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Treatment for Teens By Beth Saulnier From the moment you walk into Ann Engelland’s medical practice, it’s clear this is no ordinary pediatrician’s waiting room. There are no Tinkertoys, no Ranger Rick magazines, no Barney videos, no eye-popping primary colors. Instead there are cool shades of mauve and brown, a wall-sized map of the world, a magnetic poetry set. (Today’s masterpiece: “Surgeon General’s study reveals chocolate will always worship live fish.”) A Georgia O’Keefe print hangs behind the reception desk; the tables bear copies of People and National Geographic. The environment is designed to make Engelland’s patients feel comfortable—no easy job, since she treats a population that’s notoriously fickle and prone to dramas large and small. Engelland, MD ’81, is a specialist in the growing field of adolescent medicine; her patients range in age from ten to twenty-seven. “Adolescence, as we all know, is a complicated time,” says Engelland, a fifty-four-year-old brunette with fashionable, oval-framed eyeglasses and a warm, no-nonsense demeanor. “It’s that differentiation from your family; it’s managing the physical issues of puberty and body changes. As adolescent medicine physicians, we try to understand the whole kid, how all of the psychosocial and academic pieces impact their health.” Engelland’s practice is located in a white clapboard building on a main road in suburban Mamaroneck, New York, across the street from the local high school; the other half of the space happens to be occupied by an astrologer. (“What can I say?” she says with a laugh. “It adds color.”) In designing the décor, she purposely steered clear of the latest teen fads—be they “Hannah Montana” or High School Musical—opting for something more neutral and grown-up. “I absolutely had in mind a place that did not feel like the pediatrician’s office,” says Engelland, who was profiled in a New York Times piece last spring headlined “Understanding the Temporary Insanity of Adolescence.” “It was going to be a different experience.” 34 WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE TODD MINER
Bridging the gap between pediatrician and internist, adolescent medicine specialists help patients navigate the transition from child to adult Adult atmosphere: Ann Engelland, MD ’81, sees patients in an office decorated with Georgia O’Keefe prints and Japanese lanterns. WINTER 2008/09 35
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