Child Protection Team, Satellite 1A
4400 Bayon Boulevard
Suite 21
Pensacola, FL 32503
Director: Neil McWilliams, MD, FAAP
A multidisciplinary team
organized to provide services to abused and neglected children and their
families.
Pasco Family Protection Team
7619 Little Road
Suite 325 Counsel Square
New Port Richey, FL 34654
(813) 848-4878
Director: Andrew Gellady, MD, FAAP
Child protection
team of Pasco County is one of many local teams set up by Child Protection
Team of Florida. Team consists of medical directors, examining MD's,
intake people, investigators, psychologists, etc.
Center for Children in Crisis
1720 E. Tiffany Drive
Suite 101
Mangonia Park, FL 33407-3223
(407) 863-1611
Director: Lawrence R. Leviton, MD, FAAP
(407) 832-1139
Program is divided
into two separate components. (1) Case finding: 4 master degree social
workers who work up each case and provide appropriate disposition or
a investigation, staffing, etc. (2) Treatment program: 4 full time and
6 part time therapists treat victim, spouse, siblings, and perpetrators.
Child Protection Team
1750 17th Street
Sarasota, FL 34234
(813) 365-1277
Director: Hal Hedley
The CMS Child
Protection Team of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties is a medical model team.
The heart of the team is the multidisciplinary staffing model used to
help to direct cases of Child Abuse and neglect toward an appropriate
treatment plan. Case coordinators conduct video taped interviews of
children and do social assessments. Our team physicians do medical D&E's.
Our contract psychologists do evaluations.
Community Health of South Dade-Child Protection Team
10300 SW 216 Street
Miami, FL 33190
(305) 252-4822
Directors: Barbara Lew, MD, FAAP
Phyllis Harriet
This program
consists of one physician and three social workers. It provides medical
evaluation and psychological evaluation of children involved in sexual
abuse, physical abuse, medical and physical neglect, emotional abuse
and failure to thrive. It also provides family assessment. Lectures
and workshops are given to schools and hospitals in the surrounding
area. It serves as liaison between the community and HRS.
University of Miami
Child Protection Team (District 11N)
1150 NW 14th Street - Suite 212
Miami, FL 33136
(305) 243-7550
Director: Walter F. Lambert, MD
University of Miami
Child Protection Team (District 11S)
17400 SW 97th Avenue
Miami, FL 33157
(305) 234-2298
Director: Walter F. Lambert, MD
University of Miami
Child Protection Team (District 11K)
175 Wren Street
Tavernier, FL 33070
(305) 853-3526
Director: Walter F. Lambert, MD
The University
of Miami Child Protection Team is an interdisciplinary team comprised
of pediatricians, ARNP, nurses, psychologist, social workers and case
coordinators providing services in Dade and Monroe County. The program
is divided into two separate components: 1) Provides medical, psychological
and psychosocial assessments to children who are alleged victims of
physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Team is available 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. The purpose of these assessments is to assist the
Department of Children and Families in their investigation of the alleged
abuse and to provide recommendations to minimize the risk of re-abuse.
2) Provides medical and psychological assessments to children removed
from their homes as a result of an abuse allegation. The purpose of
these assessments is to identify the medical and psychological needs
of the child and assist in the Department of Children and Families in
placement decisions.
Child Protection Team
2012 Lisenby Avenue
Suite A
Panama City, FL 32405
(904) 763-8449
Director: Malcolm M. Traxler, MD, FAAP
(904) 763-5413
Our Child Protection
team is a multidisciplinary team established to protect children from
abuse and help prevent abuse. We assist the state children-youth and
families protective investigators by providing medical and psychological
evaluations, and also social evaluations by our case coordinators. Our
case coordinators do "one strike" videotaped interviews with
the children with representatives of other agencies present. We have
multidisciplinary staffings of cases when needed. Our staff does child
abuse presentations and educational work.
