Gale R. Burstein MD, MPH
Gale R. Burstein
MD, MPH
Clinical Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Adolescent Medicine; Adolescent Medicine - Pediatrics; General Pediatrics; Pediatrics
Contact Information
Patient Care
Patient Care
This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.
View this physician on UBMDEducation and Training:
- Fellowship, STD/HIV Prevention, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (1998)
- MPH, Maternal and Child Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (1997)
- Fellowship, Adolescent Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine (1996)
- Residency, Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (1993)
- Internship, Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (1991)
- MD, Medicine, University at Buffalo, Magna Cum Laude (1990)
- BS, Mathematics and Biology, Union College, Magna Cum Laude (1986)
Employment:
- Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2013-present)
- Research Professor, University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions (2013-present)
- Commissioner, Erie County Department of Health (2012-present)
- Physician Faculty, NYC STD/HIV Prevention Training Center (2011-present)
- Attending Physician, Kaleida Health High School Clinics (2007-present)
- Attending Physician, General Pediatrics, Oishei Children's Hospital (2007-present)
- Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2009–2013)
- Research Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions (2006–2013)
- Medical Director, STD Clinic, Erie County Department of Health (2009–2012)
- Assignee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention (2008–2012)
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (2006–2009)
- Medical Director, Epidemiology and Surveillance and STD and TB Control, Erie County Department of Health (2005–2009)
- Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1999–2005)
- Assistant Director of Family Planning Services, Johns Hopkins University (1998–1999)
- Clinical Instructor, Johns Hopkins University (1997–1998)
- Clinical Instructor, University of Maryland Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1994–1996)
- Chief of Pediatrics, Shongwe Hospital (1993–1994)
Awards and Honors:
- Buffalo Spree Magazine: Top Doctors in Western New York (2019)
- Pharmacists Association of WNY: Charley Hartman Memorial Award (2017)
- Clarence, NY Chamber of Commerce: Businesswoman of the Year Award (2017)
- Buffalo Business First: Women of Influence for Public Policy Award (2016)
- Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network: Caregiver Honoree Award (2016)
- New York State Department of Health: Commissioner's Special Recognition Award (2014)
- Erie County Accomplishment Award (2011)
- Merck Vaccination Service Award (2010)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials: Promising Practice Award (2009)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Honor Student Accommodation (2004)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Public Health Service Citation (2003)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine: New Investigator Award Finalist (1998)
- Baltimore Mayor's Citation for Community Service (1997)
- Catholic Organization for Emergency Relief and Refugee Scholarship (1988)
- Gibson Honorary Society (1988)
- Gatesman Society (1983)
- Delta Omega Honor Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Special Achievement Award (2008, 2012, 2015, 2017)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Grants and Sponsored Research:
- January 2017–January 2018
Expanding SBIRT and Medication and Assisted Treatment for Erie County Youth
Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
$65,000 - January 2016–January 2017
Opioid Prevention in Erie County
Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
$60,000 - January 2015–January 2017
NYSDOH Evaluation of Methods for Improving Screening for Chlamydia among Young Women Seen in Primary Care Settings
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Role: Co-Investigator
$107,000 - January 2015–December 2015
American Academy of Pediatrics NY-1 Chapter Improving HPV Immunization Rates
American Academy of Pediatrics
Role: Principal Investigator
$31,000 - January 2014–December 2014
American Academy of Pediatrics NY-1 Chapter Adolescent Reproductive Health Care Services Training Program Proposal
American Academy of Pediatrics
Role: Principal Investigator
$7,500 - January 2013–December 2013
American Academy of Pediatrics NY-1 Chapter Distracted Driving Prevention
American Academy of Pediatrics/Allstate Insurance
Role: Co-Investigator
$20,000 - January 2011–December 2011
AAP District II New York State Adolescent Heath Educational Award
American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescent Health Partnership Project
Role: Principal Investigator
$1,000 - January 2010–January 2011
Enhanced Chlamydia Screening in the Medical Home
National Chlamydia Coalition
Role: Principal Investigator
$10,000 - January 2008–January 2011
Adolescent Sexual Health Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Role: Principal Investigator - January 2009–January 2010
AAP New York State Chapter 1 Adolescent Heath Educational Award
American Academy of Pediatrics Adolescent Health Partnership Project
Role: Principal Investigator
$1,000 - January 2009–January 2010
Accessing Confidential Adolescent Sexual Health Services
American Academy of Pediatrics Community Access to Child Health Program
Role: Principal Investigator
$11,800 - January 2009–January 2010
Providing Confidentiality for Adolescent Health Care (PCAHC) Demonstration Project
Region II Infertility Prevention Project Special Project
Role: Principal Investigator
$4,260
Journal Articles:
- Barach P, Fisher SD, Adams MJ, Burstein GR, Brophy PD, Kuo DZ, Lipshultz SE. (2020) Disruption of healthcare: Will the COVID pandemic worsen non-COVID outcomes and disease outbreaks?. Prog Pediatr Cardiol (Jun).
- Robyn M, Dufort E, Rosen JB, Southwick K, Bryant PW, Greenko J, Adams E, Kurpiel P, Alvarez KJ, Burstein GR, Sen K, Vasquez D, Rausch-Phung E, Schulte C, Lutterloh E, Blog D. (2018) Two Imported Cases of Congenital Rubella Syndrome and Infection-Control Challenges in New York State, 2013-2015. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc (May), 7(2): 172-174.
- Heavey SC, Delmerico AM, Burstein GR, Moore C, Wieczorek WF, Collins RL, Chang YP, Homish GG. (2018) Descriptive Epidemiology for Community-wide Naloxone Administration by Police Officers and Firefighters Responding to Opioid Overdose. J Community Health (Apr), 43(2): 304-311.
- Heavey SC, Burstein GR, Moore C, Homish GG. (2018) Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program Attendees: Who Attends, What Do They Know, and How Do They Feel?. J Public Health Manag Pract (Jan), 24(1): 63-68.
- Marcell AV, Burstein GR, Committee on Adolescence. (2017) Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services in the Pediatric Setting. Pediatrics (Nov), 140(5).
- Wangu Z, Burstein GR. (2017) Adolescent Sexuality: Updates to the Sexually Transmitted Infection Guidelines. Pediatr Clin North Am (Apr), 64(2): 389-411.
- Sinha S, Burstein GR, Leonard KE, Murphy TF, Elkin PL. (2017) Prescription Opioid Dependence in Western New York: Using Data Analytics to Find an Answer to the Opioid Epidemic. Stud Health Technol Inform (Jan), 245: 594-598.
- Haque SN, Territo HM, Bailey R, Massoudi B, Loomis R, Burstein GR. (2017) Quantifying benefits of using health information exchange to support public health STI reporting and treatment in Western New York. Health Inf Manag (Jan).
- Hsu KK, Burstein GR. (2016) Syphilis Screening Recommendation in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Still Waters Run Deep. JAMA Pediatr (Aug), 170(8): 733-735.
- Hsu KK, Burstein GR. (2016) Syphilis Screening Recommendation in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Still Waters Run Deep. JAMA Pediatr (Aug), 170(8): 733-735.
- Eliscu AH, Burstein GR. (2016) Updates in Contraceptive Counseling for Adolescents. J Pediatr (Aug), 175: 22-26.
- Territo HM, Wrotniak BH, Bouton SM, Burstein GR. (2016) A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing Adolescent Females in the Emergency Department. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol (Aug), 29(4): 378-381.
- Burstein GR, Blythe MJ, Santelli JS, English A. (2016) Ensuring Confidentiality Protections for Adolescents and Young Adults in the Health Care Billing and Insurance Claims Process: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine and American Academy of Pediatrics. J Adolesc Health (Jun), 58: 374-377.
- Burstein GR, Blank J, Chalmers TF, Mahar T, Mahoney MC. (2015) Snowstorm-Related Mortality - Erie County, New York, November 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (Aug), 64(33): 920-921.
- Committee on Adolescence, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. (2014) Screening for Nonviral Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults. Pediatrics (Jul), 134(1): e302-e311.
- Kidd S, Kirkcaldy RD, Burstein GR. (2014) Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews (Jan), 25: 316-331.
