Adolescent Medicine

Multidisciplinary clinic evaluating youth with a suspected eating disorder in order to make the diagnosis and propose treatment. Youth who are diagnosed with an eating disorder will be followed longitudinally by the resident who made the diagnosis. Follow-up visits are scheduled during the resident’s weekly outpatient clinic.

Specialized multidisciplinary program within adolescent medicine for assessment and treatment of severe obesity in teenagers. The clinic provides comprehensive assessment, partners with community resources to provide behavior and lifestyle interventions, and provides a pathway towards bariatric surgery and a transition to adult care.

Treatment for pediatric and adolescent gynecological problems. Services include obstetrics and other pregnancy-related gynecological issues as well as operative gynecology.

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, in addition to seeing a broad range of patients with gynecologic complaints in their general adolescent medicine clinic, residents will have the opportunity to attend specialty clinics with a fellowship-trained pediatric and adolescent gynecologist.

Adolescent-centered multidisciplinary obstetrical care is offered as one component of a comprehensive Adolescent Parent-Infant Program. The goal of the AOC is to optimize the health of the adolescent and her fetus in order to prevent adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes.

The same multidisciplinary team members that offer prenatal care remain involved after adolescents give birth and a pediatrician/ adolescent medicine specialist joins the team to provide pediatric care to the children and the young parent simultaneously. The young parents benefit from psychosocial support to help them to meet their own developmental needs as they are learning to parent. The parent’s mental and physical health as well as gynecological needs are addressed during the same visit when the child is seen.

Multidisciplinary clinic for the evaluation of children and adolescents who may have experienced sexual abuse. The resident will participate in the psychosocial and medical evaluation of youth under the supervision of an adolescent medicine physician.

The youth with developmental disabilities [3/4 autistic spectrum, 1/4 intellectual impairment] followed at the adolescent clinic have a high rate of neurological comorbidity, gastrointestinal problems, and nutritional issues. They need specialized strategies to examine them and to discover the physical discomforts and medical conditions that may cause deterioration in behavior. Adolescent girls with developmental disabilities are often referred to manage their menstrual cycle when this is aggravating epilepsy or triggering behavior problems.

Specialized multidisciplinary clinic (including pediatric respirologists, a pediatrician, an adolescent medicine physician, clinical nurse specialists, a dietician, a social worker and a psychologist). The adolescent medicine physician’s role within the clinic is to assess the youths for psychosocial risk and resilience factors, to provide gynecological care including consultation for complex contraception, to provide counselling re: future fertility in both female and male teenagers, to assist with adherence to medical regimens and to assess preparedness for transition to adult care.

Specialized multidisciplinary clinic (including a pediatric nephrologist, an adolescent medicine physician, clinical nurse specialists, a social worker and a dietician). The adolescent medicine physician’s role within the clinic is to assess preparedness for transition to adult care of youth with active renal problems (including renal transplants) and enhance the transition process for youth and their families.

This is a multiservice community agency serving marginalized youth between the ages of 14 and 25. The individuals seen in the clinic present with a variety of medical issues, such as STI screening and treatment, contraception, transgender care, mental health issues and other common medical problems.

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, residents who are able to commute to the outlying community of Prevost, the possibility of a one or more day observation of this residential addictions treatment program can be arranged. https://portage.ca/en/services/adolescent-programs/

Crise Ado- Famille-Enfance is an integrated mobile crisis program for youth and their families.

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, residents join the crisis worker to observe the evaluation and interventions.

The Centre de Réadaptation en Dependance (CRD) Foster is an organisation that is charged with youth and adult outpatient addiction treatment in the Greater Montreal Area. Counselors from Foster meet with youth in schools or in various community service points, to discuss and address addictions to drugs, alcohol, gambling, or the internet. They are also an access point for inpatient addiction treatment services.

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, residents will join a counselor at one of the service points once or twice a week for 8 to 12 weeks to gain a longitudinal experience of addictions counseling and learn about the treatment options available for youth in Quebec. http://www.crdfoster.org/Youth-program

This is a multidisciplinary clinic evaluating gender non-conforming children, adolescents, and adults. Residents will have the opportunity to observe the interventions of the various professionals on the team. Under the supervision of an adolescent medicine physician, residents will learn to evaluate youth expressing gender variance, assisting the youth and their family in developing a management plan, including puberty suppressing hormones and cross-sex hormones.

Dawson is one of Montreal‘s English language CEGEPs (Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel).

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, residents will see patients under the supervision of an adolescent medicine physician.

McGill University is the academic home for 37,000 students from across Canada and around the world.

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, residents may elect to spend a 4 week rotation delivering clinical care in the health services unit.

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, residents will join an adolescent medicine physician during a week-long visit in the remote communities of Whapmagoostui and Kuujjuarapik. This is an opportunity for residents to learn about the challenges that youth face in remote communities; to address adolescent issues such as, identification and management of Type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, contraception, school refusal, school truancy, drug or alcohol addiction, adherence to treatment; and to reflect on the impact of culture and socioeconomic factors on health and wellness.

This is a multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment center for children and youth who are survivors of sexual abuse.

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, residents will learn about the services provided by the center, and participate in the general health evaluation and the medical exam. (www.marie-vincent.org)

The Carrefour is a multidisciplinary center for the evaluation of children and adolescents facing neglect, physical or sexual abuse.

For the Adolescent Medicine Subspecialty Residency Program, residents will participate in the psycho-social and medical assessment of survivors of sexual abuse under the supervision of an adolescent medicine physician with expertise in sexual abuse.