Lisa Shulman

Director of autism clinical services
Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, Montefiore Medical Center

Lisa Shulman is director of autism clinical services at the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.

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