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Job Title Director, Fellowship Program, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Job Title Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

3420 Fifth Ave.

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-692-6677 Phone

412-692-8584 Fax

Email jonathan.pletcher@chp.edu

Medical School:	1994 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Residency:	1997 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
Fellowship:	2000 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.

2001-2006 Faculty Teaching Honor Roll, Top 5% of faculty evaluations by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Residents
2000 Career Development Award, Society for Adolescent Medicine
1997 Penn Pearls Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1997 The Nancy Elizabeth Barnhart Award for Community Health Improvement, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
1994 William Seiber, MD Medical Student Award in Pediatric Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
1990 Gina Fizzi memorial summer research fellowship, Lupus Foundation of America

Audrain-McGovern J, Stevens S, Murray P, Kinsman S, Zuckoff A, Pletcher J, Moss D, Baumritter A, Kalkhuis-Beam S, Carlson E, Rodriguez D, Wileyto E. The efficacy of motivational interviewing versus brief advice for adolescent smoking behavior change. Pediatrics, 2011;128;e101; originally published online June 20, 2011.
Kalkhuis-Beam S, Stevens S, Baumritter A, Carlson C, Pletcher JR, Rodriguez D, Audrain-McGovern J. Participant and study related characteristics predicting treatment adherence and study retention in an adolescent smoking cessation trial. Journal of Adolescent Health, May 2011.
Perella D, Fiks AG, Jumaan A, Robinson D, Gargiullo, P, Pletcher JR, Forke CM, Schmid, DS, Renwick M, Mankodi F, MPH1, Watson B, Spain CV. Validity of Reported Varicella History as a Marker for Varicella-Zoster Virus Immunity Among Unvaccinated Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in the Post-Vaccine-Licensure Era. Pediatrics, 2009; 123(5).