Dr. Amari received her doctoral degree in 2005 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). While pursuing her advanced degree, she held positions in the Department of Behavioral Psychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, including roles as a clinical specialist and program specialist on the Neurobehavioral Unit, and research project coordinator and case manager for the Pediatric Psychology Consultation Service, for which she also recently served as...

Dr. Barker attended Oxford University in the United Kingdom, where he received a Bachelor's of Arts degree in chemistry and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in physical chemistry. He conducted his post-doctoral research in magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy at the California Institute of Technology. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins since 1989. He is currently a professor of radiology and oncology at Johns Hopkins, and a...

After completing her undergraduate degree in physical therapy at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Bastian completed her doctoral degree in movement science at Washington University in 1995, and a post-doctoral fellowship in neuroscience at Washington University under Dr. W.T. Thach. Dr. Bastian came to Kennedy Krieger Institute in Summer 2001. Prior to that, she was an assistant professor in physical therapy in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Washington...

Dr. Batista received her bachelor's of science from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and went on to obtain a master's of science and doctoral degree in human genetics at the same university. She is board-certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics in clinical cytogenetics.

Dr. Bay received her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University and received her medical degree from State University of New York at Brooklyn, Downstate Medical Center, in 2005. She completed her pediatric residency training at Baystate Hospital, Western Campus of Tufts School of Medicine, then went on to complete the fellowship training in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Bay joined Kennedy Krieger...

Dr. Belcher received her bachelor's of science degree in zoology from Howard University in Washington, DC in 1980, her medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in 1982, and her master's in health science focusing on mental health in 2002 from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Belcher began as a fellow in developmental pediatrics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1985. She went on to serve as assistant professor of pediatrics at...

Born in Kosova, Dr. Visar Belegu received his bachelor of science in biology with a cellular emphasis in 1997 from Northeastern State University. In 2004 he completed his Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center where he identified and characterized the function of heavy chain ferritin as a transcription factor involved in repression of beta globin. He then undertook his post-doctoral fellowship in neurology at the...

Monica Beltran graduated from Goucher College with a bachelor's of arts in psychology and dance. She continued her education at Goucher and received a master's degree in Dance/Movement Therapy in 1982. She then coordinated a psycho-social program at the Center for Living (an arm of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center) for adults with traumatic brain injury. Monica continued her education, and, in 1994, received a master's in...

Dr. Allan Belzberg completed his undergraduate training at the University of British Columbia. He received his medical degree from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. After completing a medical/surgical internship at McGill University Teaching Hospitals, Dr. Belzberg returned to the University of Calgary Teaching Hospitals for his residency and fellowship in neurosurgery. Dr. Belzberg then joined Johns Hopkins, where he completed an advanced specialty training...

Dr. Bezman is originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. She received her medical degree from the Pediatric Medical Institute in St. Petersburg in 1977, where she also completed a residency in pediatrics in 1980. She worked as a pediatrician, pediatric ICU specialist and a researcher for several years in St. Petersburg. Dr. Bezman achieved a master's of public health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1992, specializing in epidemiology. Dr...

Dr. Bibat received her bachelor's of science in psychology and Doctor of Medicine degrees at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. After completing her pediatric residency training at the University of Florida, Sacred Heart Children's Hospital, she became a clinical fellow in neurodevelopmental disabilities at the Kennedy Krieger Institute from 1997 to 2000. She then became a research fellow in the neurogenetics department and subsequently joined the...

Dr. Blackman began her schooling at George Washington University, where she received a Bachelor's of Science in Zoology in 1992. She attended medical school at Vanderbilt University, earning her medical degree in 1996. She continued her training in General Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University from 1996 to 1999. She completed her fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital program from 1999 to 2001,...

Dr. Blue graduated cum laude with her bachelor's degree in biology and art from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa in 1977. She received her doctoral degree from the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas in Dallas, TX, in 1982. Dr. Blue continued her career as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, between...

Dr. Borrero completed her graduate education at the University of Florida and earned her doctorate degree in 2006 under the supervision of Timothy R. Vollmer. She is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis, the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis and is a Board-Certified and a Licensed Behavior Analyst. She is currently the co-director of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis. She has been with the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program since 2007,...

Bowman earned her master's degree in experimental psychology at Hollins University and completed an internship at the Harmarville Rehabilitation Center. She was a psychologist B at the Multihandicapped Habilitation Center in Central Virginia before coming to the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1989. She has been a clinical specialist, senior program specialist and a faculty member for the Department of Psychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute before becoming the...

Dr. Brandenburg holds a master’s and a doctoral degree in Special Education from Johns Hopkins University. She has over 25 years of experience in the field of special education with expertise in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In her current position, Dr. Brandenburg is responsible for organizing the delivery of comprehensive high quality evidence-based practices for students with autism in the areas of curriculum, instruction, employee training and professional development...

Dr. Bressler received his bachelor's of science degree in biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1973 and his doctoral degree in physiology from Rutgers University in 1978. His post-doctoral training at UCLA was in neurosciences, where he studied the involvement of glial cells in response to toxic agents. After his post-doctoral training, Dr. Bressler continued his studies on glial cells at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Dr....

Brockmeyer-Stubbs holds a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy from the University of New Hampshire. In 1993, she attained an advanced master's degree in occupational therapy with a pediatric specialty from Towson University. Her therapy experience includes teaching, assessment programming and research. For many years, Brockmeyer-Stubbs focused her attention and skills in the school setting, providing therapy and assessment to children ages 3-21 with...

Dr. Brushart earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at Harvard, where he also stayed for his residency at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedics Program. He completed a fellowship in hand surgery at the Curtis Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital in 1983. Dr. Brushart recently received the Hanno Millesi Award from the World Federation of Neurological Societies in Vienna, Austria, recognizing Brushart's "outstanding contributions to peripheral nerve research." He has...

Dr Budimirovic's earned his undergraduate degree from a pre-medical program and his medical degree from Belgrade University. He graduated magna cum laude and achieved dozens of awards and honors as the top student in the Class of 1987. One of his most notable honors was the extraordinary opportunity he was given to complete his medical internship with the University Hospitals in Belgrade. He then completed residencies at Belgrade, Harvard, and New York Universities. He also...

