Stanford School of Medicine
Pediatrics

Department: Pediatrics

Division: Adolescent Medicine

  • Faculty (11)
  • Postdocs (0)
  • All
  • 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

  • Academic Appointments
    • Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
    • Instructor, Pediatrics - General
    Clinical Focus
    • Adolescent Medicine
    • Pediatrics, General
    Research Interest

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

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
    Clinical Focus
    • Adolescent Medicine
    Research Interest

    Female athlete triad, eating disorders, homeless youth, health service access

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
    • Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
    Clinical Focus
    • General Pediatrics
  • Academic Appointments
    • Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
    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.

  • 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.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Emeritus (Active) Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
    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.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, 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

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
    Clinical Focus
    • Adolescent Medicine
    Research Interest

    eating disorders; media effects on children and young adults; magnesium changes of hospitalized unstable eating d/o outpatient's / Mg changes and refeeding.

  • Academic Appointments
    • Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
    Clinical Focus
    • Adolescent Medicine
    Research Interest

    Medical outcomes (bone/endocrine, cardiovascular) of disordered eating behaviors in adolescents of diverse weights; Pro-eating disorder website usage in eating disordered adolescents; Binge eating and purging in overweight populations; Web-based behavioral treatment of obesity in adolescents

  • Academic Appointments
    • Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine
    Clinical Focus
    • Pediatrics
    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.

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