LEND Faculty

Linda G. Bandini, PhD

Director of Nutrition, LEND Program; Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School; Clinical Professor, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, Boston University.

Alexandra Bonardi, OTR/L, MHA

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Senior Policy Specialist, Human Services Research.

Elizabeth Bostic, MBA

Donna Caira

Administrative Assistant, Shriver LEND and UCEDD programs.

Carol Curtin, PhD, LICSW

Associate Director, E.K. Shriver Center; Director, LEND and University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Programs;  Co-Director, Healthy Weight Research Network; Professor, Departments of Family Medicine & Community Health and Psychiatry, Faculty, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School; Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Management, Suffolk University

Terri Farrell, MBA

Project Director,  Insurance Resource Center for Autism and Behavioral Health

Jean A. Frazier, MD

 Executive Director, E.K. Shriver Center; Robert M. & Shirley S. Siff Chair in Autism; Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School

Elaine Gabovitch, MPA

Instructor, Family Medicine & Community Health; Director, Division of Children with Special Health Needs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Finn Gardiner, MPP

Isha Jalnapurkar, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School

Linda Long-Bellil, PhD, JD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine & Community Health; Project Director, Commonwealth Medicine Research and Evaluation

Richard Robison, DMin

John Rochford, MS, LABA

Director, INDEX Program;  Instructor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Chan Medical School

Emily Rubin, MA, LICSW

Director of Sibling Support Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School

Susan Swanson, MA, CCC-SLP

Speech/Language Pathologist; Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School

Fatima Watt, PsyD

Amy Weinstock, MArch

Director, Insurance Resource Center for Autism and Behavioral Health ; Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School

Marie M. (Sandy) Matava, MPA

Speech/Language Pathologist, Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, UMMS

Nicole Rivers, MPA

Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Management

Carole Baumgupta, MD

Director of Training

Karen Bresnahan, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician

Catherine Mason, MEd

Education Specialist

Ellen C. Perrin, MD

Director of Research, Center for Children with Special Needs; Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician

Kathleen Reilly, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Monica Ultmann, MD

Medical Director, Center for Children with Special Needs; Chief, Division of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics; Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician

Ludwig Erik von Hahn, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician

Marilyn Augustyn, MD

Director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center; Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Naomi Steiner, MD

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Kelly Karl, PsyD

Assistant Director of Behavioral Health Services Pediatric Neuropsychologist

Gregory I. Young, PhD, LABA, BCBA

Director of Training Pediatric Psychologist, Behavioral Health Services