Child Protection Team
The Children's Advocacy Center of Volusia & Flagler Counties, Inc.
1011 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
(386) 238-3830
Director: Michael Bell, MD, FAAP
(386) 734-1824
The services of the Children's Advocacy Center are aimed at preventing child abuse, advocating for victims and offering hope and healing to victims and non-offending family members. The Center's Child Protection Team, a medically-based multidisciplinary approach to helping children who have been sexually abused, is considered the agency's core service. Victims are referred to the Child Protection Team by law enforcement or the Department of Children and Families. Services provided include video-taped forensic interviews of the victim, medical exams and consultations, case coordination and counseling referrals. This team also serves victims of severe physical abise and failure to thrive. In addition to Child Protection Team services, the agency provides counseling and abuse/re-abuse prevention programming.
University of Florida
Department of Pediatrics
Child Protection Team
1701 SW 16th Avenue
Gainesville, FL 32610
352/334-1300
352/334-1521 (Fax)
Director: Howard L.
Rogers, MD
Medically based,
multidisciplinary program providing consultative evaluations of children
and families when there are concerns regarding child abuse and/or neglect.
The team serves 16 counties of the Department of Children and Families
Districts 3 and 13 in North Central Florida. This is one of 23 such
teams throughout the state, linked by a common program, direction, and
ongoing education. The program provides expert court testimony, psychological
and medical evaluations, training for community professionals, and is
linked to the University of Florida's Pediatric Residency Training Program
with continuous monthly pediatric resident rotations.
Child Protection Team-District 6A
Manatee Children's Services
453 Cortez Road
Bradenton, FL 34207
(941) 345-1200
Medical Director: Jerome H. Isaac, MD, FAAP
A multidisciplinary
team to provide assessment activities to Department of Children and
Families child abuse investigations. The team consists of a pediatrician,
psychologist, attorney, and case coordinators. Services include medical
evaluations, video-taped forensic interviews, staffings, psychosocial
assessments, court testimony, case coordination and referrals. CPT also
provides training and education for the community in aspects of child
abuse and neglect.
Brevard County Child Protection Team
1260 So. U.S. 1, Suite 203
Rockledge, FL 32903
(407) 632-7107
Director: Donald H. Arnold, MD, FAAP
Richard K. O'Hern, MD, FAAP
(407) 636-3066
The Child Protection
Team of Brevard County assists the state of Florida Department of Health
and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) in the diagnosis and treatment of
child abuse and neglect and to coordinated services and develop treatment
plans for children and their families. CPT also provides training and
education for the community in all aspects of child abuse and neglect
and actively participates in community efforts on behalf of abused children.
Child Protection Team
1801 Miccosukee Commons Dr.,
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 487-2838
Director: Sam Moorer, MD, FAAP
(850) 877-6119
Child Protection Team of the Children's Crisis Center, Inc.
Affiliated with University of Florida/Jacksonville
PO Box 40279
Jacksonville, FL 32203
(904) 244-4670
Director: J. M. Whitworth, MD, FAAP
(904) 244-4670
CPT Medical Director: Bruce McIntosh, MD, FAAP
(904) 244-4620
Crisis oriented,
multidisciplinary team approach for assessment and evaluation of abused/neglected
children and their families. Team composed of pediatricians, psychologist,
attorney, case coordinators with varying backgrounds. A team case coordinator
and pediatrician are available 24 hours a day to provide crisis intervention,
case coordination, family system evaluation, medical/forensic examination,
legal and psychological evaluation. The team remains involved with the
family through resolution of the case.
Child Protection Team of Collier County
2500 Airport Road
Suite 308
Naples, FL
(813) 263-2858
Director: Richard E. Marting, MD
Child Protection
Team is a multidisciplinary crisis oriented approach to the identification
and treatment of child abuse and neglect. The team is composed of an
executive director, three case coordinators and a secretary. Services
provided include, medical diagnosis and evaluation, evidentiary interviews
of alleged victims, assessments of family dynamics, case staffings and
written treatment plans, psychological evaluations, assessments and
sexual abuse validation, crisis counseling, court testimony, case coordination
and referrals. Staff also provides training in the dynamics of child
abuse/neglect, it's treatment and prevention for professionals and the
community at large.
