In Short Order -- Dr. Brian Udell

Dr. Udell is a leader in the healthcare industry with over thirty years of experience. Presently, Dr. Udell is practicing behavioral pediatrics in Davie, FL where he has focused on children with developmental disabilities including ADHD and Autism.

Dr. Udell attended Temple University on a Guggenheim Scholarship and went to Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine for his MD degree. He then became a resident in Pediatrics and Chief Resident at The Wilmington Medical Center in Delaware and the Dupont Institute. He spent two years as a Fellow in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. His main focus throughout the earliest years of his training was on brain hemorrhage and subsequent neuro-development, plus the use of computers to assess newborn nutrition (including some of the earliest publications about that topic).

His first practice was in New Orleans, LA, and Dr. Udell moved from there to became a partner at the neonatal practice in Fort Lauderdale, FL, which eventually became Pediatrix Medical Group (now Mednax). Dr. Udell was the Medical Director of Broward General Medical Center’s newly built Newborn Intensive Care Unit, one of the largest and busiest of its kind in the US. He then became the Medical Director of Pediatrix Medical Group, supervising hundreds of physicians from all around the country.

From 2002 until 2008, he was a partner at Best Practices Medical Partners, LLC and principle in the medical malpractice insurance company Applied Medico-Legal Solutions RRG. There, Dr. Udell spearheaded the drive to help physicians get better medical malpractice coverage by evaluating and implementing best practices by using computer algorhythms to assess medical outcomes.