Dr. Burton graduated with honors with a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics from the University of Chicago in 1994. She then taught bilingual special education in Washington, DCfor 5 years. She received an MD/PhD in 2008 from the University of Illinois, with the PhD in speech and hearing science, focusing on language acquisition. She then trained in general pediatrics at the University of Maryland Medical Center before receiving specialized training in neurodevelopmental...

Dr. Philippines Cabahug earned her B.S. in physical therapy at the University of the Philippines in 1994, and her medical degree at St. Luke’s-WHQ Memorial, Philippines in 2000. She completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residency at the Philippine General Hospital in 2005. She was awarded a UN-Merck scholarship to pursue her postgraduate diploma in gerontology and geriatrics at the University of Malta in 2004. In 2009, she finished her internship in...

Dr. Capone attended college at Wesleyan University and worked as a research assistant at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston before obtaining his medical degree from the University of Connecticut in 1983. After a residency and fellowship in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Dr. Capone came to Baltimore in 1988 to pursue a fellowship in neurobiology research at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Capone currently serves as the director of Kennedy...

Dr. Cataldo attended the University of Rochester and received a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1968. He continued his education at the University of Kansas at Lawrence where he received his master’s degree in child development in 1971 and his doctorate in child development and psychology in 1974. Since 1975, Dr. Cataldo has been the director of the Department of Behavioral Psychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He has taught at Johns Hopkins School of...

Dr. Kannie Chan attended The University of Hong Kong, where she received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of philosophy degree. Her thesis focused on the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. She conducted post-doctoral research in biomaterials and medical imaging with a focus on MRI at Department of Radiology at Johns Hopkins in 2010. Then she joined the F.M. Kirby Research Center as an instructor in 2013, and currently serves as an assistant...

Dr. Chib obtained his bachelor's degree in bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, and earned a master of science degree and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University. Following his Ph.D., Dr. Chib was a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow at Advanced Telecommunications Research (ATR) in Kyoto, Japan. Before coming to Johns Hopkins, he was a postdoctoral scholar in the Division of Biology and Biological Engineering...

Dr. Christensen attended Nebraska Wesleyan University before attending medical school at the University of Nebraska. He came to Johns Hopkins in 1975 for a residency in pediatrics, and completed a fellowship in developmental pediatrics at KKI. Dr. Christensen also completed the Sinai-Johns Hopkins physical medicine and rehabilitation residency in 1992. Dr. Christensen twice received the Golden Goniometer Award (from the Sinai-Johns Hopkins Physical Medicine and...

Jean Christianson graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1971, with a bachelor's of arts in social welfare. She received her master's degree in social work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work in 1973. Following a maternal and child health-sponsored master's level field placement at Kennedy Krieger Institute, she worked as a clinical social worker in the institute's inpatient program. Jean left Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1978 for a position as a...

Dr. Church received her bachelor's degree from Lesley College in 1970, and continued her education, receiving a master's degree from Teachers College of Columbia University in 1971. After working as a teacher of students with emotional disorders, learning disabilities, and intellectual disabilities, Dr. Church received a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1985. Before assuming the role of vice president for educational programs, Dr. Church was the assistant vice...

Dr. Cohen obtained her undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Buffalo and her doctoral degree in pharmacology from University of Maryland. Her thesis work focused on identifying genomic elements that regulate selective gene expression at neuromuscular synapses. Dr. Cohen completed postdoctoral fellowship training at the NIH where she studied the function of proteins making up the nuclear envelope and developed transgenic mouse models for disorders of the...

Dr. Comi is the director of the Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center at Kennedy Krieger Institute. She graduated from SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and received her training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo and her child neurology training at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Her clinical specialization is in the treatment of the neurological aspects of Sturge-Weber syndrome and other capillary malformation related disorders.

Dr. Crockett graduated from Auburn University in 1993 with a bachelor's of arts in psychology. She received her doctoral degree in 1999 in the experimental analysis of behavior from Auburn University. Dr. Crockett completed a pre-doctoral internship at Bancroft in Haddonfield, New Jersey. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She was a two-year research fellow...

Dr. Davoli graduated in 1980 from the College of William and Mary with a bachelor's of science in biology. She continued her education at Georgetown University School of Medicine where she received her medical degree in 1987. Following her graduation, she did a residency in pediatrics at the University of Virginia Medical Center from 1987 to 1990, and a fellowship in developmental pediatrics at Kennedy Krieger Institute from 1990 to 1993. Dr. Davoli received her master's of...

Dr. Denckla graduated summa cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and went on to graduate cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1962, where she trained with Dr. Norman Geschwind in behavioral neurology. Dr. Denckla served residencies at Beth Israel Hospital and Veterans Administration Hospital, both in Boston, as well as Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC. After positions in neurology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York...

Elizabeth DiPietro obtained her BSN in 1990 and MSN in 1994, both from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She is a certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse as well as a board certified Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. Elizabeth DiPietro has been employed in the nursing department at Kennedy Krieger Institute for 26 years.

Dr. Ewen attended Brown University and Tulane University School of Medicine, from which he graduated in 2000. He received training in general pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and then was one of the first graduates of the Kennedy Krieger/Johns Hopkins program in neurodevelopmental disabilities. He subsequently took a year of training inspecialized training in clinical neurophysiology/epilepsy (Johns Hopkins). He is currently a neurologist at...

Dr. Fatemi received his medical degree from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria in 1999. After graduation, he served as a researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Medical Chemistry in Vienna and completed an internship in pediatrics at the Vienna General Hospital. He was recruited by Dr. Hugo W. Moser as a post-doctoral fellow in neurogenetics and neuroimaging research at Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2001. During this initial period at Kennedy Krieger Institute, Dr...

Dr. Findling did his undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University and went to medical school at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Findling then completed training in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry as part of the “Triple Board” joint training program at Mt. Sinai in New York. He subsequently earned his Masters of Business Administration degree at a joint program run by the London School of Economics, NYU Stern, and HEC Paris called “Trium...

