Meet Our Team | Overview
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.
Medical Providers
Read more about Erin McNamara, MD, MPH
Director, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center; Fellowship Program Director; Associate Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Co-Director, Complex Hypospadias Program
Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Carlos R. Estrada Jr., MD, MBA
Urologist-in-Chief
Alan B. Retik Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Lawrence Ira Karlin, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Benjamin C. Warf, MD
Director, Neonatal and Congenital Anomaly Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Michelle A. Baum, MD
Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program: Attending, Division of Nephrology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Stacey Cook, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Outpatient Complex Care
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Mary Dubon, MD
Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Specialist, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department
Instructor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Harvard Medical School
Read more about Daniel Hedequist, MD
Chief, Spine Division, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department; Co-Director, Complex Cervical Spine Program
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Arda Hotz, MD
Pediatrician, Division of General Pediatrics
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Christina Jacobsen, MD, PhD
Executive Director, Bone Health Program; Attending Physician, Divisions of Endocrinology & Genetics and Genomics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Claudio Morera, MD
Attending. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Read more about Weston Northam, MD
Co-Director, Cerebral Palsy and Spasticity Center; Attending Physician, Department of Neurosurgery
Instructor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Rebecca Siegel, MD
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Doctor, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department
Instructor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Harvard Medical School
Read more about Hatim Thaker, MD
Attending, Department of Urology
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Scott Wang, MD, MPH, MBAn
Director, Computational Healthcare Analytics Program (CHAP); Physician Analytics Manager, Health Affairs; Affiliated faculty, Computational Health Informatics Program (CHIP)
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Read more about Colyn Watkins, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department
Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Nurse Practitioners
Read more about Ann Paris, MS, CPNP, CNRN
Nurse Practitioner, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center
Read more about Fiona Paul, RN, PhD, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Nurse Coordinator, Colorectal Program
Staff Nurses
Read more about Abbey Mahan, BSN
Staff Nurse, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center
Neuropsychologist
Read more about 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
Read more about Chelsea Carpenito, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist, Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy Services
Read more about Megan Dakhlian, PT, DPT, PCS
Manager of Operations, Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Services
Read more about Emily Kraft, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist I, Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy Services
Read more about Eileen Polasky, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Conditions Center; Clinical Social Worker, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition