Care team

Providers

The provider directory should remain simple, structured, and easy to keep current as care coordination evolves.

Sky Pittson, MD

Primary care pediatrician (confirmed) · Stanford Health Care / LPCH

Jan 24, 2024 Sutcliffe new-consult questionnaire confirms Dr. Pittson as Levi's primary pediatrician and lists phone (650) 851-4747. Referred Levi to Sutcliffe Clinic for developmental-behavioral evaluation.

Trenna Sutcliffe, MD, MS, FAAP, FRCPC

Developmental-behavioral pediatrician (diagnosing clinician for autism) · Sutcliffe Clinic, Los Altos, CA

Diagnosed Levi with autism spectrum disorder (F84.0) on March 8, 2024 and oversees the ABA / developmental-pediatrics care. Previously listed in the repo as "Trenna S" with Stanford attribution; Stanford attribution was incorrect. Sutcliffe Clinic is an independent developmental-behavioral pediatrics practice in Los Altos, CA.

Heather Giacone, MD

Pediatric cardiology (signed May 24, 2024 EKG) · Stanford / LPCH

Signed abnormal EKG with QTc 460 ms on May 25, 2024.

Henry Chubb, MD

Pediatric cardiology (signed July 12, 2024 EKG) · Stanford / LPCH

Signed repeat EKG read as otherwise normal with QTcB 452 ms.

Chung Lee, MD

Ordering physician for broad metabolic / etiologic workup plus GeneDx trio whole-genome sequencing (Jan 16, 2026) · Stanford Health Care

Ordered acylcarnitines, plasma amino acids, MMA, homocysteine, creatine disorder panel, iron studies, thyroid, and CBC on Jan 16, 2026. Same date ordered the GeneDx trio whole-genome sequencing (reported Jan 29, 2026) and the mitochondrial genome (reported Jan 26, 2026). Subspecialty not explicitly captured; the pattern of orders is consistent with neurology or medical genetics.

Tina M. Cowan, PhD

Biochemical genetics laboratory director / interpreter · Stanford Hillview (Stanford Metabolic Laboratory)

Signed interpretation of normal plasma acylcarnitines and normal plasma amino acids from Jan 16, 2026 workup.

Christopher William Lee-Messer, MD, PhD

Pediatric epileptologist (core DEE-SWAS management) · Stanford Health Care

Ordered the March 23, 2026 serum autoimmune encephalitis panel. Requested both Stanford EEG studies - the 2026-03-10 EMU continuous video EEG (E26-50) and the 2026-03-26 outpatient 4-hour video EEG (V26-12). Documented "EEG looks better" MyChart message on 2026-03-26 estimating post-pulse SWI at 20-60% and describing "more focality with O1 being prominent focus"; follow-up call documentation on 2026-03-27. Core pediatric-epilepsy contact for DEE-SWAS management at Stanford.

Jonathan Bernstein, MD, PhD

Medical genetics (presumed) · Stanford Health Care

Authorized the April 6, 2026 CMP, lipid panel, and hsCRP workup. Pattern of labs suggests a pre-genetics-visit baseline; confirm subspecialty assignment.

J. Zehnder, MD

Molecular pathology interpreter · Stanford Health Care

Interpreted the May 2024 Fragile X FMR1 CGG repeat analysis (33 repeats, negative).

Christina Kong, MD

Performing clinical lab medical director · Stanford Health Care (SHC Unsolicited)

Performing medical director on Stanford MyChart lab reports.

Daniel A. Arber, MD

Clinical laboratory director (SHC Unsolicited) · Stanford Health Care

Laboratory director listed on Stanford MyChart lab reports.

Nikola A. Baumann, PhD

Laboratory director · Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Directed performing laboratory for the March 23, 2026 serum autoimmune encephalitis panel.

Genesis Trejo

Ordering clinician at UCSF (role not explicitly captured; likely RN, NP, or PA) · UCSF Health

Ordered multiple UCSF April 2026 workups (folate, IgG, thyroid antibodies, iron studies, ferritin, albumin for IgG index, full LP panel including CSF chemistries and oligoclonal bands, pyruvate). Role (RN/NP/PA/MD) not explicitly captured on the PDFs; confirm before direct outreach.

Marie Uwamahoro

Ordering clinician at UCSF (role not explicitly captured; likely RN, NP, or PA) · UCSF Health

Ordered UCSF April 2026 CBC, CMP, immunoglobulins, lipid panel, serum lactate, fasting glucose, and ammonia. Role not explicitly captured on the PDFs.

