I am a board-certified child neurologist and biochemical geneticist as well as a team and executive coach and teamwork development expert.

I earned my medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL and completed residencies in pediatrics, child neurology, clinical genetics, and clinical biochemical genetics at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. I am currently the division chief of Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and senior attending physician in the Center for Human Genetics at University Hospitals Medical Center. I am also a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics & Genetics and Genome Sciences within the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. My clinical practice includes the interprofessional care of children, adolescents, and adults with inborn metabolic diseases and other genetic conditions that cause neurologic conditions. I also provide care to pediatric patients with neurologic conditions, including developmental delay, intellectual disability, autism, seizures, and headaches.

Based on my clinical and administrative experience working with and leading interprofessional teams, during the COVID-19 pandemic I began teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on the science and practice of teamwork; offering teamwork retreats and workshops at academic health centers, institutions of higher learning, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations; and coaching teams and team leaders to help them achieve higher impact through effective teamwork. I am currently in the process of becoming a certified coach through the Center for Credentialing and education as well as an executive and team coach through the International Coaching Federation.

I welcome the opportunity to learn more about your team and/or your team leadership role. As we think together, I am confident that we can design individual and team development services that will help you achieve higher impact through effective teaming and team leadership.