- Pediatric and Adolescent Healthcare c/o Fair Haven Community Health Center150 Sargent DriveNew Haven, CT 06511
Ada Fenick, MD
Biography
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.
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
Education & Training
- ResidentThe New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (1996)
- MDUniversity of Michigan/Ann Arbor (1993)
- BSUniversity of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and Arts, Biomedical sciences (1990)
Languages Spoken
- English
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Pediatric and Adolescent Healthcare c/o Fair Haven Community Health Center150 Sargent DriveNew Haven, CT 06511
Biography
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.
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
Education & Training
- ResidentThe New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center (1996)
- MDUniversity of Michigan/Ann Arbor (1993)
- BSUniversity of Michigan, College of Literature, Science, and Arts, Biomedical sciences (1990)
Languages Spoken
- English
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Español (Spanish)
Additional Information
- Pediatric and Adolescent Healthcare c/o Fair Haven Community Health Center150 Sargent DriveNew Haven, CT 06511
- Pediatric and Adolescent Healthcare c/o Fair Haven Community Health Center150 Sargent DriveNew Haven, CT 06511