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Key Documents

PDFCurriculum Vitae available Online

Sophia Yen, MD, MPH

Contact Information

  • Clinical Offices
    LPCH Castro Commons Clinic 1174 Castro St Ste 250 MC 5812 Mountain View, CA 94040-2570
    Telephone Work (650) 694-0600 Fax (650) 694-0610
  • Academic Offices
    Personal Information
    Tel (650) 694-0600
    Administrative Contact
    Anna Valdez-Frasier Administrative Assistant Tel Work 650-694-0660
    Not for medical emergencies or patient use

Clinical Focus

  • Pediatrics

Honors and Awards

  • Pediatric Clerkship Faculty Honor Roll, Dept of Pediatrics, Stanford Medical School (2007)
  • Faculty Teaching Award, Stanford Medical School, LPCH. (2006)
  • MCHB Postdoctoral Training Fellowship in Adolescent Health, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco (2000-2003)
  • Special graduation award for Student Advocacy, UCSF Class of 1997 (1997)

Professional Education

  • Board Certification: Adolescent Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics (2003)
  • UCSF Adolescent Medicine (2003) CA
  • Children's Hospital (2000) CA
  • Children's Hospital (1998) CA
  • UCSF School of Medicine (1997) CA
  • MPH, UC Berkeley Maternal Child Health (2004)
  • Fellowship, UCSF Adolescent Medicine (2003)
  • Residency, Children's Hospital Oakland Pediatrics (2000)
  • MD, UCSF (1997)
  • BS, MIT Biology (1993)

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

Community & International Work

  • N. CA AAP Pediatric Obesity Interest Group More »
  • Reproductive Rights More »

Industry Relationships

Stanford is committed to ethical and transparent interactions with our industry partners. It is our policy to disclose payments of $5,000 or more, equity valued at $5,000 or more in a publicly traded company, or any equity in a privately held company, to physicians and scientists employed by Stanford University from companies or other commercial entities with which they interact as part of their professional activities. 

  • Consulting: HopeLab

Research Interests

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.

Publications