Adolescent Medicine

  • Meet the Faculty

    The division consists of Adolescent Medicine faculty with clinical and / or research appointments in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Faculty in the division hold a variety of leadership positions in the medical center, the University of Cincinnati, medical school, the community, and national and international organizations. Our teaching faculty also includes pediatric and adolescent gynecologists, psychologists and psychiatrists. Fellows work closely during their training with specialists in other fields including advanced practices nursing, social work, psychology, nutrition and public health.

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    Faculty

    A photo of Frank Biro.

    Frank M. Biro, MD
    Division Director, Adolescent Medicine

    513-636-8602

    frank.biro@cchmc.org

    Frank M. Biro, MD

    Division Director, Adolescent Medicine

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-8602

    Fax: 513-636-1129

    Email: frank.biro@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Complex medical problems of adolescence; growth; puberty

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    Education and Training

    MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1979.

    Certification: Internal Medicine, September 1983; Pediatrics, November 1986; Adolescent Medicine, February 1995.

    Publications

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    Grants

    Genomic and Proteomic Biomarkers of Biologic Responses to Exposure. Co-Investigator. National Institutes of Health. Aug 2007 - May 2011. #U01ES016003.

       
     
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    Paula K. Braverman, MD
    Director of Community Programs, Adolescent Medicine

    513-636-2070

    Paula K. Braverman, MD

    Director of Community Programs, Adolescent Medicine

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-2070

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Reproductive health; sexually transmitted diseases; juvenile justice

    Research Interests

    Reproductive health; behavioral approaches to risk reduction 

    Biography

    Paula Braverman, MD, attended medical school at Yale Medical School and completed her residency in Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She then completed a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at Cincinnati Children's. Following fellowship she took a position at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA, where she was the Chief of Adolescent Medicine. During her 16 years at St. Christopher's Hosptial for Children, the Section developed an active clinical program providing primary care, family planning services and consultation services to the community clinicians. She also developed relationships with community organizations and was involved with health care activities in the schools and with other community based organizations.

    Over the years she has been very involved with the American Academy of Pediatrics serving on the Executive Committee of the Section of Adolescent Health, Committee on Adolescence, on the editorial boards of Adolescent Health Update and Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews, on the planning committee of the Super CME course, and has been a faculty member in a number of AAP courses, including PREP The Course and Practical Pediatrics. She has also been involved with the Society for Adolescent Medicine and served a two-year term as Director of Programs. She returned to CCHMC as the Director of Community Programs in the Division of Adolescent Medicine in 2003. In that capacity she serves as the Medical Director at the Hamilton County Juvenile Court Youth Center and oversees the community health education programs.

    Education and Training

    MD: Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT, 1982.

    Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 1982 to 1985.

    Fellowship: Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1985 to 1987.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 1987; Adolescent Medicine, 1994.

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    Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH
    Director, Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care

    513-636-8587

    maria.britto@cchmc.org

    Maria T. Britto, MD, MPH

    Director, Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care

    Assistant Vice-President, Chronic Care Systems

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-8587

    Fax: 513-636-0727

    Email: maria.britto@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Chronic illness in adolescents; chronic disease care of adolescents; health care quality

    Research Interests

    Chronic illness in adolescents; health care quality; quality of life; health care preferences of adolescents with chronic illness

     

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    Biography

    Maria Britto, MD, MPH is a pediatrician, professor of pediatrics, founding director of the Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care, and research faculty mentoring lead for the Anderson Center. She holds an MPH in epidemiology and a graduate certificate in medical informatics. She served as the assistant vice president of Chronic Care Systems from 2007 to 2012.

    Her research focuses on health care needs and preferences of adolescents with chronic conditions and on interventions to improve health outcomes. She is the director of the Center for Innovation in Chronic Disease Care, which seeks to accelerate improvement in outcomes for children and adolescents with chronic conditions by developing and evaluating new methods of care delivery and by applying innovative approaches to quality improvement in chronic diseases. She has served as a mentor for numerous NIH career development awards, as well as numerous other students, residents and junior faculty.

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1987.

    MPH: Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1995.

    Residency: Medicine/Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, 1987-1991.

    Chief Resident: Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, 1991-1992.

    Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1993-1995.

    Graduate Certificate: Biomedical Informatics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, 2008.

    Board Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine, 1991; Recertified 2001; American Board of Pediatrics, 1992; Recertified 1999, 2007; American Board of Pediatrics, Certification in Adolescent Medicine, 1997; Recertified 2007 and 2011.

    Licensure: Ohio, July 1995.

