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Faculty clinicians at the CIDD come from various professional disciplines such as Audiology, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, Special Education, Speech-Language Pathology, multiple medical specialties, and more. Our clinicians specialize in evaluation, treatment, and consultation for developmental disability conditions. Given that the CIDD is an interdisciplinary training center, supervised trainees may work alongside faculty clinicians to provide services. Meet our service providers below.

Faculty Clinicians

Rebecca Baum, MD
Professor, General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Discipline/Specialization: Medicine/Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics

Melissa Beck, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology

Diana Cejas, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurology
Discipline/Specialization: Medicine/Child Neurology

Robert Christian, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Discipline/Specialization: Medicine/Pediatrics/Psychiatry/Child Psychiatry

Margaret DeRamus, MS, CCC-SLP
Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Discipline/Specialization: Speech Language Pathology

Gabriel Dichter, PhD
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology & Neuroscience
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology

Zheng (Jane) Fan, MD
Professor, Department of Neurology
Discipline/Specialization: Medicine/Child Neurology/Pediatric Sleep Medicine/Pediatric Neuromuscular Disorders, Clinical Genetics

Michelle Franklin, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Adjunct Instructor
Discipline/Specialization: Nursing

Whitney Griffin, PhD
Adjunct Instructor
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology, Special Education

Rebecca Grzadzinski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology

Christine Hall, MS, RD
Clinical Instructor, Pediatric Genetics & Metabolism
Discipline/Specialization: Clinical Dietitian

Adrianne Harris, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology

Heather Hazlett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology

Laura Hiruma, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology

Elizabeth Jalazo, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Genetics & Metabolism
Discipline/Specialization: Medicine/Pediatric Genetics

Jessica Kinard, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Discipline/Specialization: Speech Language Pathology

Jennifer Law, MD, MSCR
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Discipline/Specialization: Medicine/Pediatric Endocrinology

Jean Mankowski, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology

Sara (Sallie) Nowell, PhD
Research Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
Discipline/Specialization: Speech Language Pathology

Morgan Parlier, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry
Discipline/Specialization: Social Work

Lucia Pasquel-Lefebvre, MA, CCC-SLP
Adjunct Instructor
Discipline/Specialization: Speech Language Pathology

Yezmin Perilla-Young, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Genetics & Metabolism
Discipline/Specialization: Genetic Counseling

Joe Piven, MD
Thomas E. Castelloe Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Discipline/Specialization: Medicine/Psychiatry

Rebecca Pretzel, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Discipline/Specialization: Psychology

Emily Ramsey, MPH, RD
Clinical Instructor, Pediatric Genetics & Metabolism
Discipline/Specialization: Clinical Dietitian

Hannah Siburt, AuD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences
Discipline/Specialization: Audiology

Linn Wakeford, PhD, OTR/L
Associate Professor, Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Discipline/Specialization: Occupational Therapy

Family Navigators

Jessica Fett Gutierrez
CIDD Family Navigator, Team Coordinator

Katie Kuehner
CIDD Family Navigator

Hannah Russell
CIDD Family Navigator, Trillium Regional Focus

Shermekka Williams
CIDD Family Navigator, Trillium Regional Focus

Kenneth Kelty
CIDD Peer Support Specialist