Dr. William L Risser M.D.
Adolescent Specialist | Adolescent Medicine
6410 Fannin St 500 Houston TX, 77030About
Dr. William Risser is an adolescent specialist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Risser 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. Risser 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
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1972
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Adolescent Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The epidemiology of syphilis in the waning years of an epidemic: Houston, Texas, 1991-1997.
- Prevalence and incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in incarcerated adolescents.
- Improving teenagers' knowledge of emergency contraception: Cluster randomized controlled trial of a teacher-led intervention.
- Contraception for adolescents: part one.
- Contraception for adolescents: Part two.
- The acute management of minor soft tissue injuries.
- Weight-training injuries in children and adolescents.
- Purulent vaginal and cervical discharge in the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease.
- Relationship between heterosexual anal sex, injection drug use and HIV infection among black men and women.
- Injury and illness surveillance at local Special Olympic Games.
- Musculoskeletal injuries caused by weight training. Guidelines for prevention.
- Azithromycin efficacy in the treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis among detained youth.
- Ultrasound examination of adolescent females with lower abdominal pain.
- Exercise for children.
- Repeat lumbar puncture in the differential diagnosis of meningitis.
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