- Radovic A, Burstein GR, Marshal MP, Murray PJ, Miller E, Sucato GS. (2013) Adolescents' attitudes toward expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted infections. Sex Transm Dis (Nov), 40(11): 894-897.
- Hogben M, Kidd S, Burstein GR. (2012) Expedited partner therapy for sexually transmitted infections. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol (Oct), 24(5): 299-304.
- Kharbanda EO, Levine SB, Burstein GR. (2011) Delivering adolescent preventive services in an office setting. Adolesc Med State Art Rev (Dec), 22(3): 482-497.
- Beharry MS, Coles MS, Burstein GR. (2011) Adolescent immunization update. Pediatr Infect Dis J (Sep), 30(9): 787-790.
- Satterwhite CL, Gottlieb SL, Romaguera R, Bolan G, Burstein GR, Popovic T. (2011) CDC Grand Rounds: Chlamydia prevention: challenges and strategies for reducing disease burden and sequelae. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (Apr), 60(12): 370-373.
- Burstein GR, Workowski KM. (2011) What‘s new with the 2010 STD treatment guidelines from CDC?. AAP News (Feb), 32(2): 7-7.
- Shafii T, Burstein GR, Blythe MJ. (2011) Sexually transmitted infections: Testing and treatment. The Female Patient (Jan), 36(11): 30-37.
- Hogben M, Burstein GR, Golden MR. (2009) Partner notification in the clinician‘s office: patient health, public health and interventions. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol (Oct), 21(5): 365-370.
- Burstein GR, Eliscu A, Ford K, Hogben M, Chaffee T, Straub D, Shafii T, Huppert J. (2009) Expedited partner therapy for adolescents diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea: a position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. J Adolesc Health (Sep), 45(3): 303-309.
- Shafii T, Burstein GR. (2009) The adolescent sexual health visit. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am (Mar), 36(1): 99-117.
- Leuchner L, Lindstrom H, Burstein GR. (2008) Use of enhanced surveillance for hepatitis C virus infection to detect a cluster among young injection-drug users--New York, November 2004-April 2007. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (May), 57(19): 517-521.
- Broder KR, Cohn AC, Schwartz B, Klein JD, Fisher MM, Fishbein DB, Mijalski C, Burstein GR, Vernon-Smiley ME, McCauley MM, Wibbelsman CJ. (2008) Adolescent immunizations and other clinical preventive services: a needle and a hook?. Pediatrics (Jan), 121(Sup 1): S25-S34.
- Hogben M, Burstein GR. (2007) Letter to the Editor. Contemporary OB/GYN (Dec), 52(12): 32-33.
- Hogben M, Burstein GR. (2007) Letter to the Editor. Contemporary OB/GYN (Oct), 52(10): 39-40.
- Hogben M, Burstein GR. (2007) Partner notification for sexually transmitted infection in the obstetrician and gynecologist office. Contemporary OB/GYN (Jul), 52(7): 44-50.
- Burstein GR, Workowski KM. (2007) What‘s new in the new sexually transmitted treatment guidelines?. AAP News (Mar).
- San Antonio-Gaddy M, Richardson-Moore A, Burstein GR, Newman DR, Branson BM, Birkhead GS. (2006) Rapid HIV antibody testing in the New York State Anonymous HIV Counseling and Testing Program: experience from the field. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (Dec), 43(4): 446-450.
- Hogben M, Burstein GR. (2006) Expedited partner therapy for adolescents diagnosed with gonorrhea or chlamydia: a review and commentary. Adolesc Med Clin (Oct), 17(3): 687-695.
- Greenwald JL, Burstein GR, Pincus J, Branson B. (2006) A rapid review of rapid HIV antibody tests. Curr Infect Dis Rep (Mar), 8(2): 125-131.
- Burstein GR, Snyder MH, Conley D, Newman DR, Walsh CM, Tao G, Irwin KL. (2005) Chlamydia screening in a Health Plan before and after a national performance measure introduction. Obstet Gynecol (Aug), 106(2): 327-334.
- Shafii T, Burstein GR. (2004) An overview of sexually transmitted infections among adolescents. Adolesc Med Clin (Jun), 15(2): 201-214.
- Burstein GR. (2004) Dr. Mommy Blues. Ann Intern Med (May), 140(10): 842-843.
- Burstein GR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2004) Notice to readers: Protocols for confirmation of reactive rapid HIV tests. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (Mar), 53(10): 221-222.
- Burstein GR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2003) Partner counseling and referral services to identify persons with previously undiagnosed HIV - North Carolina 2001. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep (Dec), 52(48): 1181-1184.
- Dunne EF, Burstein GR, Stone KM. (2003) Anogenital human papillomavirus infection in males. Adolesc Med (Oct), 14(3): 613-632.
- Burstein GR, Workowski KA. (2003) Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines. Curr Opin Pediatr (Aug), 15(4): 391-397.
- Burstein GR, Lowry R, Klein JD, Santelli JS. (2003) Missed opportunities for sexually transmitted diseases, human immunodeficiency virus, and pregnancy prevention services during adolescent health supervision visits. Pediatrics (May), 111(5 Pt): 996-1001.
- Burstein GR, Murray PJ. (2003) Diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents. Pediatr Rev (Apr), 24(4): 119-127.
- Feroli KL, Burstein GR. (2003) Adolescent sexually transmitted diseases: new recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs (Mar), 28(2): 113-118.
- Burstein GR, Murray PJ. (2003) Diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted disease pathogens among adolescents. Pediatr Rev (Mar), 24(3): 75-82.
- Burstein GR, Hunt KV. (2003) What‘s new in the new CDC HIV and STD guidelines. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol (Feb), 16(1): 57-60.
- Wang LY, Burstein GR, Cohen DA. (2002) An economic evaluation of a school-based sexually transmitted disease screening program. Sex Transm Dis (Dec), 29(12): 737-745.
- Burstein GR, Berman SM, Blumer JL, Moran JS. (2002) Ciprofloxacin for the treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea infection in adolescents: does the benefit outweigh the risk?. Clin Infect Dis (Oct), 35(Sup 2): S191-S199.
- Boekeloo BO, Snyder MH, Bobbin M, Burstein GR, Conley D, Quinn TC, Zenilman JM. (2002) Provider willingness to screen all sexually active adolescents for chlamydia. Sex Transm Infect (Oct), 78(5): 369-373.
- Brener ND, Burstein GR, DuShaw ML, Vernon ME, Wheeler L, Robinson J. (2001) Health services: results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000. J Sch Health (Sep), 71(7): 294-304.
- Burstein GR, Snyder MH, Conley D, Boekeloo BO, Quinn TC, Zenilman JM. (2001) Adolescent chlamydia testing practices and diagnosed infections in a large managed care organization. Sex Transm Dis (Aug), 28(8): 477-483.
- Burstein GR, Zenilman JM, Gaydos CA, Diener-West M, Howell MR, Brathwaite W, Quinn TC. (2001) Predictors of repeat Chlamydia trachomatis infections diagnosed by DNA amplification testing among inner city females. Sex Transm Infect (Feb), 77(1): 26-32.
- Burstein GR, Zenilman JM, Quinn TC. (1999) Letter to the Editor. JAMA (Feb), 281(6): 514-515.
- Burstein GR, Zenilman JM. (1999) Nongonococcal urethritis--a new paradigm. Clin Infect Dis (Jan), 28(Sup 1): S66-S73.
- Burstein GR, Waterfield G, Joffe A, Zenilman JM, Quinn TC, Gaydos CA. (1998) Screening for gonorrhea and chlamydia by DNA amplification in adolescents attending middle school health centers. Opportunity for early intervention. Sex Transm Dis (Sep), 25(8): 395-402.
- Burstein GR, Gaydos CA, Diener-West M, Howell MR, Zenilman JM, Quinn TC. (1998) Incident Chlamydia trachomatis infections among inner-city adolescent females. JAMA (Aug), 280(6): 521-526.
Books and Book Chapters:
- Holland-Hall C, Burstein GR. (2016) In: "Adolescent Physical and Social Development". Saunders, 926-931.
- Burstein GR. (2016) In: "Sexually Transmitted Infections". Saunders, 985-995.
- Holland-Hall C, Burstein GR. (2016) In: "The Breast". Saunders, 962-963.
- Burstein GR. (2016) In: "The Epidemiology of Adolescent Health Problems". Saunders, 937-939.
- Burstein GR, Workowski KM. (2016) In: "Herpes Genitalis". Wolters Kluwer, 497-501.
- Burstein GR. (2016) In: "Delivery of Health Care to Adolescents". Saunders, 939-944.
- Jatlaoui T, Burstein GR. (2016) In: "Contraception". Saunders, 969-978.
- Burstein GR, Sucato G. (2016) In: "Menstrual Problems". Saunders, 963-969.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Granuloma Inguinale". American Academy of Pediatrics, 367-368.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Children". American Academy of Pediatrics, 177-188.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Sexually Transmitted Infections". American Academy of Pediatrics, 896-904.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Trichomonas vaginalis Infections". American Academy of Pediatrics, 798-800.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Gonococcal Infections". American Academy of Pediatrics, 356-367.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Hepatitis and Youth in Correctional Settings". American Academy of Pediatrics, 188-193.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Pelvic Inflammatory Disease". American Academy of Pediatrics, 603-608.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Bacterial Vaginosis". American Academy of Pediatrics, 256-258.
- Burstein GR. (2015) In: "Chlamydia trachomatis". American Academy of Pediatrics, 288-294.
- Shafii T, Burstein GR. (2013) In: "Chlamydia". Wiley-Blackwell
- Kester JM, Burstein GR, Blythe MJ. (2012) In: "Sexually Transmitted Infection Syndromes". Elsevier Saunders, 345-349.
- Shafii T, Burstein GR. (2011) In: "Adolescent Gynecology: Sexually Transmitted Infections". Springer-Verlag, 3851-3855.
- Shafii T, Burstein GR. (2011) In: "Approach to the Female Adolescent". Springer-Verlag, 3839-3842.
- Burstein GR. (2011) In: "Sexually Transmitted Infections". Saunders, 705-714.
- Burstein GR, Cromer B. (2011) In: "Delivery of Health Care to Adolescents". Saunders, 663-667.
- Shafii T, Burstein GR. (2011) In: "Diagnosis and Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Adolescents". WB Saunders Co., 343-358.
- Burstein GR. (2011) In: "The Epidemiology of Adolescent Health Problems". Saunders, 660-663.
- Eliscu AH, Terrell LR, Blythe MJ, Burstein GR. (2010) In: "Adolescent Sexually Transmitted Infections". Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 503-595.
- Burstein GR. (2009) In: "Dr. Mommy Blues". American College of Physicians Press, 115-118.
- Burstein GR, Henderson Z, Jain N, Irwin KL. (2008) In: "The Role of Primary Care Clinicians in STD, HIV, and Hepatitis Prevention and Care". McGraw-Hill, 1727-1750.
- Burstein GR, Workowski KM. (2008) In: "Herpes Genitalis". Wolters Kluwer, 575-579.
- Burstein GR, Workowski KM. (2008) In: "Herpes Genitalis". Wolters Kluwer, 834-841.
- Burstein GR, Ryan SA, Workowski KM. (2007) In: "Cervicitis, Chlamydia, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, and Vaginitis". Mosby
- Burstein GR. (2004) In: "Sexually Transmitted Diseases". Harcourt Health Sciences, 475-494.
- Burstein GR, Ryan SA. (2001) In: "Chlamydia, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Cervicitis, and Vaginitis". Mosby
- Bloom PD, Burstein GR, Gordeuk VR. (2000) In: "Iron Overload and Hemochromatosis in African Americans". Cambridge University Press, 475-485.
- Burstein GR, Romaplo AM. (1999) In: "Chlamydia". Academic Press, 273-284.
Abstracts:
- Radovic A, Burstein GR, Murray P, Hall C, Sucato G. (2011) Adolescent Preference for Expedited Partner Therapy Versus Standard Referral for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Partner Management. J Adolesc Health, (Feb) S62-S63
- Burstein GR, Glaser K, Kahn L, Tumiel-Berhalter L. (2010) Barriers and Solutions to Commercially Insured Adolescents Accessing Confidential Sexual Health Services. J Adolesc Health, (Feb) S24-S25
- Burstein GR, Snyder MH, Conley D, Howell MR, Boekeloo B, Quinn TC, Zenilman JM. (2000) Screening Females for Chlamydia in a Large Managed Care Organization: A New HEDIS Measure. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol, (May) 91-91
- Burstein GR, Gaydos CA, Diener-West M, Brathwaite W, Howell MR, Zenilman JM, Quinn TC. (1998) Predictors of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Diagnosed by Polymerase Chain Reaction Among Females with Repeat Visits to Inner City Clinics. J Adolesc Health, (Feb) 131-131
- Burstein GR, Waterfield G, Hauptman P, Joffe A, Quinn TC, Gaydos CA. (1998) High Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Documented in Middle School Students by Urine Based DNA Screening. J Adolesc Health, (Feb) 137-137
- Burstein GR, Nitz K. (1997) Is Past History of Chlamydia Associated with Symptoms on Presentation with Current Chlamydia Infection?. J Adolesc Health, (Feb) 157-157
Professional Memberships:
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine: Fellow (FSAHM) (2010–present)
- North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2007–2009)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: New York State Chapter 1 (2007–present)
- Erie County Medical Society (2006–2010)
- Medical Society for the State of New York (2006–2010)
- Buffalo Pediatric Society (2005–present)
- American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (1999–present)
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (1995–present)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (1990–present)
Presentations:
- "Lyme Disease: What Nurse Practitioners Need to Know" Western New York Chapter Meeting; National Association Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (2019)
- "Trichomonas Infection Rates in Males Presenting to the Emergency Department for Sexually Transmitted Infections" STD Engage Conference; National Coalition of STD Directors (2018)
- "Trichomonas Infection Rates in Males Presenting to the Emergency Department for Sexually Transmitted Infection Evaluation" Annual Meeting; Pediatric Academic Societies; Adolescent Medicine: STI's (2018)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis" UB/DC Opioid Panel; National Press Club (2017)
- "Routinizing Chlamydia Screening in Primary Care" Webinar; Adolescent Sexual Health Quality Improvement Fellowship (2017)
- "Long Acting Reversible Contraception: Sexual Reproductive Health – Clinical Policy Implications" District I and II Annual Meeting; American Academy of Pediatrics (2017)
- "HIV, Chlamydia, and Gonorrhea Testing in New York Medicaid-Enrolled Adolescents" 49th Annual Conference; National Association of School Nurses (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Response to a Public Health Crisis" New York State Chapter 1 Annual Meeting; American Academy of Pediatrics (2017)
- "Hepatitis C in Erie County" Finger Lakes Public Health Consortia Meeting (2017)
- "HPV Disease: HPV Primary Prevention" Facebook Stream Lecture Series; Buffalo March for Science (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Response to a Public Health Crisis" Annual Meeting; Central NY Pediatric Society (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Women in Business Conference (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Williamsville Opioid Forum (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Opioid and Heroin Epidemic: Recommendations for Local Governments Panel; New York State Association of Counties (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" Nurse Practitioner Lecture; D'Youville College (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Invited Presentation; Rotary Club of Buffalo (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Partnership Meeting; Erie County Cancer Screening Services (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Opioid and Heroin Epidemic: Recommendations for Local Governments Panel; New York State Association of Counties (2017)
- "Chlamydia Clinical Care Best Practices: Screening, Treatment, Partners, Retesting and Fellow Forum" Webinar; Adolescent Sexual Health Quality Improvement Fellowship (2017)
- "Government Response to New York Hepatitis C Elimination Consensus Document" NYS Hepatitis C Virus Elimination Summit (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Opioid and Heroin Epidemic: Recommendations for Local Governments Panel; New York State Association of Counties (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Opioid and Heroin Epidemic: Recommendations for Local Governments Panel; New York State Association of Counties (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Opioid and Heroin Epidemic: Recommendations for Local Governments Panel; New York State Association of Counties (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Opioid and Heroin Epidemic: Recommendations for Local Governments Panel; New York State Association of Counties (2017)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Response to a Public Health Crisis in WNY" Opioid and Heroin Epidemic: Recommendations for Local Governments Panel; New York State Association of Counties (2017)
- "2015 CDC STD Guidelines Update" Medical Grand Rounds; Sisters of Charity Hospital (2016)
- "Confronting Opioid Dependence: An Interprofessional Strategy" 1st Annual Interprofessional Forum; University at Buffalo (2016)
- "Erie County Antimicrobial Resistance: Public Health Strategies to Preserve the Power of Antibiotics" Mind Your Microbe; University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016)
- "Erie County Health Disparities: Health Educators Can Make a Difference" Career Fair; Buffalo State College (2016)
