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Join us in welcoming Tanner Britton, digital documentarian and academic content creator, to the pediatric neurosciences team. Tanner previously worked as the multimedia producer for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in Austin. He received a Bachelor of Music in business and performance from McNally Smith College of Music and has experience as a filmmaker, photographer, and videographer for commercials, documentaries, music videos, and events throughout the country.

Help us give a warm welcome to Kylene Willsey, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology. Willsey joined our team in October from Green Tree Pediatrics in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she practiced as a general pediatrician. She will be working primarily with the Dell Children’s Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion Clinic.

Willsey received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and completed her pediatrics residency at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She has been involved in the community through various sports-related initiatives, including coaching, providing sports coverage for high school football games, and performing baseline concussion testing for high school football players. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness, and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.

Welcome, Dr. Willsey!

Join us in welcoming two new colleagues to our program:

Chelsey Ortman, MD, joins our Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Center as an assistant professor of neurology at Dell Medical School. Ortman earned her medical degree from Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, GA. After her pediatrics and child neurology training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, she completed fellowships in pediatric epilepsy and advanced clinical neurophysiology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. She is board certified in neurology with special qualification in child neurology and is a member of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, American Epilepsy Society, Child Neurology Society, and American Academy of Neurology.

Leah Ferrante, MD, joins the Pediatric Neurosciences Program as an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology. After receiving her medical degree from West Virginia University School of Medicine, she completed a pediatrics residency and a neurodevelopmental disabilities residency at Baylor College of Medicine. Most recently, she completed a fetal and neonatal neurology fellowship at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is certified in neurology with special qualification in child neurology and is board eligible for certification in neurodevelopmental disabilities. She is a member of the Texas Neurological Society, Newborn Brain Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, and American Academy of Neurology.