President and Founder
Leslie Rubin, MD
I Leslie Rubin MD is President and Founder of the Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability (ISDD), Research Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, Medical Director of TEAM Centers in Chattanooga Tennessee and Developmental Pediatric Specialists in Atlanta, and Co-director of the Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Unit (PEHSU) in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. He is also the Principal Investigator of Healthcare Without Walls: A Medical Home for Homeless Children, a Healthy Tomorrows Partnership Program from the AAP funded by HRSA.
Dr. Rubin is originally from South Africa where he trained in Pediatrics and came to the USA in 1976. He was initially at the Hospitals of the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio and then he moved to The Children’s Hospital in Boston and the Harvard Medical School where he spent 14 years. In 1994 he moved to Atlanta, Georgia as Director of Developmental Pediatrics at Emory University and Medical Director of the Marcus Center. Since 1998 he has been involved with the Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) at Emory. In 1998 he also became involved with the Team Centers in Chattanooga Tennessee.
In 2004, he co-founded the Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability (ISDD), which is dedicated to improving awareness and understanding of the relationship between social and economic disadvantage and disabilities in children, and to outreach education and training and influencing health care policy and practices. Also in 2004 he joined the Morehouse School of Medicine.
He currently provides interdisciplinary clinical services for children with Autism, Cerebral Palsy and other developmental disabilities at Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital, at Team Centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee and at Developmental Pediatric Specialists in Sandy Springs, Georgia. He has a faculty appointment in the Department of Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine and teaches Medical Students and Pediatrics Residents as well as Pediatric Residents from Emory University Department of Pediatrics. As Co-director of the Southeast PEHSU at Emory he participates in local, regional, national and international activities relating to children’s environmental health. He has a long standing relationship with colleagues in Santiago Chile where they collaborate on projects and seminars. Through the ISDD he has secured a 5 year grant from HRSA/MCH to create a Medical Home for Homeless Children in collaboration with local agencies and academic institutions. This project will not only provide the Medical Homes for the children although the Department of Pediatrics at Morehouse School of Medicine but will also provide Health Literacy Training for the mothers through the Georgia State University Center for Wellness and perform research on the methodology and results through the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
His signature programs are a collaborative partnership between ISDD and the Southeast PEHSU which are called Break the Cycle of Disadvantage and Disability and Break the Cycle of Environmental Health Disparities. These programs cultivate the interest of students from a variety of disciplines at a number of universities and colleges in different states to develop research projects that will Break the Cycle. To date there have been 40 students from 20 universities in 4 states that have resulted in 5 monographs and 3 journal supplements. The ultimate goal of this program is to cultivate future leaders.
He has had a number of publications and has had a number of awards most significantly the co-editor
Delivery of Medical Care for Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities. 2nd Edition. Paul Brookes, 2006. I Leslie Rubin, Allen C. Crocker
Safe and Healthy School Environments Oxford University Press, 2006 Frumkin, H, Geller R, Rubin IL, Nodvin J
In addition the Break the Cycle projects have generated Journal Supplements to date:
Break the Cycle of Adverse Health and Developmental Outcomes for Children in the International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health 2009 Volume 2 Number 3. Rubin, I.L., Geller, R.J., Nodvin, J., Ace, K., Merrick, J.
Vulnerable Children: Break the Cycle of Environmental Health Disparities 2010 Volume 3, Issue 4. Rubin, I.L., Ace, K., Nodvin, J., Geller, R.J., Marcus, M., Merrick, J.
President, Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability
Medical Director, TEAM Centers and Developmental Pediatrics Specialists
Co-director, Southeast PEHSU, Emory University
Research Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Morehouse School of Medicine
Email: lrubi01@emory.edu
Directors
Kevin S. King, Esquire, Vice President
Mr. King serves as Vice-President of The Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability, Inc. He assisted in the incorporation of ISDD as a non-profit organization, and advises ISDD on legal matters.
He practices law in Atlanta, Georgia. Since 1972, his practice has been primarily in the areas of corporate law, business transactions, and financial and family planning. His has expertise in organizing, representing, and advising non-profits, and in matters relating to their tax exempt status with the IRS.
