Meet Our Clinical Team
Program Director
Jeffrey L. Neul, M.D., Ph.D.
Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair; Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, and Professor of Pharmacology and Special Education
Clinical Team Members
Cary Fu, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology
Specialty: Pediatric Epilepsy, Rett Syndrome
Amanda Oakes, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist, Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Specialty: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Sarika Peters, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Specialty: Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics, Genetic Disorders
Affiliated Specialists
Elizabeth “Betsy” Kennedy, APN, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner; Instructor, Vanderbilt School of Nursing
Specialty: Gastroenterology; Nutrition
Alice Lawrence, M.D
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Specialties: Child Development, Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics, and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Beth Malow, M.D., M.S.
Burry Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development; Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics; Director, Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Division
Specialty: Sleep Disorders
Greg Mencio, M.D.
Professor of Orthopaedics, Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics, and Vice Chair of Department of Orthopaedics
Specialty: Orthopaedics
Althea Robinson Shelton, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Specialty: Pediatric Sleep Disorders
Erika Williams
Specialty: Nutritionist