Current Environment:

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

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

Sara Forman, MD

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

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Sarah Pitts, MD

Director, Adolescent/Young Adult Medical Fellowship; Co-Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and PCOS Programs; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Lydia A. Shrier, MD, MPH

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

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jessica Addison, MD, MS, MPH

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

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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

Traci L. Brooks, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Joanna Brown, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Joanne Cox, MD

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

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Amy Desrochers DiVasta, MD, MMSc

Chief, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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

Carly Guss, MD, MPH

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

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Areej Hassan, MD, MPH

Attending Physician; Co-Director, Adolescent Long-Acting Reversible Contraception LARC, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Pamela Murray, MD, MHP

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Rebecca O'Brien, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Andrea Pettinato, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

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

Frinny Polanco Walters, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Michael Rich, MD, MPH

Director and Founder, Digital Wellness Lab; Co-Director and Founder, Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Tracy K. Richmond, MD, MPH

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

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Gabriela Vargas, MD, MPH

Director, Young Men's Health; Co-Director, Adolescent Long-Acting Reversible Contraception LARC; Attending Physician, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Fellows

Candice Mazon, MD

Clinical Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Naseer Ahmed

Cassie Burley

Aaron Kala

Carlos Melendez Garcia

Michelle Woodfield

Nurse Practitioners

Alicia Cline, NP, MSN

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

* Accepting New Patients

Loren D'Angelo, MSN, CPNP, PMHNP-BC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

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

Susan Fitzgerald, RN, MSN, CPNP

Program Director, Boston HIV Adolescent Provider and Peer Education Network for Services (HAPPENS); Associate Director of Adolescent Primary Care, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Amy Hatch, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Staff Nurses

Tamara Prudent, BSN, RN

Staff Nurse I, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Hannah Rauchle, RN

Staff Nurse, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Kelly Robinson, BSN, RN

Staff Nurse I, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Erin Towler, BSN, RN

Staff Nurse II, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Justine Uhlenbrock, MPH, BSN, RN

LEAH Nursing Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Kathleen Waddicor, RN, BSN, CPN

Nursing Clinical Coordinator, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Psychology/Psychiatry

Michelle Codner, PsyD

Attending Psychologist, Learning Disabilities Program

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

Melissa Freizinger, PhD

Associate Director, Eating Disorder Program

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

Adrian Hernandez, PhD

Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Clinical Fellow, Harvard Medical School

Grace Jhe, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

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

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

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

Nutritionists

Ester Awnetwant, MS, RD, LDN

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

Lauren Cullity, MS, RD, LDN

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

Alixandra Krawcke, MS

LEAH Nutrition Fellow, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Lauren Mudgett, MS, RD, LDN

Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Lisa Mancini, MS, RD, LDN

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

Darcy Peters, RD, LDN

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

Katrina Schroeder Smith, RD, LDN

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

Social Workers

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

Kathryn Cooney, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Jack MacLean, MSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Jacqueline Jimenez-Maldonado, MSW, LICSW

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

Jake Mattleman, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Natalia Medina, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Cailin Ryrie, MSW, LICSW

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

Matt Tvedte, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine

Jill Wagner, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Boston HAPPENS Program

Lesley Wayler, LICSW

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

Ari Zimmet, MSW, LCSW

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