From: UCSD Pediatrics <pediatrics@health.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 1:59 PM
To: UCSD Pediatrics
Subject: NEWS FLASH: New Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine Division
Department of Pediatrics NEWS FLASH |
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Special Announcement |
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Sent on behalf of Dr. David Inwards-Breland Chief, Division of Adolescent & Young
Adult Medicine UCSD
Department of Pediatrics
AYA
Medicine Division members include me, Drs. Maya Kumar, Kay Rhee and Kanani
Titchen. Adolescent and Young Adult
Clinic The
new AYA Clinic opened April 15, 2020 and provides consultative, evidenced
based, trauma-informed and confidential care with a lens towards cultural
humility as we partner with adolescents and young adults (age 10-26 yrs. old)
in San Diego and surrounding counties. Our clinic has board certified
Adolescent Medicine physicians, nutrition and social work services. We will
offer a wide array of services including but not limited to eating and
nutritional disorder management as well as mental health assessment with
medication management. In addition, we provide comprehensive contraceptive
services including placement of LARCs (long acting
reversible contraception, which includes intrauterine devices and
sub-dermal implants), medical management of menstrual and gynecologic
disorders, and STI screening and treatment. Center for Gender Affirming
Care The
Center for Gender Affirming Care is a multidisciplinary program and
includes members from Adolescent Medicine, Endocrinology, and Social
Work. Our mission is to provide comprehensive, compassionate, evidence-based
care and support to gender diverse youth and their families. We offer
medical management with gender affirming hormones and pubertal blockers. We
collaborate extensively with local gender therapists to provide a culturally
relevant and geographically accessible continuum of care. Medical Behavioral Unit Rady
Children’s Hospital-San Diego and UC San Diego have combined their skills and
expertise to create the Medical Behavioral Unit, the only child and
adolescent medical/behavioral inpatient unit in San Diego. This unit primarily
treats children, adolescents, and young adults with anorexia nervosa,
bulimia nervosa and related eating disorders. These patients often have
abnormal cardiovascular function or are severely underweight, requiring nutrition
intervention and close medical monitoring. Patients are cared for by a highly
experienced team of professionals with medical (AYA and Hospital
Medicine faculty), mental health and behavioral health expertise. |
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Department of Pediatrics Communications: Debbie Taheri |
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