Aylin Sevil Ulku, MD

UCSF referring/attending physician for April 2026 admission and video-EEG monitoring · UCSF Health (UCSF Medical Center)

Appears as the authorizing provider on every UCSF MyChart lab in the April 2026 batch, including CBC, CMP, immunoglobulins, cytokine panel, iron studies, LP/CSF studies, and oligoclonal bands. The 2026-04-06 UCSF video-EEG report lists her as the attending/referring physician ordering the study and as the authorizing provider for the EEG ingestion. Subspecialty now more likely pediatric neurology/epilepsy given the EEG ordering role - confirm.

William Karlon, MD, PhD

Clinical laboratory director (UCSF China Basin Lab) · UCSF Health

Lab director for UCSF China Basin Lab (185 Berry St, SF). Performing lab for folate, thyroglobulin antibodies, and TPO antibodies on Apr 6, 2026.

Linlin Wang, MD, PhD

Clinical laboratory director (UCSF Mission Bay Lab) · UCSF Health

Lab director for UCSF Mission Bay Lab (1975 4th St, SF). Performing lab for UCSF April 2026 CBC, CMP, immunoglobulins, iron studies, ammonia, and CSF chemistries.

Anne Deucher, MD, PhD

Clinical laboratory director (UCSF Lab, 505 Parnassus) · UCSF Health

Lab director for UCSF Lab at 505 Parnassus. Signed the Apr 7, 2026 CSF cell count/differential panel summary.

Jonathan R. Genzen, MD, PhD

Laboratory director · ARUP Laboratories (reference lab)

Lab director at ARUP Reference Lab (Salt Lake City). Directed the performing labs for the Apr 6, 2026 serum cytokine panel and the Apr 7, 2026 CSF/serum oligoclonal bands.

P. W. Mason, MD, PhD

Laboratory director · Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute (Chantilly, VA)

Directed performing lab for the Apr 7, 2026 CSF pyruvate assay.

Melanie Ann Manning, MD

Medical geneticist; ordering physician for Stanford trio clinical exome · Stanford Medical Genetics

Authorizing / ordering clinician for the March 2025 Stanford Clinical Genomics trio clinical exome (accession G25-5346). Core medical-genetics contact at Stanford.

Devon Bonner, MS, LCGC

Genetic counselor (Stanford trio exome case) · Stanford Medical Genetics

Genetic counselor of record on the 2025 Stanford Clinical Genomics trio clinical exome. Likely primary genetics-team contact for counseling, variant review, and re-analysis requests.

Jessica Chonis, MGC, LCGC

Clinical lab genetic counselor / report author (Stanford Clinical Genomics) · Stanford Clinical Genomics Service

Prepared the 2025 Stanford trio clinical exome report (dated 03/27/2025). Works in the clinical genomics laboratory rather than the Stanford Medical Genetics clinic.

Stuart A. Scott, PhD, FACMG

Director, Stanford Clinical Genomics Service; final signatory on trio exome · Stanford Clinical Genomics Service

Director of the Stanford Clinical Genomics Service and final signatory on the 2025 trio clinical exome report (05/29/2025).

Patricia Celestino Soper, PhD

Clinical laboratory signatory (GeneDx mitochondrial genome) · GeneDx

Signed the Jan 26, 2026 GeneDx whole mitochondrial genome report (negative; haplogroup T1a1k1).

Adenrele Gleason, PhD

Clinical laboratory signatory (GeneDx trio genome) · GeneDx

Signed the Jan 29, 2026 GeneDx trio whole-genome sequencing report (negative).

Jane Juusola, PhD

Clinical laboratory signatory (GeneDx genome reanalysis) · GeneDx

Signed the Apr 9, 2026 GeneDx trio genome reanalysis (4th reanalysis, negative) with added HPO terms for EEG abnormality, epileptic encephalopathy, macrocephaly, and agitation.

Murtaza Nasir Ali

Ordering provider for UCSF April 7, 2026 brain MRI with MRS · UCSF Health

Ordering provider on the Apr 7, 2026 UCSF Mission Bay brain MRI (with and without contrast, plus MRS). Role title not explicit on the report; confirm before direct outreach.