Mr. King has served on numerous nonprofit boards. Since 1998 Mr. King has served on the Board of Fidelity Southern Corporation (NASDAQ - LION), a bank holding company whose shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ, and on the board of the Bank it owns, Fidelity Bank, located in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently the Chair of its Audit Committee.
Mr. King helped organize Project Vision, Inc. in 1991 and has served on its board and in other capacities since that time. Project Vision, Inc. is an Atlanta based 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is to improve the eye care of Israelis and Jews around the world.
Contact:Ph: 404-240-2020
Fx: 404-240-2022
Cell: 404-307-3427
Email: kking@kevinsking.com
Cheryl Rhodes, MS, LMFT, Secretary
Cheryl Rhodes serves as Secretary of ISDD and is an Advisory Council member of ISDD’s Healthcare without Walls project. She works for the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCBDD/CDC) where she is the AUCD Fellow for the Learn the Signs. Act Early. autism awareness campaign. She is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist with over 30 years of experience as a trainer, therapist, and consultant. She is co-author of the book, Brothers and Sisters: A special part of exceptional families, published in 2006 by Brookes Publishing Co. She has a special interest in siblings and families of children with disabilities and considers her children to be her greatest teachers. She is the mother of three children ages 21, 23, and 26. Her younger daughter has epilepsy and significant developmental disabilities.
Contact:
Ph: 404-498-6507
Cell: 404-680-9250
Email: crhodes1@cdc.gov
Alan Sack, CPA CA, Treasurer
Alan Sack graduated from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa with both Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Accounting degrees. He initially worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. and then moved into commerce by joining the largest food wholesaler in South Africa. After ten years and having attained the position as their group financial director, he moved to the United States. He has held several prominent CFO positions and currently is employed by American Trade and Finance, LLC (ATRAFIN LLC) as their Chief Operating Officer.
Contact:
5830 DeClaire Court Atlanta, GA 30328
Ph: 678-656-4488
Email: famsack@comcast.net
Fozia Khan Eskew
Fozia Eskew serves as the Children 1st Liaison with the Georgia Chapter/American Academy of Pediatrics. Her responsibilities are to promote pediatric perspective among public health staff regarding the implementation of a single point of entry into public health for children birth to five, early identification, screening and referral of children with metabolic, hearing, developmental & behavioral concerns, and injury prevention. She helps to provide an overview of public health programs to physicians and facilitates collaborative relationships between public health, community referral sources, and local physicians. She is the staff person at the GA AAP for the Chapter’s Committees on Fetus & Newborn, Children with Disabilities, Adolescence, and School Health as well as the Task Forces on Mental Health, Oral Health, and Medicaid. Ms. Eskew received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from College of Notre Dame of Maryland.
Contact:
404-881-5074
Email: feskew@gaaap.org
Yvonne W. Fry-Johnson, MD, MSCR
Yvonne W. Fry-Johnson is a Pediatrician and the Chief of the Maternal and Child Health Team at the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine. She received her B.S. in Biological Sciences with Departmental Honors from Stanford University; trained in Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University; received her M.D. degree from the University of Health Sciences/ The Chicago Medical School, and completed her Pediatric Internship and Residency Training at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles County) and Emory University School of Medicine. While in medical school she was a Commissioned Officer Student Externship Program (CO-STEP) participant in the Environmental Epidemiology Department within the National Institutes of Health, working on cancer epidemiology. She subsequently served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer at the CDC, working in the Division of Reproductive Health on issues such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), low birth weight, preterm delivery, and health disparities. She practiced clinical medicine for a 12 year period, first as an attending in the Grady Pediatric Emergency Room, then as the Pediatrician and Medical Director of Oakhurst Community Health Center in Decatur, Georgia (6 years), and subsequently in two private practices in Georgia. While at Oakhurst, Dr. Fry-Johnson was nominated for the Child Survival Award from UNICEF and the Carter Center, and as a result, her center became one of the US recipients for that year.
Dr. Fry-Johnson completed a Fellowship in the Masters of Science in Clinical Research at the Morehouse School of Medicine in May, 2008. Her research focused on county level analysis of black infant mortality, and she received the Fellows Awards for both Outstanding Clinical Research and Outstanding Fellow.
