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.
S. Jean Emans, MD
Chief, 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, 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, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Estherann Grace, MD
Clinical Chief, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Susan Gray, MD
Attending Physician, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Areej Hassan, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Mansbach, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
M. Joan Mansfield, MD
Associate in Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Rebecca O'Brien, MD
Attending Physician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Andrea Pettinato, MD
Attending Physician, 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, Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Emily Pluhar, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Sports Medicine Division, Instructor in Psychology; Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Michael Rich, MD, MPH
Director, Center on Media and Child Health , 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, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Cathryn Samples, MD, MPH, AAHIVS
Clinical Director, Boston HAPPENS , Director, Boston HAPPENS; Regional Medical Director, Metro DYS Health Medicine; Attending Physician
Lydia Shrier, MD, MPH
Director, Clinic-Based Research; Attending Physician, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Michael Tsappis, MD
Attending Psychiatrist, 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,
Frinny Polanco Walters, MD
Medical Fellow,
Sharikka Finley Moise, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent Medicine (ASAP),
Honora Einhorn, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent Medicine; Mental Health Director, Boston HAPPENS,
Kathleen Waddicor, RN, BSN, CPN
Clinical Nursing Coordinator,
Zainab Hosseini, Ed.M, LCSW
Social Work Fellow,
Emily Allen, MD
Medical Fellow,
Sarah Golub, MD
Medical Fellow,
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,
Carly Guss, MD
Attending Physician,
Katrina Smith, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist,
Ester Awnetwant, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
Lauren Cullity, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutrition Specialist,
Lisa Mancini, MS, RD, LDN
Clinical Nutritionist,
