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Ada Fenick, MD

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Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)

Titles

Editor, Yale Primary Care Pediatrics Curriculum; Associate Director for Pediatrics, Medical School Clerkship in Biopsychosocial Approach to Health; Medical Student Coach, Medical Education; Medical Director, School Based Health Centers, Pediatrics; Medical Director, Medical-Legal Partnership Project

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Titles

Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)

Editor, Yale Primary Care Pediatrics Curriculum; Associate Director for Pediatrics, Medical School Clerkship in Biopsychosocial Approach to Health; Medical Student Coach, Medical Education; Medical Director, School Based Health Centers, Pediatrics; Medical Director, Medical-Legal Partnership Project

Biography

After receiving undergraduate and medical school degrees from the University of Michigan and undergoing a categorical pediatric residency at Weill-Cornell/NY Medical Center, Dr. Fenick was in private practice for 6 years. Her practical experience is augmented by national and local work in education and educational scholarship. Dr. Fenick has been the co-editor of the Yale Primary Care Pediatrics Curriculum since its inception, and is now the associate director for Pediatrics in the primary care component of the Biopsychosocial Approach to Health, a third-year medical student core clerkship. She is also honored to serve as Medical Director for YNHH's School Based Health Centers, and as Medical Director for the Medical-Legal Partnership Project at YNHCH. Her research and advocacy centers on pediatric primary care in the service of growing children to be healthy, happy, and productive adults.

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Education & Training

Resident
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (1996)
MD
University of Michigan/Ann Arbor (1993)
BS
University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and Arts, Biomedical sciences (1990)

Research

Overview

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Breast Feeding; Curriculum; Delivery of Health Care; Education, Medical; Legal Services; Obesity; Physicians, Primary Care; Shared Medical Appointments

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Ada Fenick's published research.

Publications

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Academic Achievements and Community Involvement

  • honor

    Howard A Pearson MD Pediatric Faculty Teaching Award

    Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Dept of Pediatrics
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    Service Quality Award

    National AwardThe Permanente Journal
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    Joseph A Zaccagnino Patient Safety and Clinical Conference Award for YNHH

    Yale School of Medicine AwardYale-New Haven Health System
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    Educational Scholars Program HONORS

    National AwardAmbulatory Pediatric Association / Pediatric Academic Societies

Clinical Care

Overview

Ada M. Fenick, MD, is a pediatrician who chose her specialty because she “loves kids,”she says. “I am very interested in the unique developmental aspects of kids and want to help them start their lives off as healthy as possible,” she says.

As a clinician, she is committed to serving economically disadvantaged patients, who make up most of her practice. She begins each doctor-patient relationship by asking the patient to tell her about his or her greatest concern. “I want to help them understand the diagnosis and the treatment paths available to them as well as possible,” she says.

Dr. Fenick is especially concerned about the impact of toxic stress, defined as prolonged physical and emotional adversity, on children’s growth and development. She also researches breastfeeding, obesity and other topics that have an important impact on the health of growing children.

Clinical Specialties

General Pediatrics

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Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Latest Certification Date
    2011
    Original Certification Date
    1996

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