Dr. Colette L. Auerswald M.D.
Adolescent Specialist | Adolescent Medicine
Clinical Pharmacy 405 Irving Street San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Colette Auerswald is an adolescent specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Auerswald 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. Auerswald 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
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1992
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Adolescent Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Youth homelessness in San Francisco: a life cycle approach.
- Qualitative assessment of venues for purposive sampling of hard-to-reach youth: an illustration in a Latino community.
- Service utilization and the life cycle of youth homelessness.
- Does partner selection contribute to sex differences in sexually transmitted infection rates among African American adolescents in San Francisco?
- The worlds of homeless white and African American youth in San Francisco, California: a cultural epidemiological comparison.
- Youth living with HIV and partner-specific risk for the secondary transmission of HIV.
- Why doctors choose small towns: a developmental model of rural physician recruitment and retention.
- Incidence and predictors of onset of injection drug use in a San Francisco cohort of homeless youth.
- The challenge of pregnancy among homeless youth: reclaiming a lost opportunity.
- Impact of social network characteristics on shelter use among street youth in San Francisco.
- Gender differences in sexual risk and sexually transmitted infections correlate with gender differences in social networks among San Francisco homeless youth.
- "It is all about the fear of being discriminated [against]…the person suffering from HIV will not be accepted": a qualitative study exploring the reasons for loss to follow-up among HIV-positive youth in Kisumu, Kenya.
- Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection among Street Boys in Kisumu, Kenya.
- Coming of Age on the Margins: Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Latino Immigrant Young Adults Eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
- Stigmatizing Beliefs Regarding Street-Connected Children and Youth: Criminalized Not Criminal.
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