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UCEDD, LEND Program

Westchester Institute for Human Development

University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
in affiliation with New York Medical College
Cedarwood Hall
Valhalla, NY 10595

Main Phone: 914-493-8150
Main Fax: 914-493-1973
TTY: 914-493-1204
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LEND Program

Westchester Institute for Human Development

University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Center on Disability and Health
School of Health Sciences and Practices
New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY 10595

Main Phone: 914-493-8175
Main Fax: 914-493-1973
TTY: 914-493-1204
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Position Name Primary Discipline Email
Leadership
UCEDD Director Tricia Patrick, DrPH Health Administration [email protected]
LEND Director Jenean Castillo, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Associate UCEDD Director Jenean Castillo, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Lead Administrative Staff
CEO and President Tricia Patrick, DrPH Health Administration [email protected]
Chief Clinical Officer Izel Obermeyer, OTR Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Chief Compliance & Quality Improvement Officer Kataliya Caiazzo, PT, MPT, MBA Health Administration [email protected]
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Marianne Ventrice, CPA Other [email protected]
Chief of Pediatric Forensic Services Program Director Jennifer Canter, MD, MPH, FAAP, CLCP, CRC Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
Director, Child Welfare Services & Psychology Training Trupti Rao, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Director, Community Support Network and Public Policy Kristy Leader, M.S.Ed SAS Education/Special Education [email protected]
Director, LEND Program, Associate UCEDD Director for Community Inclusion Jenean Castillo, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
LEND Program Coordinator Ellen Finn Other [email protected]
Primary Activity Coordinators
Adult Services Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Clinical Services Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Clinical Services Izel Obermeyer, OTR Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Clinical Services Trupti Rao, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Communications Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Communications Katie Myhren, MS, MBA Business [email protected]
Community Education Director Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Community Support Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Community Support Kristy Leader, M.S.Ed SAS Education/Special Education [email protected]
Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Jenean Castillo, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Data Coordinator Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Data Coordinator Debra Marino, MBA, MS Other [email protected]
Data Coordinator Katie Myhren, MS, MBA Business [email protected]
Early Intervention Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Early Intervention Patricia Towle, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Inclusion Jenean Castillo, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Katie Myhren, MS, MBA Business [email protected]
Information/Dissemination Tricia Patrick, DrPH Health Administration [email protected]
Pediatric Services Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Person Centered Planning Janine Belfast Family Member/Community Member [email protected]
Research Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Research Trupti Rao, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Research Director Tricia Patrick, DrPH Health Administration [email protected]
Training Director Jenean Castillo, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Training Director Tricia Patrick, DrPH Health Administration [email protected]
Training Director Trupti Rao, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Discipline Coordinators
Assistive Technology Gemma White, MS, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Audiology Kristi D'Auria, AuD, CCC-A Audiology [email protected]
Child Welfare Trupti Rao, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Dentistry/Pediatric Dentistry Anne Marie Tarangelo, DMD Dentistry-Pediatric [email protected]
Epidemiology Tricia Patrick, DrPH Health Administration [email protected]
Neurology Joseph Carbone, MD Psychiatry [email protected]
Occupational Therapy Izel Obermeyer, OTR Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Psychiatry Joseph Carbone, MD Psychiatry [email protected]
Public Policy Kristy Leader, M.S.Ed SAS Education/Special Education [email protected]
Special Education Jenna Lequia, Ph.D. Education/Special Education [email protected]
Speech-Language Pathology Gemma White, MS, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathology [email protected]
Specialty Resource Contacts
Child Abuse Jennifer Canter, MD, MPH, FAAP, CLCP, CRC Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
Community Inclusion Jenean Castillo, Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
Developmental Pediatrics Mark Bertin, MD Medicine-Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics [email protected]
Parents with Intellectual Disabilities Trupti Rao, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Technology Izel Obermeyer, OTR Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Project/Program/Clinic Contacts
Assistive Technology Loan Program Beth Heyd Other [email protected]
Chief Clinical Officer Izel Obermeyer, OTR Occupational Therapy [email protected]
Child Welfare Services Trupti Rao, Psy.D. Psychology [email protected]
Educational Care Coordination, Child Welfare Teresa Speranza Education: General [email protected]
Manager, Facilities and Operations Donna M. Reynolds Other [email protected]
Marketing & Communications Manager Project Coordinator Katie Myhren, MS, MBA Business [email protected]
Medical Director, DDS Pediatric Unit Janet Stockheim, MD, MPH Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
Professor of Pediatrics, New York Medical College School of Medicine Professor of Disability and Health, New York Medical College School of Health Sciences Chief, Section of Child Abuse Pediatrics, The Maria Fareri Children's Hospital/WMCHealth Chief, Pediatric Forensic Services, The Westchester Institute for Human Development Jennifer Canter, MD, MPH, FAAP, CLCP, CRC Medicine-Pediatrics [email protected]
Psychologist, Behavioral Psychology Program Nicole Turygin , Ph.D. Psychology [email protected]
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