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Meet Our Team | Overview

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

Read more about Elizabeth R. Woods, MD, MPH

Associate Chief, Emeritus, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Senior Advisor, Community Asthma Initiative; Attending Physician

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Sara Forman, MD

Associate Chief/Clinical Chief, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Sarah Pitts, MD

Director, Adolescent/Young Adult Medical Fellowship; Co-Director, Adolescent Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) and Reproductive Endocrinology and PCOS Programs; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Lydia A. Shrier, MD, MPH

Research Director, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Jessica Addison, MD, MS, MPH

Co-Medical Director, Boston HAPPENS Program; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Joshua Borus, MD, MPH

Director, Medical Student and Resident Training in Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Director of Quality Improvement; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Traci L. Brooks, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Joanna Brown, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Joanne Cox, MD

Associate Chief, Division of General Pediatrics; Chief of Primary Care

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Amy Desrochers DiVasta, MD, MMSc

Chief, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine; Co-Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and PCOS Program; Co-Director, Adolescent Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Program

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Shannon Fitzgerald, MD, MPH

Associate Co-Director, Center for Young Women’s Health; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Laura Grubb, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Pediatrics

Read more about Carly Guss, MD, MPH

Co-Medical Director, Boston HAPPENS Program; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Areej Hassan, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Pamela Murray, MD, MHP

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Rebecca O'Brien, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Andrea Pettinato, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Part-time, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Frinny Polanco Walters, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Michael Rich, MD, MPH

Director, Digital Wellness Lab; Director, Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA); Co-Director, Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Part-Time), Harvard Medical School

Read more about Tracy K. Richmond, MD, MPH

Director, Eating Disorder Program; Director, STEP Program; Co-Director, ARFID Program; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Gabriela Vargas, MD, MPH

Director, Young Men's Health; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Fellows

Read more about Katelin Blackburn, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Amanda Bryson, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Jessica Calihan, MD, MS

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Emma Chad-Friedman, PhD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Tonya Lemonious, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Candice Mazon, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Roxanne Rengifo, MD, MSc

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Susan Wiener, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Nurse Practitioners

Read more about Alicia Cline, NP, MSN

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine and Lexington Pediatrics

* Accepting New Patients

Read more about Loren D'Angelo, MSN, CPNP, PMHNP-BC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Kelly Dunn, MS, RN, CPNP

Adolescent Medicine Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent /Young Adult Medicine; Director of Nurse Training, Boston LEAH Program

Lecturer (Part-time), Harvard Medical School

Read more about Susan Fitzgerald, RN, MSN, CPNP

Program Director, Boston HIV Adolescent Provider and Peer Education Network for Services (HAPPENS); Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Jennifer Norton, NP

Clinical Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Nurses

Read more about Grace Danehy, BSN, RN

Staff Nurse I, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Tamara Prudent, BSN, RN

Staff Nurse I, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Hannah Rauchle, RN

Staff Nurse, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Kelly Robinson, BSN, RN

Staff Nurse I, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Erin Towler, BSN, RN

Staff Nurse II, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Kathleen Waddicor, RN, BSN, CPN

Nursing Clinical Coordinator, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Nutritionists

Read more about Ester Awnetwant, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Lauren Cullity, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Lauren Mudgett, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Read more about Lisa Mancini, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Read more about Katrina Schroeder Smith, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist II, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Social Workers

Read more about Nanci Ginty Butler, LICSW

Director of Mental Health Services, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Director of Social Work Training for the LEAH Fellowship Program

Lecturer of Pediatrics, Part-time, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Kathryn Cooney, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Jack MacLean, MSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Jacqueline Jimenez-Maldonado, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine and Flex Program

Read more about Jake Mattleman, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Natalia Medina, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Cailin Ryrie, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine and ACO Care Coordination

Read more about Emma Tretler, MSW

Clinical Social Work Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Matt Tvedte, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Read more about Lesley Wayler, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine and Eating Disorder Program

Psychology/Psychiatry

Read more about Melissa Freizinger, PhD

Associate Director, Eating Disorder Program

Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Grace Jhe, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Erga Lemish, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Eating Disorder Program and Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Instructor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Emily Pluhar, PhD

Director of the LEAH Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Michael Tsappis, MD

Attending Psychiatrist, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine; Co-Director, Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID)

Instructor of Psychiatry, Part-time, Harvard Medical School

Read more about Madeleine Wittenberg, PhD

Psychology Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine