Jennifer Accardo, MD, MSCE

Dr. Jennifer Accardo joined the VCU faculty in 2017. She is on the editorial board of The Journal of Pediatrics. Accardo is a member of the  American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Research Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, Council on Children with Disabilities, Kennedy Fellows Association and Virginia Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Accardo has been named a Top Doc in Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics by Richmond Magazine from 2017-2020. 

Accardo JA, editor. Sleep in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: An Evidence-Based Guide. Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2019.

Accardo JA. 50 years ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: Dysmorphology (teratology). J Pediatr. 2016 Dec; 179: 67. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.06.042.

Hall Brown T, Belcher HME, Accardo J, Minhas R, Briggs EC. Trauma exposure and sleep disturbance in a sample of youth from the National Child Traumatic Stress Core Data Set. Sleep Health 2016; 2 (2): 123-128.

Paasch V, Leibowitz L, Accardo J, Slifer K. Preparing children with autism spectrum disorders for overnight sleep studies: A case series. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, May 12 , 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000139

Accardo JA. 50 years ago in The Journal of Pediatrics: The well-baby care of 530 infants. J Pediatr. 2016 Apr; 171: 37. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.

Accardo JA, Malow BA. Sleep, epilepsy and autism. Epilepsy & Behavior. 2014; Dec 9. pii: S1525-5050(14)00533-2. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.09.081.

Accardo J, Reesman J. Can you hear me snore? (Sleep Medicine Pearls). J Clin Sleep Med. 2013;9(11):1221-1223.

Paasch V, Hoosier TM, Accardo J, Ewen JB, Slifer KJ. Technical tips: performing EEGs and polysomnograms on children with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Neurodiagn J. 2012; 52: 333-348.

Accardo JA, Marcus CL, Shults J, Meltzer LJ, Leonard MB, Elia J. The association between psychiatric comorbidities and sleep disturbances in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. J Dev Behav Peds. 2012; 33 (2) 97-105. 

Accardo JA, Shults J, Leonard MB, Traylor J, Marcus CL. Differences in overnight polysomnography scores using the adult and pediatric criteria for respiratory events in adolescents. Sleep. 2010; 33 (10): 1333-1339.

Elia J, Takeda T, Deberardinis R, Burke J, Accardo J , Ambrosini PJ, Blum NJ, Brown LW, Lantieri F, Berrettini W, Devoto M, Hakonarson H.. Nocturnal enuresis: a suggestive endophenotype marker for a subgroup of inattentive attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. J Peds. 2009; 155 (2): 239-244.e5.