Jonathan Pletcher, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)
Medical Director of Inpatient Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Quality Patient Safety Champion, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3500 Civic Center Boulevard
HUB 14th Floor, Office-14583
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3500 Civic Center Boulevard
HUB 14th Floor, Office-14583
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-6864
Fax: 215-590-4708
Fax: 215-590-4708
Education:
B.A. (Biochemistry)
University of Pennsylvania, 1990.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1994.
Permanent linkB.A. (Biochemistry)
University of Pennsylvania, 1990.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1994.
Selected Publications
Pletcher JR, Slap GB.: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. In Adolescent Health Care: A Practical Guide, 4th Edition. Neinstein LS (eds.). Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2002.Catallozzi M, Pletcher JR, Schwarz DF.: Prevention of Suicide in Adolescents. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 13(1): 417-22, 2001.
Pletcher JR, Culhane JF, Forke CM, McCollum K, Schwarz, DF : “Is it feasible to study vaginal flora in young adolescents.” Journal of Adolescent Health 28(2): 123, 2001.
Pletcher JR, Forke CM, Ginsburg KR, Schwarz DF : “Stress, depression, parenting attitudes, and coping in first-time adolescent mothers.” Journal of Adolescent Health 28(2): 105, 2001.
Pletcher JR, Schwarz DF.: Current concepts in adolescent smoking. Current Opinion in Pediatrics 12(1): 444-9, 2000.
Pletcher JR, Forke CM, Ginsburg KR, Schwarz DF. : Stress, coping, and depression in pregnant adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health 26: 120, 2000.
Pletcher JR.: Contraception. In The Five Minute Pediatric Consult. MW Schwartz (eds.). Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000.
Pletcher JR, Ginsburg KR.: Dysfunctional uterine bleeding, Pelvic inflammatory disease, Pubertal delay, and Suicide. In The Five Minute Pediatric Consult. MW Schwartz (eds.). Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2000.
Pletcher JR, Slap GB.: Menstrual dysfunction: amenorrhea. Pediatric Clinics of North America 46(3): 505-518, 1998.
Pletcher JR, Slap GB.: Pelvic inflammatory disease. Pediatrics in Review 19(1): 110, 1997.