Change in Leadership for the Oklahoma LEND Program

August 2, 2018

Oklahoma LEND is excited to welcome our new Program Director, Dr. Ami Bax. She is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician who completed Oklahoma LEND long-term training in 2011 and has served as Instructional Faculty in our LEND program since then. Ami is taking over from the previous Program Director, Dr. Mark Wolraich who has retired after 17 years at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Ami Bax received her M.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa and also received her undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma and a Master's in Clinical and Translational Science from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr. Bax is a member of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is an Oklahoma Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Fellow. Dr. Bax serves as medical director for the OU Child Study Center and directs the Child Study Center's JumpStart Autism and Developmental Delay Evaluation Clinic.