International Adoption Medical Clinics & Physicians 
(alphabetized by state)

Connecticut

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 
Department of Pediatrics
8700 Beverly Blvd., Room 4310 Los Angeles, CA  90048
Tel: (310) 855-4431
Fax: (310) 855-4471

Yale Children Health Research Center
464 Congress Avenue
New Haven, CT  06520
Tel: (203) 737-4480
Fax: (203) 737-5972

Georgia

Emory University School of Medicine
35 Buter Street South East 
P.O. Box 26020 Atlanta, GA  30335
Tel: (404) 616-0650
E-mail:  info@adoptionclinic.org

Massachusetts

New England Medical Center
The Floating Hospital
Dr. Laurie Miller
750 Washington Street, 
Box 286 Boston, MA  02111
Tel: (617) 636-8121

Children's Hospital and 
Harvard Medical School
Adoption Program, Children's Hospital
Lisa Albers, MD, MPH and Kay Seligsohn, PhD
300 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA  02115
Tel:  (617) 355-5209
Fax:  (617) 730-5529
E-mail:  albers_1@hub.tch.harvard.edu

Maryland

International Adoption Clinic of Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Children's Center
707 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD  21205
Tel: (410) 502-8988 
Fax: (410) 502-8753

Michigan

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Dr. Jerry Jenista
551 Second Street
Ann Arbor, Ml  48103
Tel: (734) 668-0419
Fax: (734) 668-9492

Minneapolis

University of Minnesota
Dr. Dana Johnson
420 Delaware Street North East 
Box 211 
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Tel: (612) 626-2928
Fax: (612) 624-8176

Missouri

St. Louis School of Medicine
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Foreign Adoption Clinic and Educational Services
Jennifer S. Ladage, MD
1465 S. Grand Ave.
St. Louis, Missouri  63104
Tel:  (314)577-5643
Fax:  (314) 268-4028

Nebraska

Children's Hospital
Dr. Edward M. Kolb 
8301 Dodge Street 
Omaha, NE  68114
Tel: (402) 955-5400 
Fax: (402) 955-4165

New York

Schneider Children's Hospital
Dr. Andrew Adesman, Director
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Tel: (718) 470-4000
Fax: (718) 343-3578
E-mail:  adoption@lij.edu

Ohio

Rainbow Center for Child Health
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Adoption Health Service
Director: Dr.. Karen Olness
11100 Euclid Ave., Mail Stop 6038 
Cleveland, OH  44106-6038
Tel: (216) 844-3224
E-mail: RCIC@po.cwru.edu

Cincinnati Children's Hospital 
Medical Center
Mary Allen Staat, MD, M.P.H.
3333 Burnet Ave.
Cincinnati, OH  45229
Tel:  (513) 636-2877
E-mail:  danq7q@chmcc.org

Pennsylvania

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The International Adoption Health Program
Medical Director:  Dr. Gail Farber, M.D.
Program Coordinator: Jean Donato
34th St. and Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA  19104-4399
Fax:  215-590-3198
www.chop.edu

Rhode Island

Hasbro Children's Hospital 
Dr. Boris Skurkovich
539 Eddy Street
Providence, RI  02903
Tel: (401) 444-8360
E-mail:  bskurkovich@netscape.net
http://adoptionsinternational.com

Texas

Texas Children's Hospital
6621 Fannin
(5th Floor, Ste. 550, Feigin Center)
Houston, TX  77030
Tel:  (823) 824-1038
Fax:  (823) 825-1281
E-mail:  internationaladoptions@
texaschildrenshospital.org

Washington

Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Dr. Julia Bledsoe
4245 Roosevelt Way North East 
Seattle, WA  981O5-6920
Tel: (206) 598-3000
Fax: (206) 598-3040

Washington DC

Georgetown University
Dr. Nina Scribanu
3307 M Street North West
Washington, D.C. 
Tel: (202) 687-8635
Fax: (202) 687-8899

Attachment and Bonding

www.radkid.org

Information, ideas, and support for parents or caregivers of children with attachment disorder.

http://attachmenttherapy.com/
ad.html

Evergreen Consultants in Human Behavior LLC, was founded by Foster Cline, M.D. in 1971. Evergreen Consultants remains on the cutting edge of developing and refining therapeutic and parenting methods for attachment and bonding.  This site contains information about the diagnosis and treatment of attachment disorder.

http://www.attachment.adoption.com/

This site contains a good overview of attachment issues, treatment options and links to forums and other informative sites.

Adjustment and Development Issues

http://www.calib.com/naic/
pubs/f_stages.htm

Learning about the developmental stages of children and what can be expected in each stage is important to all new parents. When your child has been adopted, there are additional considerations.

http://www.raisingadoptedchildren.com/

What children understand about adoption at different ages by Lois Melina

www.apa.org/releases/transracialadopt.html

American Psychological Association web site article on transracial adoptees psychological adjustment.

Hepatitis

http://www.hepnet.com/hepb/wong.html

Hepatitis Infection and its Prevalence Among Chinese Populations. This original paper was written by Dr. Florence Wong, Gastroenterologist at The Toronto Hospital in Ontario, Canada

http://www.hepb.org/

Hepatitis B Foundation, Doylestown, PA.  A good resource about hepatitis information for parents, including an explanation of blood tests. Basic information for adoptive parents is provided in brochures and online. Also, you can contact the Hepatitis B Foundation to speak with a parent who has adopted a child with HBV.

http://www.immunize.org/

Immunization Action Coalition.  You are now visiting a premier source of childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization information and hepatitis B educational materials. All of the materials on this site are camera ready and copyright free!

http://www.comeunity.com/
adoption/health/hepatitis/hepfaq.html

Hepatitis B and Adoption from Asia FAQ

http://www.cdc.gov/

Centers For Disease Control

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2170.htm

Immunization Action Coalition.  What the Physician Can Do to Help the Child
Who is a Hepatitis B Carrier

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2110.htm

Immunization Action Coalition.  Hepatitis B Facts: Testing and Vaccination

http://www.hepnet.com/

This site covers all forms of Hepatitis.  HepNet, The Hepatitis Information Network.  Interactively learning about hepatitis is a big part of what makes HepNet so unique. If you are interested in learning more about the liver itself and it's involvement in viral hepatitis we have The Liver in Health and Disease, which is an easy to follow learning module. Eight different slide presentations will update you on almost everything you need to know about hepatitis. Six on-line quizzes can challenge even the very well informed about hepatitis, including risk factors and recent advances. By checking HepNet often, you can ensure that you are always up to date with current hepatitis related issues.

http://fwcc.org/hepatitisb.html

By Jerri Ann Jenista, MD, Dana E. Johnson, MD, Laurie C. Miller, MD, Dennis L. Murray, MD.  A warning about the dangers of pre-adoption testing for Hepatitis B.

http://www.orphandoctor.com/
medical/4_2_1_2.html

Dr. Jane Aronson, Infectious Diseases and Parasites: Hepatitis B-C

http://www.orphandoctor.com/
medical/4_2_1_3.html

Infectious Diseases and Parasites: Hepatitis C in Children

http://www.hon.ch/Library/Theme/HepB/

This is intended as a resource for those who wish to find out more about hepatitis B and aims to strike a middle ground between the basic information available to the general public and the highly technical information in medical journals and to collate current information about the disease.

General Health Issues in Children Adopted Internationally

http://www.comeunity.com/
adoption/health/infectious-
disease.html#Hepatitis%20B

International adoption is a politically sensitive phenomenon. Every year, thousands of children arrive in the USA from over 100 countries for adoption. Infectious disease screening of children from these diverse political, social, and geographic backgrounds is best accomplished using a standardized protocol, including a review of immunizations, a complete blood count and urinalysis, and screening tests for hepatitis B, HIV, intestinal parasite, tuberculosis and syphilis.

http://www.orphandoctor.com/
medical/4_3_1_1.html

An Update on Health Issues in Children Adopted from China.  Dr. Jane Aronson

www.handacrosstheocean.org

Medical kits for travel

http://www.adoptvietnam.org/adoption/
growth-chart-SEasia.htm

S.E. Asia Growth Chart for Girls

HIV

www.apa.org/releases/transracialadopt.html

Information about screening tests for HIV for international adoptees.

Lead 

http://www.orphandoctor.com/
medical/4_2_3_2.html

Environmental Diseases: Lead Exposure in Chinese Children as prepared in the study by JE Aronson, AM Smith, M Alonso, V Kothari Department of Pediatrics, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY 11501

Parasites

http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/health/
parasites/index.html

Good general resource page for information about parasites.  Parasites are the most common health condition in international adoption. While they can usually be treated easily, they are not always detected with routine medical exams. Therefore, if you notice symptoms later on it is advisable that you speak to your doctor even if your child has been tested for parasites once.

Scabies

http://www.orphandoctor.com/
medical/4_2_1_5.html

Infectious Diseases and Parasites: Scabies
Dr. Jane Aronson

http://www.safe2use.com/pests/
scabies/scabies.htm

Facts About Scabies

http://www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/Peds/
Infectious/Scabies1.html

Information about Scabies from the Children's Hospital of Iowa

Tuberculosis

http://www.orphandoctor.com/
medical/4_2_1_7.html

Infectious Diseases and Parasites: Tuberculosis.  Dr. Jane Aronson

http://www.orphandoctor.com/
medical/4_2_1_11.html

Infectious Diseases and Parasites: Tuberculosis in Children Adopted from Abroad.  Dr. Jane Aronson

http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/health/
tuberculosis/resources.html

A great list of links and resources about Tuberculosis.

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