Dr. Gerring completed undergraduate studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and received her medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in 1968. She completed a pediatric residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed a general and child psychiatry residency at Payne Whitney Clinic/Cornell Medical Center. She is Board-Certified in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Gerring is the Medical Director of the Child...

Dr. Girolami earned a doctorate in clinical psychology in 2005 at West Virginia University. He completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Girolami has been with the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program since 2002, working with children with feeding difficulties, intellectual disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders. He is currently a member of the faculty...

Dr. Goldberg received her bachelor's of arts in psychology in 1990 from Washington University in St. Louis and her master's of education in counseling psychology in 1992 from Harvard University. Dr. Goldberg received her doctorate in developmental psychology in 1998 from McMaster University. During her doctoral studies, Dr. Goldberg also took research internships in the cognitive neuroscience laboratory at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the...

Dr. Goldstein received his medical degree from the University of Chicago. He completed residencies in pediatrics (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis), neurology (Stanford, Palo Alto) and child neurology (Johns Hopkins) and was Director of the pediatric neurology program at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) before returning to Baltimore to lead Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Dr. Gonzalez earned her doctorate in clinical psychology with a specialization in working with individuals with intellectual impairments, autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities in 2008 from Louisiana State University. She continued her training as a pre-doctoral intern and post-doctoral fellowship at Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she further specialized in working with...

Dr. Grace is a behavioral psychologist with special interest and training in the assessment and treatment of behavioral challenges among children who are diagnosed with a broad range of developmental disorders.  These include diagnoses such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disabilities, Developmental Delays, and Down syndrome.  Behavioral concerns include aggression, tantrums, elopement, and noncompliance, as well as skills deficits affecting areas...

After completing his undergraduate and medical training in Lima, Peru, Dr. Grados came to Detroit for an internship in internal medicine and a residency in psychiatry at the Henry Ford Health Systems. He came to Baltimore in 1994 as child psychiatry fellow, chief resident in child psychiatry at Johns Hopkins and psychiatry faculty at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Grados also obtained a master's of public health (M.P.H.) in genetic epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins School...

Dr. Grant is a Maryland native. He attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as a University Scholar and received his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Prior to joining the faculty at Kennedy Krieger, he completed both his general psychiatry and child psychiatry fellowship at the University of Virginia.

Dr. Grasmick served as State Superintendent of top-ranked Maryland Public Schools for twenty years, from 1991 until 2011 – serving 24 districts, 1,424 schools, and 869,113 students. She began her career as a classroom teacher at the William S. Baer School for the Deaf in Baltimore City before serving as principal and as associate superintendent in Baltimore County. Dr. Grasmick received her  Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Towson University; her Master’s...

Dr. Gwynn earned her medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland in 2000 and completed her pediatrics residency there in 2003. She subsequently joined the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2003 to attend the fellowship in neurodevelopmental disabilities through the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Since graduation from the fellowship program in 2007, she has been an active member of the medical...

Dr. Hagopian received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Hagopian’s work involves the integration of clinical service, research, training and advocacy for individuals with intellectual and...

Dr. Harrison received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Harvard University and her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School (now Geisel School of Medicine). She completed an internship in Pediatrics at the Floating Hospital, New England Medical Center, Boston. Her adult psychiatry residency training was at the University of Maryland and Child Psychiatry training at Hopkins, where she was chief resident. She completed a National Health Services payback in Southern...

Dr. Hendricks received her doctorate in clinical psychology with specialization in child clinical psychology and behavioral medicine from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008. She completed her internship and two years of post-doctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in pediatric psychology. Dr. Hendricks is licensed in the state of Maryland, and provides training and supervision to pre-doctoral interns and post...

Dr. Herman received her bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and continued her education at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where she received her doctoral degree in 2005. She did her pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in child clinical and pediatric psychology. Dr. Herman has been licensed in the state of Maryland since 2007, and became the...

Dr. Hoon received a bachelor's of science from Davidson College in 1974, and a medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1978. After a pediatric residency at Kosair-Children's Hospital in Louisville and two years in private practice, he completed a neonatology fellowship at British Columbia Children's Hospital and a one-year fellowship in medical genetics at the Affiliated Hospitals in Vancouver, Canada. In 1988, he came to Baltimore where he completed a fellowship...

Following his undergraduate training at Brigham Young University, Dr. Hoover received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Kentucky in 1992. He then completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in child and adolescent psychology at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry in Topeka, Kansas. Remaining on the faculty of the Menninger Clinic for 15 years, he served as director of the child psychology department and director of psychology training, as...

Dr. Hope graduated from Louisiana State University where she received her master's degree and then her doctoral degree in 2001. Her concentration of study was in clinical psychology, both pediatric and adult behavioral medicine. Her minor field of study was in psychopharmacology and school psychology. She completed her pre-doctoral internship training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Hope has been a licensed psychologist in the state...

Dr. Hua received his master's (2005) and doctoral (2009) degrees in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. His doctoral training centered on the development of novel MRI technologies for in vivo physiological imaging in the brain, such as protein content and cerebral blood volume. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Radiology at the Johns Hopkins University from 2009 to 2010, Dr. Hua became a research...

Dr. Huete received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Louisiana State University in 2000. He completed a pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship in behavioral psychology and pediatrics at Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition to his current appointments with Kennedy Krieger and Johns Hopkins, Dr. Huete has an adjunct appointment in the Department of Psychology at Towson University. Dr. Huete is a...

After graduating from Davidson College with a BA in Psychology, Dr. Jacobson completed her MEd and EdS in School Psychology at the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 1998. She then worked as a school psychologist before completing her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, in 2008. She completed her clinical internship in neurodevelopment and neuropsychology at the Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami...

Dr. Jain received his bachelor’s degree from The University of Notre Dame, graduating summa cum laude in biochemistry. He completed his medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine and completed a Ph.D. from The University of Oxford, focused on using statistical and computational methods to identify genetic variants that contribute to both rare and complex human traits. During that time he was a Howard-Hughes Medical Institute-National Institutes of Health...

