Cynthia Mears, DO

Director, Uplift School-Based Health Center

Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

About Me

Clinical Interests: Adolescents, menstrual disorders, confidentiality, access to health care, chronic fatigue syndrome, contraceptives, date rape/sexual abuse, depression, smoking cessation, eating disorders, HIV/sexually transmitted diseases, obesity, sports medicine, school health/school-based clinics, sexuality, adolescent pregnancy/parenting

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Education & Training

Education: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1984

Postgraduate Training: Medical Center of Delaware, Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine 1992, 1988; Oakland General Hospital, 1985; American Oncological Cancer Research Institute, 1982

Board Certifications: Adolescent Medicine, General Pediatrics

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Research

Publications

Most recent publications

Predictors of Post-Infectious Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adolescents Health Psychol Behav Med2 (1): 41-51
Orthostatic tolerance testing in a prospective cohort of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome and recovered controls following infectious mononucleosis Clin Pediatr (Phila)51 (9): 835-9
The occupational and quality of life consequences of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis in young people Br J Occup Ther73 (11): 524-530
Autonomic symptoms at baseline and following infectious mononucleosis in a prospective cohort of adolescents Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med165 (8): 765-6
Postinfectious fatigue in adolescents and physical activity Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med164 (9): 803-9
Exercise tolerance testing in a prospective cohort of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome and recovered controls following infectious mononucleosis J Pediatr157 (3): 468-72, 472 e1
Chronic fatigue syndrome after infectious mononucleosis in adolescents Pediatrics124 (1): 189-93
Efficacy of LAIV-T on absentee rates in a school-based health center sample J Adolesc Health45 (1): 91-4
The role of schools in combating illicit substance abuse Pediatrics120 (6): 1379-84

Cynthia Mears, DO

Cynthia Mears, DO

Director, Uplift School-Based Health Center

Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

About Me

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Education & Training

Research

Publications

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