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This list is divided into two categories. The first contains the names of medical doctors whose names frequently appear in parents' correspondence and are known to provide unquestioned diagnoses from which a second opinion is rarely sought. The second list is comprised of practitioners reported as excellent doctors by only one or a small number of parents. The distinction between the lists is based solely on the number of patients seen and either diagnosed or medically treated. Editorial comments following specialty are provided as information only by individual parents.

LEGACY EMANUEL PEDIATRIC DEVELOPMENT AND REHABILITATION
Portland, OR
503-413-4505
Several OT's on staff as well as PT's and SLP's. Good equipment; expensive unless insurance covers. Laura Duffy, OT, and Meredith Atkins, SLP, are both good practitioner contacts. While Duffy does much SI, work, it is unknown whether she is SII certified. Initial evaluation can be conducted by a team consisting of Susan Browder, MPH/OTR, and Nancy Sinden, MS/CCC-SLP who write detailed, useful reports.

OHSU-CDRC

OHSU-CDRC is one of many specialized clinics attached to Oregon's only medical school. Schools list this clinic as one of several resources when parents request an independent evaluation of their child. As a tax-supported institution, CDRC staff can and do appear as expert witnesses, at-table consultants for parents at Evaluation and IEP Team meetings. The clinic is composed of a primary MD diagnostician, and a team consisting of Social Workers, Speech-Language pathologists, Occupational Therapists, a Special Educational Consultant, and others. Its diagnostic process is considered to be very thorough, and its staff members may be available as consultants to parents in planning aspects of their child's IFSP's and IEP's. Some of the staff are interns, supervised by permanent staff. The diagnostic and evaluation process takes a full day. The waiting list can vary from three to six months.

E. Eugene [Gene]Stubbs MD (Child Psychiatry)
[Dr. Stubbs also maintains a private, adult diagnostic practice]
Oregon Health Sciences University, Child Development
and Rehabilitation Center, North Building
707 SW Gaines
Portland, OR
Phone: Clinic Appointments and Intake: 504-494-8312
Private phone: 503-494-8309
FAX: 503-494-4444

CHILDREN'S PROGRAM - A PRIVATE DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC

This is a private organization. Its fees are approximately $1200, whether billed to the schools or to the parent. They are NOT providers to OHP or most entitlement programs. Many insurance programs do not cover the services delivered by this entity, and parents should expect to be asked about means of payment up front. Their diagnoses are oriented towards clinical confirmation of HFA/AS. They do NOT want their clinicians subpoenaed or otherwise expected to act as as experts to Evaluation or IEP meetings, and the clinic has policies which strongly discourage professional in the Mediation or Due Process administrative law and Impartial Hearing procedures under IDEA 1997 and Section 504.
 
These are policies that a private organization can impose. The present intake staff welcome inquiries, but it is important for parents to recognize that this service strongly discourages the use of its evaluations as "ammunition" in a battle of eligibility or re-evaluations with the school districts.

Children's Program
7707 SW Capitol Highway
Portland OR 97219
General Office Number 503-452-8002
Intake Coordinator: Mindy Ranik or Michael
Direct Intake Phone Number: 503-977-0877

Staff on hand for AS work-up:
Two Developmental Pediatricians: Drs John Liedel and Kendra Farris
Two Psychologists: Jeff Sonse and Mitch Luftig
Learning Disabilities Specialist: Susan Hutchinson, M. Ed
None of these practitioners maintain private practices. The center has no SLP, OT, or PT on its team. Waiting time as of the end of March, 1999 is six weeks.

The Children's Program accepts private applications by parents. Call Mindy for that information. They also accept school referrals, paid for publicly. This requires a letter from the school or school district. For such evaluations, all billing goes directly to the school.

Their evaluation involves a three appointment process, all scheduled for different days:
(1) Pediatrician and Psychologist
(2) Educational Assessment
(3) Parent-School, or Parent meeting

The evaluations and the last step are highly individualized. They are prepared to make specific educational program recommendations to parents seeing them privately, as well as to make those same recommendations in a parent-school-clinic conference.

KAISER PERMANENTE DIAGNOSTIC AND MEDICAL CARE

As an HMO, Kaiser Permanente does not treat disabilities as such. It offers medical diagnosis of a disability, and specific medical support as a full-range pediatric medicine program. No specialized "therapy" is available for autistic children or adults. The three physicians listed below hold a diagnostic work-up conference once a week at the North Portland Interstate complex of buildings. In the case of child or adult psychiatry, Kaiser Permanent policy limits the practice of psychiatrists to medication prescription and medication evaluation and maintenance.

John Gale, MD, (Psychiatry)
Kaiser Permanente Beaverton Clinic
4855 SW Western Avenue
Beaverton, OR 97005-3499
Phone: 503-643-7565 (appointments and messages only)
FAX: 503-626-5529

Mary Lynn O'Brien, Developmental Pediatrician
PDD diagnostic team member
Kaiser Permanente Division Medical Office
7705 SE Division Street
Portland, OR 97206
Phone: 503-773-3311

Betty Reiss, MD (pronounced "Reese") Developmental Pediatrician
PDD diagnostic team member
KaiserPermanente Rockwood Medical Office
19500 SE Stark Street (border Portland and Gresham)
Portland, OR 97233
Phone: 503-669-3900


Well-Known Private Medical Specialists

David W. Willis, MD (Pediatric Developmental Psychiatrist)
Legacy-Emanuel Medical Office Building
Suite 370B
501 N. Graham
Portland, OR 97227
Phone: 503-280-4933
FAX: 503-280-0801
Email: dwillis@teleport.com

Richard M Sogn, MD (child, adolescent, young adult psychiatry)
9900 SW Wilshire Street, Suite 260
(across from St. Vincent Hospital, Cedar Hills)
Portland, OR 97225-5025
Phone: 503-292-4411
FAX: 503-292-4298

 

Medical Diagnosis and some treatment, Tourette Syndrome:
Ajit Jetmalani, MD
Providence Medical Center
NE 47th and Glisan Avenues
Portland, OR
503-215-2245. Knowledgeable about PANDAS and autistic spectrum disorders.
Hard to get appointments, but excellent in the field of TS.

Everett Lovrien, MD (can diagnose)
Medical Geneticist
Oregon Health Sciences University
Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Eugene
901 E 18th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: 541-346-3575

Elliot Morrison, MD FAACAP (Board Cert.)(Child Psychiatry; caution)
724 NW Federal
Bend, OR 97701
541-388-6737

Marv Rosen, MD
Network Behavioral Health
The Forum Building, Suite 220
525 NE Oregon
Portland
503-238-0780
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Dr. Kelvin Snyder
St. Vincent's Medical Building off of Hwy. 26
Phone: 503-296-7800
http://www.sunsetpediatrics.com

Craig Stevenson, MD, Ph.D (Pediatrician, specializing in developmental issues)
2850 East Powell Valley Road
Gresham, OR 97080
Phone 503-674-6010
FAX 503-667-0954

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