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Melissa Pujazon-Zazik, MD, MPH
Clinical Fellow

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Education
Medical University of Texas Southwestern Medical School  
Internship Cleveland Clinic Pediatrics
Residency Cleveland Clinic Pediatrics
Fellowship University of California, San Francisco  
Other Degrees University of Texas
Houston Health Science School of Public Health
MPH
     
Honors & Awards
2006

Cleveland Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, “Outstanding Resident Award
in Adolescent Medicine”

2006Cleveland Clinic, Dept. of Pediatrics Resident Research Day “Best Prospective Study”
2002

UT Southwestern Medical Center Medical Literary Awards (First Place, Playwriting)

2000American Medical Association Foundation Medical Student Leadership Award
  
Professional Organizations
2008-2009 American Academy of Pediatrics, Chapter IX, District 1 (Northern California) Resident/Fellow Section Representative
2007-2008

American Academy of Pediatrics
National Secretary, Section on Medical Students, Residents and Fellows
Editor, Resident Report (Biannual National Newsletter for Residents)
Contributing Section Editor, AAP Grand Rounds
Member, Council on Media

2007-2008Society for Adolescent Medicine (Member)
  
Clinical Involvement

First Year Fellow, Adolescent Medicine


Research Involvement

Research interests:  effects of media on adolescent behavior. 


Community Involvement

The Hear Me Project HIV/AIDS National Short Story Competition for Adolescents and Young Adults
First Round Writing Judge

Friends of the Sea Otter (Monterey County)
Member

Special interests include creative writing, performing arts, and animal advocacy.

Publications

Pujazon-Zazik MA. "Fore, Ignored.  Pediatric Ophthalmic Golf Injuries."  AAP Grand Rounds, January 2009

Pujazon-Zazik MA.  " Portrayal of Body Size on Children's TV." AAP Grand Rounds, December 2008

Pujazon-Zazik MA “Adverse Reactions During Blood Donations by Adolescents May Hinder Re-donation.”  AAP Grand Rounds, August 2008.

Pujazon-Zazik MA.  “MP3 Players and Hearing Loss.”  AAP Grand Rounds, June 2008.

Pujazon-Zazik MA. “Substance Use.  Something to Sing About?”  AAP Grand Rounds, May 2008.

Pujazon-Zazik MA.  “Bullying in School.”  AAP Grand Rounds, April 2008.

Pujazon-Zazik MA.  “Idol Worship: Balancing Work and an American Idol Addiction” AAP Resident Report, Fall 2008.

Pujazon MA, Worley S, and Rome ES.  “Getting Personal: What Pediatricians are Asking their Adolescent Patients about Sex.” (Abstract) Supplement to Journal of Adolescent Health, Feb. 2007.

Sendensky MM, Pujazon MA, and Morgan PG.  “Tail clamp responses in stomatin knock out mice compared to mobility assays in C. elegans during exposure to diethylether, halothane and isoflurane.”  Anesthesiology 105(3):498-502, September 2006.

Waller DK, Pujazon MA, Canfield MA, Scheuerle AE, Byrne JLB. (2000) “Frequency of Prenatal Diagnosis of Birth Defects in Houston, Galveston and the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas 1995.” Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. 15:348-354.
 
Updated: June 29, 2009
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