Dr. Ji received her medical degree from Catholic University of Daegu in Daegu, South Korea, in 2000. She completed her internship training at Catholic University of Korea in Seoul, Korea, in 2001. She moved to Boston after her internship and began her research at the psychiatry neuroimaging laboratory within the Department of Psychiatry at Havard Medical School. She was accepted to the general psychiatry residency training program at University of North Carolina Hospitals in...

Dr. Johnston attended Franklin and Marshall College before going on to medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, from which he graduated cum laude in 1971. His post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital included work in pediatrics, neurology, pharmacology and pediatric neurology. After teaching positions and research work at the University of Michigan Medical School and University of Michigan Hospitals, Dr. Johnston returned to Baltimore in 1988....

Dr. Jones received a bachelor's of science from the University of Manchester (UK) in 1985, and a doctoral degree from the University of Manchester in 1989. After obtaining his doctoral degree, Dr. Jones spent a year as a Royal Society Fellow at Shinshu Universuty in Matsumoto, Japan. In 1990, he was appointed a research fellow in the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB). In 1994, Dr. Jones became an assistant professor of surgery at UMAB....

Shilpa Kadam completed her medical internship at Sanjeevan General Hospital in Pune, India. After graduation, she trained/worked as a medical officer at the Pune Institute of Neurology in the intensive care and high dependency units. She completed her PhD in Neuroscience in the United States in the field of epilepsy research in the laboratory of Dr. F. E. Dudek (University of Utah School of Medicine), in 2006. She did her post-doctoral fellowship training in the Department...

Dr. Kannan completed her medical training at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in India, and a pediatric residency followed by a fellowship in pediatric critical care at the Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit in 2003, where she remained as a faculty member until July 2011. She joined Johns Hopkins University and Kennedy Krieger Institute in August 2011. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care...

Joan Kaufman, Ph.D. received her bachelors degree from Tufts University where she developed an interdisciplinary individualized major in Holocaust Studies.  She then received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yale University, and completed a post-doctorate fellowship in biological methods in child psychiatry at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC).  She served on the faculty at WPIC for five years before...

Dr. Keefer completed her undergraduate education at Messiah College in 1997 and received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Drexel University in 2003. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at Philhaven Behavioral Healthcare and was then employed at Philhaven’s Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Keefer obtained a position at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2007 and her current duties include clinical care, training, and...

Dr. Korth earned her Bachelors degree at the University of Michigan where she gained a love for rehabilitation while working in pediatric and adult physical therapy clinics. This led to a job in the Department of Neurology of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where she assisted in research on neuroplasticity using body-weight supported treadmill training. This experience with rehabilitation medicine motivated her to attend medical school at Michigan State...

Dr. Kratz received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Maryland College in 1985, and her doctorate in human genetics from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1989. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in biochemical genetics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 1991, and was the assistant director of the Biochemical Diseases Detection Laboratory at Yale University from 1991 to 1993. Dr. Kratz was certified by the American Board of Medical...

Dr. Kurtz received her doctoral degree in psychology from the Claremont Graduate School in 1991. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in behavioral psychology and pediatrics at Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In additional to her current appointments at Kennedy Krieger and Johns Hopkins, Dr. Kurtz has an adjunct appointment in psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Kurtz is a licensed psychologist in...

Dr. Lal received a bachelor's of science in zoology, botany and chemistry from Lucknow University in Lucknow, UP, India in 1977, followed by a master's of science in zoology and a doctorate in zoology from Kanpur University in Kanpur, UP, India. Dr. Lal completed a post-doctoral fellowship from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with the Department of Neurology at Kennedy Krieger Institute and joined the faculty of Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2001 as a research...

Dr. Lam received her Bachelor of Science degree in biology and psychology at Allegheny College.  She then earned a Master of Health Science degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Afterwards, she pursued her medical degree at the University of Missouri-Columbia followed by a general pediatrics residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  She completed her pediatric neurology fellowship at the Children’s National Medical Center...

Dr. Lance received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. She did residency in general pediatrics at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and additional specialized residency training in neurodevelopmental disabilities at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She received additional research training at Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is currently in a Ph.D...

Dr. Landa obtained her master's degree at the Pennsylvania State University and her doctorate at the University of Washington. She completed post-doctoral training in psychiatric genetics at Johns Hopkins. She is the recipient of the NIMH Shannon Award for excellent and innovative research, as well as the Rita Rudel Prize for Developmental Neuropsychology. Dr. Landa is also the recipient of the 2009 Alumni Recognition Award from the College of Human Health and Development of...

Dr. Laterra received his bachelor's of arts Phi Beta Kappa from Washington University in St. Louis, where he majored in physics. He then attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in their medical scientist training program, where he obtained first a doctorate in microbiology in 1982, followed by a medical degree in 1984. He was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha in 1984. He served an internship in internal medicine, as well as a residency and chief...

With a background in medicine and public health, Dr. Law approaches ASD-related research from both an individual and community perspective. She received her medical and public health degrees from Johns Hopkins University and then completed an internship in pediatrics at the University of Maryland Medical Systems in 2002. In addition to her professional experience, she has been impacted personally by autism. At the age of three, her son was diagnosed with autism at Kennedy...

Dr. Leppert received her undergraduate degree in biology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She received her medical training at the national Universities of Ireland, University College Cork, where she earned her M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. degrees. She completed a residency in pediatrics at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore MD, and joined Kennedy Krieger in 1992 with a fellowship in developmental pediatrics through the Johns Hopkins University School of...

Dr. Leung obtained her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude in biochemical sciences. She obtained her medical degree from the Duke University School of Medicine. While in medical school, she completed a year-long research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health as part of the Clinical Research Training Program. She completed her neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Leung...

Dr. Levey completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in economics and natural science. He graduated in 1989 and then remained at Penn for medical school, graduating in 1993. He did his residency in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1993 until 1996. After his residency, he completed a fellowship in general academic pediatrics through the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Since completing the fellowship in 1999, he...

