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UCEDD, LEND Program

University of Tennessee Center on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD/LEND); UTHSC LEND

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
920 Madison Avenue, Suite 939
Memphis, TN 38163

Main Phone: 901-448-6511
Toll Free Number: 888-572-2249
Main Fax: 901-448-7097
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boling_ut
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UTHSCCenteronDevelopmentalDisabilities
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Position Name Primary Discipline Email
Leadership
UCEDD Director Bruce Keisling, PhD Psychology [email protected]
LEND Director Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
LEND Training Director Leah Goldstein, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Principal Investigator, Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Joyce Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN Nursing-General [email protected]
Program Director, COE and PCIT Clinic Melissa Hoffmann, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Program Director, Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Laura English, MSSW Social Work [email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Clinical Services Jenness Roth, MEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Shana Crispin, LCSW Social Work [email protected]
Data Coordinator Adele Dunkin, MCD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Early Intervention Jenness Roth, MEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Early Intervention Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Medical Director Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Parent/Consumer Jenness Roth, MEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Pediatric Services Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Person Centered Planning Crystal Bishop Public Health [email protected]
Research Joyce Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN Nursing-General [email protected]
Training Director Leah Goldstein, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Training Director Bruce Keisling, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Training Director Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment Stephanie Cowherd, BS Other [email protected]
Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment Aaron Kohring, MS Education/Special Education [email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Audiology Jennifer Taylor, AuD Audiology [email protected]
Education Jenness Roth, MEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Family Kim Jameson Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Family Jenness Roth, MEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Medicine Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Nursing Sarah Carter, DNP, CPNP-PC Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner [email protected]
Nursing Joyce Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN Nursing-General [email protected]
Nutrition Katie O'Bar, MS, RD, LDN Nutrition [email protected]
Other Leah Goldstein, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Parent/Family Resources Belinda Hardy, LCSW, MPA Social Work [email protected]
Parent/Family Resources Jenness Roth, MEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Pediatrics Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Psychiatry Melissa Hoffmann, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Public Health Belinda Hardy, LCSW, MPA Social Work [email protected]
Social Work Shana Crispin, LCSW Social Work [email protected]
Special Education Jenness Roth, MEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Adele Dunkin, MCD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
CDC Act Early Ambassador to Tennessee; Pediatric Consultant to CDC Act Early Program Medical Director, TN Chapter AAP Screening Tools and Referral Training (START) program Le Bonheur Children's Hospital All Kids Academy Autism Intervention Research in Phyical Health Lead co-Principal Investigator Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Employment Consultant Tammy LaPoint-O'Brien, MEd Other [email protected]
Employment Consultant Mike Sass Other [email protected]
Employment Consultant Tashara Tolbert Other [email protected]
Le Bonheur Feeding/Swallowing Evaluation Clinic LEND Le Bonheur Spina Bifida Clinic LEND Debra Hanna, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Le Bonheur Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Clinic Tanjala Gipson, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Lead Facilitator HEROES boys' mentoring program Gary Taylor Social Work [email protected]
LEND Le Bonheur Intentional Parenting Program Belinda Hardy, LCSW, MPA Social Work [email protected]
LEND Le Bonheur Training Coordinator LEND UT/Le Bonheur Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Lead Sarah Carter, DNP, CPNP-PC Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner [email protected]
Patient Accounts Specialist Shauna Morgan, CPS, MHA Other [email protected]
Professional Development, Transition and Employment Aaron Kohring, MS Education/Special Education [email protected]
Sibling Support Parent-Child Relationship Joyce Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN Nursing-General [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Adele Dunkin, MCD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Transition Consultant and Self-Determination Trainer Crystal Bishop Public Health [email protected]
Trauma-Informed Care, Juvenile Justice Kelsey Maloney, PhD Psychology [email protected]
UT Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody (COE) UT COE Parent-Child Interaction Training - lead Elizabeth Paiml, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
Accounting and Business Administration Regina Tinnon, MBA Other [email protected]
Audiology Jennifer Taylor, AuD Audiology [email protected]
Autism Clinic Psychological Evaluation Clinic Leah Goldstein, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
CANDLE study Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Joyce Carolyn Graff, PhD, RN Nursing-General [email protected]
Center for Literacy, Education, and Employment (CLEE) Crystal Bishop Public Health [email protected]
Center for Literacy, Education, and Employment (CLEE) Stephanie Cowherd, BS Other [email protected]
Center for Literacy, Education, and Employment (CLEE) David Fields Education/Special Education [email protected]
Center for Literacy, Education, and Employment (CLEE) Catherine Orem Other [email protected]
Center for Literacy, Education, and Employment (CLEE) Mike Sass Other [email protected]
Center for Literacy, Education, and Employment (CLEE) Teresa Smith, BBA Other [email protected]
Center for Literacy, Education, and Employment (CLEE) Tashara Tolbert Other [email protected]
Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody (COE) Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) Learning Collaborative Melissa James, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody (COE) Melissa Hoffmann, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Developmental Pediatrics Division Chief (UT Dept Pediatrics, Le Bonheur) Le Bonheur Developmental Pediatrics LEND Le Bonheur Infant/Toddler Clinic LEND Developmental Surveillance and Screening Toni M. Whitaker, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Inborn Errors of Metabolism Clinic Rebecca Zywicki, MS, RD, LDN Nutrition [email protected]
Le Bonheur Developmental Pediatrics Clinic LEND Advanced Practice Nursing Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Sarah Carter, DNP, CPNP-PC Nursing-Family/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner [email protected]
Le Bonheur Developmental Pediatrics Clinic LEND Le Bonheur Feeding/Swallowing Clinic LEND Le Bonheur Spina Bifida Clinic LEND Le Bonheur Infant/Toddler Clinic LEND Spina Bifida Clinic Debra Hanna, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
Le Bonheur Developmental Pediatrics Clinic LEND Le Bonheur Infant/Toddler Clinic LEND Learning Attention and Behavior CDD Clinic Ron Espinal, MD Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
LEND Le Bonheur Developmental Pediatrics Clinic Le Bonheur Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Clinic Tanjala Gipson, MD Medicine-Neurodevelopmental Disabilities [email protected]
LEND Training Assistant Dajia Smith Other [email protected]
Project DOCC Family Mentorship Jenness Roth, MEd Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Project ENRICH Supported Parenting Learning, Attention and Behavior (LAB) Clinic Shana Crispin, LCSW Social Work [email protected]
Psychology clinic Colby Taylor, PhD Psychology [email protected]
Scottish Rite Communication Disorders Clinic Adele Dunkin, MCD, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Laura English, MSSW Social Work [email protected]
Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Rhonda Ferguson, BPS Social Work [email protected]
Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Shunta Parrish, MPA Social Work [email protected]
Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Gary Taylor Social Work [email protected]
Shelby County Relative Caregiver Program Detris Whitten, MSW Social Work [email protected]
Support Staff Sheree Barden Other [email protected]
Support Staff Levader Jones Other [email protected]
Support Staff Nivea Wilson Other [email protected]
UT Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody (COE) Kelsey Maloney, PhD Psychology [email protected]
UT Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody (COE) Elizabeth Paiml, PhD Psychology [email protected]
UT Genetics Inborn Errors of Metabolism clinic Katie O'Bar, MS, RD, LDN Nutrition [email protected]
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