Scientific Advisory Board

The future of infant feeding is shaped by those who ask the most important questions, challenge conventional thinking, and never stop pursuing better outcomes for babies and families.

At Dr. Brown’s Medical, we believe meaningful innovation begins by listening to the clinicians, researchers, and healthcare leaders who dedicate their careers to caring for our most vulnerable patients. That belief led to the creation of our Scientific Advisory Board.

Composed of internationally recognized experts in neonatal and pediatric feeding, this distinguished group brings together decades of clinical experience, research expertise, and leadership from across the continuum of care. Their insights help guide our research priorities, inform product innovation, strengthen educational initiatives, and ensure our work continues to reflect the latest scientific evidence and best clinical practices.

More than advisors, these professionals are partners in the shared mission to improve infants’ feeding experiences and the confidence of the families and healthcare professionals who care for them.

Together, we are advancing the science of infant feeding so that every baby and every family can experience the best possible feeding journey, guided by healthcare teams they can trust.

Meet the Experts

Our Scientific Advisory Board is a multidisciplinary, globally respected team of clinicians, researchers, and educators whose expertise spans the continuum of neonatal and pediatric feeding care. Together, they help ensure our products, programs, and research remain grounded in science and responsive to the evolving needs of clinicians and families.

Jenny Reynolds

Jenny Reynolds, MS CCC-SLP, CLC, CNT, BCS-S

Jenny Reynolds is an Advanced Clinical Specialist in the Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. She is a board-certified swallowing specialist, a certified lactation counselor, and a certified neonatal therapist. Jenny also serves as an adjunct lecturer for graduate programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas, Baylor University, Texas Tech University, and other institutions. She is an active member of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT) Professional Collaborative and serves as a co-leader and mentor for the NANT Ignite Program. Jenny co-created an interdisciplinary FEES team in the NICU and is the course director for a Neonatal and Infant FEES Course She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Health Studies at Texas Woman’s University, with plans to complete her dissertation and graduate in Summer 2026.

Memorie Gosa

Memorie M. Gosa, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Dr. Memorie M. Gosa is a pediatric speech-language pathologist, board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders, certified neonatal therapist, and associate professor & chair of the Communicative Disorders Department at The University of Alabama. She has more than twenty years of clinical and research experience in pediatric dysphagia. Her research focuses on establishing the reliability and validity of common assessment and treatment options used in pediatric dysphagia and her research has been funded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASH-F) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). She presents nationally and internationally on topics related to pediatric swallowing and feeding development and disorders. She regularly publishes in peer-reviewed journals, and she is co-editor of the textbook, Assessing and Treating Dysphagia: A Lifespan Perspective.

Raquel Garcia

Raquel Garcia, SLPD, CCC-SLP, CNT, CLC, BCS-S

Raquel Garcia is a medical speech language pathologist with a specialty in swallowing and swallowing disorders. She graduated with her Master of Science in communication disorders from Nova Southeastern University and her doctorate of speech-language pathology from Northwestern University. She has worked in the acute care and outpatient settings, where her primary objectives have been to maximize quality of life, decrease caregiver burden, and disseminate evidence-based practice. Her clinical interests include neonatal care, craniofacial differences, dysphagia, instrumental swallow assessments, and pediatric feeding disorders.

Elisa Doherty

Elisa Doherty, OTR/L, IBCLC

Elisa Doherty is a licensed and registered occupational therapist, Certified Neonatal Therapist, an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, and Small Baby Care Specialist with over twenty years of experience in infant care. She is currently employed at Missouri Baptist Medical Center of BJC Healthcare where she is recognized at the highest level for professional development and is a subject matter expert in the realm of infant feeding. Her primary area of interest and expertise has been in the development of the NICU therapy care team where she serves as the Infant Team Clinical Coordinator. Elisa has been a “Care Champion” for her hospital through the development of an interdisciplinary feeding initiative. Eleven years ago, Elisa conceptualized, initiated, and continues to grow the Infant Feeding Clinic at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, an outpatient therapy feeding program, to achieve success in long term infant feeding goals with both breast and bottle. The Infant Feeding Clinic provides evaluation and intervention for all infants with feeding difficulties that extend beyond their hospital stay. Her focus is on the fragile infant, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Late Preterm Care, feeding follow up in the birth to six-month population, and parent education and advocacy.

Krisi Brackett

Krisi Brackett PhD, CCC-SLP, C/NDT

Krisi Brackett PhD, CCC-SLP, C/NDT is a pediatric feeding/swallowing specialist with over 32 years of experience. She is a co-founder of the UNC Pediatric Feeding Team and the UNC Pediatric Dysphagia Clinic and performs MBSS and FEES. She is adjunct faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill, Yeshiva University, and UNC-Greensboro. She is an international speaker and author, developed the CAN-EAT Approach©, and is certified in Neuro-Developmental Training. She blogs about feeding at pediatricfeedingnews.com.

Katlyn McGrattan

Katlyn McGrattan, PhD

Dr. Katlyn McGrattan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech-Language- Hearing Science at the University of Minnesota, and a clinician at Masonic Children’s Hospital. Her research focuses on the refinement of pediatric dysphagia assessment to enable the provision of targeted interventions that maximize therapeutic effects. She has research lines elucidating normal infant feeding characteristics to allow greater precision in impairment cut-points, development of non-invasive instrumentation to facilitate greater accuracy in the clinical feeding assessment, and carry-over of these methods to high-risk dysphagia populations such as preterm infants and those with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Shannon Usher

Shannon Usher, MSOT, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC

Shannon is a certified neonatal therapist with nearly 15 years of experience across the NICU, high-risk feeding clinic, PICU, and inpatient pediatrics. She is the founder of Peaceful Infant, a private OT practice specializing in infant development and oral feeding, and the creator of Bottles on Purpose, the world’s only standardized system designed to resolve bottle feeding struggles in breastfeeding babies. She has shared her expertise internationally, helping clinicians and families rethink how we support infants through the most critical feeding transitions.

Emily Zimmerman

Emily Zimmerman, PhD

Dr. Emily Zimmerman is a Professor and Chair of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Northeastern University. She directs the Speech & Neurodevelopment Lab, which examines the cross-section of sucking, feeding and speech emergence across environmental, maternal, physiological, and genetic factors. Dr. Zimmerman is the principal investigator on several NIH grants examining these themes across patient populations.

Jennifer Hofherr

Jennifer Hofherr, MS, OTR/L, CNT, NTMTC

Jennifer Hofherr has been a pediatric occupational therapist for over 35 years and specializes in NICU care of the preterm infant. She is a certified Newborn Individualized Developmental Case and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) trainer since 2005 with expertise in consulting and training staff in NICUs both locally and internationally. Jennifer has been the neonatal therapy program manager at Nationwide Children’s Hospital since 2021. She has a passion for supporting infant feeding development and enhancing clinician’s capacity to provide attuned and compassionate care.

Lindsey Green

Lindsey N Green, DNP, MN, APRN-CNS, CCNS, RNC-NIC

Lindsey is a seasoned neonatal advanced practice nurse committed to advancing care across the three spheres of clinical nurse specialists: patients, nursing practice, and healthcare systems. She is passionate about continuous improvement, professional development, healthy work environments, and translating evidence into practice through interdisciplinary collaboration to deliver safe, high-quality care for patients, especially the tiniest and their families.

Louisa Ferrara-Gonzalez

Louisa Ferrara-Gonzalez, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CNT, CLC, NTMCT

Dr. Louisa is an internationally sought out mentor, advisor, consultant and presenter on all topics related to neonatal/pediatric feeding and swallowing development and disorders. She has earned a doctoral degree in speech and language pathology and has additional specialization as: Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, Board Certified Neonatal Therapist, Certified Lactation Counselor, Neonatal Touch and Massage Certified Therapist, and Trauma Informed Professional. She has over 15 years of clinical experience working with medically fragile infants and children, with a focus on NICU infants and supporting parents.