- "Erie County Opioid Epidemic Task Force: A Community United to Address an Outbreak" Workgroup Meeting; NYNJ RxStat (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" Luncheon; 20th Century Club (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" Musculoskeletal Symposium; Catholic Health (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" Interprofessional Forum on Opioid Addiction; University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016)
- "Routinizing Sexual Health Care in Pediatric Primary Care" Contraception Training; Hope Buffalo (2016)
- "Sexually Transmitted Infections: Testing and Treatment" Webinar; Duval County Department of Health (2016)
- "Adolescent Sexual Health Service Utilization in Medicaid Program" Annual Meeting; American Public Health Association (2016)
- "Descriptive Epidemiology of Naloxone Administration by Police Officers and Firefighters Responding to Opioid Overdose in Erie County, NY" Annual Meeting; American Public Health Association (2016)
- "Erie County Strategies to Address Opioid Epidemic" Invited Presentation; Association of Erie County Government (2016)
- "Health Care of the GLBTQ Patient" Aloha Update on Pediatrics; Children‘s Hospital Los Angeles (2016)
- "Long Acting Reversible Contraception: First Line Care for Adolescents" Aloha Update on Pediatrics; Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2016)
- "Opioid Addiction and the Adolescent Brain" Aloha Update on Pediatrics; Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" School of Nursing Symposium; University at Buffalo (2016)
- "Routinizing Sexual Health Care in Primary Care" Aloha Update on Pediatrics; Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2016)
- "Update on HPV Vaccine" Aloha Update on Pediatrics; Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2016)
- "Vaginitis in the Adolescent: Diagnosis and Management" Aloha Update on Pediatrics; Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2016)
- "Chlamydia Screening Programs: Considering the Options" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Hologic Sponsored Luncheon (2016)
- "Descriptive Epidemiology of Naloxone Administration by Police Officers and Firefighters Responding to Opioid Overdose in Erie County, NY" Annual Conference; National Prevention Network (2016)
- "Engaging Pediatric Providers in Sexual Health Training: A Strategy for Success" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016)
- "Engaging Primary Care Providers in a Quality Improvement (QI) Initiative to Improve Chlamydia Screening" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" Internal Medicine Grand Rounds; Kenmore Mercy Hospital (2016)
- "HPV Disease: HPV Primary Prevention" NYS-1 Chapter Adolescent STD Course; NYC STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and American Academy of Pediatrics (2016)
- "HPV Disease: HPV Primary Prevention" Women's Wellness Symposium; Catholic Health (2016)
- "Office-Based Care for Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Adolescents and Young Adults" NYS-1 Chapter Adolescent STD Course; NYC STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and American Academy of Pediatrics (2016)
- "Routinizing Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing and Treatment in Primary Care" NYS-1 Chapter Adolescent STD Course; NYC STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and American Academy of Pediatrics (2016)
- "Vaginitis" NYS-1 Chapter Adolescent STD Course; NYC STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and American Academy of Pediatrics (2016)
- "2015 CDC STD Guidelines: New Testing, Treatment and Disease" Internal Medicine Grand Rounds; Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (2016)
- "2015 CDC STD Guidelines: New Testing, Treatment and Disease" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Baystate Medical Center (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" Internal Medicine Grand Rounds; Sisters of Charity Hospital (2016)
- "Routinizing Sexual Health Care in Primary Care" Pediatric Conference; Baystate Medical Center (2016)
- "AAP Support Planned Parenthood‘s and Other Proviers‘ Mission to Provide Critical Sexual Health Care Services to Adolescents" Annual Leadership Forum Resolution 41; American Academy of Pediatrics; Advisory Committee to the Board on Community, Chapter and State Affairs (2016)
- "Opioid Addiction in Teenagers" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" AMA Medical Student Lecture; University at Buffalo (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" Mini Med School; University at Buffalo (2016)
- "The Brain Disease Model of Adolescent Addiction: Implications for Prevention and Treatment" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2016)
- "Promoting Maternal and Child Health and Preventing and Treating Addiction in Erie County" Advancing Prevention Project Webinar; New York Academy of Medicine (2016)
- "2015 CDC STD Guidelines: New Testing, Treatment and Disease" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2016)
- "Opioid Addictions Outbreak: A Public Health Crisis in WNY" Primary Care Update Conference; UBMD Internal Medicine (2016)
- "What Does the County Health Department Do that Psychiatrists Should Know About?" Psychiatry Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2016)
- "2015 CDC STD Guidelines: New Testing, Treatment and Disease" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Upstate Golisano Children‘s Hospital (2015)
- "The Opioid Addictions Outbreak: How Did We Get Here? What is This Doing to Our Community?" Executive Leadership Study Group Series; Erie 2 BOCES (2015)
- "The Opioid Addictions Outbreak: How Did We Get Here? What is This Doing to Our Community?" Invited Presentation; Syracuse Pediatric Society (2015)
- "2015 CDC STD Guidelines: New Testing, Treatment and Disease" 31st Annual Update of STD/HIV/AIDS; University of Alabama at Birmingham (2015)
- "Adolescents and Sexual Health: Victims of Their Developmental Circumstances" 31st Annual Update of STD/HIV/AIDS; University of Alabama at Birmingham (2015)
- "Promoting Judicious Use of Antibiotics in the Community" Fall Meeting; WNY Association of School Nurses (2015)
- "HPV Disease" NYS HPV Immunization Conference; American Academy of Pediatrics (2015)
- "The Opioid Addictions Outbreak: What is This Doing to Our Community?" Invited Presentation; Chautauqua Institution (2015)
- "2015 CDC STD Guidelines: New Testing, Treatment and Disease" Adolescent Sexual Health Webinar Series; New York Promoting and Advancing Teen Health, STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, Physicians for Reproductive Health (2015)
- "Current State of Health, Erie County, NY" Conversations for Tomorrow - Preventive Services Community Event; Child and Family Services (2015)
- "Responding to Disasters: Ebola and Other Epidemics" District II and VII Annual Meeting; American Academy of Pediatrics (2015)
- "How Do I Improve Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections in My Practice?" Webinar; National Indian Health Services (2015)
- "Have You Heard about the New Bug Around Town? Mycoplasma genitalium Clinical Epidemiology and Treatment Considerations" Annual Meeting; Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (2015)
- "Long Acting Reversible Contraception: First Line Care for Adolescents" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Upstate Golisano Children‘s Hospital (2015)
- "Long Acting Reversible Contraception: First Line Care for Adolescents" Reunion de las Americas en Pediatria; La Asociacion Mexicana de Pediatria (2015)
- "Non-Viral Sexually Transmitted Infections Screening" Reunion de las Americas en Pediatria; La Asociacion Mexicana de Pediatria (2015)
- "Routinizing STI Screening in Primary Care" Adolescent Sexual Health Workshop; Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital (2015)
- "Tools to Address Preserving Confidentiality, Providing Services to Adolescents and Talking with Parents" Webinar; National Committee for Quality Assurance (2015)
- "Using a Regional Health Informational Exchange to Facilitate Public Health STD Reporting and Partner Notification" New York State HIV and STD Partner Service Meeting; New York State Department of Health (2015)
- "Long Acting Reversible Contraception: First Line Care for Adolescents" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2014)
- "Routinizing STI Screening in Primary Care" Webinar; New York Promoting and Advancing Teen Health and Physicians for Reproductive Health (2014)
- "Routinizing STI Screening in Primary Care" Internal Medicine Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo Center for Translational Research (2014)
- "Using a Regional Health Informational Exchange to Facilitate Public Health Reporting" Invited Presentation; New York State Association of County Health Officials (2014)
- "How Do I Improve Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections in My Practice?" Webinar; Alaskan Indian Health Service (2014)
- "Routinizing STI Screening in Primary Care" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Children‘s Hospital of Michigan (2014)
- "How Do I Improve Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections in My Practice?" National Conference and Exhibition; American Academy of Pediatrics (2014)
- "Using HEALTHeLINK, a Regional Health Information Exchange, to Facilitate Communicable Disease Reporting and Investigation" Annual Conference; National Association of County and City Health Officials (2014)
- "A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing Adolescent Females in the Emergency Department" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014)
- "Autocorrect: Pediatricians Correcting the Behavior of Teen Texting and Driving" NYS Chapter 1 Meeting; American Academy of Pediatrics (2014)
