Meet Our Clinicians
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