Profile
Dr. Robert B. Millman and Dr. Elizabeth Khuri, working with Drs. Marie Nyswander and Vincent Dole, established the Adolescent
Development Program (ADP) in 1969 at the Rockefeller University.
In 1971 the program was moved to the Cornell Medical College Departments
of Public Health and Pediatrics. The ADP is licensed by the New York
State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services and by the
New York State Department of Health to provide methadone maintenance,
primary medical care and psychiatric services under article 28.
The ADP is the only nonresidential outpatient day program in the
United States that offers methadone maintenance and detoxification to appropriate adolescent
narcotic addicts as well as young adults (age 16-25). Three special
populations are served: 1) youth, 2) addicts with severe psychiatric
problems, 3) addicts with medical illness - the last two groups
regardless of age. High quality counseling is combined with medical
and psychiatric care in a family like setting crucial to the rehabilitation
process which is viewed as long term treatment of a chronic disease.
It is the only clinic of its kind in the Methadone Maintenance Treatment
Program (MMTP) network. Currently the practice also offers buprenorphine maintenance and detoxification.
Services
Every effort will be made to schedule an initial consultation within
twenty-four hours of the referral date. The initial consultation
will include a screening for appropriateness and a urine toxicology.
If appropriate, the client will return for a psychosocial evaluation
to determine the appropriate course of action which may include
admission into the methadone maintenance program, referral to a
detoxification unit, or other appropriate action. Clients who are
admitted into the ADP program will participate in their individualized
treatment plan developed by the ADP's interdisciplinary team of
experts. Some services include:
| • Methadone maintenance |
• Supervised urine toxicology surveillance |
| • Individual psychotherapy |
• Infectious disease screening |
| • Group therapy |
• Liver disease screening |
| • Health and nutrition education |
• Medical treatment on site and referral to specialized practitioners |
| • Immunizations |
• Family planning |
| • Psychopharmocologic management |
|
Research and Affiliations
The ADP maintains a close liaison with the NY Presbyterian Hospital
HIV Center for Special Studies and with the Hepatology Study groups for state-of-the-art treatments as
well as clinical research protocols. Basic research efforts in collaboration
with the Department of Medicine are under way. The ADP is one of the few New York
State MMTP clinics affiliated with basic research, as well as clinical
investigation, continuing to document medical aspects of methadone
treatment, especially neuroendocrine, immune, and hepatic function,
drug-drug interactions, alcoholism, cocaine, poydrug abuse and psychiatric
problems in MMTP. Research is under way with regard to basic science and clinical aspects of hepatitis C.
Financial Information
Payment of services is made through Medicaid
insurance and self-payment. A sliding scale arrangement
for qualifying clients is also offered.
Contact
To obtain more information about the Adolescent Development Program
or to refer a patient please contact:
The Adolescent Development Program
411 East 69th Street - KB-135
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-746-1277
Fax: 212-746-8473
euc2004@med.Cornell.edu
Medical Director......................................Ann B. Beeder, MD
Administrative Director.................Eugenia Curet,
PhD, LCSW
Social Work Supervisor.......Kim Alexander, LCSW, CASAC
Charge Nurse.............................................Karen Myland, RN
Office Hours
Monday...................................................7:00
AM - 3:00 PM
Tuesday...................................................7:00 AM
- 3:00 PM
Wednesday..............................................7:00 AM -
3:00 PM
Thursday...............................................7:00 AM
- 11:00 AM
Friday...................................................7:00
AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday................................................9:00
AM - 11:00 AM
