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Jonathan R. Pletcher, MD

Job Title Visiting Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
3420 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-692-6677 Phone
412-692-8584 Fax

Education and Training

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

Memberships

  • Society for Adolescent Medicine, Mid-Atlantic Chapter   
  • Philadelphia Pediatric Society

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
  • US Drug Enforcement Agency

Awards

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

Publications

  • Pletcher JR, Schwarz DF.  Current concepts in adolescent smoking.  Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2000;12:444-9.
  • Catallozzi M, Pletcher JR, Schwarz DF.  Prevention of Suicide in Adolescents.  Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2001;13:417-22.
  • Mollen CJ, Pletcher JR, Bellah RD, Lavelle JM. Prevalence of tubo-ovarian abscess in adolescents diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatric Emergency Care, 2006; 22(9):621-5.

    View Dr. Pletcher's full list of publications from PubMed.

Active Research Projects / Grants

  • PA Network for Adolescent Smoking Cessation

Last Update

January 30, 2009
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