    Publications

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    Grants

    Determinants of Health-related Quality of Life for Children with JIA. Co-Investigator. May 2008 – Apr 2013.

    Developing Quality Measures to Assess Pediatric Inpatient Respiratory Care. Site Primary Investigator. Apr 2008 – Mar 2013.

    Building Molecular Pediatric Chronic Disease Registries for QI and CE Research. Co-Investigator. Sep 2013 – Aug 2013.

    Open Source Science: Transforming Chronic Care. Co-Investigator. Oct 2009 – Sep 2014.

    Center of Excellence on Quality of Care Measures for Children with Complex Needs. Site Primary Investigator. Mar 2011 – Feb 2015.

    Improving Sickle Cell Transitions of Care through Health Information Technology, Phase 1. Site Primary Investigator. Aug 2012 – May 2014.

    Lee Ann E. Conard, RPh, DO, MPH

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-2153

    Email: leeann.conard@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Adolescents and pharmacy services; transgender care

    Education and Training

    BS:  Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada OH, 1989.

    DO: Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Missouri, 1995.

    Residency:  Pediatrics , Ohio University Doctors Hospital, Columbus, OH, 1998.

    MPH:  Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC, 1999.

    Fellowship:  Adolescent Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University, Indianapolis, 2002.

    Certification: American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Recertification, Exp 2013; American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine Certification, Exp: 2013.

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    Jessica A. Kahn, MD, MPH
    Assistant Chair, Academic Affairs & Faculty Development

    513-636-2970

    jessica.kahn@cchmc.org

    Jessica A. Kahn, MD, MPH

    Assistant Chair, Academic Affairs & Faculty Development

    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-2970

    Email: jessica.kahn@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Reproductive health; pediatric and adolescent gynecology; eating disorders; cancer prevention behaviors in adolescents; sexually transmitted infections 

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    Biography

    Jessica A Kahn, MD, MPH, is a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio.

    Dr. Kahn sees patients at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, both at the main hospital site and at Cincinnati Children's Fairfield. Her clinical interests include young women's health, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, and eating disorders. Her research interests include human papillomavirus (HPV) and Pap tests in adolescent girls, HPV vaccines, and cancer prevention behaviors in adolescents.

    Dr Kahn received her undergraduate degree in Architecture from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey in 1986. She received her MD from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1992 and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts in 1999. She was chief resident in pediatrics and a fellow in adolescent medicine at the Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as a clinical fellow and instructor at Harvard Medical School.

    Dr Kahn's awards include the Huffman-Capraro Young Investigator Award from the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and the New Investigator Award from the Society for Adolescent Medicine. She has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, and foundations such as the American Cancer Society. She has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, and is a contributing author for several medical textbooks. She serves on national and international committees and advisory groups focusing on vaccines and other adolescent health issues.

    Education and Training

    BArch: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1986.

    MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1992. 

    MPH: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1999. 

    Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1995.; Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1996. 

    Fellowship: Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 1999. 

    Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1995; American Board of Pediatrics, subspecialist in Adolescent Medicine, 1999.

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    Tanya L. Kowalczyk Mullins, MD
    Staff Physician

    513-636-4681

    Tanya L. Kowalczyk Mullins, MD

    Staff Physician

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4681

    Fax: 513-636-8844

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Sexually transmitted infections; reproductive health

    Research Interests

    Sexually transmitted infections; HIV screening

    Education and Training

    BS: Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1997.

    MD: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 2001.

    Residency: Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee, 2004.

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2007.

    Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 2004; Board Eligible, Adolescent Medicine, 2007.

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    Corinne Lehmann, MD, MEd
    Director, Medical Student Education (Clerkship Director), Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

    513-636-8591

    corinne.lehmann@cchmc.org

    Corinne Lehmann, MD, MEd

    Director, Medical Student Education (Clerkship Director), Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

    Medical Director, Family Care Center for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV

    Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-8591

    Email: corinne.lehmann@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    HIV care: pediatric, adolescent and adult medical education

    Biography

    Corinne Lehmann, MD, MEd, is the director of Medical Student Education in the Department of Pediatrics for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UCCOM), where she maintains oversight of the third-year clerkship and fourth-year electives. She directs a Medical Student Scholars Program in Pediatrics for students at UCCOM and serves as advisor for several medical students and pediatrics residents.

