PEDIATRIC & ADOLESCENT GYNECOLOGY The members of the Division of Gynecology at Connecticut Children’s continue to provide state-of-theart pediatric and adolescent gynecology consultative services in our four offices, the Connecticut Children’s operating rooms, the Connecticut Children’s emergency room, and in inpatient settings. In addition, outpatient consultations in all areas of pediatric and adolescent gynecology are available in our Farmington, Hartford, Glastonbury, and Rocky Hill offices of Gynecology and Obstetrics, a Division of Women’s Health Connecticut. The clinical services provided at Connecticut Children’s and our offices include specialty care in all areas of medical and surgical gynecologic care for children and adolescents. These include reproductive health issues, vulvar and vaginal infections in children and adolescents, management of abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic pain, adolescent endometriosis, congenital abnormalities of the reproductive tract, ovarian cysts and masses, and adolescent hormonal and contraceptive issues. Our team of gynecologists from Gynecology and Obstetrics, a Division of Women’s Health, provides 24/7 coverage of the Connecticut Children’s emergency room, operating room, and inpatient floors. Our surgical services have continued to include da Vinci robotically assisted minimally invasive gynecologic procedures at Connecticut Children’s for selected patients. Division director Frederick Rau, MD, continues to perform robotically assisted laparoscopic procedures for reproductive tract anomalies and other complex reproductive tract disorders. Office evaluations of pediatric and adolescent patients are done at Gynecology and Obstetrics, a Division of Women’s Health, by Drs. Rau, Emily Rosenbush, Kerrie Henry, Catherine Graziani, Kelley Sturrock, Erin Pickett, Marlaine Miller, Elizabeth Purcell, Ellen Lamb, and Ashley Young, and Jennifer Kiback, APRN, at locations in Hartford, Farmington, Glastonbury, and Rocky Hill.
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Our extensive range of pediatric and adolescentfriendly providers has improved the ability of community physicians to refer families for age-appropriate gynecologic care. We work closely with the community pediatricians and Connecticut Children’s subspecialty team members to provide best-practice care. While the Covid-19 pandemic posed extraordinary challenges in 2020, our division members continued to provide expert, safe care to our patients through a combination of inperson and telehealth visits. Our physicians are members of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, an international organization dedicated to the gynecologic care of children and teenagers. They collaborate at Connecticut Children’s with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine obstetrics/gynecology and pediatrics residents and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dartmouth Medical School medical students for inpatient, emergency room, and operating room patient care. Our physicians emphasize a supportive and minimally intrusive strategy while seeing children, adolescents, and families. For 2021, the division will maintain and improve our patients’ access to superior specialty care in pediatric and adolescent gynecology to promote reproductive health and wellness for our community’s children and teenagers. STAFF Frederick J. Rau, MD, Division Chief Catherine Graziani, DO Kerrie Henry, MD Ellen Lamb, MD Marlaine Miller, MD Erin Pickett, MD Elizabeth Purcell, MD Emily Rosenbush, MD Kelley Sturrock, MD Ashley Young, MD Jennifer Kiback, APRN
