Specialties & ConditionsSpina Bifida Center Specialists and Staff
Robin M. Bowman,
MD
Director, Multidisciplinary Spina Bifida Center; Co-Director, Fetal Neurosurgery, The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health; Medical Director, Camp Independence
Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Tadanori Tomita,
MD
Attending Physican, Neurosurgery; Medical Director, Falk Brain Tumor Center; Yeager Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery; Pediatric Neurosurgery Laboratory, Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Tord D. Alden,
MD
Attending Physician, Neurosurgery; Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Arthur J. DiPatri, Jr.,
MD
Attending Physician, Neurosurgery
Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Amanda M. Saratsis,
MD
Attending Physician, Neurosurgery
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Colleen E. Rosen,
MSN, APRN-NP, PNP-BC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery
Deborah Prodoehl, RN 
Vineeta T. Swaroop,
MD
Attending Physician, Orthopaedic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
John F. Sarwark,
MD
Head, Orthopaedic Surgery; Martha Washington Foundation for Handicapped Children Professor in Pediatric Orthopedics
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Jill E. Larson,
MD
Attending Physician, Orthopaedic Surgery
Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Joanna Foley,
APRN-NP, PNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Orthopaedic Surgery
Elizabeth M. Powell,
APRN-NP, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner, Orthopaedic Surgery
Kristine Santos-Martin,
APRN, NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Orthopaedic Surgery
Jaclyn L. Papadakis
PhD
Pediatric Psychologist, The Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Zaida Torres, RN 
Elizabeth B. Yerkes,
MD
Attending Physician, Urology; Director of Neuro-urology; Co-Director of Reconstructive Pediatric Urology in the Division of Urology
Associate Professor of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Earl Y. Cheng,
MD
Division Head, Urology; Co-Head, Reconstructive Pediatric Urology; Founders’ Board Chair in Urology
Professor of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Diana K. Bowen,
MD
Attending Physician, Urology
Assistant Professor of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
David I. Chu,
MD, MSCE
Attending Physician, Urology
Assistant Professor of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Dawn D. Saldano,
APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Urology
Liza N. Beilke
APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Urology
Jennifer Wolf, RN
Hannah Callas Spina Bifida Clinical Research Coordinator II
Anna Cohen-Price, LCSW Social Work
Daniela Gacek Spina Bifida Administrative Coordinator
Roseann Greene, RN Spina Bifida Coordinator
Diana Helt Spina Bifida Project Manager
Theresa Meyer, MS, RN, CPN Spina Bifida Research Nurse
Jamie Portnoy, RD Registered Dietician
Luis Suncin Spina Bifida Scheduling Liaison