Audrey Leviton received her Bachelor's of Arts from George Washington University in 1973. She went on to receive her Master's Degree in social work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work in 1978. She came to Kennedy Krieger in 1983. Leviton is currently an assistant vice president of Kennedy Krieger Institute and the executive director of PACT: Helping Children with Special Needs, an affiliate of the Kennedy Krieger Institute. PACT provides...

Judith Levy graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1967, with a Bachelor's of Arts in psychology. In 1971, she received her Master's Degree in social work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. In 2002, she completed a Master's of Arts in applied and professional ethics. She has spent nearly her entire career in the field of developmental disabilities. She has worked at the Kennedy Krieger Institute since 1975, first as a clinician, then as an...

Dr. Ley received his bachelor's of science in psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1974. His graduate training included both clinical and school psychology, receiving his master's of arts in clinical psychology from Roosevelt University in 1978, and his Ph.D. in school psychology from Howard University in 1983. Dr. Ley completed two internships, one in school/clinical child psychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and the other in clinical...

Dr. Li pursued her undergraduate and graduate education at the Yunnan University in China. She then held a teaching position at the Kunming Medical College in China before pursuing her doctoral degree in medical genetics from Sichuan University. She came to the United States in 2003 to complete postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and in the Department of Neurology at Kennedy Krieger Institute. In...

Dr. Xu Li graduated with a master's degree from Zhejiang University in China in 2004. He then obtained a doctoral degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2010. His thesis focused on the development of magnetoacoustic tomography with magnetic induction for imaging electrical properties of biological tissues. After that, he started his fellowship training in the F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at the Kennedy...

Dr. Lindauer received his bachelor's of arts in psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 1995. Dr. Lindauer joined the faculty of Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1996 as a behavior data specialist before becoming a clinical specialist shortly after. He left the institute to earn a master's degree in human development and a doctorate in developmental and child psychology from the University of Kansas, where he was also a research assistant. At the...

Dr. Lipkin received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and attended medical school at Rutgers- New Jersey Medical School. He received his general pediatric training, focusing on primary care, at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, followed by subspecialty training in developmental pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is board-certified in Pediatrics, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics....

Guanshu Liu, Ph.D., is currently a tenure track Assistant Professor in the F.M. Kirby Center at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Dr. Guanshu Liu earned his doctoral degree in biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University. Then he joined Dr. Peter van Zijl's imaging center at Johns Hopkins University in 2008 as a Research Associate.

Dr. López-Arvizu received her medical degree from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in 1995. She served as an intern in internal medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, a resident in psychiatry at the University of Maryland Sheppard Pratt Hospital, where she was chief resident, and as a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. For the past several years, Dr. López-Arvizu has...

Dr. Mahone received his PhD from the State University of New York at Albany in 1990, and completed an APA-accredited internship in clinical psychology at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland in 1991. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Mahone completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry in 1993. Dr. Mahone a licensed psychologist in Maryland, and is board-...

Dr. Marsh-Armstrong graduated magna cum laude with his bachelor's degree in chemistry and philosophy at Haverford, where he won the Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry. He went on to pursue graduate work in neuroscience and cellular and developmental biology at Harvard, receiving his doctoral degree in 1994. He then served as a post-doctoral fellow at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in the Department of Embryology until early this year, when he came...

Dr. Martin received her Bachelors of Science in Occupational Therapy from Boston University in 2001 and her Occupational Therapy Doctorate from Rocky Mountain University of Allied Health Professions in 2008. Prior to joining the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Dr. Martin worked in brain injury rehabilitation in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Martin joined Kennedy Krieger in 2005 as a Senior Occupational Therapist in the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury. Since 2010, Dr...

Megan Mayforth graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2002, with a bachelor's of arts in social work. She received her master's degree in social work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work in 2003 as an advanced standing student. Megan is a former Kennedy Krieger Institute trainee. She completed her master's level training as a maternal and child health trainee on the Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit where she continues to work...

Dr. McMahon obtained his bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Richmond and earned a doctoral degree in physical chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign specializing in solid-state NMR spectroscopy. He was awarded an NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellowship under Robert Griffin, Director of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began working in the field of MRI research in the F.M. Kirby Research Center for...

Dr. Menon received her medical training at Madras Medical College in Chennai, India, graduating with the bachelor of medicine/bachelor of science (MBBS) degree in 1991. She subsequently completed pediatric residency training at the Cook County Children's Hospital in Chicago, IL, in 1997 and joined the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2003 as a resident in neurodevelopmental disabilities through the Johns Hopkins University. Since graduating from the residency program in 2007,...

Ann Moser received a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry in 1961 from Radcliffe College. During the time she was an undergraduate, she was a technician in Dr. Konrad Bloch’s laboratory at Harvard University. After working as a technician in laboratories in different hospitals, Moser joined the John F. Kennedy Institute (later Kennedy Krieger Institute) in 1976 as a senior technician. In 1982, she became an assistant in neurology. Since 1991, Moser has been...

Dr. Mostofsky received his medical degree in 1990 through the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute-Albany Medical College six-year program, where he won the Jack Spitalny Prize for exceptional achievement in pediatrics. He went on to an internship and residencies in pediatrics and pediatric neurology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Mostofsky first came to Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1995 for a fellowship in the Department of Developmental Cognitive Neurology, and stayed on...

Dr. Naidu received her undergraduate and medical training at Madras Medical College in India. She served internships and residencies in Pediatrics at hospitals in Madras and in Brooklyn before accepting a fellowship in Pediatric Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. She worked in hospitals in Chicago at the University of Illinois and Loyola University in Maywood, IL. In 1983, she trained in Neonatal EEG/Neurology at Port Royal Hospital in Paris....

Dr. Nebel obtained a B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University and went on to pursue her doctoral degree in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the Laboratory for Neurocognitive and Imaging Research at KKI from 2010-2015, Dr. Nebel joined the faculty at KKI in the Center for...

