Divisions & Faculty

Background

• Medical School: East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
• Residency: Greenville Hospital System, Department of Pediatrics, Greenville, South Carolina
• Fellowship:  Child Abuse and Neglect, The Children's Hospital, Child Advocacy and Protection Team,  University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

Current Research

• Perpetrators of abusive fractures
• Analysis of perpetrator's admissions to inflicted head injury in children
• Case report on non-abusive scald burns to the lower extremities
• Analysis of risk of harm to medical professionals working in the field of child maltreatment

Honors and Awards

• Appointed by the Governor to the State Child Fatalitiy Review Team
• Char Member of the Helfer Society (Honor Society for Physician Specialist in Child Abuse)
• Guardian Angel Award, Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Center

Professional Affiliations

• American Board of Pediatrics
• American Medical Association
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
• American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• Helfer Society (Honor Society for Physician Specialists in Child Abuse)
• North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Selected Publications

• Starling SP. Syphilis in infants and young children. Pediatric Annals 23:334-340, 1994
• Starling SP, JR Holden, C Jenny. Abusive head trauma: the relationship of perpetrators to their victims. Pediatrics 95:260-262, 1995
• Starling SP, C Jenny. Forensic examination of adolescent female genitalia: the Foley catheter technique. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 151:102-103, 1997
• Starling SP, RD Krugman. Sexual assault. In:Friedman SB, SK Schonberg, eds. Comprehensive Adolescent Health Care. 2nd ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby-Year Book. Inc; 1997
• Starling SP. Courts and Court Testimony. In Jones JG, ed. A Guide to References and Resources in Child Abuse and Neglect, 2nd edition. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 1998
• Starling SP, Sirotnak AP, Jenny C. Child abuse and forensic pediatric medicine fellowship curriculum statement. Child Maltreatment, 5:58-62, 2000
• Starling SP, Holden JR. Perpetrators of abusive head trauma: a comparison of two geographic populations. Southern Medical Journal, 93:463-465, 2000
• Leventhal JM, Griffin D, Duncan KO, Starling SP, Christian CW, Kutz T. Laxative-induced burns to the buttocks incorrectly suspected to be child abuse. Pediatrics, 107:178-180, 2001
• Starling SP, Heller RM, Jenny C. Pelvic fractures in infants as a sign of physical abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect,26:475-480, 2002
• Titus MO, Baxter AL, Starling SP. Accidental scald burns in sinks. Pediatrics,111:E191-194, 2003
• Starling SP, Boos S. Core Content for Residency Training in Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Maltreatment, 8:242-247, 2003
• Starling SP, Speller-Brown BJ. Sexual Abuse in the Adolescent. In Giardino ER and Giardino AP, eds. Nursing Approach to the Evaluation of Child Maltreatment. GW Medical, 2003
• Starling SP. Head injury in child abuse. In: Giardino ER and Monteleone J, eds. Child Maltreatment. GW Medical, 2003 (publication pending)
• Starling SP, Patel S, Burke BL, Sirotnak AP, Stronks S, Rosquist P. Analysis of perpetrator admissions to inflicted traumatic brain injury in children, Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2004;158:454-458
• Clayton M, Starling SP. Normal examinations in confessed child sexual abuse: perpetrator exaggeration as a novel explanation. Submitted for publication