Neurologists
Nathan Tyler Cohen, MD
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- Vice President, Ambulatory Services
- Neurologist
- Past President, Medical Staff
Marc Paul DiFazio, MD
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- Associate Chief of Neurology Operations
- Director, Headache Program
- Director, Neurology Education
- Neurologist
Marc Thomas DiSabella, DO
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Elizabeth Scherer Duke, MD
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- Division Chief, Epilepsy and Neurophysiology
- Division Chief, Neurology
- Director, Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Program
- Associate Director, Center for Neuroscience Research
William D. Gaillard, MD
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- Director, Neonatal and Childhood Stroke Program
- Co-Director, Critical Care Neurology
- Neurologist
- Neurophysiologist
- Director, Zika Genetics Consortium
- Prenatal and Neonatal Neurologist
Youssef Ayoub Adly Kousa, DO, MS, PhD
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Raquel Leanne Langdon, MD
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Tarannum Musuee Lateef, MD
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Bennett L. Lavenstein, MD
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Juma Shee Mbwana, MD
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William Morris McClintock, MD
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Thanh Thi Nguyen, MD
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- Director, Gilbert Family Neurofibromatosis Institute
- Director, Brain Tumor Institute
- Neurologist
Roger J. Packer, MD
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Douglas G. Postels, MD
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Steven Francis Stasheff, MD
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- Program Director, Child Neurology Fellowship
- Director, Headache Infusion Program
- Medical Director, Neurology Education
- Neurologist
Jeffrey Alan Strelzik, MD
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- Director, Movement Disorders Program
- Co-Director, Leukodystrophy and Myelin Disorders Program
- Neurologist
- Executive Vice President, Children's National Hospital
- Chief Clinical Officer
- Physician-In-Chief
- Neurologist
Neuroimmunologists
- Clinical Director, Neuroimmunology
- Director, Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Options
Ilana Leben Kahn, MD
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Neurophysiologists
Dewi Frances Tonelete Depositario Cabacar, MD
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Taha Gholipour, MD
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Mejdi Najjar, MD
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- Associate Chief, Epilepsy and EEG Operations
- Director, Epilepsy Genetics Program
- Medical Director, Camp Accomplish
- Neurophysiologist
John Michael Schreiber, MD
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Thuy-Anh Hoang Vu, MD
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Tesfaye Zelleke, MD
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Neuropsychologists
Madison M. Berl, PhD
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Angela Marie Bollich, PhD
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Caitlyn J Cap, PsyD
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- Director, Safe Concussion Outcome, Recovery and Education (SCORE) Program
Gerard Anthony Gioia, PhD
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Laura Evelyn Kenealy, PhD
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- Director, Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Division Chief, Neuropsychology
- Neuropsychologist
Lauren E. Kenworthy, PhD
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Hayley Jeanne Loblein, PhD
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Deborah Claire Potvin, PhD
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- Co-Director, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Program
- Neuropsychologist
Jacqueline Horwitz Sanz, PhD
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Leigh Nicole Sepeta, PhD
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- Director, Gender and Autism Program
- Neuropsychologist
- Research Director, Gender Development Program
Christopher G. Vaughan, PsyD
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Departments
- Director, Neuropsychology, Brain Tumor Institute
- Neuropsychologist
Prenatal Specialists
- Co-Director, Congenital Infection Program
- Program Director, Prenatal-Neonatal Neurology and Neurocritical Care Fellowship
- Prenatal and Neonatal Neurologist
- Director, Neurocardiac Critical Care
- Prenatal and Neonatal Neurologist
- Division Chief, Prenatal - Transitional Pediatrics
- Director, Zickler Family Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
- Director, Prenatal Brain Program
Adre Jacques du Plessis, MB ChB
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Neuroradiologists
Jonathan George Murnick, MD, PHD
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Neurosurgeons
Daniel Aharon Donoho, MD
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- Interim Senior Vice President, Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
- Division Chief, Neurosurgery
Robert Francis Keating, MD
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Departments
- Brachial Plexus Program
- Brain Tumor Institute
- Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
- Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
- Colorectal
- Cleft and Craniofacial Program
- Movement Disorders Program
- Neurocritical Care
- Neurofibromatosis Institute
- Neurosurgery
- Prenatal Pediatrics Institute
- Spina Bifida Program
- Tuberous Sclerosis Program
John Socrates Myseros, MD
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Chima Obioma Oluigbo, MD
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Hasan Raza Syed, MD
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Neuro-Oncologists
- Division Chief, Oncology
- Neuro-Oncologist
- Director, Neuro-Immunotherapeutics Program
Eugene Ickjin Hwang, MD
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Lindsay B Kilburn, MD
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Brian Richard Rood, MD
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Neurodevelopmental Specialists
- Interim Division Chief, Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics
- Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician
- Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
- Medical Director, Fragile X Clinic
Ryan Sioco Uy, MD, MPH
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Psychologists
- Clinical Director, Psychology and Behavioral Health
- Research Director, Anxiety Disorders Program
- Psychologist
Ellen Elizabeth Bartolini, PsyD
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Tara Leigh Brennan, PsyD
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- Psychosocial Health Director, Celiac Disease Program
- Psychologist
Melissa Dvorsky, PhD
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Angelica Radina Eddington, PhD
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Lisa Allison Efron, PhD
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Alan H. Gerber, PhD
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- Director, Psychology and Patient Care Services for CCBD
- Psychologist
- Director, Psychosocial Clinical Program, Allergy and Immunology
- Psychologist
Eleanor R. Mackey, PhD
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Britlan Gorse Malek, PsyD
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- Director, Whole Bear Care, Primary Care Behavioral Health Services
- Psychologist
Donna Elaine Marschall, PhD
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Melissa O'Connell Liggett, PhD
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- Clinical Psychologist
- Assistant Clinical Director, Neuropsychology
Allison Bassett Ratto, PhD
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Cecilia Therese Rowland, EDD
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- Co-Director, Mood and Trauma Disorders Program
- Director, Early Childhood Trauma Services
- Psychologist
Avante Jena Smack, PhD
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Olivia Rose Soutullo, PhD
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- Division Chief, Psychology and Behavioral Health
- Vice Chair, Institutional Review Board
- Psychologist
Randi Streisand, PhD
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Psychiatrists
- Medical Director, Eating Disorder Treatment Program
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Rebecca Ariel Begtrup, DO
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Mahdieh Bodaghi, MD
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- Co-Director, Early Childhood Behavioral Health Program
- Psychiatrist
Julia Dorfman, MD, PHD
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Medical Director, Mood and Trauma Disorders Program
- Psychiatry Consultant
Faith Renee Kelley, MD
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- Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consult Liaison Service
- Psychiatrist
Kierre Marie Nelson, MD
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- Associate Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
- Psychiatrist
- Pediatrician
- Medical Director, Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
- Psychiatrist
Nasima Nusrat, MD
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Priya Punnoose, MD
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Kelly Anne Register-Brown, MD
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Yasmina M. Saade de Chaisemartin, MD
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- Medical Director, Ambulatory Psychiatry and Takoma Theatre Outpatient Clinic
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Jorge C. Srabstein, MD
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- Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
- Associate Medical Director, Inpatient Psychiatric Services
- Psychiatrist
Colby M Tyson, MD
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- Co-Director, Anxiety Disorders Program
- Associate Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Laura Marie Willing, MD
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Rehabilitation Specialists
- Division Chief, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
Justin Michael Burton, MD
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- Director, Education and Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
Leslie Antoinette Phillips, NP
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- Vice-Chair, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
- Chronic Pain Specialist
Jeffrey Philip Rabin, DO
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- Annapolis
- Prince George's County
- Rehabilitation & Specialized Care - Rockville
- Main Hospital
- Montgomery County
- Rehabilitation & Specialized Care - Lanham
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- Associate Program Director, Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship
- Associate Medical Director, Safe Kids DC
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapist
Aditi Kulkarni
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- English
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- Occupational Therapist
Jennifer Shorter
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- English
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- Occupational Therapist
Randi Simenson
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- English
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- Occupational Therapist
Natalie Swartz
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- English
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- Occupational Therapist
Katherine Williamson
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- English
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Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist
Justine Belschner
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- English
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- Balance and Vestibular Program
- Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Biography
Justine Lee Belschner, PT, is a physical therapist at Children's National Hospital who practices in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Her clinical areas of interest include: vestibular/concussion, cystic fibrosis and other pulmonary diseases/disorders, developmental gross motor delay, cerebral palsy, oncology and traumatic brain injuries. Justine is one of the physical therapists involved in the Children's National Cystic Fibrosis clinics for pediatric and adult care. She is also involved in a research capacity with the bio-engineering team at Sheikh Zayed Research Institute regarding rehabilitation robotics.
