Lurie Children’s Adolescent Primary Care Program provides comprehensive primary care and consultative care to adolescents and young adults between the ages of 10 and 24. Our holistic approach to care encompasses a range of primary care treatments and services, as well as psychosocial development assessments and counseling to help our patients make a safe and successful transition to adulthood.
Listed below are many of the services our team provides. Please call 1.800.543.7356 (1.800.KIDS DOC) with any questions about conditions or subject matter not on these lists.
Adolescent Care
General Care
Screening & Counseling
Lurie Children’s does not have an eating disorder program. Patients and families interested in treatment options can contact the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Our holistic approach to evaluating our patients gives us a more complete picture of our adolescent patients’ overall health – mentally and physically. We encourage our patients to take responsibility for their healthcare and well-being, and we emphasize healthy communication and relationships. Our services for young men are also unique in the Chicago area.
Our specialists are highly qualified in typical adolescent health primary care concerns, but they’re also equipped to treat and counsel adolescents who have HIV, are gender-non conforming or experience bullying. The range of our services and expertise helps ensure our patients are receiving the care that is right and comprehensive for their unique circumstances.
Mary E. Fournier, MD, MPH, is the clinical practice director for the Division of Adolescent Medicine. She is board-certified in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. She is Instructor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include adolescent gynecology, risk behaviors, and primary care.
Lisa Simons, MD, is a physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and an Instructor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric training at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and her adolescent medicine fellowship at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Her clinical interests include health care for gender nonconforming youth, HIV prevention and treatment and health care for homeless youth.
Najah Senno Musacchio, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. She is board-certified in Pediatrics. She completed her pediatric training and fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics at Children's Memorial Hospital. Her clinical interests include adolescent mental health.
Our services are available at the main hospital and at the Lincoln Park Outpatient Center. New patients for primary care are accepted between 12-18 years of age and all patients are followed until their 25th birthday.
If you’d like to request a first-time appointment with one of our specialists, call 1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC®).
We are one of the few HIV care and management providers in the city, and our focus on adolescents makes us uniquely qualified in our population. We are partnered with the Center for Gender, Sexuality & HIV Prevention to run several research studies focusing on adolescents with HIV. If you’d like to learn more or participate in one of our studies, please contact Lisa Kuhns at lkuhns@luriechildrens.org.
Your support is vital in helping us continue to make a difference in the lives of patients and families. Lurie Children’s relies on philanthropic funding to enhance its programs, services and research for children. To learn more, please e-mail the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation at foundation@luriechildrens.org or call 312.227.7500.
