Paula K. Braverman, MD
Title
Director of Community Programs
Appointment
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Phone
513-636-2070
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, 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.
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.
Position History
Dr. Braverman has been a member of the Division of Adolescent Medicine since 2003.
Awards and Honors
- Best Doctors: 1994-2008.
- Golden Apple Award, 1998, Lloyd Noland Foundation, Best Teacher in Adolescent Medicine
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Member of Committee on Adolescence
- Ambulatory Pediatric Association
- North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
- Society for Adolescent Medicine
- American Board of Pediatrics: Member of Adolescent Medicine Subboard
- National Commission on Correctional Health Care; Member of Juvenile Committee
Research
- Reproductive health
- Behavioral approaches to risk reduction
Research Grants and Contracts
Abstinence Plus and Adoption Education Program, Contract from Ohio Department of Health, Project Director, 2008-present
Community Health Education, Contract from Hamilton County Children and Family First Council, Project Director, 2006-present
Contract to provide medical care at Hamilton County Juvenile Court Youth Center, Medical Director, 2003-present
Publications, Most Recent
Braverman, PK. Chronic Abdominal Pain. In Neinstein et al. Handbook of Adolescent Health Care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Braverman PK. Dysmenorrhea and Premenstrual Syndrome. In Neinstein et al. Handbook of Adolescent Health Care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Braverman, PK.
The Patch. In Hillard (ed) 5 Minute OB/GYN Consult, Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2008.
Braverman PK. Genital Ulcer Disease: Herpes Simplex Virus, Syphilis, Chancroid. In Slap GB ed. Adolescent Medicine: Requisites in Pediatrics, Philadelphia: Mosby/ Elsevier, 2008
Kowalczyk T, Braverman PK. Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. In Slap GB ed. Adolescent Medicine: Requisites in Pediatrics, Philadelphia: Mosby/ Elsevier, 2008.
Braverman PK, Breech, L.
Menstrual Disorders. In Slap GB ed.
Adolescent Medicine: Requisites in Pediatrics, Philadelphia: Mosby/ Elsevier, 2008.
Braverman PK. Dysmenorrhea and Premenstrual Syndrome. In Neinstein et al. Adolescent Health Care: A Practical Guide, 5th edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2007.
Braverman PK.
Chronic Abdominal Pain. In Neinstein et al.
Adolescent Health Care: A Practical Guide, 5th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2007.
Braverman PK. Contraception. In Garfunkel et al. Pediatric Clinical Advisor Instant Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia: Mosby/ Elsevier, 2007.
Braverman PK.
Urethritis, Vulvovaginitis, Cervicitis. In Long et al.
Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 3rd Edition. New York: Churchill-Livingstone, 2007.
Braverman PK. Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2007: 20: 3-12.
Kowalczyk T, Braverman PK.
Pedialink Module on Contraception for American Academy of Pediatrics, 2006
Braverman PK. Body Art: Piercing, Tattooing, and Scarification.Adolescent Medicine Clinics of North America 2006: 17: 505-519.
Strasburger VC, Brown RT, Braverman PK, Rogers PD, Holland-Hall C, Coupey SM.
Adolescent Medicine: A Handbook for Primary Care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
Jemmott JB, Jemmott LS, Braverman PK, Fong GT. HIV/STD Risk Reduction Interventions for African American and Latina Adolescent Girls at an Adolescent Medicine Clinic: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005; 159: 440-449.
Presentations, Most Recent
Mullins TK, Braverman PB, Dorn LD, Kollar LK, and Kahn JK. Factors associated with HIV testing and receipt of HIV test results among urban adolescents. Oral platform presentation. Society for Adolescent Medicine annual meeting, Greensboro, NC, March 26-29, 2008.
Mullins TK, Braverman PB, Dorn LD, Kollar LK, and Kahn JK.
Preference for HIV testing methods and factors associated with choice of an HIV test among urban adolescents. Poster presentation. 2008 CDC National STD Prevention Conference, Chicago, IL, March 10-13, 2008.
Braverman PK: Body Art, Presented as workshop at the North American Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Annual Meeting, Newport Beach, CA,
2008. Braverman PK: Body Art, Presented as seminar presentation at annual meeting of American Academy of Pediatrics, Boston, MA 2008.
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
- Juvenile justice
Editorial Positions:
Editorial Board, Adolescent Heatlh Update and Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews
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