- "HPV Vaccine: The Male Factor" Grand Rounds; Maimonides Infants and Children‘s Hospital (2014)
- "Sexual Health Training and Primary Care Providers: A New Frontier for an Old Audience" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014)
- "The Spatial, Temporal and Environmental Trends of Gonorrhea in Erie County, NY" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014)
- "Tracking Trichomonas in Routine Pediatric Primary Care" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014)
- "Using a Regional Health Information Exchange to Facilitate Public Health STD Reporting and Partner Notification" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2014)
- "Autocorrect: Pediatricians Correcting the Behavior of Teen Texting and Driving" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2014)
- "Distracted Driving" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2014)
- "Enhancing Primary Care Provider Chlamydia Screening Practices by Creating an Adolescent Medical Home" Webinar; Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (2014)
- "Increasing HPV Vaccine Uptake" Annual Meeting; Finger Lakes NY Immunization Coalition (2014)
- "Autocorrect: Pediatricians Correcting the Behavior of Teen Texting and Driving" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Upstate Golisano Children‘s Hospital (2014)
- "Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening in Males and the State of Sexual Health Services for Adolescent and Young Adult Males" Annual Meeting; Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (2014)
- "Integrating Reproductive Health Services for Males: Recommendations, Practical Strategies, and Tools for Increasing and Improving Services to Male Clients" Annual Meeting; Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (2014)
- "Cancer Prevention in an Era of Reform: The Role of Public Health" Grand Rounds; Roswell Park Cancer Institute (2014)
- "Sexual Health Training and Primary Care Physicians: A New Frontier with an Old Audience" Annual Meeting; National Coalition of STD Directors (2013)
- "Increasing Adolescent HPV Vaccine Uptake" Jefferson Family Medicine; UBMD Family Medicine (2013)
- "Increasing Young Adult HPV Vaccine Uptake" Annual Meeting; Western New York Adult Immunization Coalition (2013)
- "Increasing Awareness of Resistant Gonorrhea as a Threat to Public Health" Family Medicine Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2013)
- "A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing Adolescent Females in the Emergency Department" Annual Meeting; Pediatric Academic Societies (2013)
- "Billing for Confidential Services - Challenges and How to Make Confidential Care Economically Feasible" Annual Meeting; Pediatric Academic Societies (2013)
- "University Student Health Center Protocol to Increase Rescreening Rates through a Clinic-Based Quality Improvement Plan" Annual Meeting; American College Health Association (2013)
- "Emerging Neisseria gonorrhoeae Resistance" Adolescent Reproductive and Health Education Program Faculty Training; Physicians for Reproductive Health (2013)
- "Emerging Neisseria gonorrhoeae Resistance" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Winthrop University Hospital (2013)
- "Emerging Neisseria gonorrhoeae Resistance" Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2013)
- "A New Strategy for Trichomonas Testing Adolescent Females in the Emergency Department" Annual Conference; Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (2013)
- "Immunications: Not Just for Kids" UB at Noon; University at Buffalo (2013)
- "Emerging Neisseria gonorrhoeae Resistance" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2013)
- "Increasing Awareness of Resistant Gonorrhea as a Threat to Public Health" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2013)
- "Emerging Neisseria gonorrhoeae Resistance" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (2012)
- "Routinizing Sexual Health Services in Primary Care" Invited Presentation; Syracuse Pediatric Society (2012)
- "Screening Tools in the Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Guide for the Primary Care Provider" Upstate Conference on Sexually Transmitted Diseases; New York State Department of Health Clinical Education Initiative (2012)
- "Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the LGBT Population" Upstate Conference on Sexually Transmitted Diseases; New York State Department of Health Clinical Education Initiative (2012)
- "HPV Vaccine: Politics Trump Science?" Invited Presentation; Western New York Pediatrics (2012)
- "Increasing Access to Confidential Adolescent Sexual Health Care Services" Annual Meeting; National Coalition of STD Directors (2012)
- "Sexual Health Care for GLBTQ Youth" National Conference and Exhibition; American Academy of Pediatrics (2012)
- "When the Screen(ing) Door Opens: Updates on the Newest STD Testing and Management Strategies" National Conference and Exhibition; American Academy of Pediatrics (2012)
- "Erie County Communicable Diseases Update" Infectious Diseases Conference; Veterans Affairs Hospital (2012)
- "HPV Vaccine: Politics Trump Science?" Pediatric Surgery Grand Rounds; Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (2012)
- "Pertussis Surveillance in Erie County" Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference; Women and Children‘s Hospital of Buffalo (2012)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia and New CDC Gonorrhea Treatment Recommendations" Emergency Department; Women and Children‘s Hospital of Buffalo (2012)
- "HPV Vaccine: Politics Trump Science?" NYS Chapter 1 Vaccine Summit; American Academy of Pediatrics (2012)
- "E-Surveillance" Bi-Regional Meeting; Region II and IV Infertility Prevention Project (2012)
- "Enhancing Chlamydia Screening by Creating an Adolescent Medical Home" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2012)
- "New Health Department Partnerships for Sexual Health Delivery: Erie County Department of Health Experience" Bi-Regional Meeting; Region II and IV Infertility Prevention Project (2012)
- "Adolescent STDs: The Hidden Epidemic" Committee Meeting; Erie County Commission on the Status of Women (2012)
- "Chlamydia: Epidemiology to Plan Control" Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Program; University of Rochester (2012)
- "Emerging Issues in Sexually Transmitted Infections" Annual Meeting; Pediatric Academic Societies; Workshop (2012)
- "Enhancing Adolescent Sexual Health Services in Primary Care by Developing an Adolescent Medical Home" Annual Meeting; Region II Infertility Project (2012)
- "Medical Homes, Primary Care and the Role of LHDs in Our New World of Health Care Reform" Invited Presentation; New York State Association of County Health Officials (2012)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines and Beyond..." Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2012)
- "Chlamydia: Using Epidemiology to Plan Control" Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; University at Buffalo (2012)
- "Enhanced Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Surveillance in Three New York State Emergency Departments" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012)
- "Increasing Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Retesting Rates in a Student Health Center (SHC) Using a Quality Improvement Approach" 2012 National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012)
- "Increasing Chlamydia Screening in Primary Care by Creating an Adolescent Medical Home" 2012 National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012)
- "Sexual Risk Behavior: HIV, STD, and Teen Pregnancy: the Hidden Epidemic" Sisters to Sisters Summit Workshop; Girl Scouts of Western New York (2012)
- "Sexual Assault" Adolescent Medicine Board Review Course; American Academy of Pediatrics (2012)
- "Sexually Transmitted Infections" Adolescent Medicine Board Review Course; American Academy of Pediatrics (2012)
- "National Chlamydia Coalition: A Work in Progress" National Meeting; National Chlamydia Coalition (2012)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines and Beyond..." Western New York Chapter Meeting; Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (2011)
- "HPV Vaccine: Politics Trump Science?" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2011)
- "The Essentials of Contraception and Adolescents Part 1" Hodge Pediatrics Clinic; Women and Children‘s Hospital of Buffalo (2011)
- "The Essentials of Contraception and Adolescents Part 1" Towne Gardens Pediatrics Clinic; Women and Children‘s Hospital of Buffalo (2011)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia and the New CDC Gonorrhea Treatment Recommendations" Invited Presentation; Western New York Immediate Care Center (2011)
- "Health Care Reform and Confidentiality of Sexual Health Care Services" Annual Meeting; National Coalition of STD Directors (2011)
- "HPV Vaccine: Politics Trump Science?" NYS Chapters 2 and 3 Vaccine Summit; American Academy of Pediatrics (2011)
- "Adolescent Sexual Risks Behaviors amd Consequences" Freshman Orientation; Middle Early College High School (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 STD Treatment Guidelines and Beyond" Webinar: www.cicatelli.org/titlex/audio/20111025/STDTreatmentGuidelinesWebinar20111025.pdf; CDC Region II Family Planning Training Center (2011)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia and the New CDC Gonorrhea Treatment Recommendations" General Pediatrics Division Meeting; Women and Children‘s Hospital of Buffalo (2011)
- "Adolescent Sexual Risks Behaviors and Consequences" Freshman Orientation; Global Concepts Charter School (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines and Beyond..." Internal Medicine Grand Rounds; Sisters of Charity Hospital (2011)