- Physical Therapist
- Physical Therapist
Blair Bossie
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- English
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- Physical Therapist
Ashley Brandt
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- English
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- Physical Therapist
Catherine Coley, PT. DPT. c/NDT
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- English
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- Physical Therapist
Colleen Donley
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- English
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- Physical Therapist
Mandana Fisher
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- English
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Biography
Mandana Fisher, PT, DPT, has worked at Children's National Hospital since 2010. She currently works in the Children's National Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
- Physical Therapist
Katherine Kundrat
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- English
Departments
- Physical Therapist
Michaela Lewis
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- English
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- Physical Therapist
Emily Musy
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- English
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- Physical Therapist
Julie Smolinski
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- English
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Hearing and Speech Specialists
- Lead Audiologist
Tracey Ambrose
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- English
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- Balance and Vestibular Program
- Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
- Cochlear Implant and Hearing Restoration Program
- Hearing and Speech
Biography
Tracey Ambrose, AuD, CCC-A, is a lead audiologist at Children’s National Hospital for the past eight years with a focus on underserved populations in hearing health. She has a background rooted in research starting with her fellowship for her AuD, at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where they participated in monitoring ototoxic medication and hearing loss treatment. More recently in her career as a department lead, she has focused Children's National providers on best practice protocols and continued clinical research to improve their specialty within the medical field. In 2021 the hospital was awarded a LEND grant with the audiology department as a key component to the team where she is a faculty member. Tracey partook in training residents and fellows at Children's National and has been part of presentations at national conventions including, SENTAC, ASHA, AAO and NBASLA. She participated in research/mission trip to St. John and St. Thomas USVI as the team audiologist at the height of Zika outbreak and follow-up trip. The team was assembled by the CDC from across the country with specialists to research effects of Zika virus in this population but evolved into a return trip to address the disparity in specialty services available on the islands after the hurricane forced many to leave. Tracey is the audiology representative for American Academy of Audiology (AAA) ASLP-IC Legislative Summit to increase access for patients between states by developing inter-state compacts. She is in great standing in the pediatric audiology field and have been a peer reviewer for national journal Acta Oto-Laryngological and for updated AAA Audiological Guidelines for the assessment of hearing in infants and young children.
- Speech-Language Pathologist
Margarita Bautista Vigas
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- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Tiara Booth
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- English
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- Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
- Cochlear Implant and Hearing Restoration Program
- Hearing and Speech
Biography
Tiara Booth, MA, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist. She completed training at the University of Maryland, College Park, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in hearing and speech sciences and a Master of Arts degree in speech-language pathology. Tiara worked with pediatric and adult patients at a private practice from 2019 to 2021 before transitioning to Children’s National Hospital in 2021 as an outpatient pediatric speech-language pathologist. Tiara serves on the Cochlear Implant Team and particularly enjoys working with early intervention, hearing loss, and fluency patients.
