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Your care may include multiple team members from UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s as well as other areas of specialty across UT Health Austin, Ascension Seton, and Dell Children’s Medical Center. It’s how we provide whole-person, multidisciplinary care, planning, and treatment for our patients.

Pediatric Psychiatry

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Janie Black, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Adjustment disorders
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Family-based treatment for eating disorders
  • Gender dysphoria/gender affirmation
  • Generalized anxiety
  • Grief/loss
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Specific phobia

Ellen Bleiweiss, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC

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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric psychiatry

Ryan Brown, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Mariel Cannady, PsyD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
  • Behavior therapy
  • Disruptive behaviors
  • Home-school collaboration
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD)
  • Parent training

David F. Curtis, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Clinical Investigation/Clinical Science
  • Disruptive Behavior Problems
  • Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
  • Pediatric Integrated Primary Care

Levi DeFilipp, PsyD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Consultation-liaison services
  • Hematology and oncology
  • Pediatrics

Terry Edwards, Jr., LCSW

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Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Children and families
  • Non-violent crisis intervention
  • Restorative practice

Ana F. El-Behadli, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Lindsey Elliott, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Somatic symptom and related disorders

Gabriel Garza, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Adolescent psychiatry
  • Child psychiatry

Sara Gill, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

David Heckler, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Pain

Meredith Holley, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD/ADD)
  • Anxiety disorders (e.g., obsessive-compulsive disorder)
  • Eligibility determination for access to educational services & accommodations
  • Learning disabilities (e.g., dyslexia and dysgraphia)
  • Neuropsychological evaluations of children and adolescents

Sasha Jaquez, PhD

Titles

Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Behavioral health
  • Chronic illness
  • Sleep disorders

Sean Kerrigan, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Eating disorders
  • Inpatient psychiatry

Roshni Koli, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Neuropsychiatry

Ankita Krishnan, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry​ at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Behavioral and emotional concerns
  • Child and adolescent anxiety
  • Culturally informed treatment and assessment
  • Child and adolescent depression
  • Evidence-based treatments (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, exposure therapy)
  • Neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder)
  • Parent management training/behavior management training
  • Trauma

J. Michele LaGrone, MD

Titles

Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Attention disorders
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Behavioral disorders
  • Benign phobic hallucinations
  • Major depressive disorders
  • Psychotic disorders

Chris Laguna, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Homelessness
  • Inpatient child and adolescent mental health
  • Integrated behavioral health
  • Integrated dual disorders treatment
  • Motivational interviewing

Alexandra Lamari-Fisher, PhD

Titles

Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry​ at Dell Children’s

Psychologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Exposure therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PICT)
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy ​(TF-CBT)

Nithya Mani, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Lynn Monnat, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety/depression
  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Disruptive behavior disorders
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Delana Parker, PhD

Titles

Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Chronic illness self-management
  • Depression
  • Pediatric pain

Puja G. Patel, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Adjustment to chronic illness
  • Anxiety
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Depression
  • Medical regimen adherence
  • Pain management

Krystle Pleitz, LCSW

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Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Adolescents
  • Chronic illness
  • Crisis intervention
  • Grief and loss
  • Individual and family therapy
  • Pediatrics

Diana Prieto, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Anxiety
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Depression
  • Mood disorders
  • Personality disorder
  • Schizophrenia

Mia Roldan, LCSW, LCDC

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Social Worker
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Eating disorders
  • Grief and loss
  • Trauma

Sarah Schoffstall, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry​ at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Deaf and hard of hearing patients

Claire Selinger, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Jeffrey Shahidullah, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Disruptive behavior disorders
  • School performance problems

Eric Shute, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
  • LGBT mental health issues
  • Pediatric somatic disorders
  • Pediatric consultation psychiatry

Amanda J. Simonton, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC

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Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Child/adolescent psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
  • Substance use disorders

Hani Talebi, PhD, LSSP

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Consultation/liaison psychology
  • Parent management training
  • Pediatric externalizing behavior disorders

Kari Whatley, MD

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Psychiatrist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s

Oscar Widales-Benitez, PhD

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Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry​ at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Bereavement, grief, and loss
  • Bilingual (Spanish and English) and LGBTQ+ affirming services
  • Internalizing disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression)
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Amanda Youngblood, MA, LPC

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Licensed Professional Counselor
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry​ at Dell Children’s

Specialization(s)

  • Adjustment concerns
  • Anxiety
  • At-risk patients
  • Mood disorders
  • Self-esteem