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Welcome to the Adolescent Center
Medical Director:
Makia Powers, M.D.
Assistant Nurse Manager: Sandra Montrond, R.N.
Information: (617) 414-4710
Appointments:
(617) 414-4086
Primary Care Services
for Youth Ages 12 - 22 Years
If you don't already know us (or even if you
do) please take a moment to read and find out why it is so important
for you to have a "medical home." At the Adolescent Center,
you can choose your own doctor or nurse practitioner. That person
will be an experienced male or female provider who will get to know
you throughout your adolescent years.
We are a group of doctors, nurses, and counselors located on the
fifth floor of the Ambulatory Care Center. We are specially trained
in healthcare issues that affect people from ages 12 to 22. We work
hard to make the Adolescent Center a place where you can feel safe;
where you feel that your questions and concerns are respected; where
you feel that your right to privacy is protected.
Our patients, young men and women just like you, come from communities
throughout Boston. They come from around the world and for many
different reasons. Sometimes it's easy to visit the doctor (like
when you need a school physical or feel sick); but at times it can
also be difficult, frightening, or embarrassing. "I need help
with my weight." "Am I pregnant?" "I always
feel sad or alone - what's wrong with me?" "I'm worried
that I am HIV positive." "I just can't take it at home
anymore." These are some of the concerns we hear behind closed
doors every day.
Maybe you need us only for routine checkups. Perhaps you are struggling
with a serious physical or emotional problem right now. Whatever
your healthcare needs, we are available to help. Stop by and check
us out!
The Adolescent Center offers a
computer terminal in the waiting room run by college-age
volunteers, which is open for walk-in visits. The volunteers are
located outside the Adolescent Center waiting room. Resources include:
information regarding community resources and jobs, job training
programs, neighborhood health centers, community centers, day care,
athletics and schools and college information. You can also go directly
to our on-line resource links.
Adolescent Clinic Hours:
Monday-Wednesday: 9am-6:30pm
Tuesday: 9am-6:30pm
Wednesday: 9am-6:30pm
Thursday: 9am-7:30pm
Friday: 9am-5:30pm
Telephone Numbers:
- In a Life Threatening Situation:
Call 911 or go to the Pediatric Emergency Department at Boston
Medical Center (map)
- During regular office hours: 617-414-4086
Evenings, weekends, and holidays: 617-414-5946.
The doctor or nurse practitioner will call you back within 30
minutes. Stay by the phone. Keep your telephone line open. Take
your temperature with a thermometer before you call, so you
can tell the doctor or nurse practitioner whether you have a
fever. The on-call doctor or nurse practitioner is not working
in the hospital and does not have your records.
Location:
The Adolescent Center is located on the 5th floor
of the Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center (ACC-5) at 850 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118.
See also, Public
Transportation, Directions by Car, and Parking and a Map
of Boston Medical Center.
Confidentiality
To protect our patients’ health
and to comply with Massachusetts state law, we provide adolescents
with confidential care for problems related to sexually transmitted
diseases and contraception. If you are a parent or a patient and
you have a question about our confidentiality policy, please speak
with your adolescent’s primary care clinician.
For more
information contact:
Adolescent Center
Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center, 5th Floor
850 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Appointments:
(617) 414-4086
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