The Division of Adolescent Medicine has significant experience working in the field of public health.

• “Youth-Link,” a New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute program that has as its primary objective the identification and linkage into medical care of HIV-positive adolescents and young adults ages 12-24, provided by the Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Designated Center of WNY at WCHOB. This project also cares for youth at risk, including those who are hepatitis C positive and disenfranchised youth, and provides follow-up medical care for those who have been the victim of sexual assault and elect to go on post-exposure HIV prophylaxis. Project funding: 2002-present.
• Participation in the New York State Department of Health-Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders, Center of Excellence, 2005-present.
• School Health Projects, provides management, clinical staff and supervision for three school-based clinics in the city of Buffalo.
• Academic staff serves as journal reviewers for academic journals, including Pediatrics and Journal of Adolescent Health.

Our services include routine primary care for patients of Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo who identify the Adolescent Clinic as their medical home. Subspecialty services are provided to area primary care physicians for the following:

• Evaluation and treatment for eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder with obesity
• Reproductive health care, including contraception
• Testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases
• Evaluation for alcohol and substance abuse and treatment linkage
• Evaluation and treatment of adolescent gynecologic problems
• Evaluation, second opinions and treatment for complex, multifactorial/chronic conditions

Division of Adolescent Medicine
140 Hodge Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14222
716-878-7015

Adolescent Clinic (Wednesdays)
1404 Sweet Home Road
Amherst, NY 14228
716-878-7015

Marsha Langan, CPNP

Mary Sheppard, PNP

Courtney Klein-Wentz, Secretary