Dr. Elizabeth R Woods MD, MPH
Adolescent Specialist | Adolescent Medicine
333 Longwood Ave Floor 5 Boston MA, 02115About
Dr. Elizabeth Woods is an adolescent specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Woods works with patients who are in the adolescent age, or generally between the ages of 11 and 19 years old. As an adolescent-specialist, Dr. Woods treats many common health issues that pre-teens and teenagers face, from mental, to behavioral, to physical conditions. Some of these issues may include growth and hormone problems, sports injuries, eating disorders, substance abuse and more. Adolescent specialists perform medical exams, histories and diagnostic tests, and develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1979
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Adolescent Medicine
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Association of adolescent risk behaviors with mental health symptoms in high school students.
- Which psychiatric patients board on the medical service?
- Outreach, mental health, and case management services: can they help to retain HIV-positive and at-risk youth and young adults in care?
- Young adults in Massachusetts: who is at risk of being uninsured?
- An algorithm using reticulocyte hemoglobin content (CHr) measurement in screening adolescents for iron deficiency.
- Youth preferences for prenatal and parenting teen services.
- Adolescent medicine in 2005.
- Parental acceptance of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
- Effects of creating visual illness narratives on quality of life with asthma: a pilot intervention study.
- Development of a new Adolescent Patient-Provider Interaction Scale (APPIS) for youth at risk for STDs/HIV.
- Adolescent medicine in 2006.
- The impact of state policies on vaccine coverage by age 13 in an insured population.
- Relationship of STD-related shame and stigma to female adolescents' condom-protected intercourse.
- Human papilloma virus vaccine: a new frontier or political controversy?
- Restrictive eating disorders: ancient challenges, new solutions.
Awards
- 2011 Boston Super Doctors
- Community Outreach Award, Boston's Business Journal 2012 Champions in Health Care
Fellowships
- Adolescent Medicine Fellowship - Boston Children's Hospital - Boston, MA 1982
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