Dr. O'Connor received her undergraduate training at Rutgers College - Rutgers University where she received her bachelor's degree in psychology. She completed her master's and doctoral training at the State University of New York in Binghamton in clinical psychology where she worked with children with autism and pervasive developmental disorders. She then completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of...

Dr. Paasch received her doctorate in clinical psychology with specialization in child clinical psychology from Louisiana State University in 2010. She completed her internship and two years of post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Paasch is a licensed psychologist in the state of Maryland, and provides training and supervision to pre-doctoral interns and post-doctoral fellows in...

Dr. Pekar completed his undergraduate degree in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and went on for his doctoral degree in biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1988. After fellowships at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Dr. Pekar served as an assistant professor of neurology and director of the neurobiological magnetic resonance laboratory at the Institute for Cognitive and...

Dr. Pelled graduated from the Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel) at 2004 and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) at 2008.

Dr. Perkins-Parks is a child psychologist with special interest in the application of empirically supported, behavioral and cognitive behavioral treatment for children with challenging behaviors. Her primary clinical and research interest include behavior problems in toddlers and preschool children, early intervention and prevention, parent and teacher training, ADHD and behavioral assessment. Dr. Perkins-Parks graduated from Creighton University with a degree in psychology...

Dr. Perry received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed a masters of public health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. She completed residency training in pediatrics at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY, and a fellowship in neurodevelopmental disabilities at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. After completing her fellowship training, Dr. Perry held the position of associate medical...

Dr. Pevsner received his bachelor's degree in psychology from Haverford College and his doctoral degree in pharmacology and molecular sciences from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He pursued post-doctoral training at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and joined the faculty of Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1995.

Dr. Pidcock attended the Johns Hopkins University before going on to medical school at the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1977. His post-doctoral training includes a pediatric residency at Hahnemann University Hospital from 1979 to 1981, a developmental pediatrics fellowship at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children from 1979 to 1981 and a rehabilitation medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital from 1991...

Dr. Pillion received his BA from Western Michigan University and his MA and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. Dr. Pillion completed a post-doctoral fellowship in audiology at Kennedy Krieger from 1982 to 1984. He was Senior Audiologist at Kennedy Krieger Institute before becoming the Clinical Manager of Audiology in 1996 and the Director of the Department of Audiology in 1997. He is also an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and...

After graduating from Kenyon College with a B.A. in Psychology, Dr. Pritchard completed her graduate training in clinical psychology, with an emphasis in child development, at the University of Delaware, earning her Ph.D. in 2006. She worked as a pre-doctoral intern at the Devereux Foundation, a residential treatment program for children and adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral dysfunction. In 2008, Dr. Pritchard completed her post-doctoral fellowship in clinical...

Dr. Rastogi completed his medical school at the University of Delhi in India. He then completed a masters in public health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2007. He worked as a research coordinator for one year with the Division of Neuropsychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins. He completed his adult psychiatry residency at Georgetown University Hospital (2008-2012) where he was the outpatient chief resident. Dr. Rastogi completed his...

Born in the Philippines, Dr. Recio graduated cum laude-first place with his medical degree in 1997 from the Perpetual Help College of Medicine in Biñan, Laguna. He undertook his internship training at the Perpetual Help Medical Center from 1997-1998. At Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Illinois from 2002-2003, Dr. Recio completed his general internship. While at the Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts from 2003-2006, he...

Dr. Redett specializes in cleft lip and palate surgery, facial paralysis, brachial plexus injuries and pediatric burn surgery. He completed his general surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2000, as well as a residency in plastic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital combined with University of Maryland Shock Trauma in 2002. From 2002 to 2003, Dr. Redett practiced as a fellow of pediatric plastic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Ontario, Canada. He earned a...

Dr. Reesman received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Gallaudet University in 2008, and completed her pre-doctoral internship training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. After receiving her doctorate, Dr. Reesman completed a post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Reesman is a licensed psychologist in Maryland and she...

Dr. Reichenbach graduated from Yale University in 1976 with a bachelor's of arts in psychology and philosophy. She then worked for two years as a research assistant in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Dr. Reichenbach studied clinical psychology at Vanderbilt University and received her doctoral degree in 1984. She completed her internship at Long Island Jewish - Hillside Medical Center. Dr. Reichenbach worked as a psychologist at the...

Dr. Richman received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in developmental psychology, continuing her education at Florida State University where she received her master’s degree and her doctoral degree in child clinical psychology and school psychology. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and her post-doctoral fellowship at The Kennedy Krieger Institute and The Johns Hopkins University...

Dr. Robinson attended Northwestern University for her undergraduate and medical education.  She completed her residency in Neurological Surgery at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, followed by fellowship training in pediatric neurological surgery at St. Louis Children’s Hospital/Washington University.  While at rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/Case Western Reserve University, she rose to Professor of Neurological Surgery.  She moved to...

Dr. Rolider received her doctoral degree in psychology from University of Florida in 2007. Following graduation, Dr. Rolider continued as an assistant scientist at University of Florida where she served as the Clinical Director of the University of Florida Prader-Willi Syndrome Project. Dr. Rolider joined the Neurobehavioral Unit at Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2009. She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a Psychology Associate in the State of Maryland. She is a...

Dr. Rooker earned his doctoral degree in psychology (behavior analysis) in 2010. He then completed a post-doctoral internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2012. He is a board certified behavior analyst. He is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis and the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis.

Dr. Rosch obtained a BA and MA in Psychology and a PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. She completed her clinical internship in Child Clinical Psychology at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, with a primary placement at the Center for ADHD. Dr. Rosch joined the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2011 as a post-doctoral fellow conducting research at the Laboratory for Neurocognitive and Imaging Research and...

Dr. Rubenstein graduated from Union College (NY) in 1968 and New York University School of Medicine in 1972, and completed his pediatric residency and training in neurodevelopmental pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1976. He is an assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Child Neurology Society.

Dr. Rybczynski received a bachelor's of arts in history from the University of Mississippi in 1991 and her Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1995. She completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas in 1998. Following her residency, she worked as an attending physician at Children's Medical Center of Dallas. She then spent a year as a consultant pediatrician at Mersey...

Born in Romania, Dr. Sadowsky attended the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest from 1983 to 1989. She completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Meridia Huron Hospital/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH in 1994. She served as chief resident from July 1994 to June 1995. From there, she began a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. She...

Dr. Salorio received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology with a specialization in neuropsychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed a pre-doctoral internship in neuropsychology and clinical child psychology at the University of California, San Diego, and a post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Salorio is a licensed psychologist in Maryland and is board certified in clinical neuropsychology by...

Dr. Salpekar has A.B. and M.D. degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, and completed an internship and residency in general psychiatry at Barnes Hospital. He then completed a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Yale University Child Study Center.  Dr. Salpekar is involved as a professional advisor for the Epilepsy Foundation and is a fellow of the American Neuropsychiatric Association.  Dr. Salpekar has been an academic physician and scholar...

Dr. Schmidt graduated with his doctoral degree in school psychology from the University of South Carolina in 2010. After finishing his coursework, he completed an internship at The May Institute and a postdoctoral fellowship at Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. During both his internship and fellowship, he focused on neuropsychological assessment, as well as assessing and treating problem behavior displayed by individuals with...

Dr. Shapiro attended Boston University's six-year combined liberal arts and medical sciences program. After graduation in 1972, he undertook post-doctoral training at the Children's Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, DC, where he was chief resident in pediatrics, and at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is the vice president of training and is an attending physician at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, St. Agnes Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Silberstein obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1958. He then completed his internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Jefferson Medical College Hospital (now the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital) in Philadelphia, PA, in 1963. From 1963 to 1964 he was a National Institute of Health post-doctoral fellow at Jefferson and received his master of science degree in 1964. After returning to Baltimore to...

Dr. Silverman attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, receiving his B.A. in Psychology in 1969 and Ph.D. in 1973. He then spent the next 33 years as a scientist in the Department of Psychology of the New York Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, serving as Department Chief from 1987 until he came to the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) in 2006. Dr. Silverman is directing a large study of aging among adults with Down syndrome that is funded...

Dr. Slifer received his bachelor's degree from Western Maryland College (now William McDaniel College) and continued his education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) for his master's degree and Florida State University for his doctoral degree. He completed his internship at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in the Department of Psychiatry, which is now part of Drexel University. Dr. Slifer began his employment with Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1980. He...

Dr. Slomine earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Florida in 1995. She completed a psychology internship at the Brockton/West Roxbury Veteran's Administration Medical Center and Harvard University. Dr. Slomine completed a post-doctoral fellowship in geriatric psychology and neuropsychology at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center. Dr. Slomine serves on the board of directors for the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology and serves as...

Dr. Smith received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Colorado with a major in Psychology. He also received his doctoral degree in Special Education from the University of Kansas.

Dr. Smith-Hicks completed her Bachelors of Science degree in Biochemistry from the City College of New York (CUNY) and the Medical Scientist Training Program at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she obtained her M.D., Ph.D. in 2000.  She trained in Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed her Neurology and Pediatric Neurology training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2005. She then trained as a...

Dr. Sponseller graduated in 1980 with a medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He completed his internship and residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He continued his education with his fellowship at the Children's Hospital in Boston. Dr. Sponseller also received his master's of science in the business of medicine in 1998 and his master's of business administration in 2000. Dr....

Dr. Stashinko received her bachelor's of science degree in nursing from Albright College in 1975, her master's of science in maternal and child health nursing from the University of Maryland in 1979, and her doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on biobehavioral research in children in 1987. Dr. Stashinko was a research associate at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and nurse researcher at the Johns Hopkins Children’s...

Dr. Stone received a bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Maryland Baltimore, her master’s in Public Administration from the University of Baltimore, and a doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. She currently holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Dr. Suleman completed his anesthesiology residency training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and received an “Excellence in Pediatric Anesthesia 2008” award at his graduation. He completed his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH)/UAMS in 2009. He continued to work as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at ACH, where he developed a Pediatric Regional Anesthesia program and served as its director . He is board...

Dr. Suskauer attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina for her undergraduate and medical education. She completed a combined residency program in pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. She came to Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins for a pediatric rehabilitation research fellowship and subsequently joined the faculty of these institutions in 2007. Dr. Suskauer...

Swearingen received her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) at the University of Delaware and went on to obtain her Master's of Art in health care administration/management at the College of Notre Dame. She holds a certification as a Legal Nurse Consultant and has served as an expert witness and completed numerous case reviews across the country. She serves as a member of the Advisory Board of Directors for Nurse.com (Gannett Company). She is a member of the Maryland...

Dr. Tierney received her bachelor's of arts from the University of Florida and her medical degree at the University of South Florida in 1989. After completing a transitional residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and a general psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, she accepted a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She formerly served as the medical director of both Kennedy Krieger's Neurobehavioral Unit and its...

Carol Tiffany received a master's degree in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University in 2002. She has spent many years in the pharmaceutical industry, performing research in the areas of neurology, as well as pain and inflammation. In 2002 she had a faculty appointment in the IGM at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute where she was manager of a yeast genome project.  In 2006 she accepted the position of clinical biochemist in the Peroxisomal Diseases Laboratory...

Dr. Trovato received a bachelor's of science degree from Salem College in 1990 and a medical degree degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1994. She completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Sinai Hospital-Johns Hopkins School of Medicine residency program in 1999, followed by a two-year pediatric rehabilitation fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr...

Dr. Turner received her bachelor's degree in speech-language pathology and audiology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1975, and her master's degree in speech pathology at Syracuse University in 1976. In 1978, Dr. Turner received a Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech-language pathology from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Dr. Turner completed her doctorate in speech communication at the Pennsylvania State University in 1987. From 1985...

Ms. van Stone received her bachelor of art’s degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA in 1996, her master of science in developmental psychology from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in 2002, and her Juris Doctor from Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, CA in 2005. Ms. van Stone began her professional career on the neurobehavioral inpatient unit within the department of behavioral psychology at Kennedy Krieger Institute...

Dr. van Zijl graduated cum laude with a master's degree in inorganic chemistry and continued to obtain a doctoral degree in mathematics and physics. His thesis focused on the description of molecular alignment in magnetic fields and the changes in the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra related to this. After completing fellowships in nuclear magnetic resonance (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh) and MRI (National Institutes of Health,...

Dr. Varghese earned his medical degree from Manipal University, India, where he also did his residency. He earned a master’s degree in Health Science and Clinical Epidemiology from the University of British Columbia, Canada. His training includes fellowships in Pediatric Orthopaedics from the University of British Columbia and the University of Minnesota. He also went on to complete a combined Orthopedics Oncology fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General...

Dr. Vasa completed her undergraduate training at Colby College and received her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1991. She completed an internal medicine fellowship at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and her adult and child psychiatry training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Vasa is the director of education and training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. In her clinic, she sees children and adolescents with a variety of...

Dr. Vernon received her B.A. in biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, her M.D. at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/UMDNJ and her Ph.D. at Rutgers University. She completed a combined residency in pediatrics and clinical genetics and a fellowship in clinical laboratory biochemical genetics at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Vernon is board certified in pediatrics, clinical genetics, and clinical biochemical laboratory genetics. She joined the faculty at the Kennedy...

Dr. Wachtel received her undergraduate degree in Romance Languages and Literatures from Princeton University, with a major in French Language and Literature. In 1993, she graduated summa cum laude as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD in 1998. She completed general psychiatry training at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry in Topeka, KS, and at the University of...

Dr. Wagner obtained her undergraduate degree from Yale University, graduating summa cum laude with honors in biology. She participated in the NIH-funded medical scientist training program and obtained her medical and doctoral degrees at Johns Hopkins. Her thesis work in the laboratory of Richard Huganir, Ph.D., included the original cloning and characterization of the dystrophin-associated protein, dystrobrevin. She completed her internship in internal medicine and...

Dr. Ward received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology/Argosy University Atlanta in 2007. She completed her internship and two years of post-doctoral fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in pediatric psychology. Following her fellowship in 2009, Dr. Ward obtained a position at the Kennedy Krieger Institute where she provides training and supervision to pre-doctoral...

Dr. Warren received her undergraduate training in occupational therapy at Western Michigan University. She has a master's degree in health related profession from the University of Pittsburgh and in applied healing arts from Tai Sophia Institute, as well as a doctoral degree in education from the Johns Hopkins University. Her clinical background is in pediatrics, particularly focusing on children with cerebral palsy, brain injury, and learning disabilities. She is...

Dr. Watkins did his undergraduate, graduate and medical training at Johns Hopkins, receiving a medical degree and doctoral degree in biochemistry in 1978. In the years which followed, he served as both a research associate and medical staff fellow at the National Institutes of Health, as well as commissioned officer service for the United States Public Health Service.

Dr. Weissman received her BA with Honors in English Language and Literature and Neurobiology from The University of Chicago. She earned an MD from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and an MS in Clinical Research Scholars Program from Case Western Reserve University. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the Children's Medical Center at UT Southwestern. Dr. Weissman was chief resident in the Neurodevelopmental...

Dr Wilms Floet earned her medical degree at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. She completed training in pediatrics at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine in 1996, where she subsequently completed a fellowship in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics in 1999. She joined the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2009. Dr Wilms Floet sees patients through the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD). Her main focus there has been the evaluation of children with...

Dr. Wilson received her bachelor of arts in both art and physiology from the University of California at Berkeley before coming to Johns Hopkins for a doctoral degree in biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, which she received in 1990. She held post-doctoral fellowships at Hopkins’ Department of Neuroscience and Kennedy Krieger Institute's developmental neuroscience lab before joining the research faculty at Kennedy Krieger Institute in 1994. Dr. Wilson...

Dr. Wodka graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2001 with a B.S. in Neurobiology and Physiology.  She then continued her education at Drexel University, in Philadelphia, PA earning a M.S. in 2003 and Ph.D. in 2006, both in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in clinical neuropsychology.  Dr. Wodka completed her clinical internship at the Mailman Center for Child Development and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL and...

Dr. Xia received her doctoral degree in biology from Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany in 1998. She had her post-doctoral training at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO and Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT before she came to the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2002. She became a faculty member at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in 2006.

Dr. Yadav completed his tertiary studies at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. In 2010, he obtained his PhD for developing novel NMR diffusometry methods for probing porous systems. Following his PhD, he completed at post-doctoral fellowship in the group of Dr. Peter van Zijls group at the F.M. Kirby Research Center and in the Department of Radiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Dr. Ying received his Ph.D. degree from Fudan University in China for research on neurodegenerative diseases. He completed post-doctoral research on Parkinson’s disease with Dr. Ted Dawson at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and most recently on transcriptional regulation of brain tumor stem cells with Dr. John Laterra at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Dr. Zabel received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Drexel University of Philadelphia, PA in 2000, and completed his internship training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Zabel also completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Zabel is board-certified in clinical neuropsychology by the American...

Dr. Zackowski earned her bachelor's of science in occupational therapy from Texas Tech University and went on to complete her master's of science in exercise and sport science from the University of Arizona. She worked as an occupational therapist in Texas, Arizona and California for several years before pursuing her doctorate. She completed her PhD in movement science through the program in physical therapy at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Zackowski completed her...

Dr. Zarcone obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Florida, Department of Psychology. She is a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA-D) and a licensed psychologist. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Association for Positive Behavior Support and as Chair of the Practice Board, a member of the Science Board, and as  conference coordinator for the annual Autism Conference for the Association of Behavior Analysis (ABAI). She was recently awarded...

Dr. Zimmerman received his AB from Princeton and attended medical school at Columbia University, where he obtained his medical degree in 1970. While at Columbia, he was awarded the EJ Noble Foundation International Fellowship and the Medical Student Research Award. After training in pediatrics at the University of Michigan, Dr. Zimmerman served as a clinical associate in the developmental and metabolic neurology branch of NINDS at NIH. He came to Johns Hopkins in 1974 as a...