Elham Beheshtian, MD

Neuroradiologist (dictating) for Apr 7, 2026 UCSF brain MRI · UCSF Health

Dictated the Apr 7, 2026 UCSF brain MRI read that describes nonspecific periventricular deep white matter FLAIR signal changes (R>L) with otherwise unremarkable structural imaging (hippocampi normal, no cortical dysplasia, no TSC stigmata) and unremarkable MR spectroscopy over the left basal ganglia.

Charlie Yi Wang, MD, PhD

Neuroradiologist (signing) for Apr 7, 2026 UCSF brain MRI · UCSF Health

Attending neuroradiologist who signed the finalized Apr 7, 2026 UCSF brain MRI report.

Grace Backhaus, M.Ed., BCBA

Board-certified behavior analyst (ABA program lead) · Sutcliffe Clinic, Los Altos, CA

BCBA of record for Levi's ABA program since treatment start May 9, 2024. Authored the May 12, 2024 ABA Initial Treatment Plan (35.75 hrs/wk authorized, Maximum support level) and the Nov 8, 2024 six-month ABA progress update (ABAS-3 GAC 58; VB-MAPP 18.5 -> 44.5). BCBA certification # 1-23-68088 (confirmed on both the May 12, 2024 plan and the Nov 8, 2024 progress report). 2026-04-20 update - direct report from Grace documents that OTEIM-prescribed transcranial LLLT was integrated into Levi's ABA sessions starting 2025-11-07 at 4-5x/week x 15-20 min per session (with a one-week pause 2026-02-17 for potty training), and was discontinued completely on 2026-03-11 upon DEE-SWAS confirmation; full usage history is captured in the 2026-03-11-lllt-discontinued timeline event and in Section 6 of the OTEIM extracted record. Also attended the 1/8/2026 Woodside Elementary annual IEP as outside-agency representative (see 2026-01-08-note-woodside-iep-annual).

Katherine Brenda Xiong, MD

Pediatric neurophysiology / EEG interpreting attending · Stanford Children's Health (Lucile Packard Children's Hospital)

Interpreting attending and report author for the 2026-03-10 Stanford EMU continuous video EEG (E26-50) and for the 2026-03-26 Stanford outpatient 4-hour video EEG (V26-12). The first study established DEE-SWAS with sleep SWI 95-100%; the second documented post-pulse sleep SWI 71.3%.

Jessie Kulaga-Yoskovitz, MD

Pediatric epilepsy fellow (2026-03-10 EMU admission) · Stanford Children's Health

Epilepsy fellow listed on the 2026-03-10 Stanford EMU continuous video EEG admission (E26-50). Involved in continuous review of the EEG and detections during the admission under attending Dr. Xiong.

Clare Margaret Timbie, MD, PhD

Pediatric epilepsy attending / EMU attending · UCSF Epilepsy Center (UCSF Medical Center, 400 Parnassus Avenue, 8th Floor)

Attending neurologist and signing author on the 2026-04-06 to 2026-04-07 UCSF continuous video-EEG monitoring study. Report describes only "occasional bursts of multifocal spike-wave discharges at P7/F4/T8 and T7" across nearly 20 hours with no seizures. Core UCSF pediatric-epilepsy contact going forward.

Omolara Kolawole, MD

Pediatric epilepsy fellow (UCSF) · UCSF Epilepsy Center

Epilepsy fellow on the 2026-04-06 to 2026-04-07 UCSF video-EEG monitoring study under attending Dr. Timbie. Involved in continuous review of the recording and detections during the admission.

Christine Hurley, MD

Ordering physician for May 24, 2024 Quest ClariSure OligoSNP chromosomal microarray · Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (send-to address on the CMA report; actual clinic affiliation not yet confirmed)

Listed as ordering/referring physician on the Quest Diagnostics ClariSure OligoSNP CMA report (collected 2024-05-24, reported 2024-06-05, order ID 24-250444, accession 97373873). Send-to address on the report is LPCH Clinical Lab (300 Pasteur Drive, H1524). Specialty and role in the 2024 workup is not otherwise captured in the record set — confirm whether this is a Stanford / LPCH medical-genetics or developmental-pediatrics contact who briefly intersected Levi's care in May 2024.

