The Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine provides a diverse program of primary care and reproductive-focused care. It provides both outpatient and in-hospital care for adolescents up to age 26 at Children’s Hospital. The in-hospital care is primarily provided through an inpatient consultation service which allows the division to work closely with medical and surgical professionals, including those in hematology/oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, urology, behavioral health, general surgery, and transplant medicine.
Each year, the division completely approximately 15,500 outpatient visits. Clinical interests and expertise of the faculty include smoking cessation, trauma-informed care, sexual violence prevention, contraception in healthy and medically complex patients, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, eating disorders, transitional care for adolescents with chronic conditions, integrated behavioral health, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and menstrual disorders.
Community-based services include the provision of medical care to youth detained at the county’s juvenile detention center, the Highland Center. The division provides health care to homeless youth and young adults in Allegheny County at multiple Family Links shelters, as well as the Auberle Foundation’s 412 Youth Zone as part of a community-wide collaboration to increase services for unaccompanied youth. The Children’s Hospital Ronald McDonald House Care Mobile provides clinical services to children, youth, and families in underserved communities in the region. Two suburban hospital satellite locations are the sites of additional adolescent clinics (South Fayette in the south and Pine Center in the north). Ana Radovic provides medical care and leadership of the Carlow University’s Health Service and Loreta Matheo oversees the integration of adolescent and young adult care into the region’s Children’s Community Pediatrics practices.