On February 1, a new group of pediatricians will provide care for Milton students. Pediatricians from the Children’s Hospital Division of Adolescent Medicine will now hold office hours each week on campus; physicians from this practice will also take call around the clock for emergencies and consultations. We will also send students to the practice in Boston, and to the various specialty divisions of the practice, as needed. We are pleased that this group, from one of the most prestigious hospitals in the country, will be our physician health care providers.
The Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children’s Hospital Boston was the first adolescent medicine clinic in the U.S., established by Dr. Ross Gallagher in 1951. Over the past 58 years, the Division has been committed to delivering high quality, multidisciplinary adolescent care, training the next generation of Adolescent Medicine specialists, carrying out cutting-edge research, and providing community outreach. The Practice provides primary and consultative clinical care at 333 Longwood, 5th floor, across from Children’s Hospital and consultative care at the Children’s Hospital satellites (Peabody, Weymouth, Waltham, and Lexington). The Longwood Practices serves teens from Boston and the suburbs as well as referrals from New England and beyond. The consultative subspecialty practices provide care for adolescents with eating disorders, reproductive endocrine problems, HIV, chronic fatigue, complex combined medical and psychiatric issues, problems of growth and development, and a myriad of other issues. The Practice is home to the largest Eating Disorder Outpatient Program in New England. The staff includes 24 physicians, three nurse practitioners, a psychiatrist, social workers, psychologist, HIV counselors, and outreach workers. An Attending physician and Adolescent Medicine Fellow are on call 24/7 and arrange Emergency Room visits at Children’s. The Adolescent team also admits patients to the medical service and facilitates admissions to other services. The Adolescent Medicine Attending physicians are trained in pediatrics and board certified or eligible in pediatrics and/or in adolescent medicine. The Adolescent Medicine Practice provides referral care to many patients at boarding schools including Andover and Exeter.
Children’s Hospital at Longwood is also home to the Center for Young Women’s Health, a Resource Center for teen girls, co-founded by the Children’s Hospital Boston Divisions of Gynecology and Adolescent Medicine. The Web site www.youngwomenshealth.org has more than 200,000 visitors a week. A Web site for teenage boys was launched a year ago www.youngmenshealthsite.org. An important component of the Practice’s philosophy of adolescent care is to empower young people to make healthy decisions by providing education, counseling and high quality multidisciplinary care.
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