Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine | Meet Our Team
We are one of the largest adolescent/young adult medical practices in the nation with a diverse clinical team and staff that includes 40 health professionals - physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, nutritionists, HIV counselors and mental health clinicians.
Practice Doctors
Catherine Gordon, MD, MS
Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
S. Jean Emans, MD
Chief Emeritus, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Co-Director, Center for Young Women's Health, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Elizabeth R. Woods, MD, MPH
Associate Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Chair, Asthma Quality Improvement Program; Director, Community Asthma Initiative; Attending Physician, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Sara Forman, MD
Clinical Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Director, Outpatient Eating Disorders Program; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Jessica Addison, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Co Medical Director, Boston HAPPENS, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Joshua Borus, MD, MPH
Director, Medical Student and Resident Training in Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Traci L. Brooks, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Joanne Cox, MD
Director, Boston Children's Primary Care, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Amy Desrochers DiVasta, MD, MMSc
Director, Young Women's Health Research; Co-Director, Adolescent Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Program; Attending Physician, Division of Gynecology, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Estherann Grace, MD
Associate in Medicine, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Susan Gray, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Carly Guss, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Areej Hassan, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
M. Joan Mansfield, MD
Associate in Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Mansbach, MD, MPH
Inpatient Medicine Clinical Research Director, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Rebecca O'Brien, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Andrea Pettinato, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Sarah Pitts, MD
Director, Adolescent/Young Adult Medical Fellowship; Co-Director, Adolescent Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Program, Attending Physician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Michael Rich, MD, MPH
Director, Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH); Director, Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA); Attending Physician,
Lydia Shrier, MD, MPH
Director, Clinic-Based Research; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolFellows
Emily Allen, MD
Medical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,
Shannon Fitzgerald, MD
Medical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,
Jessica Lin, MD
Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,Nurses
Susan Fitzgerald, PNP
Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine ,
Meredith Kells, MSN, RN, CPNP
Clinical Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Jennifer Mehigan , NP
Clinical Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Maurice W. Melchiono, RN, MS, FNP
Medicine Patient Services Director, Ambulatory Medicine Programs; Director, Boston Children's Hospital at Martha Eliot Health Center; Clinical Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Heather Thompson, BSN, RN
Complex Care Coordinator, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,
Erin Towler, RN
taff Nurse II, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,
Kathleen Waddicor, RN, BSN, CPN
Nursing Clinical Coordinator, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,Nutritionists
Ester Awnetwant, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Lauren Cullity, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Lisa Mancini, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,
Katrina Smith, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist, Division of Adolescent Medicine,Social Workers
Honora Einhorn, MSW, LCSW
Mental Health Director, Boston HAPPENS Program, Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,
Sharikka Finley Moise, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Cailin Ryrie, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent Medicine,Psychology/Psychiatry
Jessica Daniel, PhD, ABPP
, Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Melissa Freizinger, PhD
Associate Director, Eating Disorder Program, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Emily Pluhar, PhD
Associate Director of the LEAH Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Attending, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Rachael Spisak, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,
