Paula K. Braverman, MD
Title
Director of Community Programs
Appointment
Professor of Pediatrics
Office Location
Outpatient Eastgate
Bio
Dr. Paula Braverman 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, 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, most recently completing a two-year term as Director of Programs. She returns to CCHMC as the Director of Community Programs in the Division of Adolescent Medicine.
Credentials
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.
Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors in America, 2008
- Awarded "2005 Best Doctors"
- Awarded "2004 Best Doctors"
- Golden Apple Award, 1998, Lloyd Noland Foundation, Best Teacher in Adolescent Medicine
Research
Adolescent gynecology
Publications, Most Recent
Braverman PK. Literature Reviews in Adolescent Medicine.Clin Pediatr, 2001; 40: 527-530.
Braverman PK. Sexually Transmitted Diseases.Adolescent Health Update, 2001; 4:1-12.
Braverman PK, Neinstein L. Gonorrhea. In Neinstein LS (ed): Adolescent Health Care: A Practical Guide, 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
Braverman PK, Neinstein L. Dysmenorrhea and Premenstrual Syndrome. In Neinstein LS (ed): Adolescent Health Care: A Practical Guide, 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
Braverman PK. Contraception, Section 11. In Garfunkel, LC, Kaczorowski J, Christy C (eds). Pediatric Clinical Advisor Instant Diagnosis and Treatment. Mosby, St. Louis, MO, 2002.
Braverman PK. Trichomonas vaginalis. In Long SS, Pickering LK, Prober CG (eds) Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, New York, Churchill-Livingstone, 2nd Edition, 2002.
Braverman PK. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. In Long SS, Pickering LK, Prober CG (eds) Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, New York, Churchill- Livingstone, 2nd Edition, 2002.
Braverman PK. Urethritis, Vulvovaginitis, Cervicitis In Long SS, Pickering LK, Prober CG(eds) Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, New York, Churchill- Livingstone, 2nd Edition, 2002.
Braverman PK, Schwarz DF, Deforest A, Hodinka RL, McGowan KL, Mortensen JE. Use of Ligase Chain Reaction for Laboratory Identification of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in Adolescent Women.J Pediatr Adol Gynecol, 2002; 15: 37- 41.
Wilson SR, Brown NL, Leyden WA, Manos MM, Chin V, Levin D, Braverman P, Shapiro S, Lavori PW. Healthcare Utilization by Women in a Comprehensive Managed Care Population Subsequent to Diagnosis of a Sexually Transmitted Disease,Sex Transm Dis, 2002; 29: 678-688.
Professional Organization Memberships
- Society for Adolescent Medicine, Director of Programs, 2002 to 2003
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Chair Nominations Committee, Section of Adolescent Health; Member, Planning Committee Super CME course
- American Board of Pediatrics, Member subboard in Adolescent Medicine
- Ambulatory Pediatric Association
- North American Soceity of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Special Interests
- Reproductive health
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Behavioral approaches to HIV risk reduction
Presentations, Most Recent:
Hutchinson MK, Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, Braverman P, Fong G. Mother-daughter sexual communication and the sexual risk behaviors of urban adolescent females. Presented at the Pennsylvania Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2001.
Bartle NA, Braverman P, Paarz K, Rivera A. Community coalition forges ties with urban high schools to teach adolescent males about manhood and fatherhood. Presented at American Public Health Association 129th annual meeting and exposition, Atlanta, GA, October 2001.
Bartle NA, Braverman P, Paarz K, Rivera A. Community coalition forges ties with urban high schools to teach adolescent males about manhood and fatherhood. Presented at Pennsylvania Public Health Association annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2001.
Braverman PK, JemmottJB, Jemmott LS, Fong GT. Circumstances of first coitus among inner-city adolescent females. Presented at annual meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA, March 2002.
Braverman PK. Distribution of unique abnormal papanicolaou smears in an inner city adolescent female population. Presented at annual meeting for Society for Adolescent Medicine, Boston, MA, March 2002.
Hutchinson MK, Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, Braverman P, Fong G. Mother daughter communication about condoms: Influence on unprotected sexual intercourse among urban adolescent women. Presented at annual meeting for Society for Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC, April 2002.
Editorial Positions:
Editorial Board, Adolescent Heatlh Update and Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews
Related Areas
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