Faculty

Course Chairs

Bhooma Aravamuthan, MD, DPhil, FAAN, FCNS
Medical and Research Director, Cerebral Palsy and Mobility Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Washington University in St. Louis

Dean Blumberg, MD
Professor & Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Children’s Hospital

Peter Bulova, MD
Professor of General Internal Medicine
Director: The Department of Medicine International Scholars track
Director: The University of Pittsburgh Adult Down Syndrome Center
Director: The Montefiore Hospital Outpatient Procedures Clinic
Co-Director: The Magee Center for Women with Disabilities

Chantel Burkitt, PhD
Senior Clinical Scientist
Co-Director, Pain and Comfort Research
Gilette Children's Hospital, Minnesota

Claudia Center
Legal Director, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Kyungshil Choi
Parent Advocate

Geraldine Collins-Bride, MS, ANP, FAAN
Clinical Professor Emerita
Department of Community Health Systems
UCSF School of Nursing

Lucy S. Crain, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics Emerita
UCSF School of Medicine
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emerita
Stanford University School of Medicine

Megan Cvitanovic
Research Coordinator
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE)
Stanford University School of Medicine

Paul Glassman, DDS, MA, MBA
Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Community Engagement
College of Dental Medicine
California Northstate University

Elizabeth Barrios Gomez
Parent Advocate
Co-Founder - Executive Director,
Integrated Community Collaborative

Tamar Heller, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Director, Institute on Disability and Human Development
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois Chicago

Rishi Jena
Mentor and Educational Consultant
Student at Arizona State University

Joan Jeung, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine
University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine
Senior Associate Director, Cal-MAP (California Child and Adolescent Mental Healthcare Access Portal)
Director, Resilience Clinic, UCSF BCH Oakland

Mechelle Johnson
Director of Client Services
Alta California Regional Center

Sally Lindsay, PhD
Senior Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Professor and Affiliate Scientist, Dept. Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto

Judy Mark
Co-founder and President, Disability Voices United

Corinne Melon
Managing Director
Phamaly Theatre Company

Colette Patt, PhD
Parent Advocate

Kristie Patten, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA
Counselor to the President, New York University
Professor, New York University Steinhardt

Zorahida Preciado
Associate Director, Adult & Residential Services
San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center

Héctor Manuel Ramírez
Council Member, Intertribal Disability Advocacy Council
Commissioner, California Commission on Disability Access (CCDA)
Behavioral Health Stakeholder/Advisory Committee Member, Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
Office of Health Equity Advisory Committee Member, California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
Commissioner, Los Angeles County Commission on Disabilities (LACCD)
Community Prevention and Population Health Task Force Member, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Co-Chair, Access for All UsCC, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH)

Althea Robinson Shelton, MD, MPH
Pediatric Sleep Disorders
Program Director, Sleep Medicine
Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Hari Srinivasan
PhD candidate in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University, BA Psychology - UC Berkeley
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, PD Soros Fellow, NISE Fellow at the Frist Center for Autism & Innovation, UCLA-AIRP Answer Scholar, AUCD Young Professional Award, Vanderbilt Impact Award

Joan Stoler, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital

Mulugeta Tadele
Parent Advocate

Jane Tobias, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-PC, FAAN
Associate Professor, Jefferson College of Nursing
Jefferson Center for Autism and Neurodiversity
Fellow, Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing

Maria Town
President and CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities

Robin Wilson-Beattie
Disability and Sexual and Reproductive Health Educator