Claudia Borzutzky, MD

Chief, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine

Attending Physician

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Education

Medical School

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Internship

Family Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Residency

Family Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Fellowship

Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Accomplishments

Certifications

Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine
Adolescent Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine
Obesity Medicine, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Professional Memberships

Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine

Awards

Pasadena Top Doctor 2018
Nominee, CHLA Morris and Mary Press Humanism Award 2017

Areas of Focus

Adolescent and Young Adult Sexual and Reproductive Health; Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity and Fitness

Publications

“Acute Neck Pain following a Large Meal and Vomiting,” Case Report. Adolescent Medicine State of the Art Reviews, August 2012. PMID 23162926

“Preventing and Treating Adolescent Obesity: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine,” co-author. Journal of Adolescent Health 2016; 59: 602-606.

Yonan, T and Borzutzky, C. “Common Problems in Adolescent Medicine,” chapter, Handbook of Gynecology, Ed. Donna Shoupe. Springer Press, 2016

Condom Availability in Schools: A Practical Approach to the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infection/HIV and Unintended Pregnancy: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine,” co-author. Journal of Adolescent Health 2017; 60: 754-757.

Vidmar A, Pretlow R, Borzutzky C, Wee CP, Fox DS, Fink C, and Mittelman S. An Addiction Model Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention in Adolescents with Obesity. Pediatric Obesity. Aug 2018. DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.12464.

Gross A, Kaizer A, Kelly A, Rudser K, Ryder J, Borzutzky C, Santos M, Tucker J, Yee J, Fox C on behalf of POWER Work Group. Long and Short of It: Early Response Predicts Longer-term Outcomes in Pediatric Weight Management. Obesity. 2019; 27:272-279. DOI: 10.1002/oby.22367.

Kumar S, King E, Christison A, Kelly A, Ariza A, Borzutzky C, Cuda, S, and Kirk S. Health Outcomes of Youth in Clinical Pediatric Weight Management Programs in POWER. J of Pediatrics. 2019; 208:57-65.e4. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.12.049.

Vidmar A, Fink C, Manzanarez B, Mittelman SD, Wee CP and Borzutzky C. Energy Management for Personalized Weight Reduction (EMPOWER) Program: Three-Year Outcome Data. Advances in Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2019; 2:47-54. In press.

Borzutzky C., Jaffray J. Diagnosis and Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and Bleeding Disorders in Adolescents. Borzutzky C, Jaffray J. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Dec 30. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5040.

Yonan, T, and Borzutzky, C. “Contraception in the Adolescent,” submitted chapter, The Handbook of Contraception: Evidence Based Practice Recommendations and Rationales, Ed. Donna Shoupe. Springer Press, 2019.

Research

Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity – Clinical Treatment and Best Practices; Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health – use of long acting reversible contraceptives in both healthy and chronically ill youth