The Center for Adolescent/Young Adult Health at Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane

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The Center for Adolescent/Young Adult Health at Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane is your home for primary care. We have been caring for teens and young adults (ages 10 to 26) in Baltimore for more than 40 years. We offer many special services and programs for teens and young adults not typically found in other pediatric practices.

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Patient Stories

happy adolescent patients at Children's Center homecoming

Homecoming Dance Lights Up Hospital

Johns Hopkins Children's Center hosted its first annual homecoming dance for teenage patients on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015.

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Transitioning to Adult Care: What Can Pediatricians Do?

How well do pediatricians help transition their adolescents to adult care? Perhaps not that well, reported pediatrician Renata Arrington Sanders at Hopkins Children’s annual Pediatrics for the Practitioner Update in September.

When Parents Split Up, What’s a Pediatrician to Do?

When parents divorce, what can pediatricians do? Plenty, according to Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Barbara Howard, who presented on the topic at Hopkins Children’s annual Pediatrics for the Practitioner Update in September.