Rose F. Kennedy Children's Evaluation & Rehabilitation Center at Montefiore

Faculty and Staff

Elisa I. Muñiz, MD, MS, FAAP
Interim Director RFK CERC

Camille L. Rogers, M.A., MHC
Director RFK CERC & Trauma Services

Rosa Seijo, MD
Medical Director, RFK CERC

Infant and Preschool Team/ Autism Diagnostic Service
Lisa Shulman, MD
Mayra Alvarez, Ph.D.

Child and Adolescent Unit
Maria Rosario Valicenti, MD
Erin Rivelis, Ph.D.

Fischer Landau Center for the Treatment of Learning Disabilities
Monica McQuaid, Ph.D.

Children’s Hearing Program/ Audiology
TBA

Trauma Services/ Group Attachment Behavioral Intervention (GABI)
Anne Murphy, Ph.D.
Miguelina Germán, PhD

Medically Complex Children Developmental team
Michele Laverdiere, MD
Oscar Purugganan, MD

Adult Developmental Disabilities Primary Care Program
Vincent Siasoco, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program
Dona Rani Kathirithamby, MD

Harold Diner Special Needs Dentistry Program
Farah Alam, DDS, FSCD

Neurology/Seizure management
Puja Patel, MD

Nutrition
Gail Bergin, NP

Speech Therapy
Risa Battino, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-F
Ida Barresi, MA, CCC-SLP

Occupational Therapy
Elizabeth Ridgway, OTD, OTR, C/NDT

Physical Therapy
Carol Terilli, PT, DPT, C/NDT

Psychotherapy
(Group/ Individual)

Director of Fellowship
Elisa Muniz, M.D.

Resident Training Director
Blanche Benenson, MD

Karen Bonuck, Ph.D.
Co-Director, RFK UCEDD

Joanne F. Siegel, LCSW
Co-Director, RFK UCEDD

Lisa Shulman, MD
Director

Mayra Alvarez, PhD
Co-Director