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Led by internationally-recognized experts in spina bifida and related conditions, our team includes experienced physicians, surgeons, nurse practitioners and other clinicians at the top of their fields. At the center, patients have the unique opportunity to meet with many of these specialists in one visit.
 

Spina Bifida Team

Medical Providers

Erin McNamara, MD, MPH

Director, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center; Fellowship Program Director; Associate Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center

Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Carlos R. Estrada Jr., MD, MBA

Urologist-in-Chief

Alan B. Retik Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Lawrence Ira Karlin, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedic Center

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Benjamin C. Warf, MD

Director, Neonatal and Congenital Anomaly Neurosurgery

Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Michelle A. Baum, MD

Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program: Attending, Division of Nephrology

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Stacey Cook, MD, PhD

Medical Director, Outpatient Complex Care

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Mary Dubon, MD

Attending Physician, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine; Attending Physician, Sports Medicine Division

Instructor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Harvard Medical School

Arda Hotz, MD

Pediatrician, Division of General Pediatrics

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Christina Jacobsen, MD, PhD

Director, Bone Program; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Claudio Morera, MD

Attending. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Weston Northam, MD

Co-Director, Cerebral Palsy and Spasticity Center; Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery

Instructor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

Rebecca Siegel, MD

Attending Physician, Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopedic Center

Instructor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Harvard Medical School

Hatim Thaker, MD

Attending, Department of Urology

Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Hsin-Hsiao (Scott) Wang, MD, MPH, MBAn

Director, Computational Healthcare Analytics Program (CHAP); Affiliated faculty, Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP)

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Colyn Watkins, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedic Center

Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Nurse Practitioners

Fiona Paul, RN, PhD, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Nurse Coordinator, Colorectal Program

Rebecca L. Sherlock, MSN, RN, PPCNP-BC

Advanced Practice Nurse II, Department of Urology; Clinical Coordinator, Center for Spina Bifida

Nutritionists

Lisa Evanoff, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC

Clinical Nutrition Specialist I, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Neuropsychologist

Jennifer Queally, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Social Workers, Nutritionists, and Therapists

Chelsea Carpenito, PT, DPT

Physical Therapist, Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy Services

Lisa Evanoff, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC

Clinical Nutrition Specialist I, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Megan Geno Dakhlian, PT, DPT, PCS

Physical Therapist, Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Services

Eileen Polasky, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center; Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition