Scott Jelinek MD, MPH, MAEd
Scott Jelinek, MD, MPH, MAEd (he/him) is a faculty member at PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and an attending physician in the Craig Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine at CHOP. He also serves as Clinical Informatics Champion for Adolescent Health and Patient Privacy and is an Instructor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Jelinek provides specialized clinical care in CHOP’s Adolescent Initiative and Gender & Sexuality Development Program, with a focus on affirming, confidential, and youth-centered services. He is also a board-certified HIV Specialist through the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM). His research leverages digital health innovation, clinical informatics, and exposomic approaches to improve HIV/STI prevention and mental health support for adolescents and young adults. He is particularly interested in developing confidential workflows and clinical decision support tools that integrate electronic health record data and patient-reported outcomes to enhance adolescent engagement in care.
Dr. Jelinek’s work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health through a Mentored Career Development Award (KL2), the Penn Center for AIDS Research, and the Penn Mental Health AIDS Research Center. He is a member of Epic Systems’ national Adolescent Brain Trust, where he contributes to shaping best practices for adolescent health in electronic medical records. In 2024, he was honored with the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Richard D. Rowe Award for Clinical Research in the well-being and care of LGBTQ+ youth and their families. His projects blend implementation science and adolescent-centered design to create interventions that address gaps in preventive care for youth.
Dr. Jelinek received his MD and MPH from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he was a Human Rights and Social Justice Scholar and also completed his pediatrics residency. He then completed an Adolescent Medicine fellowship at CHOP. Prior to his medical training, he was a high school science teacher in Denver Public Schools through Teach for America, during which he earned an MA in Education from the University of Colorado. He also served as a Public Policy Fellow with the New York Academy of Medicine and completed a Fellowship in Healthcare Consulting and Leadership with Deloitte Consulting in Washington, D.C.