Featured Speakers
Leading experts are coming to HA CONNECT. Learn from world-renowned
neurosurgeons, neurologists, neuropsychologists, nurses, scientists and other
specialists. Check back often as we continue to add more speakers.
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Richard C. Adams, MD
Scottish Rite for Children
Adrienne Anderson, PhD
Children’s Health Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Michael R. Barratt, MD
NASA Astronaut
Bonnie Blazer-Yost, PhD
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Jeffrey P. Blount, MD, MPH, FAANS
Children’s of Alabama
Heather Bruen
Mark J, Burish, MD, PhD
Memorial Hermann
Anna Campbell Sullivan, PSYD, ABPP-CN
UT Health San Antonio & the Biggs Institute
Gary Chaffee
Volunteer, Hydrocephalus Association
Lian Chong Mosher, BBA, MS Yoga Therapy, C-IAYT 1000, RYT 500
Monica Chau, PhD
Hydrocephalus Association
Dominic Colcucci
Sibling of Hydrocephalus
Rohini K. Coorg, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital
Dorit Donoviel, PhD
Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH)
Lauren Eng
University of Maryland
Ramin Eskandari, MS, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Genesis Espaillat
Volunteer, Hydrocephalus Association
Christopher J. Farrell, MD
Thomas Jefferson University
Pam Finlayson
Co-founder, Chief Visionary Officer, Team Hydro
Peter Finlayson
Team Hydro Foundation; Pardes Biosciences
Amanda Garzón, MA
Hydrocephalus Association
Gerald Grant, MD
Duke University
Diana Gray, MA
Hydrocephalus Association
Sabrina Gretkierewicz, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Tina Grubelic
Kevin Hackshaw, MD
Dell Medical School
University of Texas at Austin
Mark G. Hamilton, MDCM, FRCSC, FAANS
University of Calgary / Foothills Hospital
Carolyn Harris, PhD
Wayne State University
Amy Hendrix
Volunteer, Hydrocephalus Association
John Honeycutt, MD
Cook Children’s Medical Center
Bruce A. Kaufman, MD, FACS, FAAP, FAANS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael Levy
UT Southwestern Medical Center
David D. Limbrick, Jr., MD, PhD
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Washington University School of Medicine
Mark Luciano, MD, PhD, FACS
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Simon Malpas, PhD
University of Auckland
Claudia Matthews
Deitra Matthews
Member, HA Board of Directors
Jennifer Marshall, MSPAS, MSJ, PA-C
Medical University Of South Carolina
James P. McAllister, II, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine / St. Louis Children’s Hospital
J. Gordon McComb, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
Ian McDonough
Volunteer, Hydrocephalus Association
Kaitlyn McWilliams
Volunteer, Hydrocephalus Association
Brandon A. Miller, MD, PhD
University of Texas
Memorial Hermann
Sofia Montes Garzón
Michael G. Muhonen, MD
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Marueen Nelson, MD
The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio/Baylor College of Medicine
Paula Peterson, APRN, MS, PNP
Primary Children’s Hospital
Scott ‘Kidd’ Poteet
Polaris Dawn, Mission Pilot
Robin Orlowski
State Bar of Texas Disability Issues Committee
Jennifer Perez Del Rio, OTR
St. David’s Adaptive Driving Program
Jason Preston
Dent the Future
Larry R. Rivkin, JD, CFP®
Rivkin, Rivkin, & Kaplan, LLC
Brandon Rocque, MD
Children’s of Alabama
Alexander Rodger
Volunteer, Hydrocephalus Association
Jordan Rogers
Andre Sam, CRPC®, APMA®
Special Needs Education and Advocacy Project
SilverTree Special Needs Planning
Caitlin Shemas
Volunteer, Hydrocephalus Association
Jesse Skoch, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cynthia Smith-Seidel, PhD, ABPP/CN
Martinsburg West Virginia VAMC
Dana Sowby
Amy Thomas
Stay in the Arena
John Thottakara, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Elizabeth Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD
Dell Children’s Medical Center, a part of Ascension Seton
Emmanuel Urquieta Ordonez, MD, MS, AFAsMA
Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH)
Baylor College of Medicine
Tessa van der Willigen, TvdW, MPhil, MAPP
Georgetown University
Stephanie Vogt, MS
Express Scripts Pharmacy at Cigna
Marion (Jack) L. Walker, MD
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Howard L. Weiner, MD, FACS, FAAP, FAANS
Texas Children’s Hospital
Bret Weitz
TBS, TNT and truTV
John (Jay) Wellons, III, MD, MSPH
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Bradley Weprin, MD, MHCM
Children’s Health Texas
SarahAnn S. Whitbeck, MBA, FACEHP, CHCP
Chest Wall Injury Society
Jonathan White, MD, FAANS, FACS
UT Southwestern Medical Center
William Whitehead, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital
Michael A. Williams, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Patrick Wood
T. Andrew Zabel, PhD, ABPP
Kennedy Krieger Institute