Since 2002, Dr. Fry-Johnson has served as site PI on a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Training Grant in collaboration with Meharry Medical College (Southeastern Regional Training Center (RTC)), funded by the CDC. Through this effort the RTCs are focused on increasing the knowledge of clinicians (nurses, PA’s, SW’s, doctors, dentists, medical students, and allied health students) in the area of prevention, diagnosis, and management of FAS.
Since 2008, Dr. Fry-Johnson has served as a Pediatric Medical Consultant for APS Healthcare, a Medicaid managed care program serving the aged, blind and disabled in Georgia. She is involved in care and disease management of pediatric patients, and in training the case managers and nurses on pediatric diagnoses and touch points for management.
Dr. Fry-Johnson serves as the Core Leader for the Maternal and Child Health Component at the Morehouse School of Medicine within the National Center for Primary Care. In this role, she collaborates with other Pediatricians (and other clinicians and researchers) in the areas of pediatric/ maternal issues: pregnancy complications, preterm delivery, low birth weight, preconception care, infant mortality and mental health and substance abuse concerns. She is currently an investigator on the community engagement component of the NIH funded National Children’s Study, collaborating with the CDC, Emory University, and Battelle. She has mentored students from the undergraduate level (Morehouse College Public Health Institute Students) through MPH candidates on their work on topics of significance in the MCH arena, and serves as a mentor to one of the Satcher Leadership Institute Fellows.
Dr. Fry-Johnson speaks frequently on topics related to the delivery of primary health care for/to underserved populations addressing issues including maternal and child health, health disparities, cultural competence and medical director leadership. Since 2000 she has co-presented the New Medical Director Training for the National Association for Community Health Centers on a National level.
Contact:(Ph) 404-756-5761(desk)
(Fax) 404-756-5767
Email: yfry@msm.edu
Betsy A. Gard, PhD
Dr. Betsy Gard received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her doctorate from Washington University. She completed her internship at the University Of North Carolina Department Of Psychiatry in the Medical School. Dr. Gard has been a clinical faculty member with the Emory Department of Psychiatry since 1981. She served at Scottish Rite for 20 years as part of the Neurofibromatosis Clinic.
Dr. Gard specialties include disaster psychology, posttraumatic stress disorder, crises intervention, and training for disaster preparedness. She works extensively with traumatized children suffering from early neglect and abuse. She was co-founder of the Georgia Disaster Response Team and the first Southeastern Regional Consultant for the American Psychological Association. She has served as the APA state Coordinator for over 15 years. Dr. Gard is nationally known for her work in disasters and trauma and is a Manager in the Red Cross Mental Health System as well as a National Instructor for Disaster Mental Health Services. She is one of the two state of Georgia Trainers for preparing military families for deployment and consultants She has responded to many national disasters included the Northridge Earthquake, the Okalahoma City Bombing, the bombing at the Olympics, the 9/11 Bombing, and Hurricane Katrina.
Dr. Gard is a Fellow of the Georgia Psychological Association and was past Vice President for 3 years. Dr. Gard was the President of the Georgia Psychological Association from 2006-2007. During her tenure as President and past-President, GPA won the award for the best psychological association from the American Psychological Association for innovations and changes made to the Association. She has been a member of the American Psychological Association since 1979. She lectures extensive and has published in a number of journals. She has a full time clinical practice in Sandy Springs and has been practicing psychology for the past 30 years. She has served as a consultant on disaster preparedness and disaster response to a number of organizations including the Emory University, the Department of Human Resources of the State of Georgia and CDC.
Contact:Atlanta Area Family Psychiatry Clinic, P.C.
7000 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30328
(770) 393-1880
drbetsy5151@comcast.net
Douglas G. Greenwell, PhD
Dr. Greenwell received his PhD at Georgia State University and he has done graduate work at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. His experience in the private sector, federal, state and local government assists him in bringing people together and helping them negotiate mutual work plans that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the work they perform.
Greenwell serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Atlanta Regional Health Forum, a non-profit agency that promotes a healthy population through building coalitions that utilize data, education and advocacy to address high priority issues such as work site wellness, childhood obesity, and chronic disease.
