Elective Rotations

Hospital-Based Electives

• Transition, University of Rochester Medical Center
  Fellows learn to identify issues and the latest recommendations regarding transition of care for chronically ill patients from pediatric to adult providers by working in a coordinated way within multiple subspecialty sites such as the Complex Care Center, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic, the Cystic Fibrosis Center, the Medical Genetics Clinic, and the Long-Term Cancer Survivors Program.
• Strong Recovery Outpatient Chemical Dependency Services
  Fellows learn to provide a wide range of outpatient substance use disorder treatment options for 14-24 year olds including medication assisted treatment and treatment for co-occurring mental health diagnoses.
• URMC Inpatient Chemical Dependency Program
  Fellows experience inpatient care for patients with substance use disorders.
• Pediatric HIV Program
  Fellows have the opportunity to learn screening and diagnostic care of adolescent patients whom attend the University of Rochester’s Pediatric HIV Program, as well as young adults at the University’s AIDS Center.
• Sports Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center
  Fellows learn to evaluate adolescents with recreational and competitive sports injuries at the University Sports Medicine practice within the University’s Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation.
• Toxicology, University of Rochester Medical Center
  Fellows have the opportunity to work with Medical Toxicologists and the Toxicology Consult Service at the University of Rochester Medical Center. They assist with inpatient and emergency department consults to learn to recognize and treat the signs and symptoms of drug overdose and withdrawal.
• Functional Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center
  Fellows work with an expert psychologist in the Department of Neurology to learn the diagnosis and management of complex somatoform disorders.
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  Fellows learn to evaluate and treat common psychiatric conditions in adolescents such as major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and ADD/ADHD.
• Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Rochester Medical Center
  Fellows see patients with our pediatric endocrinologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center to learn to evaluate and treat common endocrine conditions of adolescence.
• Administrative Experience
  Fellows spend at least one half-day with each of our faculty members to gain exposure to and experience with common administrative tasks performed by adolescent medicine physicians in both academic and community settings.

Community-Based Electives

• Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region
  During the Adolescent Medicine Fellowship Program, fellows help evaluate and manage adolescent reproductive health conditions, including diagnosis and counseling options related to pregnancy, birth control, and abortion.
• Monroe County Health Department STD Clinic
  Fellows help see patients at our county STD clinic. Teens in Rochester have some of the highest rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the country; for adolescents ages 15-19 years, there is one case of chlamydia for every 10 teens.
• Trillium
  Fellows learn screening and diagnostic care of patients with HIV as well as interdisciplinary and coordinated primary care for LGBT individuals.
• School-Based Health Centers, Rochester City School District including East High School
  Fellows have the opportunity to see primary care and reproductive health patients in their own high schools within the Rochester City School District, serving a high risk inner city population with one of the lowest four-year graduation rates in the country.
• University of Rochester University Health Services
  Fellows care for college students and other members of the University of Rochester college community. Services include primary care, acute care, gynecological care, and chronic illness management.

• Rochester Institute of Technology University Health Services
  Fellows treat college students under the supervision of the program director at the University Health Services clinic at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. They learn to evaluate and treat common acute and chronic conditions of young adults, including patients who are deaf. Fellows also have the opportunity to learn to work with sign interpreters.
• Bivona Child Advocacy Center
  Delivering child abuse response, healing and prevention through collaborative service, awareness, education and leadership.
• Industry School (Juvenile Justice Facility) Office of Child & Family Services
  Fellows help evaluate and manage the health care of adolescent males in a limited security state facility.
• Villa of Hope Chemical Dependency Program
  Fellows learn to screen for and assess an adolescent’s chemical dependency problems at a residential program that offers in-house chemical dependency treatment and a variety of therapeutic approaches for adolescent boys.
• The Healing Connection
  Our compassionate team is here to help people recover from eating disorders. Our treatment approach is rooted in the belief that eating disorders are diseases of disconnection.
• Oak Orchard Community Health Center, Inc., Brockport, NY
  Fellows help provide primary care to teens at a federally-funded community health center in Brockport, NY which serves a migrant farm-working community.
• Dermatology Partners of Western New York, L.L.P., Rochester, NY
  Fellows work with a pediatrics-trained dermatologist in a private practice to diagnose and treat adolescents with common dermatologic issues.