Tiara has served as a guest lecturer in undergraduate and graduate courses as well as professional organizations. She is a board member for the University of Maryland’s Research Equity and Access in Communication and Hearing (REACH) Program. Tiara believes in mentorship and supporting younger generations in the field. She is a graduate clinician supervisor at Children’s National and mentors students through the University of Maryland and Maryland Speech-Language Hearing Association (MSHA) programs.
Tiara was recently awarded the 2025 ASHA Distinguished Early Career Professional Certificate of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for her service to the community. She is a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH).
- Speech-Language Pathologist
Abigail Brandt
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- English
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Biography
Abigail Brandt, MA, CCC-SLP is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who works with children with a range of speech, language, and communication needs. She specializes in diagnosis and treatment for social communication/pragmatic language, Autism Spectrum Disorders and oral motor/sensory-based feeding disorders. Additionally, she hosts preschool social skills groups at CASD to promote social communication skills in children 3-5 years of age.
- Speech-Language Pathologist
Barbara Bustamante
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- English
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Biography
Barbara Lynna Bustamante, MS, CCC-SLP, graduated with her master's from the Howard University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in 2015. She completed her clinical fellowship year here at Children's National Hospital in 2016 and has remained at the Scottish Rite Center for Communication Disorders, now at Takoma Theatre, where she provides speech-language therapy and diagnostic services. She is also a doctoral student in the department of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences at Gallaudet University. Ms. Bustamante’s research interests focus on bilingualism and autism.
Ms. Bustamante services children from birth to 21 years old but specializes in early intervention for children from birth to three. She also specializes in working with children diagnosed with autism. She diagnoses and treats children with receptive, expressive and social-pragmatic language, articulation, motor speech and fluency disorders. Ms. Bustamante is also a member of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorder where she collaborates with psychologists to provide bilingual mini-team autism evaluations for Spanish-speaking families. Her clinical passions relate to providing equitable services and increasing access to services for underserved populations.
- Audiologist
Claire Buxton
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- English
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- Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
- Cochlear Implant and Hearing Restoration Program
- Hearing and Speech
Biography
- Claire Buxton, AuD CCC-A joined the Children’s National Hearing and Speech team in 2007 as a fourth year audiology extern. Dr. Buxton was part of the cochlear implant team at Children’s for seven years before moving on to work as a clinical educator at the University of Maryland and Gallaudet University. At Gallaudet, Dr. Buxton developed clinical lab experiences for graduate students in audiology and co-instructed the cochlear implant course. Dr. Buxton returned to Children’s in 2020 to work with the cochlear implant team and serve as a team lead for the newborn hearing screening program. She holds a certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She is part of a humanitarian audiology team that travels to Guatemala on an annual basis to provide training for local audiology technicians.
- Speech-Language Pathologist
LaShundra Collins Young
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- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Maura Collins
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- English
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- Audiologist
Patricia Craun
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Languages
- English
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- Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
- Cochlear Implant and Hearing Restoration Program
- Hearing and Speech
Bio
Patricia Craun, AuD, CCC-A, joined the Children’s National Hearing and Speech team in 2006 and is a valuable member of the Cochlear Implant Program team. Dr. Craun provides support to our patients in English, as well as Spanish and American Sign Language. She earned her doctorate in Audiology from Gallaudet University in 2005. Dr. Craun holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and is also a member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. Additionally, she enjoys traveling with her family and hopes to one day visit the Grand Canyon.
- Lead Speech-Language Pathologist - Outpatient Services
Sharon Netta Curcio
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- English
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- Audiologist
Emily Fustos
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- English
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- Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center
- Cochlear Implant and Hearing Restoration Program
- Hearing and Speech
- Turner Syndrome Clinic
Bio
Emily Fustos, AuD, CCC-A, joined the Children’s National Hearing and Speech team in 2016 and is a member of the Cochlear Implant Program. Dr. Fustos provides support to our patients in English as well as American Sign Language. Dr. Fustos earned her doctorate in Audiology from Vanderbilt University in 2016. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders, with minors in Psychology and Business, from Pennsylvania State University in 2012. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and is also a member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance.