Child Protection Team-District 10
(Sexual Assault Treatment Center)
400 Northeast 4th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 765-4159
Medical Director: Penny Grant, MD, FAAP
The Broward
County Child Protection Team is a medically directed multidisciplinary
team. This team consists of a medical director, team supervisor, psychologist,
nurse practitioner, lawyer, social worker, and six masters level mental
health professionals. We receive referrals from the Department of Children
and Families, Law Enforcement, and the Dependency Court. We provide
a variety of assessment activities to address the validity of abuse
allegations, and to identify risk factors and interventions for reducing
the risk of further abuse and neglect. The assessment activities provided
include: medical examinations, medical consultations, specialized interviews,
family assessments, psychological evaluations, multidisciplinary team
staffings, case review, and expert court testimony. The team also provides
training on the dynamics, prevention, and treatment of child abuse/neglect.
Child Protection Team - District VIII-B
3900 Broadway
Suite B-1
Fort Myers, FL 33901
(941) 939-2808
Medical Director: John Ritrosky, Jr., MD, FAAP
J.W. Bartlett, MD, FAAP
A multidisciplinary team
organized to provide services to abused and neglected children and their
families.
STATE OF FLORIDA
CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
The Child Protection
Team uses a crisis-oriented, multidisciplinary approach for the evaluation
and treatment of the abused and neglected child and family. Teams act
as a consultant resource to primary investigators of allegations of
abuse. It is recognized that families in need of assistance must have
access to resources from medical, social services, legal and psychological
components to address the multi-faceted problems they face and to develop
a broad and similarly multi-faceted plan for appropriate treatment.
J. M. Whitworth, MD
Professor of Pediatrics University of Florida
Medical Director
Child Protection Teams
State of Florida
P.O. Box 40279
Jacksonville, FL 32203-0279
(904) 549-4670
District 1A Escambia, Santa Rosa
Neil McWilliams, MD, FAAP, Medical Director
Pediatric Associates
5190 Bayou Blvd., Suite
7
Pensacola, FL 32530
(850) 478-1104
(850) 478-4289(Fax)
Email: northhill@yahoo.com
Phyllis Gonzalez,
Team Coordinator
Families Count
Child Protection Team
3401 N. 12th Avenue
Pensacola, FL 32503
(850) 595-5801
(850) 474-3696 (Administration)
After Hours #: 850-416-7000 (Sacred Heart Hospital)
(850) 595-5813
Email: Phyllis Gonzalez@doh.state.fl.us
Satellite site:
Contact: Stephanie Broadnax
5518 Stewart Street
Milton, FL 32570
(850) 623-3545
(850) 623-3598 (Fax)
Email: Stephanie Broadnax@doh.state.fl.us
District
1B
Florida Child Protection Team District 1B
Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center
401 McEwen Drive
Niceville, FL 32578
(850) 833-9237, ext 3
Lynn M. Keefe, MD, FAAP, Medical Director
Cathy Cheung, Team Coordinator
Families Count
Child Protection Team
P.O. Box 1326
Niceville, FL 32588-1326
(850) 833-9237; SC: 674-9237
After Hours #: 850-301-2540 (pager)
(850) 833-9345
Email: Cathy Cheung@doh.state.fl.us
Satellite site:
Contact: Cathy Cheung or Ellie Breitenbach
3590 US Hwy 331 South, Suite 102
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433
(850) 892-5340
(850) 892-5913
District
2A Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Washington
Ingrid Rachesky, MD, FAAP, Medical Director
2550 Jenks Ave.
Panama City, FL 32405
(850) 769-1481; Hotline (850) 769-1482
(850) 763-2435
Email: ijrachesky@aol.com
Satellite site:
Contact: Angela Griffin
4452 Clinton Street
Marianna, FL
(850) 482-9568
Natalie Justin,
Team Coordinator
Gulf Coast Children's Advocacy Center, Inc.
