Adolescent Medicine

Adolescent Medicine Team (Click to see larger image)

We participate in education, research and community service and we are the oldest adolescent clinic in the United States, founded in 1951.

Adolescent Specific Care

Our team offers complete care for a wide variety of congenital and acquired disorders and adolescent and teen issues including:

A full range of associated services is offered:

• The Adolescent/Young Adult Medical Practice provides expert evaluation and medical treatment to more than 12,000 adolescents and young adult patients, ages 10-23, with common and complex medical problems.
• The Bone Health Program evaluates children and adolescents who have, or are at risk for, low bone density.
• The Boston HAPPENS Program provides clinical care to HIV positive and at-risk youth and offers HIV counseling and testing onsite.
• The Center for Young Women's Health offers health information to adolescent girls and their parents onsite and through the youngwomenshealth.org website.
• The Eating Disorders Program provides comprehensive medical and psychological evaluation and treatment to patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia and related eating disorders such as binge eating and vomiting.
• The Reproductive Endocrine Practice provides diagnostic assessment and management of menstrual problems, polycystic ovary syndrome and low bone density.

Our Team

We are one of the largest adolescent/young adult medical practices in the nation with a diverse clinical team and staff.

Teaching/Training

Children's is the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School (HMS) where our physicians hold faculty appointments. We direct and/or co-direct HMS postgraduate courses in adolescent medicine and pediatric and adolescent gynecology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

The Division has one of the seven federal training grants in the United States for adolescent health. We have also established the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Program, funded by the Maternal Child and Health Bureau, where we train physicians (from Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine), nurses, psychologists, social workers and nutritionists in adolescent health.

The Division has significantly expanded its research addressing a multitude of adolescent health issues.

Our Locations

Faculty provide primary and consultative care at the Longwood campus at Children's Hospital Boston and at Children's satellite campuses in Lexington, Peabody, Waltham and Weymouth (Nevin Bldg - 851 Main).