Division of Adolescent 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 profiessionals - physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, nutritionists, HIV counselors and mental health clinicians.
Catherine Gordon, MD, MS
Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Member of the Faculty of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
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
Traci L. Brooks, MD
Attending Physician, Instructor in Pediatrics
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
Melissa Freizinger, PhD
Associate Director, Eating Disorder Program, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Holly Gooding, MD, MSc
Interim Director, STEP Program; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Susan Gray, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Areej Hassan, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Mansbach, MD, MPH
Inpatient Medicine Clinical Research Director, Department of Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
M. Joan Mansfield, MD
Associate in Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Assistant 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
Emily Pluhar, PhD
Associate Director of the LEAH Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Attending, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Michael Rich, MD, MPH
Director, Center on Media and Child Health (CMCH); Director, Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA); Attending Physician,
Tracy Richmond, MD, MPH
Director, STEP Program; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Lydia Shrier, MD, MPH
Director, Clinic-Based Research; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Michael Tsappis, MD
Attending Psychiatrist, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Joanne Cox, MD
Director, Primary Care at Longwood; Director, Primary Care at Martha Eliot, Associate Professor of 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,
Sharikka Finley Moise, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Honora Einhorn, MSW, LCSW
Mental Health Director, Boston HAPPENS Program, Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine,
Kathleen Waddicor, RN, BSN, CPN
Clinical Nursing Coordinator, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Emily Allen, MD
Medical Fellow, 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,
Carly Guss, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Katrina Smith, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Ester Awnetwant, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Lauren Cullity, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,
Lisa Mancini, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,