- "Adolescent Sexual Risks Behaviors and Consequences" Freshman Orientation; Buffalo Park South Park High School (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Sisters of Charity Hospital (2011)
- "Health Care Reform and Confidentiality of Sexual Health Care Services" Office of Family Planning‘s 2011 Title X Family Planning National Grantee Meeting; Office of Population Affairs (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Pediatric and Gynecology Grand Rounds; Northwest Buffalo Community Health Center (2011)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy in New York State: A New Tool for Providers to Prevent Chlamydia Reinfection Among Adolescents" Webinar: www3.gotomeeting.com/register/852335009; American Academy of Pediatrics and CDC Region II STD/HIV Prevention Training Center (2011)
- "Focus on Adolescent Sexual Health" Webinar: www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/Adolescent-Webinar-Slides-June-1-2011.pdf; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (2011)
- "Chlamydia" Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Program; University of Rochester (2011)
- "Promoting Adolescent Reproductive Health Program (PARHP)" Annual Meeting; Finger Lakes Region HIV/STD/Hepatitis Prevention Coalition (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Annual Meeting; Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Maria Fareri Children‘s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center (2011)
- "Chlamydia" Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; University at Buffalo (2011)
- "Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Non-Genital and Chlamydia Screening But Were Afraid to Ask" Annual Meeting; Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Annual Meeting; The Physicians for Reproductive Choices and Health Adolescent Reproductive Sexual Health Education Project (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Pediatric Grand Rounds; New York Methodist Hospital (2011)
- "STI Services for Adolescent Patients: Confidentiality is Key" Chlamydia Clinical Issues Update; Region II STD/HIV Prevention Training Center (2011)
- "Changes in the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2011)
- "What is New in the New CDC HIV and STD Guidelines" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2011)
- "Increasing Adolescent Sexual Health Services in Primary Care" 2010 National Conference; Council of State Governments (2010)
- "Sex + Drugs Do Not Equal Rock and Roll!" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2010)
- "Pelvic Inflammatory Disease" School-Based Health Clinic; Kaleida Health; Nurse Practitioners (2010)
- "Vaccine Safety" Community Lecture; Hilbert College (2010)
- "Male HPV Vaccine" Hodge Pediatrics Clinic; Women and Children‘s Hospital of Buffalo (2010)
- "PID Surveillance and Quality Improvement" Emergency Department Conference; Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2010)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2010)
- "Interviewing Adolescent Patients" Pediatric Residency Lecture; University at Buffalo (2010)
- "CDC Partners Address Chlamydia Challenges" Public Health Grand Rounds; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010)
- "Chlamydia Prevention: Challenges and Strategies for Reducing Disease Burden" Public Health Grand Rounds; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy" Spring Meeting; Onondaga Pediatric Society (2010)
- "Male HPV Vaccine" School-Based Health Clinic; Kaleida Health; Nurse Practitioners (2010)
- "New York State Expanded Syringe Access and Disposal Program" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (2010)
- "Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Sneak Peak to the 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Upstate Golisano Children‘s Hospital (2010)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Pediatricians Can Make a Difference!" Mailman School of Public Health Meeting; Columbia University (2010)
- "Barriers and Solutions to Adolescents Accessing Confidential Health Services" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (2010)
- "Giving Adolescents Diagnosed with STIs Medication for Their Partners: Is This Feasible? Is This Effective? Will I Go to Jail?" Annual Meeting; North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2010)
- "Missed Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Diagnoses and Treatment Detected Through Health Department Surveillance in Two Western New York Emergency Departments" Annual Clinical Meeting; North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2010)
- "Barriers and Solutions to Commercially Insured Adolescents Accessing Confidential Sexual Health Services" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010)
- "Enhanced Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Surveillance in Two Erie County, New York Emergency Departments" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010)
- "High Chlamydia Prevalence Found in a Collaborative Health Department - University Student Health Services STI Screening Program" 2010 National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010)
- "HPV: Disease and Vaccination" Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases; University at Buffalo (2010)
- "Policy on Adolescent Confidentiality and Electronic Health Records" Annual Leadership Forum Resolution 39; American Academy of Pediatrics; Advisory Committee to the Board on Community, Chapter and State Affairs (2010)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Providers Can Make a Difference!" Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Lecture; University of Rochester (2010)
- "Adolescent Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Adolescent Sexual Assault" Adolescent Medicine Board Review Course; American Academy of Pediatrics (2010)
- "Accessing Confidential Adolescent Health Care Services" Faculty Development/Primary Care Research Forum; University at Buffalo (2010)
- "New York State Expanded Syringe Access and Disposal Program" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2010)
- "PID Surveillance and Vaginitis Testing" Emergency Department Conference; Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2009)
- "A 2010 Clinician‘s Guide to Influenza and Vaccination Protocols" Grand Rounds; Buffalo Psychiatric Center (2009)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Providers' Role in Controlling the Epidemic" 1st Annual Navajo Indian Health Service Adolescent Health Conference; Indian Health Service (2009)
- "PID Surveillance" Emergency Department Conference; Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo (2009)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Pediatricians Can Make a Difference!" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Rush University (2009)
- "HPV Vaccine and Safety" Family Medicine Residency Lecture; University at Buffalo (2009)
- "Interviewing Adolescent Patients" Pediatric Residency Lecture; University at Buffalo (2009)
- "Adolescents and Young Adults: The Overlooked Core of Hepatitis C Virus" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Phi Beta Kappa Chapter (2009)
- "Adolescents and Young Adults: The Overlooked Core of Hepatitis C Virus" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Sisters of Charity Hospital (2009)
- "Are You Smarter than an Epidemiologist?" Summer Camp Lecture and Interactive Demonstration; Buffalo Museum of Science (2009)
- "Adolescent and Young Adult HCV Infection" Family Medicine Residency Lecture; University at Buffalo (2009)
- "Adolescents and Young Adults: the Overlooked Core of Hepatitis C Virus" Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds; Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (2009)
- "Microorganisms" Summer Camp Lecture and Interactive Demonstration; Buffalo Museum of Science (2009)
- "HPV Vaccine Safety" Annual Meeting; Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (2009)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Pediatricians Can Make a Difference!" Annual Meeting; Central New York Pediatric Society (2009)
- "Adolescents and Young Adults: The Overlooked Core of Hepatitis C Virus" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (2009)
- "HPV Vaccine Safety" New York State Chapter 1 Vaccine Summit; American Academy of Pediatrics (2009)
- "Immunization Fast Track 2009" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2009)
- "Promoting Adolescent Reproductive Health Care" New York State Chapter 1 Annual Meeting; American Academy of Pediatrics (2009)
- "Adolescent and Young Adult Hepatitis C Virus Infections: Finding Cases in Unexpected Places" National Viral Hepatitis Training Center Webinar; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC State Hepatitis Program Directors (2009)
- "Adolescents and Young Adults: the Overlooked Hepatitis C Virus Epidemic" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2009)
- "Can Providers Assure Commercially Insured Adolescents Confidentiality for Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening and Treatment? Conflicting Laws and Innovative Approaches" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2009)
- "Adolescent Contraception: A Roadmap for Providers" Pediatric Offices Meeting (2009)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Pediatricians Can Make a Difference!" Invited Presentation; Maimonides Medical Center (2009)
- "Adolescents and Young Adults: the Overlooked Core of Hepatitis C Virus" New York State Videoconference; New York State Department of Health; Office of the Medical Director (2009)
- "Adolescents and Young Adults: the Overlooked Core of Hepatitis C Virus" Alliance Meeting; Western New York AIDS Alliance (2009)
- "Immunization Fast Track 2009" Society Meeting; Monroe County Medical Society (2009)
