Cortica

Being a part of Cortica’s counseling team has empowered Olivia Krivanek, MSW, LCSW to deepen her clinical knowledge and hone her leadership skills. As a participant in Cortica’s counseling clinical ladder program, Olivia has led key clinical quality initiatives and developed her public speaking, presentation facilitation, and content creation skills. She’s also learned new ways to support children and their families through compassionate, neurodiversity-affirming counseling care. If you, like Olivia, have a passion for providing patient-centered, strengths-based mental healthcare, we'd love to connect with you. We're hiring mental health professionals nationwide! Learn more about our counseling careers here: https://lnkd.in/g6-NhhQr

We’re thrilled to share that based on our teammates’ survey feedback, we at Cortica have earned a 2024-25 Great Place To Work Certification™ in recognition of our positive culture and teammate experience! Our teammates have indicated that they appreciate Cortica’s welcoming atmosphere, are proud of our contributions to the community, and are inspired by the meaningful and rewarding roles that we offer. We are grateful to our teammates for the expertise and support they provide for our families and one another. Thanks to our teammates, we are proud to officially call Cortica a Great Place To Work! We’re better together.

Cortica co-founder and chief medical officer Dr. Suzanne Goh and members of our talent acquisition and learning and development teams recently visited our new teammates in Cary, North Carolina. During the visit, our Cary team learned about Cortica's whole-child approach, explored Cortica's learning and career development resources, and applied their new skills during interactive training sessions. We're excited to support our very first North Carolina team, and look forward to serving families in greater Raleigh from this new center!

At Cortica, licensed marriage and family therapist Carmalita M. Kemayo, MA, LMFT has found an environment that supports her in making a meaningful difference for California families, using a holistic framework that respects each person’s and family's unique strengths, needs, and goals. As part of an interdisciplinary team, Carmalita has learned about medical, developmental, and ABA therapeutic interventions that support children with neurodevelopmental differences, and has applied that knowledge to her counseling practice. In turn, she has shared cognitive, behavioral, and communication principles from mental health and wellness counseling that inform and aid the other therapies. Overall, Cortica’s care model and emphasis on continued learning have expanded Carmalita’s clinical knowledge, accelerated her personal and professional growth, and strengthened her connections with her teammates.     We’re hiring collaborative counseling professionals like Carmalita to support the children and families we serve! As part of our whole-child approach, our counselors broaden their clinical knowledge across disciplines by partnering with master practitioners across neurological, sensorimotor, communication, and behavior therapies. If you’re excited to make a lasting impact for neurodivergent children and their families, click here to view our open positions: https://lnkd.in/g6-NhhQr.

Hannah Hopke, MS, CCC-SLP spent her clinical fellowship year at Cortica and is now transitioning to a permanent, full-time speech-language pathologist role serving our Dallas-area families. Cortica’s collaborative environment has broadened Hannah’s knowledge of whole-child autism care, her own discipline, and other disciplines including occupational therapy and music therapy. Now viewing her patients’ needs and goals through a holistic lens, Hannah is excited to continue learning more through our interdisciplinary case rounds process, continuing education opportunities, and education stipends. We're hiring growth-oriented speech-language pathologists like Hannah! If you want to join a company that's excited to support your learning and professional advancement goals, we'd love to connect with you. Click here to view our open positions: https://lnkd.in/gmWeA8x.

Cortica pediatric neurologist and area medical director Dr. Gaurav Yadava, MD, recently spoke with “USA Today” about epilepsy, which commonly co-occurs with autism and ADHD. In the piece, Dr. Yadava explores what causes epilepsy, the role that EEGs play in epilepsy diagnostics, how epilepsy is treated, and more. Click here to view the article: https://lnkd.in/gtWd9cgc.   At Cortica, our caring and experienced team offers EEG testing services for current clients and non-clients alike, with minimal to no wait times. We partner with families and referring physicians to diagnose and monitor conditions including epilepsy, seizures, and sleep disorders, using EEGs administered by pediatric neurodiagnostic technologists and epileptologists. To schedule an appointment, visit https://lnkd.in/gJbwSfEn.

In a recently released episode of “The Autism Dad” podcast, Cortica co-founder and chief medical officer Dr. Suzanne Goh, MD, BCBA spoke with host Rob Gorski about conditions that commonly co-occur with autism, the critical role that pediatric neurologists play in autism diagnosis and care, how caregivers can better advocate for children with neurodevelopmental differences, and the holistic autism care approach explored in Dr. Goh’s new book, “Magnificent Minds.” Click here to listen to the episode: https://lnkd.in/gBp8wPUQ.

We thank Behavioral Health Business and Chris Larson for inviting our CEO Neil Hattangadi, MD, MSc to speak at yesterday's inaugural Autism & Addiction Treatment Forum and explore the latest trends, challenges and opportunities in the autism care field. It was an honor to be a part of this event, to engage in the discussion with fellow panelist Mark Shalvarjian, and to connect with the other autism care professionals in attendance in Chicago!

During Cortica’s recent hackathon, our talented software and data engineers came together to innovate and create AI-driven solutions to enhance our services for families and teammates. Together, our mixed teams of IT experts developed impressive applications to streamline processes for internal documentation and improve communication with families. Congratulations to senior website developer Marley Doughty, data engineer Christopher Stoddard, and senior software engineer Sushma Tipirneni, whose hackathon-winning speech-to-text application stood out for its practicality, ease of use, and potential impact on our daily operations! We appreciate all hackathon participants for their ongoing engagement, innovation, and creativity.

Cortica’s strengths-based, holistic approach to care inspires Natalie Worley, MS, CCC-SLP as she develops personalized care plans for families in greater Dallas. Natalie, who holds a certificate of mastery in the DIR/Greenspan Floortime Approach and Natural Language Acquisition framework, focuses on sensory integration and child-led play to enhance language development. As part of our interdisciplinary team, she brings expertise in gestalt language processing and assistive technology to ensure that each child meets their goals and builds confidence in their abilities. We're hiring talented speech-language pathologists like Natalie at our centers nationwide! If you'd like to join a team of interdisciplinary experts committed to providing excellent clinical care and supporting your continued growth and development, we invite you to learn more about our career opportunities here: https://lnkd.in/gmWeA8x