Dr. Karen A Hacker MD
Adolescent Specialist | Adolescent Medicine
163 Gore St Institute Of Communi Cambridge MA, 02141Rating
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Dr. Karen Hacker is an adolescent specialist practicing in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Hacker works with patients who are in the adolescent age, or generally between the ages of 11 and 19 years old. As an adolescent-specialist, Dr. Hacker treats many common health issues that pre-teens and teenagers face, from mental, to behavioral, to physical conditions. Some of these issues may include growth and hormone problems, sports injuries, eating disorders, substance abuse and more. Adolescent specialists perform medical exams, histories and diagnostic tests, and develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Adolescent Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Defining and understanding healthy lifestyles choices for adolescents.
- Developmental differences in risk factors for suicide attempts between ninth and eleventh graders.
- Mental health screening in pediatric practice: factors related to positive screens and the contribution of parental/personal concern.
- Imported compounded diet pill use among Brazilian women immigrants in the United States.
- Is there a relationship between physical fitness and academic achievement? Positive results from public school children in the northeastern United States.
- Persistence and change in pediatric symptom checklist scores over 10 to 18 months.
- Healthy Living Cambridge Kids: a community-based participatory effort to promote healthy weight and fitness.
- Adolescent initiation of licit and illicit substance use: Impact of intrauterine exposures and post-natal exposure to violence.
- Mental and behavioral health screening at preventive visits: opportunities for follow-up of patients who are nonadherent with the next preventive visit.
- Evaluation results from an active living intervention in Somerville, Massachusetts.
- Screening for behavioral health issues in children enrolled in Massachusetts Medicaid.
- Parents' obesity-related behavior and confidence to support behavioral change in their obese child: data from the STAR study.
- Behavioral health services following implementation of screening in Massachusetts Medicaid children.
- A planned care approach and patient registry to improve adherence to clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Effect of Pediatric Behavioral Health Screening and Colocated Services on Ambulatory and Inpatient Utilization.
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