Child Protection Team
700 W. 23rd Street, Building E, Suite 40
Panama City, FL 32405
(850) 872-4726
After Hours #: same as CPT
Fax: (850) 872-4723
Email: Natalie Justin@doh.state.fl.us
Satellite site:
Contact: Kennesse Dew
117 Waukesha Street
Bonifay, FL 32425
(850) 547-8544
Fax: (850) 547-2854
District
2B Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor,
Wakulla
Samuel H. Moorer, Jr., MD, FAAP, Medical Director
Email: drmoorer@tpcadocs.com
Kimberly Ellis, Team
Coordinator
Email: Kimberly Ellis2@doh.state.fl.us
Children's Home Society
Child Protection Team
1801 Miccousukee Commons Dr.
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 487-2838
After Hours #: same as CPT
FAX (850) 414-2494
Districts
3 Hamilton, Suwannee, Lafayette, Dixie, Columbia, Gilchrist, Levy,
Union, Bradford, Putnam, Alachua
Bethany Mohr, M.D., Associate Medical Director
E-mail: mohrba@peds.ufl.edu
Linda Galloway, Team
Coordinator
Email: Linda Galloway@doh.state.fl.us
University of Florida Dept. of Pediatrics
1701 SW 16th Avenue, Bldg. A
Gainesville, FL 32608-1173
(352) 334-1300; SC 625-1300
After Hours #: same as CPT
FAX (352) 334-1521, SC 625-1521
District
13 Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Sumter, Lake
Kelly Ferrigno, MD, Medical Director
Same adress, phone, fax as District 3 CPT
Email: ferrik@peds.ufl.edu
Tom Roane, Clinic
Supervisor
2131 SW 22nd Place
Ocala, FL 34474
(352) 873-6571
FAX: (352) 873-6593
E-mail: RoaneTh@Peds.ufl.edu
District
4 Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns
Bruce J. McIntosh, MD, FAAP, Medical Director
Email: BMCINTOS.SV-1A.SVPO@stvincentshealth.com
Valerie Stanley, Team
Coordinator
Email: Valerie Stanley@doh.state.fl.us
First Coast Child Protection Team
4539 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32207
(904) 633-0301
After Hours #: same as CPT
FAX: (904) 633-0301
District
5A Pinellas
Sally Smith, MD., Medical Director
Email: ssmith@helpachildinc.org
Patsy Buker, Ed.S., Team Coordinator
Email: Patsy Buker@doh.state.fl.us
Help a Child, Inc.
4000 Gateway Center Blvd., Suite 200
Pinellas Park, FL 33782
(727) 544-3900
After Hours #: 727-429-8962
FAX (727) 544-5577
District
5B Pasco
Doug Hasell, M.D. Medical Director
Email: doctorhaze@yahoo.com
Jon Wisenbaker, Team
Coordinator
Email: Jon Wisebaker@doh.state.fl.us
Pasco Kids First, Inc.
7615 Little Rd.
Pasco Kids First, Inc.
New Port Richey, FL 34654
(727) 845-8080
After Hours #: same as CPT
FAX: (727) 848-1292
District
6A
William G. Brooks, Jr., M.D.
Regional Medical Director (6A & 14)
Phone: 813-250-2510
Email: wmgbrooks@aol.com
Deborah Porter, Team
Coordinator
Email: Deb Porter@doh.state.fl.us
University of South Florida
Tampa General Hospital
Child Protection Team
1 Davis Boulevard, Suite 404
Tampa, FL 33606
(813) 250-2510
After Hours #: 813-216-0202
FAX (813) 250-2511
District
6B Manatee
Jerome H. Isaac, MD, FAAP, Medical Director
4901 26th Street West
Bradenton, FL 34207
(941) 753-5598
Email: jhisaac@comcast.net
Libby Maginness, Team
Coordinator
Manatee Children's Services, Inc.
Mailing address:
439 Cortez Road West
Bradenton, FL 34207
(941) 345-1200
After Hours #: 941-345-1200 ext. 205
FAX (941) 345-1211
Physical Address
453 Cortez Road West
Bradenton, FL 34207
Email: Libby Maginness@doh.state.fl.us
District
7A Orange, Osceola
Mark Kesler, MD, Medical Director
83 W. Columbia St.
Orlando. FL 32806
(407) 237-6326
FAX (407) 649-6986
E-mail: MKESLER@orhs.org
Matthew A. Seibel,
MD, FAAP, Associate Medical Director
Director
Same address, phone, fax as CPT
Email:mseibel@orhs.org
Satellite site:
1605 John Young Parkway
Kissimmee, FL 34741
(407) 518-6936
Marie Martinez,
Team Coordinator
Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems
Child Protection Team
601 W. Michigan Street
Orlando, FL 32805
(407) 317-7430
After Hours #: 407-841-5111, then '0'
FAX (407) 648-8213
Email: Marie Martinez@doh.state.fl.us
Satellite site:
1605 John Young Parkway
Kissimmee, FL 34741
(407) 518-6936
District
7B Brevard
Mary Stockett, M.D., Medical Director
Pediatrics in Brevard
1755 West Hibiscus Blvd
Melbourne, FL 32901
(321)724-5437
FAX (321) 724-570
E-mail: mstockett@pedsinbrevard.com
Kevin J. Foley, M.D., Assoc. Medical Director
7125 Murell Road
Melbourne, FL 32940
(321) 255-5448 ext 251
E-mail: Kevin.Foley@MIMA.com
Charles Biehl,
Team Coordinator
Wuesthoff Health Services
Child Protection Team
Two Suntree Place, Suite #1
Melbourne, FL 32940
(321) 259-1883
After Hours #: 321-768-9128
FAX (312) 259-2450
Email: Charles Biehl@doh.state.fl.us
District
7C Seminole
Neil Silverstein, M.D., Medical Director
Email: NEAL.SILVERSSTEIN.MD@FLHosp.org
Nate Loucks, Team Coordinator
Email: Nate Loucks@doh.state.fl.us
Kids House of Seminole, Inc.
Child Protection Team
5467 N. Ronald Reagan Blvd.
Sanford, Florida 32773
(407)302-4442
FAX (407) 302-4495
District
8ASarasota, DeSoto
Katherine Keeley, MD, Medical Director
Pediatrics Association of Sarasota
1215 East Avenue South, Suite 303
Sarasota, FL 34239
(941) 366-3000
FAX (941) 366-3002
Email: KMK0001@aol.com
Satellite site:
DeSoto County Office
310 West Whidden St. #014
Arcadia, FL 33821
(863) 993-0033
Doug Staley,
Team Coordinator
Child Protection Center,
Inc.
Child Protection Team
1750 - 17th Street, Bldg. L
Sarasota, FL 34234
(941) 365-1277
After Hours #:
(941) 366-1849 (Fax)
Email: Doug Staley@doh.state.fl.us
Satellite site:
South County Resource Center
7810 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite A-12
Venice, FL 34293
(941) 496-4416 or 496-8952
District
8B Glades, Hendry, Lee, Charlotte
Myrian Alea, M.D., Medical Director
Email: Malea@cac-swfl.org
Jill L. Turner, Team
Coordinator
Email: Jill Turner@doh.state.fl.us
Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida
Child Protection Team
3900 Broadway, Suite B-1
Fort Myers, FL 33901
(239) 939-2808
After Hours #: same as CPT
FAX (239) 939-4794
District
8C Collier
Barbara Rumberger, MD, Medical Directo
40 Heathwood Drive
Marco Island, FL 34145
(239) 394-0693
FAX: (239) 642-2321
Email: Barbara Rumberger@doh.state.fl.us
Jackie Stephens,
Team Coordinator
Collier City Child Advocacy Council, Inc.
