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Dr. Andrews is an attending physician at the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and the Variety Tent #7 Robert Warner, MD Rehabilitation Center at Oishei Children's Outpatient Center. He is trained as both a pediatric psychologist and pediatrician. Dr. Andrews completed his PhD at The Ohio State University ('93) in psychology with an emphasis on behavioral pediatrics and a post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric psychology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine/Children's Seashore House. He practiced as a pediatric psychologist for 10 years before entering medical school at St. George's University ('08). He completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Jacob's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Andrews has 25 years of professional experience specializing in developmental disabilities. He evaluates and treats children and adolescents with a wide range of developmental and behavioral difficulties including the following:

• Learning disorders and other school-related learning problems;
• Attention and behavioral disorders;
• Tics, Tourette syndrome, and other habit disorders;
• Regulatory disorders including sleep disorders, feeding problems, discipline difficulties, complicated toilet-training issues, enuresis (bedwetting), and encopresis (soiling);
• Developmental disabilities including Down syndrome, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and visual and hearing impairment;
• Behavioral and developmental problems complicating the full range of pediatric chronic illnesses and disabling conditions (for example, genetic disorders, epilepsy, prematurity, diabetes, asthma, cancer).

Dr. Andrews is a member of the National Down Syndrome Congress and the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group. He is also the proud father of a daughter with Down syndrome.

Dr. Kuo is a general academic pediatrician, Division Chief of General Pediatrics at UBMD Pediatrics and the University at Buffalo, and Medical Director of Primary Care Services at Oishei Children's Hospital. He began his career with five years in full-time general pediatrics practice before completing a three year general academics pediatrics fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Following his fellowship, he was on the pediatrics faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for eight years, where he was also an attending physician at Arkansas Children's Hospital.

Dr. Kuo is particularly interested in population health, practice transformation, health care delivery and outcomes for children with special health care needs and medical complexity. His research interests focus on health care systems and quality improvement for children with special health care needs, children with medical complexity, the patient/family-centered medical home, and family-centered care.

Deborah Jacobi was initially with the Variety Tent #7 Robert Warner, MD Rehabilitation Center from 1998 to 2013 and returned in after three years at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program. She is involved in the NICU Follow-Up program, Comprehensive Diagnostic Program (CDP), motor clinic, spina bifida clinic, and the children with Down Syndrome Program. She assesses development using a variety of developmental tools with parent input, and makes recommendations including referrals to other community agencies and schools.

Deborah completed her BS in nursing at Niagara University, MS in Community Health Nursing at D’Youville College, and received her post-Masters Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from the University at Buffalo. She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Pediatric Primary Care Practitioner as well as the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board as a Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Specialist.