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Meet Our Experts

Deborah Gaebler-Spira, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM
Deborah Gaebler-Spira, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM

Dr. Gaebler-Spira is a professor of pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Gaebler-Spira is also a staff physician at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC).

Dr. Gaebler-Spira is a founding member of Pathways Medical Round Table in 1988. Read More »

H. Garry Gardner, MD, FAAP
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 also a professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Gardner became a founding member of the Pathways Medical Round Table in 1988 and has long-served as Co-Chair. Read More »

Terri Gartenberg, PhD, CCC-SLP
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.

Dr. Gartenberg has been a member of Pathways Medical Round Table since 2009. Read More »

Gay Girolami, PT, MS, PhD, C/NDTA, FAACPDM
Gay Girolami, PT, MS, PhD, C/NDTA, FAACPDM

Dr. Gay Girolami is the president of Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association (NDTA), and has led post-graduate training to over 2,000 therapists in the United States, Switzerland, Finland, Greece, and Brazil. Additionally, Dr. Girolami served as the Executive Director of Pathways Center from 1985 until the spring of 2010.

Ms. Girolami is a founding member of Pathways Medical Round Table in 1988. Read More »

Amy Becker Manion, PhD, RN, CPNP
Amy Becker Manion, PhD, RN, CPNP

Dr. Amy Becker Manion is a pediatric nurse practitioner with a specialization in primary care pediatrics at Northwestern Children's Practice. Dr. Manion is also an active clinical faculty member in the College of Nursing at Rush University.

Dr. Manion has been an active member of Pathways Medical Round Table since 2003. Read More »

Michael Msall, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM
Michael Msall, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM

Dr. Msall is a professor of pediatrics as well as the Section Chief of Neurodevelopment and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Msall has been an active member of Pathways Medical Round Table since 2004. Read More »

Michael N. Nelson, PhD
Michael N. Nelson, PhD

Dr. Nelson is the Director of the Section of Pediatric Psychology at Rush Children’s Hospital. Dr. Nelson is also an associate professor of chils psychology at Rush University Medical Center.

Dr. Nelson is a founding member of Pathways Medical Round Table in 1988. Read More »

Russell Robertson, MD
Russell Robertson, MD

Vice President of Medical Affairs and Dean at Rosalind Franklin University of Chicago Medical School.

Dr. Robertson has been an active and contributing member to Pathways Medical Round Table since 2007. Read More »

John F. Sarwark, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM, FAAOS
John F. Sarwark, MD, FAAP, FAACPDM, FAAOS

Dr. Sarwark is Head, Orthopaedic Surgery Martha Washington Foundation for Handicapped Children Professor of Pediatric Orthopedics at Chilldren’s Memorial Hospital. Dr. Sarwark is also a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Sarwark has been a member of Pathways Medical Roundtable since 1993 and has served as Co-Chair since 1995. Read More »

Rosemary White-Traut, PhD, RN, FAAN
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.

Dr. White-Traut has been a member of Pathways Medical Round Table since 2003. Read More »