princess Obieta, Lea Rivera-Todaro, Lawrence Noble. Breastfeeding Support: It Takes a Village to Breastfeed a Child. Poster presentation at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, May 2012.

Suchita Gade, MD; Lawrence Noble, MD; Lea Rivera Todaro. “Barriers to Breastfeeding in the Term NICU Admitted Infant.” Poster presentation at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, April 2009 and Pediatric Academic Societies, Annual Conference, May 2009.

Lea Rivera-Todaro, MA, Lawrence M Noble, MD1, Ivan L Hand, MD1, and Anita Noble, DNSc2. “Predictors of Early Complementary Feeds in a Diverse Latina Community with Traditionally High Breastfeeding Rates.” Podium presentation made at Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, November 2009.

Lawrence Noble, MD; Ivan Hand, MD; Lea Rivera Todaro. “Evaluation of Lactation Support Program.” Center for Disease Control, 2008. Oral presentation made to Department of Health, January 2009. Poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies, Annual Conference, May 2009.

Lea Rivera Todaro. “Mother Child Storybook Reading: Differences in Interactions as a Function of Maternal Language.” 2007

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