- "Immunization Fast Track 2009" Society Meeting; Chautauqua County Medical Society (2009)
- "HPV Vaccine Safety" New York State Chapters 2 and 3 Vaccine Summit; American Academy of Pediatrics (2008)
- "Adolescents and Young Adults: The Overlooked Core of Hepatitis C Virus" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2008)
- "Adolescent Herpes Simplex Virus Infection" Family Medicine Residency Lecture; University at Buffalo (2008)
- "Adolescents STIs: Tools for Talking, Testing and Treating" National Meeting; North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2008)
- "HPV Vaccine" Wellness Program Meeting; Independent Health (2008)
- "AAP Support for the Practice of Expedited Partner Therapy for Persons Infected with Chlamydia trachomatis to Prevent Reinfection" Annual Leadership Forum Resolution 35SB; American Academy of Pediatrics; Advisory Committee to the Board on Community, Chapter and State Affairs (2008)
- "Can Providers Assure Commercially Insured Adolescents Confidentiality for Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Screening and Treatment? Conflicting Laws and Innovative Approaches" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008)
- "Use of Viral Hepatitis Surveillance to Detect a Cluster of Hepatitis C Virus Infection - New York, 2007" International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Defining the Problem Provider Role in Chlamydia Control" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2008)
- "The Rural Context: Barriers, Current Prevention and Care Strategies, and Recommendations for Young Women‘s Access to HIV/AIDS and STD Success" National HIV Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007)
- "Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2007)
- "Oral Manifestations of STIs" Society Meeting; Buffalo Dental Society (2007)
- "The 4 R‘s of Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers: Recommendations, Rationale, Resistance, and Responsibility" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2007)
- "Sexual Health Care for Men Who Have Sex with Men" Family Medicine Department Meeting; University at Buffalo (2007)
- "State Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Expansion" Media Interview; WBFO (2007)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection and HIV Testing Reporting" Family Medicine Department Meeting; University at Buffalo (2007)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Defining the Provider Role" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (2007)
- "Adolescent Herpes Simplex Virus Infection" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Sisters of Charity Hospital (2007)
- "Giving Adolescents Diagnosed with STDs Medication for Their Partners: Is This Feasible? Is This Effective? Will I Suffer Legal Consequences?" National Meeting; North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2007)
- "HPV Vaccine: Cancer Prevention!" Adolescent Health Update; Coney Island Hospital (2007)
- "Minors and the Right to Consent to Health Care" National Meeting; North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2007)
- "Quinolone Resistant Neiserria gonorrhoeae" Society Meeting; Buffalo Pediatric Society (2007)
- "Reporting Statutory Rape: What is Statutory Rape and What are Providers Mandated to Report?" National Meeting; North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2007)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy: Is It Feasible? Is It Effective? Will I Go to Jail?" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2007)
- "What is New in the New CDC STD Treatment Guidelines" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2007)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection" Pediatric Grand Rounds; Sisters of Charity Hospital (2007)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Epidemiology, Testing and Reporting" Invited Presentation; SUNY Upstate Hospital (2007)
- "Providing Confidential Adolescent Sexual Health Care Services" Society Meeting; Buffalo Pediatric Society (2007)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia Infection: New York State" New York State Chapter 1 Annual Meeting; American Academy of Pediatrics (2007)
- "Immunization Update, 2006-2007" Pediatric Grand Rounds; University at Buffalo (2007)
- "Immunization Update, 2006-2007" Invited Presentation; St. James Mercy Hospital (2006)
- "Barriers to Chlamydia Testing Adolescents" Project Meeting; Region 2 Infertility Prevention Project (2006)
- "HPV Vaccine: Cancer Prevention!" New York State Chapters 2 and 3 Vaccine Summit; American Academy of Pediatrics (2006)
- "HPV Vaccine: Cancer Prevention!" Internal Medicine Grand Rounds; Sisters of Charity Hospital (2006)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia Infection" Department Meeting; Worcester County Health Department (2006)
- "HPV Vaccine: Cancer Prevention!" New York State Chapter 1 Vaccine Summit; American Academy of Pediatrics (2006)
- "Adolescent Chlamydia Infection: Epidemiology, Testing and Reporting" Adolescent Medicine Trainee Lecture; University of Rochester (2006)
- "HIV Testing and Reporting" Adolescent Medicine Trainee Lecture; University of Rochester (2006)
- "Chlamydial Adolescent Pelvic Inflammatory Disease" Society Meeting; Buffalo Pediatric Society (2005)
- "Expedited Partner Therapy" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2005)
- "Rapid HIV Testing Adolescents: Experience from the Field" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2005)
- "Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic" 132nd Annual Meeting; American Public Health Association (2004)
- "Post-Marketing Surveillance for the OraQuick Rapid HIV Antibody Test" AIDS Institute Meeting; New York State Department of Health (2004)
- "A Rapid Presentation on Rapid HIV Tests" Annual Meeting; Substances Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2004)
- "New HIV and STD Diagnostic Technologies - Painless, Precise, and Prompt" Center for School Mental Health Assistance Meeting; University of Maryland (2004)
- "Retarding HIV Prevention: Initial Results from OraQuick Postmarketing Surveillance" Annual Meeting; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (2004)
- "Client Preferences for Quick OraQuick Test Results in 3 U.S. States" XV International AIDS Conference; International AIDS Society (2004)
- "Earlier Detection During Seroconversion by OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test than by Conventional HIV Tests" XV International AIDS Conference; International AIDS Society (2004)
- "Effects of Training and Field Experience on Staff Confidence and Skills for Rapid HIV Testing in New York State (NYS)" XV International AIDS Conference; International AIDS Society (2004)
- "New HIV and STD Diagnostic Technologies - Painless, Precise, and Prompt" National Meeting; North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (2004)
- "Use of New HIV and STI Diagnostic Technologies - Painless, Precise, and Prompt" Annual Meeting; American Academy of Pediatrics; Georgia Chapter (2004)
- "A Rapid Review of Rapid HIV Tests" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2004)
- "Screening Rates Before and After the Introduction of the Chlamydia HEDIS Measure in a Managed Care Organization" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004)
- "Innovative Strategies for HIV Counseling and Testing Adolescents" Invited Presentation; University of Alabama (2003)
- "New HIV and STD Diagnostic Technologies - Painless, Precise, and Prompt" Annual Meeting; Mid-Atlantic College Health Association (2003)
- "HIV Prevention Counseling with Youth: A Brief STD and HIV Prevention Intervention that Really Works!" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2003)
- "What is New in the New CDC HIV and STD Guidelines" Annual Meeting; Mid-Atlantic College Health Association (2002)
- "STD Update" National HIV/AIDS Conference; Kaiser Permanente (2002)
- "Cost Effectiveness of a School-based Chlamydia Screening Program" National STD Prevention Conference; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002)
- "New CDC Guidelines" National Meeting; Society for Adolescent Medicine (2002)
Service Activities:
- U.S. Naturalization Ceremony (Buffalo, NY) Keynote Speaker (2017)
- Erie County Medical Society: Public Health Committee; Chair (2017–2018)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of STD Prevention - 2018 Conference Scientific Steering Committee; Co-Chair (2017–2018)
- University at Buffalo: Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences Faculty Member (2017–present)
- New York State Department of Health: AIDS Institute Buprenorphine Advisory Group; Member (2017–present)
- National Network of Prevention Training Centers: Adolescent Sexual Health Quality Improvement Fellowship - National Quality Improvement Center Advisory Council and Training Faculty Member (2016–2019)
- National Quality Improvement Center Advisory Council and Training Faculty Member (2016–2019)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Adolescent Sexual Health Quality Improvement Fellowship Program Advisory Council and Training Faculty Member (2016–2019)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Women‘s Preventive Services Initiative - Multidisciplinary Steering Committee American Academy of Pediatrics Representative (2016–2019)
- Erie County Opioid Task Force; Chair (2016–present)
- New York State Department of Health: Hepatitis C Summit Steering Committee; Committee Member (2016–present)
- University at Buffalo: Clinical and Translational Scientific Award - External Advisory Committee; Committee Member (2016–present)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of STD Prevention - 2016 Conference Scientific Steering Committee; Committee Member (2015–2016)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Planned Parenthood Federation of American's National Medical Committee Liaison (2015–present)
