Department: Pediatrics

Division: Adolescent Medicine

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  Aggarwal, Shelley 
  Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Ammerman, Seth 
  Academic Appointments Clinical Professor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Underserved youth
  • Tobacco/alcohol/other drug use
  Research Interest

  At-risk and high-risk youth; smoking cessation and prevention; eating disorders

  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Anoshiravani, Arash 
  Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Pediatrics, General
  Research Interest

  Research interests include high-risk youth, adolescent health services, and the juvenile justice system.

  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Carlson, Jennifer L
  Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  Research Interest

  Female athlete triad; adolescents and eating disorders; athletes and supplement use; effects of sports involvement on adolescent self-esteem.

  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Friedman, Ira M.
  Academic Appointments Clinical Professor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  Clinical Professor,  Medicine - General Medical Disciplines
  
  Clinical Focus

  • College Health
  • Student Affairs / Higher Education
  • Ambulatory Health Care Administration
• 
  Gee, Leslie 
  Academic Appointments Clinical Instructor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Golden, Neville 
  Academic Appointments Professor - Med Center Line,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  Member,  Child Health Research Institute
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Eating Disorders
  • Bone Health
  Research Interest

  My research has focused on the medical complications of adolescents with eating disorders. My specific area of study has been the etiology and implications of amenorrhea in adolescents with eating disorders, in particular the management of reduced bone mass and osteoporosis in anorexia nervosa.

  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Kapphahn, Cynthia 
  Academic Appointments Clinical Associate Professor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  Research Interest

  Access to health care services for adolescents. Confidentiality. Mental Health Financing. Eating disorders.

  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Litt, Iris 
  Academic Appointments Professor Emeritus,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Pediatric Adolescent Med
  • Pediatrics, General
  Research Interest

  Research focus is on the health problems of adolescent women, with particular emphasis on the interaction of psychosocial phenomena with biologic features of the second decade of life. The effects of eating disorders on reproductive physiology, bone density and growth is one example of this interest. Pregnancy prevention and medication compliance in adolescents are other research interests.
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  Miller, Catherine A
  Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  Research Interest

  sexually transmitted infections, preventive healthcare, physician/patient communication, stress response and coping in adolescents and young adults

  Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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  Yen, Sophia 
  Academic Appointments Clinical Assistant Professor,  Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
  
  Clinical Focus

  • Adolescent Medicine
  Research Interest

  Emergency contraception access, availability, knowledge. Pediatric obesity and its treament with videogames and pedometers. Adolescent use and access to contraception. Using computers to educate patients during waiting time. Determinants of Tampon use/initiation. Health needs of adolescents in local high schools. Obesity, exercise, mental health, reproductive health. Attitudes towards a reproductive health clinic - parents perspective, adolescents.

  Practices at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital