About Pathways Pathways Medical Round Table
 Pathways Awareness activities are based upon the expertise of the Pathways Medical Round Table—leading physicians, therapists, clinicians, nurse practitioners, and lay advisors. They are sensitive to the medical and emotional needs of infants and children and their families.
Medical Round Table members at Pathways Awareness’ 25th Anniversary Dinner, 2009 CO-CHAIRS H. Garry Gardner, MD, FAAP Dr. Gardner is a primary care pediatrician in private practice at DuPage Pediatrics, which he co-founded in 1979. Dr. Gardner is a professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. Gardner became a founding member of the Pathways Awareness Medical Round Table in 1988 and has long-served as Co-Chair. Dr. Gardner is the Past President of the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and founding board member and Past President of the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition. Dr. Gardner currently serves on the editorial board of Pediatric News. Dr. Gardner is Co-Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board at Easter Seals DuPage. Dr. Gardner was the 2007 recipient of the Pathways Pioneer Award for his outstanding commitment to assuring the best for all babies’ physical development. Dr Gardner also received the 2007 Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Gardner received both his BA and Medical Doctorate from Indiana University.
Dr. Sarwark heads the Division of Orthopedic Surgery and is the the Martha Washington Foundation Professor of Pediatric Orthopedics at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Sarwark is a professor of orthopedic surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Sarwark has been a member of Pathways Awareness’ Medical Roundtable since 1993 and has served as Co-Chair since 1995. Dr. Sarwark serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee/Section of Orthopedics as well as the Surgical Advisory Panel for the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a member of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, American Academy for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, and Chicago Pediatric Society. Dr. Sarwark was the 2004 recipient of the Pathways Pioneer Award for his outstanding commitment to assuring the best for all babies’ physical development. Dr . Sarwark also received the Berkheiser Award for Research in Orthopedic Surgery from the Institute of Medicine of Chicago in 1990, and the American Medical Association Physicians Recognition Award from 1997-2000. Dr. Sarwark received his BS from University of Illinois and Medical Doctorate from Northwestern University.
MEMBERS
Maggie Daley, the First Lady of the City of Chicago and a leading advocate for children and youth, is President Emeritus of Pathways Awareness. Mrs. Daley became a founding member of the Pathways Awareness Medical Round Table in 1988. Mrs. Daley served as President of Pathways Awareness from 1997 through 2004 and remains an active member in Pathways’ work supporting early detection and early intervention for all children. Mrs. Daley is founding Chair of After School Matters, the goal of which is to engage Chicago’s teens in purposeful and meaningful activities after school and in the summer. Starting in 1991 with 220 teens in the gallery37 summer program, After School Matters has grown to include over 30,000 opportunities for teenagers during the 2008-2009 academic year in the fields of the arts, sports, technology, science and communications. Mrs. Daley also chairs the Chicago Cultural Center Foundation Board, which develops citizen, corporate and foundation support for the center, where the public is exposed, free of charge, to a rich multi-cultural experience in the arts.
Deborah Gaebler-Spira, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM Dr. Gaebler-Spira is a founding member of the Pathways Awareness Medical Round Table. Dr. Gaebler-Spira is the Director of the Cerebral Palsy Program and Early Intervention Program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). Dr. Gaebler-Spira is also the Director for the Hypertonia Management Clinic at RIC. Dr. Gaebler-Spira is President of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Association of Academic Physiatrists. Dr. Gaebler-Spira received the Goldstein Award from the Cerebral Palsy Foundation. She received both her BS and Medical Doctorate from University of Illinois.
Terri Gartenberg, PhD, CCC-SLP Dr. Gartenberg is a speech-language pathologist and owner of the clinic, Speech in the City in Chicago. Dr. Gartenberg is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern University. Terri Gartenberg has provided her expertise to Pathways Awareness as a Medical Round Table Member since 2009. Dr. Gartenberg is a certified Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT) instructor and has provided numerous NDT post-graduate courses, as well as continuing education courses in oral/motor and feeding therapy across the United States. Dr. Gartenberg’s areas of expertise include oral/motor feeding disorders as well as childhood apraxia of speech and speech and language delay. Dr. Gartenberg received her doctoral degree from Northwestern University.
Gay Girolami, PT, MS, PhC, FAACPDM Gay Girolami is Executive Vice President of Professional Research and Strategy for Pathways Foundation. Gay had served as the Executive Director of Pathways Center, Center of Excellence since 1985 until spring, 2010. Ms. Girolami is a founding member of Pathways Awareness’ Medical Round Table. Gay Girolami is the incoming president of Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association (NDTA) as well as a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. Gay has provided post-graduate training to over 2,000 therapists in the United States, Switzerland, Finland, Greece, and Brazil. Gay received the 2010 NDTA Award of Excellence and is the 2006 recipient of the Pathways Pioneer Award for her outstanding commitment to assuring the best for all babies’ physical development. Gay is also the NDTA small grant award winner 2005-2006. Girolami received her BS from Marquette University, her Masters degree in Pediatric Physical Therapy from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is currently enrolled in a doctoral program in Motor Control and Learning in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Karen R. Judy, MD Dr. Judy is also an associate professor of Pediatrics at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Karen Judy has been an active member of Pathways Awareness’ Medical Round Table since 2003. Dr. Judy is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Chicago Pediatric Society. Dr. Judy received her BS from John Carroll University and her Medical Doctorate from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine.