- Speech-Language Pathologist
Madison Gogol
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- English
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- Audiologist
Jessica Hatcher
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- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Lawrence House
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Languages
- English
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- Audiologist
Manju Kaku
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Languages
- English
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Contact Information
- Audiologist
Eve Kronzek
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- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Meagan Ledder
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Languages
- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Courtney Long
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- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Daniela Misri
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Languages
- English
Departments
Tommie L. Robinson, PhD
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- Audiologist
Irene Sideris
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Languages
- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Alexandra Spector
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Languages
- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Jill Wiscount
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- English
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Kimberly Wood
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- English
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- Audiologist
Karen Woolman
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- English
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Biography
Karen Woolman, AuD, CCC-A, is a pediatric audiologist. She completed her undergraduate studies at State University at New York (SUNY) New Platz with a Bachelor of Arts in communication disorders and her graduate studies at Gallaudet University with both a Master of Science and Doctor of Audiology degrees. Dr. Woolman was awarded the Pediatric Education Audiology Emphasis (PEAE) Grant during her time at Gallaudet University, which allowed her to focus her studies and training on the pediatric population.
Prior to working at Children’s National Hospital, she worked at a non-profit audiology, speech-language pathology and occupational therapy clinic and a private practice ear, nose and throat (ENT) clinic. Both clinics were in the Northern Virginia area. Dr. Woolman currently holds a board position for the Virginia Chapter of Hands & Voices. She has held regional events for the chapter and has attended the Annual Hands & Voices Leadership conference. She presented at the Virginia Early Hearing Detection Identification (EHDI) conference and Opening Doors Unlocking Potential Conference. She has also done presentations for local organizations and for hospital grand rounds. Dr. Woolman holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
- Neuromuscular Program Coordinator
- Audiologist
Sarah Wyatt
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- English
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Biography
Sarah Wyatt, AuD, CCC-A is neuromuscular program coordinator, she also coordinates the multidisciplinary MDA Clinic, as well as the Spinraza program (treatment for SMA).
Geneticists
Kenneth N. Rosenbaum, MD
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Hospitalists
Miriam Debra Bloom, MD
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Nursing Team
Dorothy Roberta Davis, NP, CPNP
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Lauren M. Dome, NP, PMHS
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- Tuberous Sclerosis Clinic Nurse Coordinator
Nancy Elling
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- English
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Sara Nicole Powers Gordon, NP
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Kelly Sullivan McCrady, CPNP, CPNP-AC, CPNP-PC
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Chimdinma Deborah Ojini, FNP
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Lindsay Blair Ruffini, CPNP, CPNP-AC, CPNP-PC
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Peter Kaoru Shibuya, NP
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- Nurse
Priscilla Smith
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- English
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Christine O Thomas, CPNP
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Anne Quinn Vasiliadis, NP, CPNP-AC
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Devin Alfano Waters, NP, CPNP-AC
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Mara Lynn Zaiderman, NP
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Physician Assistants
Carl James Bailey, PA
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Robert L. Crowder, PA-C
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Stephanie Gurevich, PA-C
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Kerri Beth Thorn, PA-C
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Social Workers
- Family Therapist
Carrin Brandt
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Languages
- English
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Kathleen Mary Connell, LICSW
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Jennifer Keiko Floran, LICSW
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Ashley D. Gardella, LICSW
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Aisha Odetta Meertins, LICSW
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Jocelyn Victoria Vara, LICSW
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Gemyta Williams, LICSW
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Care Team Professionals
- Patient Liaison
Jessica Ceja
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Languages
- English
- Spanish
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- Care Coordinator
Renee Williams
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Languages
- English