Comprehensive Clinical Care for Adolescents with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Anne Sinha is a licensed occupational therapist specializing in pediatrics with an advanced practice approval for Swallowing Assessment, Evaluation or Intervention in the state of California. She has over 19 years of experience working with eating disorder patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting, primarily at Stanford Children’s. She has developed multiple behavior modification programs for patients with ARFID and is a pioneer in effective ARFID treatment. Allyson F. Sy, MS, RD has worked primarily in eating disorders for the past 10 years and is currently the Director of Nutrition at an adolescent eating disorder clinic, The Healthy Teen Project in San Francisco. Additionally, she sees clients in her private practice and specializes in ARFID nutrition care and management. She previously worked for Stanford Children’s Health, most notably as the lead dietitian for the specialized eating disorders inpatient unit, the Comprehensive Care Program, from 2016-2019.  Jennifer L. Carlson is a Clinical Professor of Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. Her clinical focus is the management of children, adolescents, and young adults with eating disorders, and she has cared for patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings for over 20 years. Jennifer Derenne MD is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. She has over 20 years of experience treating eating disorders across the lifespan at all levels of care, and has particular interest in treating ARFID patients.