Prior to this position, Dr. Greenwell served as Director of The Atlanta Project, Carter Center of Emory University and Neighborhood Collaborative at Georgia State University. The Atlanta Project [TAP] was initiated by former President Carter to improve the quality of life in Atlanta neighborhoods and was transferred to Georgia State to continue the work of community development. Greenwell also worked as state director for the Georgia Division of Family and Children’s Services, Branch Chief for the US Public Health Service and Director of a Community Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation Center. As a Private Consultant, he provides consultation and training to universities and public and private agencies. Work areas include: Public Health, Head Start, organizational change and development, strategic planning, evaluation, management, communication skills, multiple source health care financing, information systems, personnel management and recruitment and training of community boards. Recent clients include: Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Department of Corrections, Pathways Community Network and St. Jude Foundation of Louisville, Ky.
Contact:
211 Colonial Homes Drive, Suite 1403
Atlanta, Georgia, 30309
404-218-2772 office & cell
404-352-2677fax
Email: dgreenwel@aol.com
June Phillips, M.S.
June Phillips is a volunteer for people with developmental disabilities and serves on the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Community Advisory Committee, The Tennessee Developmental Disabilities Work Group, and serves on the Board of the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis. She is the former Executive Director of TEAM Centers, Inc. with offices in Chattanooga, Memphis and Atlanta . Ms. Phillips has over 20 years of experience with special education, behavior analysis, project development, grant writing and administration.
Contact
jphillips828@gmail.com
Maurice G. Sholas, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Sholas is the Medical Director at Children’s Rehabilitation Services Division of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Scottish Rite. Dr. Sholas received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School; did his Residency at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Physicial Medicine and Rehabilitation; and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Among his areas of interest are Cerebral Palsy, Complex Medical Equipment , Limb Deficiencies, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Oncological Rehabilitation Osteopenia, Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Dr. Sholas has received numerous honors including the American Medical Association Foundation Leadership Award, 2001 Sarah Baskin Award for Excellence in Research, 2003 and American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Travel Award. He is involved in many areas of research and has authored or co-authored many journal articles and presentations.
Contact:
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite
Medical Office Building
1001 Johnson Ferry Road NE, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30342
Phone: 404-785-3800
Email: Maurice.SholasMD@choa.org
Joshua Shorr, JD CFP
Josh is an attorney and Certified Financial Planner with more than twelve years of experience in working with his clients’ complex planning needs. His background includes his time as a Certified Financial Manager at one of the largest brokerage houses in the world as well as his estate planning practice as an attorney at a major international law firm.
A graduate of Pace University School of Law, Josh went on to receive his Certified Financial Planner accreditation form Oglethorpe University, where he currently is an instructor for their top rated CFP program. In addition, Josh has graduated from the Senior Investment Counsel Program at the University of Chicago, a specialized investment management training program. Josh is a published author and has presented to a wide array of audiences discussing the concepts and techniques used in his planning practice.
A resident of the Atlanta area for more than ten years, Josh is an involved member of his community, he is the Founder and a Co-Chair of the Institute for The Study of Disadvantage and Disability’s Annual Golf Tournament, a long time member of the Professional Advisory Committee for The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta’s Endowment and is one of the first five Certified Financial Planners selected to be part of the prestigious Atlanta Estate Planning Council. In addition, Josh is part of late U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell’s Leadership Training Institute and has represented Georgia in the United State Senate’s Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., wherein he was briefed by U.S. Senators from both sides of the aisle, Secretary Elaine Chao of the Department of Labor and Carly Fiorina, former President and CEO of Hewlett Packard, on the most important business, taxation and planning issues currently facing our Nation. Lastly, In 2004, Josh was selected as part of a 7 member U.S. delegation, representing the 13 Southeastern States, in a diplomatic mission to the Middle East.
Contact:
Email: joshshorr@gmail.com
Eboni Smith, MD FAAP
Eboni Smith is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician at the Marcus Autism Center. She is also Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University as well as Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Dr. Smith is originally from Jackson, MS. She completed her undergraduate studies at Xavier University of Louisiana, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She completed medical school at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. Dr. Smith then completed her Pediatric internship and residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
During her residency training, she became interested in literacy promotion and led the revitalization of the medical center’s Reach Out and Read Program and served as its interim program coordinator. She completed subspecialty training in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Dr. Smith is currently a member of the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is a part of the American Academy of Pediatrics’s Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and the Council on Children with Disabilities.
