Committee Participants

Joan C. Arvedson, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA Honors & Fellow

Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders

Program Coordinator, Feeding and Swallowing Services 

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

PO Box 1997, Mail Station B340

Milwaukee, WI  53201 USA

Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

414-266-6548

jcarved@aol.com


Rosemarie Bigsby, ScD, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA

Clinical Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University  

Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk

Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants’ Hospital

Providence, RI  USA

100 Gaffney Road

South Dartmouth, MA 02748 USA

508-212-5048

rosemarie_bigsby@brown.edu


Joy V. Browne, PhD, PCNS-BC, IMH-E (IV) - Chairperson

Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Education II South Rm.  L28-5117

E. 17th Place

Campus Box C290

Aurora, CO  80045 USA

Fielding Graduate University

2020 De la Vina Street

Santa Barbara, CA 93105 USA

303-875-0585

joy.browne@childrenscolorado.org


Robert Cicco, MD

Neonatologist

2015 Swallow Hill Road

Pittsburgh, PA  15220 USA

412-498-9528

tririver818@gmail.com or rcicco@aap.net


JaNeen Cross, DSW, MSW, MBA, LICSW, LCSW-C

Assistant Professor

Howard University, School of Social Work

601 Howard Place, Rm 331

Washington, DC 20059 USA

215-305-7118

janeencross@gmail.com


Becky Hatfield

Parent Support Specialist

Parent to Parent Program

University of Utah Hospital

50 N. Medical Drive

Salt Lake, City, UT, 84132 USA

801-581-2121

becky.hatfield@hsc.utah.edu


Michael T. Hynan, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Department of Psychology

9836 Leeward Avenue

Key Largo, FL 33037 USA

305-414-8890

hynan@uwm.edu


Carol B. Jaeger, DNP, RN, NNP-BC - Coordinator

Adjunct Faculty

Advanced Nurse Practice, Doctor of Nurse Practice and 

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Programs

The Ohio State University College of Nursing

Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA 

Consultant, Carol B. Jaeger Consulting, LLC

3143 Cranston Drive, Dublin, OH 43017 USA

614-581-3647

caroljaeger75@gmail.com


Carole Kenner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF

CEO Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN)

Carol Kuser Loser Dean/Professor

School of Nursing, Health, & Exercise Science

The College of New Jersey

2000 Pennington Avenue

206 Trenton Hall

Ewing, NJ  08628 USA 

609-771-2541

kennerc@tcnj.edu


Kathleen J. S. Kolberg, PhD

Assistant Dean Undergraduate Studies

Center for Health Sciences Advising

219 Jordan Hall

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA

574-631-4890

kkolberg@nd.edu


Jan McElroy, PT, PhD, PCS, C/NDT

Adjunct Faculty, Physical Therapy Program

School of Health Professions

University of Missouri Health

801 Clark Hall

Columbia, MO  65211 USA

573-882-7103

janmcelroypt@gmail.com


Jacqueline McGrath, PhD, RN, FANP, FAAN

Thelma and Joe Crow Endowed Chair

Vice Dean for Faculty Excellence

School of Nursing

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

7703 Floyd Curl Drive, Mail Code 7951

San Antonio, TX 78229-3900 USA

210-567-5883

mcgrathj@uthscsa.edu


Raylene Phillips, MD, MA, FABM, FAAP, IBCLC

Medical Director, Neonatal Services, and Pediatric Department Chair Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta

Associate Professor of Pediatrics/Neonatology

Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Director, Newborn Neurodevelopment

Director, Breastfeeding/Lactation

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital

11175 Campus Street, CP 11121

Loma Linda, CA  92354 USA

909-558-7448

rphillips@llu.edu


Erin Ross, PhD, CCC-SLP

President, Feeding FUNdamentals, LLC

1602 Atwood Street

Longmont, CO 80501

Assistant Clinical Instructor, Center for Family and Infant Interaction

School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

University of Colorado

Aurora, CO 80045 USA 

Developmental Specialist, HealthONE Hospital Systems

Denver, Colorado USA

Faculty, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Provo, UT USA

720-320-5757

eross@feedingfundamentals.com


Amy Salisbury, PhD, APRN-BC

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Human Behavior 

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Clinical Research Specialist, and Clinical Nurse Specialist