- American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association: Publications Committee; Committee Member (2015–present)
- University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: DoctHERS Planning Committee; Committee Member (2015–present)
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine; Reviewer (2015–present)
- JAMA Pediatrics; Reviewer (2015–present)
- Journal of Adolescent Health; Reviewer (2015–present)
- Pediatrics (Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics); Reviewer (2015–present)
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Reviewer (2015–present)
- Sexually Transmitted Infections; Reviewer (2015–present)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases; Reviewer (2015–present)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: National Conference and Exhibition Planning Group; Member (2014–2020)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Guidelines for Providing Quality STD Clinical Services Steering Committee; Committee Member (2014–present)
- New York State Department of Health: Ending AIDS Epidemic Task Force - Blueprint Plan Committee; Committee Member (2014–present)
- New York State Department of Health: STD Committee; Committee Member (2014–present)
- United Way of Buffalo and Erie County: Advocacy Committee; Committee Member (2014–present)
- New York State Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Control Task Force; Member (2014–present)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use Guidelines Workgroup; Member (2014–present)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use Guidelines Workgroup; Member (2014–present)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National STD Prevention Conference - Scientific Planning Committee; Committee Member (2013–2014)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health: National Adolescent Health Agenda Discussion Group; Member (2013)
- Buffalo Prenatal-Perinatal Network; Board of Directors (2013–present)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials: HIV/STI Prevention Workgroup; Chair (2013–present)
- Say Yes Buffalo: Community Leadership Council; Member (2013–present)
- University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine: Advancement Council; Member (2013–present)
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine; Board of Directors (2012–2015)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 2014 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines; Reviewer (2012–2014)
- Western New York Pediatric and Adolescent Immunization Coalition; Member (2012–2013)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 'Youth HIV/STD Prevention and Sexual Health External Expert Review' Expert Reviewer and Break-Out Group Co-Chair (2012)
- New York State Department of Health: Vaccine Preventable Disease Subgroup; Member (2012)
- New York State Department of Health: Health Improvement Project; Member (2012)
- New York State Department of Health: Healthcare Associated Infectious Workgroup; Member (2012)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use, 2013; Reviewer (2012)
- Western New York Public Health Alliance; Board of Directors (2012–present)
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Editorial Board Member (2011–2018)
- Merck: U.S. Advisory Board for HPV; Board Member (2011–2012)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs: Title X Family Planning Program - Adolescent Services Technical Panel; Panel Member (2011–2012)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Prevention through Healthcare - Enhancing Health Department Preparedness and Response; Consultant (2011)
- University at Buffalo Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender: Executive Committee; Committee Member (2011–present)
- Buffalo Museum of Science Saturday Program: Public Health Workshop Facilitator (2010)
- Buffalo Public Schools: Sexual Health Committee; Chair (2010–2012)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: PREP Medical Advisory Board (2010–2011)
- Family Justice Center: Fundraising Breakfast Table Captain (2010–2011)
- GlaxoSmithKline: Chlamydia trachomatis Vaccine; Advisory Board (2010–2011)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine: STD Special Interest Group Co-Leader (2010–present)
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Subcommittee; Committee Member (2010–present)
- Buffalo Museum of Science Summer Camp Program: Public Health Workshop Facilitator (2009)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: Adolescent Health Nominations Committee; Committee Member (2009–2011)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Infertility National Action Plan Workgroup; Member (2009–2011)
- National Women‘s Health Resource Center, Inc. (HealthyWomen.org) Medical Advisor (2009–2010)
- GlaxoSmithKline: Pediatric HPV Vaccine; Advisory Board (2009–2010)
- New York State Department of Health: ACT for YOUTH Program; Consultant (2009–2010)
- Western New York Perinatal Forum; Member (2009–2010)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: New York State Chapter 1 Trustee (2009–present)
- Western New York Vaccine Safety Coalition; Member (2009–present)
- Merck: Male HPV Vaccine; Advisory Board (2008–2011)
- Western New York HIV/AIDS Public Health Coalition Erie County Representative (2008–2010)
- Western New York Pediatric and Adolescent Immunization Coalition; Member (2008–2010)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials: HIV/STI Prevention Workgroup; Member (2008–2010)
- New York State Department of Health: Expedited Partner Therapy Workgroup; Member (2008–2010)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: 2010 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines; Reviewer (2008–2010)
- North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; Board of Directors (2008–2009)
- North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: Membership Committee; Committee Member (2008–2009)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine: Program Committee; Committee Member (2008–2009)
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine: National Chlamydia Coalition Representative (2008–present)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials: Adolescent-Friendly Services Toolkit for Local Health Departments Expert Panel; Member (2008–present)
- Local Rally for Rep. Thomas Reynold to Support Expansion of State Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); Invited Participant (2007)
- CDC Workgroup: Implementation Guidance for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health Care Settings; Member (2007–2010)
- New York State Stakeholders for Providing Confidentiality for Adolescent Healthcare; Co-Chair (2007–2009)
- University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: Educational Initiative to Incorporate Public Health into Curriculum; Member (2007–2009)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine: Nomination Committee; Committee Member (2007–2008)
- Physician Newsletter Articles on Adolescent Chlamydia Public Problem for Erie County Medical Society, Independent Health, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Writer (2007)
- Partnership for Prevention: Advisory Committee for Adolescent Chlamydia Screening; Committee Member (2007)
- Medical Society of the State of New York: Immunization Update 2006-2007; Panel Member (2007)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: New York State Chapter 1 Adolescent Committee; Chair (2007–present)
- GlaxoSmithKline: Speakers Bureau; Member (2007–present)
- Merck: Speakers Bureau; Member (2006–2012)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine: CDC Male Chlamydia Screening Consultation Liaison (2006)
- Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health: Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Project Faculty and Lecturer (2006–present)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Region II Infertility Prevention Project; State Representative (2005–2012)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine: Clinical Services Committee; Committee Member (2005–2009)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine: CDC Expedited Partner Therapy Consultation Liaison (2005)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine National Meeting: HIV Prevention Counseling with Youth Training for Adolescent Medicine Fellows; Teacher (2003)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine: STD Special Interest Group Co-Leader (2002–2004)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting Organizer of Child Care (2000–2002)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: CDC STD Treatment Guidelines Consultants Meeting; Consultant (2000)
- American Academy of Pediatrics: CDC STD Prevention Partnership Liaison (1999–2005)
- American Social Health Association: National Advisory Panel for www.iwannaknow.org; Consultant (1999)
- Society for Adolescent Medicine Annual Meeting: Professional Development Seminar "Raising a Family and a Career" Founder and Co-Leader (1999–present)
- ABC, CBS, NBC, Time Magazine, Newsweek, and British Medical Journal: Adolescent Chlamydia Infection Interviewee (1998)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: STD Treatment Guidelines Consultants Meeting; Panel Member (1997)
- Fellowship of Lights (Baltimore, MD); Board of Directors (1996–1999)
- National Women‘s Health Resource Center, Inc. (2012, 2017) Medical Advisor
- Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health; Reviewer
- Journal of Infectious Diseases; Reviewer
- Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Reviewer