Dr. Smith enjoys caring for children of all ages. Her clinical focus includes the evaluation of an array of developmental and behavioral concerns. Her research interests include the overall developmental trajectory of children born prematurely as well as factors contributing to the delayed diagnosis of autism in children.
Contact:
1920 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 785- 9404
E- Mail: eboni.smith@choa.org
Mark E. Swanson, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Swanson is a graduate of Princeton University, University of Colorado School of Medicine, and University of North Carolina School of Public Health He is board-certified in Pediatrics and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics with 30 years experience in program development, clinical services, research and training in community and university settings. He was the first Director of Partners for Inclusive Communities, Arkansas’ University Center on Disabilities and oversaw its growth from 1990 to 2005 before coming to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Human Development and Disability (DHDD). For three years, he directed a multi-faceted program that included state-level health promotion programs for persons with disabilities, extramural research projects, the National Spina Bifida Program, information resource centers addressing physical activity, intellectual disability, paralysis and limb loss; and an intramural research program focusing on health disparities in persons with disabilities. He currently serves as Senior Medical Adviser in DHDD, which has additional programs in ADHD, Tourette syndrome, muscular dystrophy, Fragile X and hearing loss. He has a career-long commitment to full inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life.
Contact:
Division of Human Development and Disability
National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS E-88 Atlanta, GA 30333
Phone: 404-498-3076
Fax: 404-498-3060
Email: cfu9@CDC.GOV
Mitchell Tepper, PhD, MPH
Mitchell Tepper, is Assistant Project Director, The Center of Excellence for Sexual Health and Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Series II at Morehouse School of Medicine, Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) under the leadership of former US Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher. Dr. Tepper is also the Founder and President of The Sexual Health Network, Inc. and SexualHealth.com. Dr. Tepper is a pioneer in the delivery of sexual health information online and a nationally recognized sexuality educator, researcher, author, and advocate dedicated to ending the silence around issues of sexuality and disability. His years of research at Yale University, Rutgers University, and the University of Pennsylvania have served as the basis for numerous professional, academic, and public presentations, articles, and chapters. Publications include the four volume set, Sexual Health, In J. Kuriansky (Series Ed.) Sex, Love, and Psychology. Westport: Praeger Publishing; Providing Comprehensive Sexual Health Care in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation: Continuing Education and Training for Health Professionals; Lived Experiences that Impede or Facilitate Pleasure and Orgasm in People with Spinal Cord Injury.Dr. Tepper currently serves on the editorial boards of the Sexuality and Disability and the American Journal of Sexuality Education and on the board of directors of The Women's Sexual Health Foundation. Most recently he has served as Board Member, Chair of Communications Steering Committee, for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and was responsible for overseeing Contemporary Sexuality, the monthly membership publication. He has also served as President of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of Connecticut, Chair of Online Services for AASECT, and on the Board of Directors of The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health. He was a regular guest lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine over a five year period . Dr. Tepper has a Master of Public Health from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Human Sexuality Education from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to academic credentials, Dr. Tepper, who grew up with Crohn's Disease and acquired a spinal cord injury at age 20, brings a lifetime of first-hand experience with chronic conditions and disability to his work. Dr. Tepper has been featured on CNN, Discovery, PBS and in popular press, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Oprah Radio and GQ.
Contact:
Morehouse School of Medicine
The National Center for Primary Care
720 Westview Drive SW
Suite 233
Atlanta, Georgia 30310-1495
Ofc: (404) 752-1844
Cell: (203) 257-1895
Fx: (404) 756-5709
Email: mtepper@msm.edu
Yasmin Tyler-Hill, MD FAAP
Yasmin Tyler-Hill, a pediatrician and family practitioner, is the eldest of three girls born to Hubert and Jessie Tyler. She was born in rural South Carolina in the local family practioner’s office because her parents refused to use the segregated hospital.
