New Speakers

Naomi A. Abel, MD

Member, HA National Conference Medical Host Committee 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

Harrison Bai, MD, MS

John Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Scott E. Benjamin, MD

Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Kate Bianchi

Digital Marketing Manager
Hydrocephalus Association
Washington Township, MI

Trish Bogucki

Co-Leader, NPH Community Network

Peer Support Volunteer

NJ

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
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL

Dean Hertzler, MD

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Hollywood, FL

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

Jessica Moser

Florida State University
Detroit, 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

Myron Rolle, MD, MSc

Inspirational Keynote Speaker
Chief Neurosurgery Resident at Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital
MLR Foundation Chair
Rhodes Scholar
Former NFL Player

Sierra Smith

Support & Education Program Assistant
Hydrocephalus Association
Bethesda, MD

Tracy Taback

West Palm Beach, FL

Alex Trujillo

Spaded Hearts Entertainment
Tampa, FL

Kunal Vakharia, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
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