1034 - 6th Avenue North
Naples, FL 33940
(239) 263-8383
After Hours #: same as CPT
FAX (239) 263-7931
Email: Jackie.stephens@doh.state.fl.us
District
9 Palm Beach
Philip Colaizzo, MD, FAAP, Medical Director
Email: Philip Colaizzo@doh.state.fl.us
Alison Hitchcock, Team
Coordinator
Email: Alison Hitchcock@doh.state.fl.us
The Child Protection Team of Palm Beach, Inc.
2840 6th Avenue South
Lake Worth, FL 33461
(561) 433-3544
After Hours #: 561-387-1602
(561) 357-9622 (Fax)
District
10 Broward
John E. Wright, M.D., Medical Director
Email: John.Wright@holy-cross.com
jwrighttt@aol.com
Susan Forcade, Team Coordinator
Broward County Child Protection Team
400 N.E. 4th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 765-4159 ext. 149
765-4075 (Fax)
Email: Susan Forcade@doh.state.fl.us
Diane (Dee)
Ferland (CPT Sec.)
Email: Diane Ferland@doh.state.fl.us
District
11 Dade, Monroe
Walter Lambert, MD, Medical Director
wlambert@med.miami.edu
Maryela Suarez, Prog. Admin./ Team Coordinator
Maryela Suarez@doh.state.fl.us
Susan Dandes, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Email: sdandes@med.miami.edu
University of Miami
Child Protection Team
1150 N.W. 14th Street, Suite 212
Miami, FL 33136
(305) 243-7550
(305) 243-7548 (Fax)
After Hours #: 305/243-7548
Satellite Site:
Contact: Maryela Suarez
15321 South Dixie Highway Ste #201
Miami, FL 33157
(305) 255-5584
After Hours #: 305-298-2007
Fax (305) 255-5767
District
12 Flagler, Volusia
Michael Bell, MD, Medical Director
Email: Michael Bell@doh.state.fl.us
Karen Vogt, Team Coordinator
E-mail: Karen Vogt@doh.state.fl.us
The Children's Advocacy Center of Volusia and Flagler Countiesa
344 S. Beach Street
Daytona Beach, FL 33157
(386) 238-3830
Fax (386) 238-3831
E-mail: Michael Bell@doh.state.fl.us
After Hours #: 386-831-0181
Satellite Site:
Contact: Mary Taylor
145 West Wisconsin Ave.
Deland, FL 32720
(386) 736-6641
E-Mail: MTaylor@childrensadvocacy.org
District
14 Hardee, Highlands, Polk
Williams G. Brooks, Jr., M.D.
Regional Medical Director (6A & 14)
FL Health Sciences Center
Tampa General Healthcare
Child Protection Team
1 Davis Boulevard, Suite 410
Tampa, FL 33606
(813) 251-8007
After Hours #: 813-216-0202
Fax: (813) 254-5771
E-mail: wgmbrooks@aol.com
Tom Snyder,
Team Coordinator
Children's Home Society
1260 Golfview Avenue
Bartow, FL 33830
(863) 519-3900
After Hours #: 863-249-1235
Fax (863) 519-3913
Email: Tom Snyder@doh.state.fl.us
District 15
Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie
Kerry Bartley, Team Coordinator
Children's Home Society
1111 SE Federal Hwy. Ste. 326
Stuart, FL 34994
(772) 287-8009
After Hours #: 772-579-0653 (cell)
Fax (772)221-0444
Email: Kerry Bartley@doh.state.fl.us