    Dr. Lehmann’s clinical duties include precepting at the Teen Health Center, patient care and precepting at the UC Infectious Disease Center for adult HIV care, and directing the Family Care Center for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). She gives numerous lectures to students, residents, colleagues and other health care professionals in the local, regional and national arenas regarding perinatal HIV transmission and the clinical/transitional care of HIV-infected children and adolescents. Her interests in clinical research center on the study of pediatric and adolescent HIV, and she has been involved in vaccine research with the Division of Infectious Diseases at CCHMC. Her research endeavors in medical education focus on the use of Standardized Patients, simulation and feedback as instructional tools.

    Education and Training

    MEd: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2005.

    MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993.

    Residency: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1997.

    Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2002.

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    Grants

    Health-based survey of families living within 10km of dispensary in western Kenya. Mentor. National Institutes of Health. June 2011 - August 2011.

    A randomized, double-blinded, controlled, phase I study in healthy adults to assess the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of intramuscular subvirion inactivated monovalent influenza A/H5N1 virus vaccine administered at different dose levels given with and without MF59 adjuvant. Secondary Independent Safety Monitor. National Institutes of Health. April 2011 - April 2012.

    A randomized, double-blind trial comparing the safety in mothers and their infants and immunogenicity in mothers of live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) to inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) when administered to breastfeeding women. Secondary Independent Safety Monitor. National Institutes of Health. May 2011 - May 2012.

    Ellen A. Lipstein, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-803-1626

    Email: ellen.lipstein@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Clinical Interests

    Primary care pediatrics

    Research Interests

    Medical decision-making; chronic disease care; health services research

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2003.

    Residency: Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2006.

    Chief Residency: Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington, 2007.

    Fellowship: Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, 2009.

    MPH: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 2009.

    Certification: Pediatrics, 2007.

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    Laurie A. Mitan, MD
    Director, Eating Disorders Program

    513-636-4681

    laurie.mitan@cchmc.org

    Laurie A. Mitan, MD

    Director, Eating Disorders Program

    Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4681

    Fax: 513-636-7844

    Email: laurie.mitan@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Eating disorders; teen pregnancy

    Biography

    Dr. Laurie Mitan, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified adolescent medicine specialist whose practice focuses on the unique health needs of teenagers. Providing eating disorder consultative services to community physicians and families, she is available at the Cincinnati Children's Outpatient Services Mason and Liberty Campus offices. At the Cincinnati Children's main campus, she provides primary care services at the Adolescent Medicine Division's Teen Health Center.

    Dr. Mitan's clinical expertise encompasses all adolescent health concerns with special interests in eating disorders, gynecologic concerns, and the psychosocial effects of complex medical illnesses. She enjoys teaching pediatric house staff and medical students, and has spent a significant amount of her career giving lectures and presentations.

    Dr. Mitan joined Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in August of 1999, after a faculty position at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

    Education and Training

    MD: Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 1990.

    Residency: State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, 1990-1993.

    Fellowship: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 1993-1996.

    Certification: Adolescent Medicine, 1997; Pediatrics, 1994.

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    Abbigail M. Tissot, PhD
    Associate Director, Eating Disorders Program

    513-636-6526

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    Abbigail M. Tissot, PhD

    Associate Director, Eating Disorders Program

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-6526

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    Specialties

    Behavioral medicine; eating disorders; feeding disorders

    Biography

    Abbigail Tissot, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and researcher in the area of behavioral endocrinology and eating disorders among children and adolescents. Her research collaborations investigate the psychobiological aspects of a wide range of clinical eating disturbances (e.g., anorexia nervosa, EDNOS, obesity). She is a member of the Eating Disorders Team and the Weight-Related Disorders Laboratory.

    Education and Training

    PhD: Kent State University, 2009.

    Residency: Pediatric Psychology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan.

    Fellowship: Adolescent Medicine & Behavioral Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

    Certification: Clinical Psychology, 2011.


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    Lea E. Widdice, MD
    Director, Fellowship Program

    513-636-4681

    lea.widdice@cchmc.org

    Lea E. Widdice, MD

    Director, Fellowship Program

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4681

    Fax: 513-636-1129

    Email: lea.widdice@cchmc.org

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    Specialties

    Reproductive health for young men and women; eating disorders; chronic pain; HPV
     

    Education and Training

    MD: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 2000.

    Residency: Pediatrics, Boston Floating Hospital, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2003.

    Fellowship: Adolescent Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 2006.

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    Jennifer L. Woods, MD, MS

    Medical Director

    Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

    Phone: 513-636-4681

    Email: jennifer.woods1@cchmc.org

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    Education and Training

    BS: Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 1996.

    MD: University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, 2000.

    Residency: University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, 2003.

    MS: Clinical Research, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 2005.

    Fellowship: Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 2006.

    Publications

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