Dr. Tyler-Hill began her education in the segregated school system of South Carolina in the 1960s. She later integrated the “white” schools as one of two students in second grade. Dr. Tyler-Hill excelled academically. However, her parents concerned about the limited expectations and challenges afforded African Americans in this rural area and chose to enroll her in the prestigious Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Tyler-Hill remembers Holton as the place where she developed much of her philosophy about work ethic and life’s goals. To this day she lives her life by the Holton’s motto; “Inveniam Viam Avet faciam”; “I shall find a way or make one.”
Dr. Tyler-Hill graduated with a degree in Biology with a Letter in the Science of Human Affairs from Princeton University. She received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina and completed her internship and residency at Boston City Hospital, now Boston University Medical Center. This spring Dr. Tyler -Hill was accepted into the Program for Physician Leaders at Academic Medical Centers sponsored by the School of Public Health at Harvard University.
Dr. Tyler-Hill started as a general pediatrician in Chester Pa. She later became Medical Director and Lead Pediatrician at Total Health Care, Baltimore, Md. Dr. Tyler-Hill entered academic medicine when she became Medical Director, Children’s Outpatient Center, and Division Director General Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk Va. She has been on faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine for 5 years. She currently serves as Lead Physician Dept. of Pediatrics, Division Director General Pediatrics and Course Director for the Pediatric continuity clinic. Dr. Hill’s academic interest is developing and promoting advocacy around children’s issue especially for children who are disadvantaged.
Dr. Tyler-Hill was recently named President-Elect of the medical staff at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) at Hughes Spalding. She serves on the CHOA Medical Executive Committee. Dr. Tyler-Hill serves on multiple local and regional committees and advisory boards related to children’s health.
She is married for almost 25 years to her college sweetheart Everett L. Hill; she is the mother of 2 children Tyler 20 a sophomore at Yale and Simone 16 a junior at Phillips Academy Andover, Andover, Ma. She resides in Sandy Springs, Ga.
Dr. Hill’s personal philosophy is to have balance within her career and life and always put family first. She works to excel at all she does and believes that our earthly purpose is to make this a better place than we found it. She sums this up in her grandmother’s favorite hymn, “If I can help somebody along the way, then my living has not been in vain.”
Contact:
Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive, SW Atlanta,
GA 30310
Ph: 404-756-1332 (ofc)
Email: ytyler-hill@msm.edu
Staff
Janice Nodvin, Program Director
Janice Nodvin is Program Director of the Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability, where she serves as Clinic Director for an Adult Down Syndrome Program, and Project Coordinator of a multicenter study on the use of Vitamin E on senior adults with Down syndrome. She is the project administrator and educator for the Southeast Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at Emory University, which is a regional resource on children’s environmental health. Ms. Nodvin is the Project Director for Project GRANDD, a project of the Area Agency for the Aging of the Atlanta Regional Commission. This program provides intensive supports to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren with disabilities. She is involved in numerous committees in Atlanta and the region. Ms. Nodvin has been conference director of several regional and national conferences and assists in development and training. Janice Nodvin has over nine years experience as an educator and has worked extensively as a parent advocate for the past 30 years.
Among her numerous recognitions and awards are the Mary and Max London People Power Award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, the Bobby Dodd Award, from Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities, Woman of Achievement, Atlanta Women’s Jewish Federation, and Women Who Make a Difference in Greater Atlanta, YWCA.
Her volunteer experiences include Chair of the Community Advisory Council of the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at Georgia State University, Past President of Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta, Chair of the DeKalb Developmental Disability Council, Chair of Developmental Disabilities Department of Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, Chair of Habima Theater, President of Hadassah, a Vice President of her synagogue and Chair of the Bregman Educational Series.
Ms. Nodvin is proud of helping to create the sports program for children with disabilities at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta and a specialty Summer Program of Camp Barney Medintz. She is involved in the development of the Aging Coalition on Aging and Disabilities.
Her inspiration is her son, Evan, age 30 who has Down syndrome, works at a senior adult day care center, acts in Habima Theater, is a member of the Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta, Very Special People and the HAPPY Club of the YMCA. He is accomplished power lifter in the Special Olympics, is a graduate of the Partners in Policymaking Program of the Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities. He lives in an apartment with a roommate.
Contact:
Ph: 678-595-4854
Fx: 770-396-1011
Emai: jnodvin@aol.com or jnodvin@emory.edu