 Charles
Cartwright, M.D. , Interim Medical Director
of The Autism Center, is a board certified child
and adolescent psychiatrist and faculty member
in the Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
Division, at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School.
He completed a general psychiatry residency in
Cape Town, South Africa, as well as fellowships
in child and adolescent psychiatry (New York University/Bellevue
Hospital) and autism research (Seaver Autism Research
Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine). He was
awarded the two-year National Alliance for Autism
Research/Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Fellowship
in Autism and Neuropharmacology. Dr. Cartwright
has special expertise in the diagnosis and psychopharmacological
management of autism spectrum disorders in children,
adolescents and adults. He has a large clinical
practice and lectures widely on autism related
topics. His research interests are in autism genetics,
neuroimaging and psychopharmacology.
Susan
Adubato, Ph.D. , is a developmental psychologist
and UMDNJ-NJMS faculty member in Psychiatry and
Pediatrics. She also is a NJ Licensed Psychologist.
Dr. Adubato's primary interest and experience
has been in working with infants, toddlers and
their families. She is interested in working with
families to confirm the ASD diagnosis through
the use of such tools as the ADI-R and ADOS, and
in diagnosing children as early as possible in
order to secure needed services as quickly as
possible for them.
 Franklin
Desposito, M.D., is a board-certified
pediatrician and clinical-molecular geneticist.
He is a graduate of Chicago Medical School and
completed his fellowship training at the University
of Wisconsin in Madison. He is a professor of
pediatrics and clinical director of the Center
of Human and Molecular Genetics at New Jersey
Medical School. He is also the principal investigator
of the CDC cooperative award for the surveillance
and prevalence of autism spectrum disorders for
the state of New Jersey and is involved with the
development of autism registry. Dr. Desposito
offers genetic evaluations and testing for The
Autism Center.
 Caroline
Hayes-Rosen, M.D., is a board eligible
pediatric neurologist. She received her BA/MD
from Brooklyn College/ SUNY Health Science Center
at Brooklyn. She completed her pediatric residency
at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn and
her pediatric neurology fellowship at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is an
assistant professor in the department of Neurosciences
at UMDNJ. Dr. Hayes-Rosen sees general pediatric
neurology patients with Autistic Spectrum Disorders,
ADHD, epilepsy, headaches and neuromuscular disorders.
She has a long-standing interest in the field
of autism and believes that early identification
and intervention is critical for the autistic
child.
 James
Hill, Ph.D., is an assistant professor
of psychiatry and director of the division of
neuropsychology at New Jersey Medical School and
an attending psychologist at University Hospital.
Dr. Hill completed his education at The New School
for Social Research and his psychology training
at Cornell University Medical School, New York
Hospital and the Payne Whitney Clinic. He finished
a post-doctoral NIH fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.
Dr. Hill will develop an assessment program within
The Autism Center to address specific clinical
neuropsychological needs, and will provide supervision
for neuropsychology post-doctoral fellows working
in the Center. In addition, he will be involved
in the development of research projects to address
neuropsychological issues of autism.
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 Sue
X Ming, M.D. Ph.D. , is a board certified
pediatrician and pediatric neurologist as well
as a pharmacologist. She completed a pediatrics
residency at SUNY-Upstate Medical Center and pediatric
neurology fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine. She has practiced pediatric neurology
with a special interest in autism since 1997.
She recognizes autism as a medical disorder, with
heterogeneity. Her clinical interests are subtypes
of ASD, effective treatment and outcome measures.
Her research work is in biological markers for
subtypes of ASD, oxidative stress in autism, sleep
and autonomic disorders in ASD.
Iona
Monteiro, M.D. , is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist
at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. She is board
certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology.
She completed her Pediatric Residency and Pediatric
Gastroenterology fellowship at UMDNJ-New Jersey
Medical School. Dr. Monteiro runs a busy clinical
practice providing compassionate care to children
with gastrointestinal, nutritional and liver disorders.
She has done basic research and published papers
on the role of hormones in nutrient transport.
Her special interests are in short bowel syndrome
and liver diseases.
 James
Oleske, M.D., is a professor of pediatrics
and medical director of the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud
center for children with HIV/AIDS .
He is the pioneer in recognizing autism as a medical
disorder and has a keen interest in immunological
disorders of autism. He has authored over 100
peer reviewed articles. He was named as one of
the "Ten Best Pediatricians in America" in 1992
and awarded "Outstanding Clinician of the Year"
in 1995. He was voted as "One of the Best Doctors
in America" in 1996.
 Beth
A. Pletcher, M.D., is a board certified
pediatrician and medical geneticist. She is a
graduate of Rush Medical College, and subsequently
completed her pediatric residency training at
Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles with fellowship
training in genetics at Yale University School
of Medicine. Dr. Pletcher is an Associate Professor
of Pediatrics at UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
and is the Medical Director of the Fragile X Diagnosis
and Treatment Center as well as the Neurofibromatosis
Center of New Jersey. She also has a special clinical
and research interest in autism and is available
to schedule genetic evaluations through her primary
office in the Doctor's Office Center and also
through The Autism Center.
 Walter
Zahorodny, Ph.D., is a psychologist
and assistant professor of pediatrics at New Jersey
Medical School. He is a graduate of Rutgers University
and the Graduate Faculty/New School for Social
Research. His clinical expertise is in pediatric
neurodevelopment. Dr. Zahorodny coordinates the
psychological and developmental evaluations for
The Autism Center. He is also the director of
the Answers for Autism Survey an autism spectrum
bio-medical database. Current research interests
include: auditory processing in autistic children,
identification of specific autism sub-types and
semantic-pragmatic language development.
 Barbie
Zimmerman-Bier, M.D., is the Division
Director of Child Development at New Jersey Medical
School and Medical Director of The Children's
Evaluation Center at UMDNJ. She completed a 7-
year BA/MD at Brooklyn College/SUNY Downstate
Medical Center and a pediatric residency program
at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical School. Dr
Zimmerman-Bier is board certified in pediatrics
and developmental and behavioral pediatrics. She
is also the proud mother of a son with high functioning
autism. Dr Zimmerman-Bier has experience evaluating
and treating children with a range of developmental
disabilities and has consulted to Early Intervention
Programs, foster care agencies, residential treatment
programs and school programs. She is a co-investigator
on research studies looking at genetic underpinnings
to autism as well as dietary protein intolerance
in children with autism spectrum disorders.
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