Dr. Marilyn Agin

Prior to medical school, Dr. Agin received her master's degree in
Communication Disorders and was a practicing speech pathologist
treating children and adults. Subsequently, she completed a combined
residency in Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at
New York University Medical Center and the Rusk Institute. She is
board certified in both fields.

After residency, Dr. Agin was in charge of the pediatric spinal cord
injury program at Children's Specialized Hospital, a premier
rehabilitation center in New Jersey, and lectured on the subject. She
also performed neurodevelopmental evaluations for infants and
children with developmental disorders. After several years at the
hospital, Dr. Agin left to join a private practice in General
Pediatrics and to continue performing neurodevelopmental evaluations.

As a practicing pediatrician, Dr. Agin was a keen observer of normal
development during the well visits for young patients.  She would
often identify children with speech and language disorders, including
apraxia of speech, neuromotor delays, sensorimotor dysfunction, and
children on the autistic spectrum.

Currently, Dr. Agin is the Medical Director of the Early Intervention
Program for the city of New York-the biggest program of its kind in
the country, and the Medical Director for CHERAB Foundation, which is one of the largest national nonprofit organizations devoted to verbal apraxia (or dyspraxia of speech) and related speech and language disorders.  In addition, she treats developmentally disabled children in a clinic setting and does private neurodevelopmental evaluations for children of all ages. children in a clinic setting and does private neurodevelopmental evaluations for children of all ages.  She is passionate about early referral for developmental delays and disorders and has lectured to other Pediatricians and participated in numerous workshops on developmental surveillance, screening and assessment.  She is a
member of the New York City Chapter of the Committee on Children with
Disabilities of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

In November, 1998, Dr. Agin was cited as a "Top Doc" in Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation by New Jersey Monthly.