Retirement of Sandra Friedman, Director of JFK Partners, Colorado's UCEDD and LEND Programs

Sandra Friedman, MD, MPH is retiring and stepping down from the Director role of JFK Partners’ UCEDD and LEND programs. Judy Reaven, PhD, will serve as Interim Director. Dr. Friedman has been with the AUCD network for over 30 years, initially at a LEND trainee and then LEND faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School (HMS) and with JFK Partners-at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (UCSOM) since 2009, initially as Associate Director and then Director.

She leaves a legacy of educating and training LEND and UCCEDD trainees and establishing new training programs for medical residents and fellows in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at BCH/HMS and Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at UCSOM/Children’s Hospital Colorado, respectively. In addition to training, she has provided clinical care to children, youth, and adults with a broad range of IDD. She has developed clinical and educational programs within hospital systems, the community, and rural and frontier regions in Colorado. She has added new knowledge to the field in the areas of end-of-life care for individuals with IDD, autism, other neurodevelopmental disabilities, and individuals with special health care needs.