Fellowship
A three-year ACGME accredited fellowship program in Adolescent Medicine is offered by the division of Adolescent Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. The graduates of the fellowship program are envisioned as future academicians in the field of Adolescent Medicine which includes adolescent medical, emotional, and behavior problems, school and learning problems, bio-psychosocial development, and health education. Stanford University provides a unique setting for such program because of the collaborative supervision and participation in the program by Child Psychiatry, Social Service, and Nutrition; working relationships with the graduate facilitates of Education, Sociology, and psychology as well as active alliances with the Santa Clara County Juvenile Detention Facility, a San Francisco Public Health Clinic, a college health clinic, a mobile clinic targeting uninsured and holes youth, and a sports medicine clinic.
The fellowship offers an opportunity for the study of adolescent health through a variety of clinic, didactic and research experiences. There is a heavy reliance on preceptor-supervisory experiences. Primary patient responsibility is the focus of the Teen and Young Adult Clinic, the Eating Disorders Clinic, and the Outreach Clinics. Through supervisory sessions by the Child Psychiatry attending staff and experience on the Inpatient Comprehensive Care Program, the fellow develops expertise with adolescent behavioral issues. Attending on the in-patient unit and consultation service offers further clinical opportunities. Teaching of medical students and residents is an integral part of the program.
Supervision for these activities is provided by the medical attending in the Division of Adolescent Medicine. Current attendings in the Division include the Fellowship Director, Dr. Neville Golden and Drs. Cynthia Kapphahn, Seth Ammerman, Christian Pariseau, Rebecka Peebles, Jennifer Carlson, Catherine Miller, Sophia Yen, and Elizabeth Farman-Farmaian. Didactic sessions cover the range of normal and pathological development, as well as skills in effective communication, psychotherapeutic techniques and research methodology. Weekly teaching sessions cover a broad range of topics in adolescent medicine; additional weekly seminar sessions devoted to on-going research; courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics; and other venues for discussion of a topic related to Adolescent Medicine.
