New Speakers
Naomi A. Abel, MD
Member, HA Medical Advisory Board
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Syed Hassan Akbari, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Institute for Brain Protection Sciences
Member, HA National Conference Medical Host Committee
St. Petersburg, FL
Philipp R Aldana, MD, FAANS, FAAP, FAAP
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Scott E. Benjamin, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Kate Bianchi
Digital Marketing Manager
Hydrocephalus Association
Washington Township, MI
Daniel E. Couture, MD
Wake Forest Baptist
Winston-Salem, NC
Gwendolyn Gerner, PsyD
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD
Kyle J. Gospodarek, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Portage, IN
Lance S. Governale, MD, FAANS, FAAP
University of Florida Shands Children’s Hospital
Gainesville, FL
Lakisha Harris, CHES
Support Programs Manager
Hydrocephalus Association
Bethesda, MD
Sara Hartnett-Wright, MD
Member, HA National Conference Medical Host Committee
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL
Dean Hertzler, MD
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Hollywood, FL
Kevin King, MD, MSCS
Barrow Neurological Institute
Pheonix, AZ
Andrew Kobets, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Thomas Koch, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Robert Lober, MD, PhD, FAANS
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Dayton, OH
Katherine McClure, LMSW, MAPP
Ann Arbor, MI
Irene Piryatinsky, ABPP-CN
NAC Clinic
Boston, MA
Eileen Rodger, RN
Registered Nurse
Coral Ridge Outpatient Center
Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Mike Rodger
Boca Raton, FL
Sierra Smith
Support & Education Program Assistant
Hydrocephalus Association
Bethesda, MD
Tracy Taback
West Palm Beach, FL
Alex Trujillo
Tampa, FL
Kunal Vakharia, MD
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Ashley VanCleef, Esq
Law for Parents, LLC
Frederick, MD
Carly Weisman
HA Community Network Chair, New Jersey
HA WALK Co-Chair, Jersey Shore, New Jersey
Tinton Falls, NJ