Faculty and Staff

Infant and Preschool Team/ Autism Diagnostic Service
Lisa Shulman, MD
Mayra Alvarez, Ph.D. 

Child and Adolescent Unit
Maria Rosario Valicenti, MD
Erin Rivelis, Ph.D.

Fischer Landau Center for the Treatment of Learning Disabilities
Monica McQuaid, Ph.D.
 

Children’s Hearing Program/ Audiology
TBA

Trauma Services/ Group Attachment Behavioral Intervention (GABI)
Anne Murphy, Ph.D.
Miguelina Germán, PhD 

Medically Complex Children Developmental team
Michele Laverdiere, MD
Oscar Purugganan, MD 

Adult Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program
Vincent Siasoco, MD 

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program
Dona Rani Kathirithamby, MD

Medical & Dental Services

Harold Diner Special Needs Dentistry Program
Farah Alam, DDS, FSCD

Neurology/Seizure management
Puja Patel, MD

Nutrition
Gail Bergin, NP

Therapeutic services

Speech Therapy
Risa Battino, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-F
Ida Barresi, MA, CCC-SLP

Occupational Therapy
Elizabeth Ridgway, OTD, OTR, C/NDT

Physical Therapy
Carol Terilli, PT, DPT, C/NDT

Psychotherapy
(Group/ Individual)

Training Director

Director of Fellowship
Elisa Muniz, M.D.

Resident Training Director
Blanche Benenson, MD

UCEDD

Karen Bonuck, Ph.D.
Co-Director, RFK UCEDD  

Joanne F. Siegel, LCSW
Co-Director, RFK UCEDD

LEND

Lisa Shulman, MD
Director

Mayra Alvarez, PhD
Co-Director