Susan Vacca

Dr. Susan Vacca has over 25 years of experience in practicing as a certified pediatric nurse practitioner. Adolescent Medicine has been her clinical focus for the past 14 years. Dr. Vacca’s area of expertise includes adolescent gynecology, contraception (including intrauterine device and contraceptive implant insertion, removal & care), eating disorders, medication treatment of depression/anxiety, and adolescent primary/preventative care.
Prior to coming to Boston Children’s Health Physicians, Dr. Vacca helped develop and implement an adolescent high-risk clinic in Northern Manhattan. She worked at New York-Presbyterian School-Based Health Centers Program located in NYC public schools. Prior to this her work focused on pediatric HIV disease.

Dr. Vacca completed a BSN at Niagara University in NY, an MSN in the Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program at Seton Hall University in NJ, and a Ph.D. in nursing education at Villanova University in PA. Dr. Vacca has taught and mentored graduate students in both Pediatric Nurse Practitioner programs and Doctorate of Nursing Practice programs. She also served as the course coordinator of the pediatric nursing undergraduate program at New York University. Her area of research has focused on adolescent health care with specific attention to sexually transmitted infections.