Department of Pediatrics

Brown Center for the Study of Children at Risk

Women and Infants’ Hospital

101 Dudley Street

Providence, RI  02920 USA

401-274-1122, ext. 48935

amy_salisbury@brown.edu


Karen Smith, RNC, MEd

Clinical Developmental Specialist

NIDCAP Master Trainer

NIDCAP Federation International 

48 West Cornell Court

Meridian, ID 83646 USA

208-859-2239

kmsmith8959@centurylink.edu


Jane K. Sweeney, PT, PhD, PCS, FAPTA

Professor and Program Director, PhD Pediatric Science & Pediatric Transitional DPT

Doctoral Programs in Pediatric Science

Physical Therapy Fellowship in Neonatology

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

122 East 1700 South, Bldg 3

Provo, UT  84606 USA

Pediatric Rehab Northwest, LLC

8814 30th Street Ct NW

Gig Harbor, WA 98335 USA

253-265-3866

jksweeney@comcast.net


Consultants

 

Madge Buus-Frank, DNP, APRN-BC, FAAN

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

The Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth 

One Medical Center Drive

Lebanon, NH 03756 USA

603-748-1568

dr.madge.buus.frank@gmail.com


Beverley H. Johnson 

President/CEO

Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care

http://www.ipfcc.org

6917 Arlington Road, Suite 309

Bethesda, MD 20814 USA

301-652-0281

bjohnson@ipfcc.org


Denise Zayack, RN, BA, MPH

Collaboratives Coordinator and Coach

Division of Quality Improvement & Education

Vermont Oxford Network

33 Kilburn Street

Burlington, VT. 05401 USA

802-865-4814

DZayack@vtoxford.org


International Consultants

 

Graciela Basso, MD, PhD

Senior Master NIDCAP and Director of the Centra Latino Americana NIDCAP and APIB Trainer

Neonatologist

Hospital Fernández-Fundación Alumbrar

Buenos Aires, Argentina

0054 911 3073 5454

basso.grace@gmail.com


Dale Garton, RN, BHSc, MN

Nurse Unit Manager

NICU, Starship Child Health, Auckland District Health Board

2 Park Road 

Grafton Auckland, New Zealand

+64-21 938869

dgarton@adhb.govt.nz


Welma Lubbe, PhD, M. Tech, RN, Adv M, NE

Associate Professor

Nursing Science

Potchefstroom Campus

North-West University

11 Hoffman Street

Potchefstroom, 2351, South Africa

+27-18-299-1898 | +2782 732 4730

welma.lubbe@nwu.ac.za


Kaye Spence, NSW AM

Clinical Nurse Consultant – Neonatology

Grace Centre for Newborn Care

Cnr Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street

Westmead Locked Bag 4001

Westmead NSW 2145

Honorary Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery

Queens University Belfast

Certified NIDCAP Professional, NFI

+61 2 9845 2720

kaye.spence@health.nsw.gov.au


Juzer Tyebkhan, MD

Neonatologist and Associate Clinical Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Care (NICU)

Stollery Children’s Hospital 

Royal Alexandra Site NICU

10240 Kingsway Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta Canada AB T5H 3V9

+1 780-735-4647

juzer.tyebkhan@ahs.ca


Inga Warren, MSc, FRCOT

Co-Director, Family and Infant Neuro-Developmental Education Programme, Honorary Senior Research Associate

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gower Street, Bloomsbury, 

London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

+44 (0) 20 7679 2000

inga.warren@gmail.com 


Björn Westrup. PhD, MD

Senior Consultant in Neonatology

Director of the Karolinska NIDCAP Training & Research Center

Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital - Danderyd

Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital

SE-182 88 Stockholm, Sweden

+46 8 1235 6661

bjorn.westrup@ki.se


Gravens Founder and Coordinating Chair

Stanley N. and Mavis Graven, MD

Professor Emeritus and Neonatologist

Department of Community and Family Health

College of Public Health

University of South Florida

13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

MDC 56

Tampa, FL  33612 USA

813-974-4867

sgraven@hsc.usf.edu

mavis@graven.com