Hospital for Children

Physicians and Staff

Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics

The Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics Division offers comprehensive consultation, evaluation and treatment for children, birth to age 21, with developmental and behavioral problems.

Annamiek Wilms Floet, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pedatrics
Special Interests: Developmental Disabilities; Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers; ADHD; Autism
Medical Degree: University of Leiden, Netherlands
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics
Certification: Pediatrics
410-706-2300/appointments
410-706-6538/academic office

Melissa L. Hawkins Holt, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Behavior Problems in School Age Children
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Hospital
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics
Certification:Pediatrics; Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
410-706-2300/appointments
410-706-6538/academic office

Alice B. Heisler, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Developmental Disabilities
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland Hospital/Rhode Island Hospital
Fellowship: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Certification: Pediatrics
410-706-2300/appointments
410-706-6538/academic office

Kristen M. Hurley, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Public Health Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health
Degree: Received Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health/Center for Human Nutrition; M.P.H. from Boston University School of Public Health
Fellowship: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Post Doctoral Fellow in Dr. Maureen Black's Growth and Nutrition program.
Certification: Certificate Course - Health Care in Developing Countries
410-706-2300/appointments
410-706-6538/academic office

Karla Paylor, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interests: Behavior Problems in School Age Children; Child Sexual Abuse
Medical Degree: Howard University
Residency: Sinai Hospital, Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics
Certification: Pediatrics
410-706-2300/appointments
410-706-6538/academic office

Trevor Valentine, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Degree: University of the West Indies School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Child Psychiatry; Georgetown University School of Medicine, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Certification: Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG); America Board of Pediatrics; Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
800-492-5538/appointments

This page was last updated on: September 8, 2009.

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