Dr. Snider is an attending
developmental-behavioral pediatrician at the For OC Kids Neurodevelopmental
Center and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at University of
California, Irvine. Her current clinical focus is early diagnostic assessment of
children with suspected autism spectrum disorders and other neurodevelopmental
disabilities. Since coming to the University of California, Irvine in September
2007, Dr. Snider has been investigating the utility of a clinical ADOS
assessment in children with suspected autism spectrum disorders, the correlation
of language development and ABR findings in children with autism spectrum
disorders, and working on a pilot case ascertainment screen for children with an
autism spectrum disorder with the National Children's Study. Dr. Snider completed her undergraduate
work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she received a dual
degree in Cognitive Science and Biology and conducted research on the structural
and functional organization of the basal ganglia. She graduated from the
University of Southern California, School of Medicine and did her pediatric
training at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. She completed a clinical research
fellowship at the National Institute of Mental Health in the branch of
Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry. While at the NIMH, Dr. Snider
conducted multiple clinical studies and published extensively on childhood
anxiety disorders and autoimmune neuropsychiatric conditions. During her
fellowship in developmental-behavioral pediatrics, Dr. Snider continued to
conduct research in conjunction with the NIMH on characterization and
immunologic investigations of autistic spectrum disorders.
Lisa A. Snider, MD, F.A.A.P.
CHOC/UCI
Neurodevelopmental Programs
Sponsored by The Children and Families
Commission of Orange County
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