Fredric D. Leary, Jr., MD, FAAFP, MBA Dr. Leary is the clinical assistant professor in the Department of Family and Clinical Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University. Dr. Leary, who has 15 years of experience as a family physician in Illinois, has practiced in a variety of settings, including private practice, a rural health clinic, and most recently as a family medicine residency instructor. He was named Medical Director for Your Healthcare Plus, a chronic illness management program for adults and children administered by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and McKesson Health Solutions in 2006. Dr. Leary joined Pathways Awareness’ Medical Round Table in 2006. Dr. Leary is the Past President and Chair of the Board of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians and is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Dr. Leary is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the World Organization of Family Physicians. Dr. Leary received his BA from Dartmouth, his MBA from Dominican College and his Medical Doctorate from University College, Galway, Ireland.
Amy Becker Manion, RN, MSN, CPNP Amy Manion is a pediatric nurse practitioner with a specialization in primary care pediatrics at Northwestern Children's Practice. She is also an active clinical faculty member in the College of Nursing at Rush University. Amy Manion has been an active member of Pathways Awareness’ Medical Round Table since 2003. Ms. Manion is a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. She is also an active participant and the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC). Ms. Manion received the NAPNAP 2005-2006 Foundation Research Grant to study differences in quality of life and health outcomes in obese and non-obese inner city children with asthma. Ms. Manion received her MS in nursing from Rush University and her Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing from Loyola University.
Michael Msall, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM Dr. Msall is a professor of pediatrics as well as the Chief of Neurodevelopment and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. Dr. Msall has been an active member of Pathways Awareness’ Medical Round Table since 2004. Dr. Msall is the Chair of the Treatment Outcome Committee for the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Msall also serves on the editorial board of Infants and Young Children and on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Children’s Guild of Buffalo. Dr. Msall received his BS from Northwestern University and his Medical Doctorate from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Michael N. Nelson, PhD Dr. Nelson is the Director of the Section of Pediatric Psychology at Rush Children’s Hospital. He is also an associate professor of psychology and pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. Nelson is a founding member in 1988 of Pathways Awareness’ Medical Round Table. Dr. Nelson is a member of the Illinois Neonatal Development Follow-up Association, and has twice served as president. He is also a member of the Illinois Premature Infant Health Network Continuity of Care Committee. Dr. Nelson received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Russell Robertson, MD Dr. Robertson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Robertson has been an active and contributing member to Pathways Awareness’ Medical Round Table since 2007. Dr. Robertson was one of seventeen physicians nationwide appointed to the Council on Graduate Medical Education by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2003. He also serves as President of the Board for Hillside Healthcare International, and on the Education Council Committee at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Robertson is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group. Dr. Robertson received the 2005 AAMC Outstanding Community Service Award. Dr. Robertson received his BA from Michigan State University and his Medical Doctorate from Wayne State University.
Diane Fritts Ryan, OTR/L Diane Ryan joined Pathways Awareness’ Medical Round Table as a member in 2009. Mrs. Ryan has over 25 years of experience in pediatrics, combined with additional certifications in advanced treatment of the upper extremity, advanced NDT treatment of babies, kineosiotaping, and basic electric stimulation. Diane Ryan received a BS in Occupational Therapy from the University of Illinois.
Lori Walsh, MD Dr. Walsh is a primary pediatrician, who has been in private practice at Glenbrook Pediatrics since 1990 and a managing partner since 1996. She is an attending physician at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago and an instructor in the Clinical Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Dr. Walsh has been an active Pathways Awareness Medical Round Table member since 2003. Dr. Walsh is a member of the Children’s Community Physician’s Association. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Walsh received her Medical Doctorate from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Rosemary White-Traut, PhD, RN, FAAN Dr. White-Traut is a professor and department head of the Department of Women, Children and Family Health Science in the College of Nursing at University of Illinois, Chicago. Rosemary White-Traut has been an active Pathways Awareness Medical Round Table member since 2003. Dr. White-Traut is a member of the board of directors for the Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute and a past member of the board of directors for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing. She is also a member of the American Academy of Nursing and a member of the nominating committee for the Midwest Nursing Research Society. Dr. White-Traut is the 2009 recipient of the Jonas Salk Health Leadership Award from the March of Dimes, Chicago chapter. Dr. White-Traut received her BA from Georgetown University, her MS from Boston University School of Nursing, and her PhD from Rush University College of Nursing.
Nina Aliprandi Nina Aliprandi serves as Intake Coordinator at Maryville Academy. She is also Director of Program Services for The Crisis Nursery, The Children's Healthcare Center, The Madden Shelter for Pregnant and Parenting Teens, and The Farm Campus for Young Women for the agency. Nina Aliprandi has been serving the Pathways Awareness Medical Round Table as the parent liaison since 2008. Ms. Aliprandi holds a Masters Degree in Community and Family Counseling and a Bachelors Degree in Law Enforcement Administration with a minor in both Psychology and Sociology. Ms. Aliprandi is the mother of two children and has seen the dramatic value of early detection and intervention through her child’s involvement in physical, occupational and speech therapy services. |
