Adolescent Medicine

Frank M. Biro, MD

Title

Director of the Division of Adolescent Medicine

Appointment

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Email

frank.biro@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4681

Fax

513-636-7844

Credentials

MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1979; Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1983; Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA, 1984; Epidemiology, University of Cincinnati

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

Awards and Honors

Best Doctors in America, 2008
Awarded "2005 Best Doctors"
Awarded "2004 Best Doctors"
Thomas A. Haller Award, University of Rochester, NY, 1980
Scientific Award for House Officers, Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester, NY, 1983
Peer Recognition Award for Teaching, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1991
AJ Drexel Award, Academic Excellence and Leadership; Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, 1975
Faculty Award, Pediatric Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH, 1985 to 1990
Physician Recognition Award, American Medical Association, 1987 to 1989, 1995 to 1998
Who's Who in North America, 1991, 1994, 1996
Listed in The Best Doctors in America, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Eds., published by Woodward / White Inc.

Research Grants and Contracts

520-Z5 (Biro) 07/01/01 through 06/30/02 Ohio Department of Health
Adolescent Medicine - Hamilton County Child and Family Health Services Network

5T71MC00001-24 (Biro) 07/01/97 through 06/30/02
Maternal & Child Health Bureau
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Adolescent Health Care

UR6/CCU 517826-01 (Bernstein) 9/30/99 through 9/29/02 CDC
Strategies to Prevent Genital Herpes Simplex Infections

NIH 1 R01 DK59183-01 (Dolan) 9/30/00 through 8/30/05
National Institute of Health
Landmarks in the Progression to Type II Diabetes

NIH R01 HL66070 (Kim) 05/01/01 through 04/30/05
National Institute of Health
Genetic Epidemiology of Energy Metabolism in Black Girls

NIH R01 (Pat Crawford, UC-Berkeley) 05/01/01 through 04/30/05
National Institute of Health
Effects of Pregnancy on Adolescent Growth and Health

Publications, Most Recent

Wu Y, Schreiber GB, Klementowicz V, Biro F, Wright D. Racial differences in accuracy of self-assessment of sexual maturation among young black and white girls. J Adoelsc Health, 2001;28: 197-203.

Biro FM, McMahon RP, Striegel-Moore R, Crawford P, Obarzanke E, Barton BA, Falkner F. Impact of pubertal maturation on growth in black and white female adolescents: The NHLBI Growth and Health Study. J Pediatr, 2001; 138: 636-43.

Rosenthal SL, vonRanson KM, Cotton S, Biro FM, Mills L, Succop PA. Sexual initiation: predictors and developmental trends. Sex Transm Dis, 2001; 28:527-43.

Baker JG, Succop PA, Boehner CW, Biro FM, Stanberry LR, Rosenthal SL. Adolescent girl's coping with an STD. Not enough problem solving and too much self blame. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, 2001; 14:85-8.

Striegel-Moore R, Schreiber G, Crawford P, Vorhees C, Biro FM, Barton B. Exploring relationship between timing of menarche and eating disorder symptoms in black and white adolescent girls. IntJ EatDisord, 2001; 30: 421-33.

Fende JM, Boehner CW, Biro FM, Mills L, Rosenthal SL. A preliminary examination of adolescent girls' perceptions of the parental knowledge of their boyfriends. J Pediatr Adol Gynecol, 2001; 14:113-7.

Rosenthal SL, Griffith J, Succop PA, Biro FM, Lewis LM, DeVellis R, Stanberry L. The relationship between STD locus of control and STD acquisition among adolescent girls. Adolescence, 2002; 37:83-92.

Voorhees CC, Schreiber GB, Schumann BC, Biro FM, Crawford PB. Early predictors of daily smoking in young women: The NHLBI Growth and Health Study. Preventive Medicine, 2002; 34:616-24.

Morrison JA, Sprecher DL, Biro FM, Apperson-Hansen C, Dipaola LM. Serum testosterone associates with lower-high density lipoprotein cholesterol in black and white males, 10 to 15 years of age, through lowered apolipoprotein AI and AII concentrations. Metabolism, 2002;51432-7.