Erinn Askin, MA OTR/L

Occupational therapist (OT evaluator); Founder of OTEIM · OTEIM (Occupational Therapy Empowering Individual Minds)

OT evaluator on the Aug 22, 2025 OTEIM Comprehensive Neuroadaptive Therapy Evaluation & Treatment Plan - the first formal OT evaluation in Levi's corpus. Uses a proprietary "Neuroadaptive Therapy" framework that combines retained-primitive-reflex integration (MNRI/INPP-style), hemispheric-weakness profiling, and a transcranial low-level laser therapy adjunct. Clinical observations on the report (hypotonia, W-sitting, immature grasp, fragmented tracking, high arousal, messy feeding) are concrete and consistent with other reports; the framework-specific attributions and the LLLT adjunct should be treated with caution. The LLLT recommendation in particular should NOT be initiated without pediatric-epileptologist clearance given subsequent DEE-SWAS with O1/O2 occipital-lead spike-wave foci.

Jillian Yudin, M.S. CCC-SLP

Speech-language pathologist and Assistive Technology Specialist (SLP co-author on OTEIM Aug 2025 evaluation) · Collaborating SLP on OTEIM evaluations (primary practice affiliation not captured on the report)

SLP co-author and co-signer on the Aug 22, 2025 OTEIM OT+SLP evaluation. Used the Functional Communication Profile - Revised (FCP-R) to characterize Levi's communication profile. Her sections establish the first formal on-file SLP baseline (expressive/receptive language, speech production with apraxia-like features, oral mechanism exam including the first on-file craniofacial-adjacent observations of "prominent forehead, large ears, mild asymmetry"). Licensed CA SLP LIC# 33674. Primary practice location and contact channel not captured on the report - confirm before direct outreach.

Mychel Navales

Special Day Class (SDC) Teacher; Levi's primary TK classroom teacher and case manager · Woodside Elementary

Primary SDC teacher on the 1/8/2026 Woodside Elementary annual IEP. Likely case manager / day-to-day academic lead. Delivers 45 min/day Specialized Academic Instruction in the SDC classroom. Confirmed phone number from the IEP team roster.

John Bartfield

Director of Student Services, Woodside Elementary School District · Woodside Elementary School District

District-level special education administrator. Attended the 1/8/2026 annual IEP as district representative. Appropriate contact for district-level special-education issues and LEA-level concerns.

Kate Morton

School Psychologist · Woodside Elementary

School psychologist who attended the 1/8/2026 annual IEP. Likely authored / co-authored the Social Emotional Assessment (SEA) dated 1/14/2025 that forms one basis for the active BIP. Conducts psychoeducational assessments and supports behavior-plan development.

Brigit Danz

Adaptive Physical Education (APE) Teacher · Woodside Elementary

APE teacher who authored the two APE goals on Levi's 1/8/2026 IEP and delivers 30 min/week of APE services.

Adam Soffrin

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (school BCBA) · Woodside Elementary School District

School-side BCBA who authored Levi's behavior goals (transitions/flexibility and compliance) on the 1/8/2026 IEP and is responsible for school-delivered Behavior Intervention services (30 min/week). Likely author / co-author of the 2/13/2025 BIP and the 11/8/2024 FBA. Distinct from Levi's private BCBA Grace Backhaus (Sutcliffe Clinic); coordinate between school and private BCBA programs.

Leslie Davis

Occupational Therapist (school OT) · Woodside Elementary

School-based OT who authored Levi's two OT goals (visual motor / pre-writing strokes) on the 1/8/2026 IEP and delivers 30 min/week of OT services. Authored / co-authored the prior-year self-regulation / engagement OT goal that was the only goal MET across 2025-2026. Distinct from Levi's private OT Erinn Askin (OTEIM); coordinate between school and private OT.

Jennifer Mitchell

Speech and Language Pathologist (school SLP) · Woodside Elementary

School-based SLP (referenced as "Jenn Mitchell" in meeting notes). Authored the two SLP goals (requests / receptive ID) on the 1/8/2026 IEP and delivers 180 min/month of Language and Speech services. Continues the prior-year SLP goals that were not met. Distinct from Jillian Yudin (OTEIM SLP co-author); coordinate between school and private SLP.

Stacey McNamara

General Education Teacher (TK) · Woodside Elementary

General-education TK teacher who represents the general-education perspective on Levi's IEP team. Attended the 1/8/2026 annual IEP. Day-to-day interaction with Levi during the ~80% regular-class portion of the LRE schedule.

Julia Palevich

AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) Specialist · Woodside Elementary / Woodside Elementary School District

AAC specialist who authored the two AAC goals (operational competence and linguistic competence) on the 1/8/2026 IEP and delivers 240 min/month (= 4 hrs/month) of AT/AAC services. Supports Levi's iPad with TouchChat application. First on-file AAC-specialist-of-record in the corpus.