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Office
13123 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045Phone+1 720-777-1234Fax+1 720-777-7868
Summary
- I am board certified in Pediatrics, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NDD), and Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP). I established the NDD residency at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the DBP fellowship at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO)/University of Colorado School of Medicine (UCSOM). I I also established the Section of Developmental Pediatrics at UCSOM/CHCO, where I served as Section Head, Medical Director, and DBP Fellowship Director. I am Director of JFK Partners and their University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities and Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Programs. I served on the Executive Committee of the Council on Children with Disabilities of the AAP, as well as Boards of Directors of AUCD and AAIDD. I am in the Steering Committee of the Developmental Behavioral Pediatric Research Network (DBPNet). I am interested in the area of children and youth with special health care needs, intellectual and developmental disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum.
Education & Training
- Harvard School of Public Health MPH, Clinical Effectiveness, 1993 - 1995
- Boston Children’s Hospital/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, 1991 - 1993
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1980 - 1983
- Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1980
Certifications & Licensure
- CO State Medical License 2009 - 2025
- MA State Medical License 1994 - 2011
- CA State Medical License 1981 - 2009
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Exceptional Women in Medicine American Registry, 2024
- Top Doctors of Denver, Development-Behavioral Pediatrics 5280 Magazine, 2023
- America’s Most Honored Professional American Registry, 2023
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Associations of maternal peripregnancy cannabis use with behavioral and developmental outcomes in children with and without symptoms of autism spectrum disorder: Study...Carolyn DiGuiseppi, Tessa Crume, Brady Holst, Kaylynn Aiona, Julia Van Dyke
Autism Research. 2024-12-11 - Characteristics of Young Children Associated with Diagnostic Utility of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule: A DBPNet Study.Jill J Fussell, Ruth E K Stein, Sandra Friedman, Robin Hansen, Nancy Roizen
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2024-11-26 - Assessing Community Needs for Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review of Rural/Frontier Needs Through Community Outreach With Developmental Pediatrics.Alyssa Eygnor, Abigail Angulo, Maritza Cobian, Rebecca Wilson, Elizabeth Coan
Clinical Pediatrics. 2024-11-01
Authored Content
- Barreiro A, Wolter-Warmerdam K, Friedman S, Hickey F, Johnson S, Marmolejo J. Child feeding practices in children with Down syndrome in relationship to ethnicity and BMI. Appetite. 2022 Mar 1;170:105888. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105888. Epub 2021 Dec 23. PMID: 34953969.March 2022
Press Mentions
- New Web-Based Resource Helps Coloradans Explore CareersAugust 3rd, 2021
- My Family Is Still Being Careful About COVID-19. Why Does It Feel like We're the Only Ones?February 25th, 2021
- AAP Guidelines Address Pediatric Perioperative Anesthesia EnvironmentFebruary 10th, 2016
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- Fellow
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