Experts weigh GLP-1 therapy's promise for PMOS against the risks of overly rapid weight loss in teenagers.
Heather Appelbaum, MD
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Heather Appelbaum, MD, FACOG, is the director of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology at K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, and director of the PMOS Multidisciplinary Program at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
Articles by Heather Appelbaum, MD
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