About me
Dr. Read is no longer seeing new patients at this practice. She has transitioned to a new role at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Academic credentials:
- University of Zagreb, Medical School, Croatia
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center at Brooklyn
- Board Certified Pediatrician
- Board Certified Adolescent Medicine Specialist
Pediatric experience:
- Clinical experience in pediatric medicine since 2001
- Sub-speciality clinical experience in adolescent medicine since 2004
- Teaching adolescent medicine to medical students, residents and fellows at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, The Mount Sinai Hospital and The Brooklyn Hospital Center since 2005.
Community work:
- Seven years of participation as a volunteer adolescent specialist at TLC Camp, The Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation TLC Award March 2003
- Parental Workshops: Parenting Troubled Teens in Brooklyn “Bridge over the Troubled Waters”, 2013 to present.
Professional affiliations:
- Society of Adolescent Medicine
- North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Life experience:
- Raising a teen boy in New York.
- Resident of Brooklyn's Prospect Park area for over 15 years.
- Fluent in Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian and French.
- Musical education in classical guitar.
Grand Rounds: Teens Living Challenge, (Adolescents with HIV), Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY; May, 2004
CME Course Lecturer ”Adolescent Substance Abuse-changing drugs in the changing world”, Brooklyn Pediatricians Dinner Symposium, Brooklyn, NY; Mar, 2006
Brooklyn Regional Perinatal Forum Perinatal Depression – the Power to Make a Difference, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY; Jun, 2006
Adolescent Gynecology, Comprehensive Obstetrics and Gynecology Review Course, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; May, 2007
Grand Rounds: “Attitudes and Perception of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Caribbean -African American Adolescent Girls and their Parents” Pediatric Department, Children’s Medical Center at Brooklyn; Apr, 2008
Amenorrhea in Adolescence, Eating Disorders in Adolescence, Substance Abuse in Adolescence Lecture series- Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Residency Program, Children’s Medical Center at Brooklyn; June, 2009 and Apr, 2010
Grand Rounds: Adolescent Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY; Oct, 2013.
Publications:
Read, DS, Joseph, MA, Polishchuk, V, Suss, AL. “Attitudes and Perception of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Caribbean-African American Adolescent Girls and Their Parents”, Journal of Ped and Adolescent Gyn, Aug 2010, Orig. Paper.