Find a Pediatric Psychologist

The treatment team will work closely with your child and the family to reach goals and assist with any needs throughout the hospital stay. There are many people with different disciplines involved in the care of your child and it is important to know their roles. Listed below is an explanation of the provider’s different roles.

Psychology Program Directors


Marisa Azaret, PsyD

Director, Department of Clinical Psychology

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pediatric psychology, parenting skills training, adolescent development, mental health prevention


Rose M Alvarez-Salvat, PhD

Child/Pediatric Psychologist and Director of Training, Psychology Doctoral Internship Program

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Training and development, consultation-liaison services, pediatric health conditions, assessment, adjustment disorders, medication adherence, autism, developmental delays and learning disorders


Sara Rivero-Conil, PsyD

Associate Director, Department of Clinical Psychology

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pediatric psychology, adjustment disorder, pediatric health conditions, bereavement, anxiety, ADHD, medication adherence, and pain management.


Saneya H. Tawfik, PhD

Director of Assessment
Associate Director, Psychology Training

Primary Office: Pinecrest

Clinical Interests: Specializes in psychoeducational psychological assessments and treatment of children and adolescents with developmental delays and neurodevelopmental disorders


Pediatric Clinical Psychologists


Amanda N Alvarez, PsyD

Child and Adolescent Psychologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Pinecrest

Clinical Interests: Dialectical and cognitive behavioral therapy, mood disorders, emerging personality disorders, suicidal ideation, self-harm, as well as behavioral problems, anxiety, and difficulties related to life stressors



Agenia Delouche, PhD

Child and Adolescent Psychologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Pinecrest

Clinical Interests: Her clinical interests include cognitive behavioral therapy, anxiety disorders, behavioral problems, mood disorders, and difficulties related to school and life stressors. She also provides assessments of children and adolescents with learning difficulties, neurodevelopmental disorders, and socioemotional difficulties through Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists’ Child and Adolescent Specialized Assessments (CASA) Program


Leslie A Garrard, PsyD

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Miami


Ana Maria Ojeda, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist

Primary Office: Coral Gables

Clinical Interests: Psychiatric disorders including major depressive disorders, mood disorders including bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), along with the treatment and prevention of suicide and self-injury



Melissa A Reyes Salgueiro, PsyD

Child and Adolescent Psychologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Adolescent therapy, family therapy, anxiety, depression, learning disorders, assessment, learning disorders and developmental delays


Silvia Schiavelli Sommers, PsyD

Child and Adolescent Psychologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pediatric psychology, pediatric and adult congenital heart disease, neonatology, family therapy, adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders, pain management, trauma and critical incident debriefings



See all Pediatric Clinical Psychologists on the Nicklaus Children's Hospital medical staff.

Pediatric Neuropsychologists


Brandon M Korman, PsyD, PhD

Supervisor, Fellowship, Internship, and Advanced Practicum in Pediatric Neuropsychology

Primary Office: Weston

Clinical Interests: Pediatric and adolescent neuropsychological assessment, epilepsy neuropsychological evaluations, memory, disorders of attention and executive skills


Kayleen S Ball, PsyD

Pediatric Neuropsychologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart defects, epilepsy, pediatric stroke, neuro-oncology/acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), solid organ transplant and mitochondrial diseases



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