Board-certified Adolescent Medicine physicians provide consultations for complex medical and mental health conditions. Common reasons for referral include:
These services are provided at the Teen Health Center on the Burnet campus or at our neighborhood locations.
Our Adolescent Medicine providers prescribe and manage HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication that helps prevent HIV in people who do not have the virus. PrEP is available as a daily pill or a long-acting injection. When taken as prescribed, PrEP greatly reduces the risk of getting HIV if exposed to the virus.
LARC methods (hormonal implants and intrauterine devices) are recommended as first-line contraception for adolescents and young adults and can be used for medical management of menstrual period issues.