Department of Pediatrics

Meet Our Faculty

Katie Plax, M.D.
Division Chief

Sarah Garwood, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Sarah J. Mermelstein, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Mary Fournier, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Social Worker / Therapist

Catherine Wright, LCSW

Nurses

Terianne Lindsey, MSN, RN, CPNP
Lynne Sekarski, MSN, RN, CPN
Kimberly Snyder, BSN, RN
Lori Spangenberg, BSN, RN

Adolescent Medicine & the HHT Center

Mission Statement

	Provide care for patients aged 12-21 years and serve as a resource for health care professionals with questions or other needs related to adolescent health care.
	Provide teaching in adolescent medicine.
	Develop areas of clinical research in adolescent medicine & collaborate with groups to improve the health of our youth.

See the Clinical Activities for additional information.

The specialty of adolescent medicine has developed in response to the unique health care needs of adolescents. Knowledge of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that adolescents undergo, as well as the disease processes that occur during adolescence, is vital when caring for patients in this age group. Typical concerns for adolescents that we see include reproductive health, depression, anxiety and eating disorders.

Contact Us

Beth Mora
Administrative Professional

(314) 273-5542 (Voice)
(314) 454-2524 (Fax)

Contact Us Directly
(314) 454-2468 (Voice)
(314) 454-2524 (Fax)
Toll Free Physician Referral Line, please call Children’s Direct at 1-800-678-4357
HHT Center: (314) 454-2479

U.S. Mail
Washington University
School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Adolescent &
Diagnostic Medicine
660 S. Euclid Ave.,
Campus Box 8116
St. Louis, MO 63110-1093