AUCD | Network Members

Position	Name	Primary Discipline	Email
Leadership
LEND Director	Nathan Blum, M.D.	Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics	[email protected]
Associate LEND Director	Judith Miller, Ph.D	Psychology	[email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
Autism Training Director	Judith Miller, Ph.D	Psychology	[email protected]
Community Education and Advocacy Director	Symme Trachtenberg, MSW, LSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Dentistry Discipline Director	Maria Velasco	Dentistry/Other	[email protected]
Family Education Director	Amy Kratchman	Other	[email protected]
Genetics Discipline Director	Erica Schindewolf	Genetics/Genetic Counseling	[email protected]
Instructor in Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Attending Physician, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia	Amanda Bennett, MD	Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics	[email protected]
LEND Nutrition Discipline Director	Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, MPH, RD, CSOWM, LDN, FAND, FASMBS-IH	Nutrition	[email protected]
Nursing Discipline Director	Margaret Mitchell	Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner	[email protected]
Nutrition Discipline Director	Tanya Kral	Nutrition	[email protected]
Physical Therapy Discipline Director	Stacey Caviston	Physical Therapy	[email protected]
Program Manager	Bernadette Burton	Social Work	[email protected]
Psychology Discipline Director	Stephen Soffer	Psychology	[email protected]
Research Training Director	Stephen Leff, Ph.D.	Psychology	[email protected]
Self Advocate Discipline Director	Sandra Huwie	Self Advocacy	[email protected]
Social Work Discipline Directors	Susannah Horner	Social Work	[email protected]
Special Education LEND Discipline Director	Katey Burke, PhD	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Community Education Director	Karen Hudson, PhD, MSW, LSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Community Education Director	Symme Trachtenberg, MSW, LSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Community Support	Natalie Stollon, MPS, MSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Community Support	Symme Trachtenberg, MSW, LSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness	Karen Hudson, PhD, MSW, LSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Data Coordinator	Bernadette Burton	Social Work	[email protected]
Other	Meghan Burkhardt	Occupational Therapy	[email protected]
Other	Stacey Caviston	Physical Therapy	[email protected]
Other	Susannah Horner	Social Work	[email protected]
Other	Sandra Huwie	Self Advocacy	[email protected]
Other	Tanya Kral	Nutrition	[email protected]
Other	Margaret Mitchell	Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner	[email protected]
Other	Erica Schindewolf	Genetics/Genetic Counseling	[email protected]
Other	Stephen Soffer	Psychology	[email protected]
Other	Maria Velasco	Dentistry/Other	[email protected]
Parent/Consumer	Amy Kratchman	Other	[email protected]
Pediatric Services	Amanda Bennett, MD	Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics	[email protected]
Research	Amanda Bennett, MD	Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics	[email protected]
Research	Rui Fu, PhD	Psychology	[email protected]
Research	Stephen Leff, Ph.D.	Psychology	[email protected]
Research	Virginia Stallings, MD	Nutrition	[email protected]
Research Director	Stephen Leff, Ph.D.	Psychology	[email protected]
Training Director	Nathan Blum, M.D.	Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics	[email protected]
Training Director	Judith Miller, Ph.D	Psychology	[email protected]
Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment	Symme Trachtenberg, MSW, LSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Audiology	Joy Peterson, AuD	Audiology	[email protected]
Dentistry/Pediatric Dentistry	Maria Velasco	Dentistry/Other	[email protected]
Family	Amy Kratchman	Other	[email protected]
Genetics	Livija Medne, MS, CGC	Genetics/Genetic Counseling	[email protected]
Genetics	Erica Schindewolf	Genetics/Genetic Counseling	[email protected]
Health Administration	Evan Fieldston, MD, MBA, MSHP	Health Administration	[email protected]
Nursing	Margaret Mitchell	Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner	[email protected]
Nutrition	Virginia Stallings, MD	Nutrition	[email protected]
Occupational Therapy	Meghan Burkhardt	Occupational Therapy	[email protected]
Parent/Family Resources	Amy Kratchman	Other	[email protected]
Pediatrics: Developmental/Neonatology	Nathan Blum, M.D.	Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics	[email protected]
Physical Therapy	Stacey Caviston	Physical Therapy	[email protected]
Psychiatry: Developmental	Rui Fu, PhD	Psychology	[email protected]
Psychiatry: Developmental	Stephen Soffer	Psychology	[email protected]
Public Health	Natalie Stollon, MPS, MSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Self Advocacy	Sandra Huwie	Self Advocacy	[email protected]
Self Advocacy	Natalie Stollon, MPS, MSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Social Work	Susannah Horner	Social Work	[email protected]
Social Work	Natalie Stollon, MPS, MSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Social Work	Symme Trachtenberg, MSW, LSW	Social Work	[email protected]
Special Education	Katey Burke, PhD	Education/Special Education	[email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology	Katharine Bouser, MS, CCC/SLP	Speech-Language Pathology	[email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
Autism	Judith Miller, Ph.D	Psychology	[email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
ADHD Clinic	Nathan Blum, M.D.	Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics	[email protected]
Center for Autism Research and Regional Autism Center	Judith Miller, Ph.D	Psychology	[email protected]
The Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center	Stephen Leff, Ph.D.	Psychology	[email protected]

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