Leadership
- Clinical Director, Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Training Director, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities LEND Program
- Psychologist
Anne Pradella Inge, PhD
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- Director, Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Division Chief, Neuropsychology
- Neuropsychologist
Lauren E. Kenworthy, PhD
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Kelly Anne Register-Brown, MD
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Autism Specialists
Angela Marie Bollich, PhD
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Abigail Brandt
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- English
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Biography
Abigail Brandt, MA, CCC-SLP is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who works with children with a range of speech, language, and communication needs. She specializes in diagnosis and treatment for social communication/pragmatic language, Autism Spectrum Disorders and oral motor/sensory-based feeding disorders. Additionally, she hosts preschool social skills groups at CASD to promote social communication skills in children 3-5 years of age.
Alan H. Gerber, PhD
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Marissa Miller, PhD
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Ashley Elizabeth Muskett, PhD
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Deborah Claire Potvin, PhD
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- Clinical Psychologist
- Assistant Clinical Director, Neuropsychology
Allison Bassett Ratto, PhD
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Srishti Rau, PhD
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- Director, Gender and Autism Program
- Neuropsychologist
- Research Director, Gender Development Program
Megan Lea Taylor, PsyD
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Vanessa Whyte
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- English
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Biography
Vanessa Whyte, MA, CCC-SLP, graduated from Hampton University with a master’s degree in communicative sciences and disorders. She has several years of experience providing diagnostic and therapeutic autism services in a regional specialized children’s hospital before joining Children’s National in January 2022. Whyte's areas of special clinical interest include autism, cleft/craniofacial, feeding and velopharyngeal insufficiency. She serves on the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, cleft/craniofacial, and velopharyngeal multidisciplinary teams where she collaborates with providers from various disciplines to ensure patients receive the best care possible. Whyte believes that compassionate, child-centered care supports lifelong development.
Faculty Affiliates
Nicol Renee Awadalla Bacon, MD
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- Speech-Language Pathologist
Barbara Bustamante
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- English
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Barbara Lynna Bustamante, PhD, CCC-SLP, graduated with her master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders from Howard University. She later received her doctoral degree in speech, language and hearing science from Gallaudet University. For over a decade, Bustamante has dedicated her clinical work to assessing and treating children with speech and language disorders, with a special focus on culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) populations. Her clinical interests include bilingualism, autism, early intervention and speech sound disorders. She is part of the bilingual extension program of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, known as ALMA (autism, language, and multicultural assessment), which provides autism diagnostic services in Spanish. Bustamante believes in a holistic approach to service through strong caregiver-provider relationships, parent education and empowerment and multidisciplinary collaboration. Her research interests directly align with her clinical passions. Bustamante has conducted research on semantic development in bilingual children with autism and increasing access to care for CLD populations through short-term treatment models. In addition, she offers clinical supervision, has given several guest lectures, and has presented at local and national conferences.
