Veronika Mesheriakova, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Dr. Veronika Mesheriakova is board certified in General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, and Addiction Medicine. She cares for adolescent and young adult patients, and specializes in the treatment of substance use disorders and addiction in youth. She also specializes in eating disorders, sexual and reproductive health, menstrual disorders, depression, and anxiety.

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Mesheriakova's research focuses on preventing, diagnosing and treating substance use disorders in youths. She has also conducted research on topics that include contraception use among adolescents, ensuring that all patients get appropriate vaccines and ensuring confidentiality for sexual health services provided to minors.

Mesheriakova earned her medical degree from the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital followed by a fellowship in adolescent and young adult medicine at UCSF.

Mesheriakova is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, American Society of Addiction Medicine and Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse. She is an assistant professor of pediatrics at UCSF.

Education & Training

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• Fellowship Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine University of California San Francisco 2017
• Residency Pediatrics Yale New Haven Children's Hospital 2014
• M.D. Medicine Univeristy of South Dakota 2011
• Bachelor of Science Biology, Chemistry South Dakota State Univeristy 2007

Websites

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• @@DrVeronikaM on Twitter (twitter.com)
• UCSF Eating Disorders Program (eatingdisorderprogram.ucsf.edu)
• UCSF Adolescent Medicine Clinic (ucsfbenioffchildrens.org)
• UCSF Health Profile (ucsfhealth.org)
• UCSF Youth Outpatient Substance Use Program (YoSUP) (youthsubstanceuse.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• 2020 Addiction Medicine Fellowship (AMF) Program, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 2020-2025
• Trial to Expand Access to Evidence-Based Treatment for Youth with Addiction, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), California Youth Opioid Response, 2019-2021
• 2017 - SAHM/NIDA Mentored Training Award in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Dissemination, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Publications (6)

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Contraception BehaviorPandemicsAdolescent Health ServicesComputers, HandheldCoronavirus InfectionsSchool Health ServicesPneumonia, ViralChildTransgender PersonsMobile ApplicationsGender IdentityAdolescentSexual BehaviorElectronic Health RecordsTelemedicine

• Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults: History and Perioperative Considerations From the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2023 Kitzman JM, Mesheriakova VV, Borucki AN, Agarwal R
• The COVID-19 Pandemic and Rapid Implementation of Adolescent and Young Adult Telemedicine: Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2020 Barney A, Buckelew S, Mesheriakova V, Raymond-Flesch M
• Effect of an iPad-Based Intervention to Improve Sexual Health Knowledge and Intentions for Contraceptive Use Among Adolescent Females at School-Based Health Centers.
  Clinical pediatrics 2017 Mesheriakova VV, Tebb KP
• Documentation of Gender Identity in an Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic.
  The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2016 Vance SR, Mesheriakova VV
• Effect of an Ipad-Based Intervention on Sexual Health Knowledge and Intentions for Contraceptive Use Among Adolescent Females at a School-Based Health Center.
  Journal of Adolescent Health 2016 Veronika Mesheriakova, Kathleen Tebb
• Yale Primary Care Pediatrics Curriculum
  Adolescent Immunization 2016 Mesheriakova, V., & Szilagyi, P.