The Doman International Team
Our committed team will stop at nothing to help children with special needs.
With over 250 years of combined experience in the field of child brain development, our staff is here to coach and guide you every step of the way.
Representatives
Our amazing representatives are standing by to answer your questions about our parent training courses and home treatment plans. Contact them to learn more about Doman International's work and to get started.
Colleen Hudson
USA / Canadian Representative
Colleen is our representative in the United States and Canada. Her parents employed the Doman Method with her and her siblings, so her entire life has been positively influenced by the pioneering work of Glenn Doman and the staff. She is responsible for helping our families in the United States enroll in the Doman Method Course. She is also a trained Suzuki Method violin teacher.
Colleen speaks English.
+1 (814) 232-8668
Wanda Zanghi
European Representative
Wanda has helped parents with children with special needs for over 15 years. She is responsible for informing parents about Doman International and how our programs can help rehabilitate their child with special needs. She oversees enrollments to all courses presented by the staff around the world.
Wanda speaks English, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese
+39 388 883 9308
Jagjit Kaur
Director of Representatives / Cognitive Development Staff Coach
Jagjit is our representative in Asia, India and the Middle East for Doman International, and has years of experience working with families of special needs children. She also specializes in intellectual, speech, and cognitive development.
Jagjit speaks English, Punjabi and Hindi
+91 989 950 6768
Tatiana Naporova
Russian / CIS Country Representative / Cognitive Development Staff Coach
Tatiana is our representative in Russia. She helps to enroll parents in our courses presented in Russia and other CIS countries. She also specializes in intellectual and cognitive development.
Tatiana speaks Russian and English
+79 26 947 8071
Stephanie Valdez Aguilera
Ibero-American Representative
Stephanie is the Doman International representative in Latin America and is responsible for helping Spanish-speaking parents enroll in the Doman Method Course. She is a clinical psychologist by training.
Stephanie speaks Spanish and English.
+1 (267) 968-8257
Executive Team
The Doman family continues to carry forth the discoveries and teachings of Glenn Doman and works to make his dream a reality — to help all the children worldwide reach their fullest potential.
Douglas Doman
Founder / Director of Expansion
As the Founder and President of Doman International Institute, Douglas Doman is the primary teacher of parents, and author of Fit Baby, Smart Baby, Your Baby and How to Teach Your Baby to Swim. Douglas is the world's foremost expert on childhood mobility. He has worked with thousands of families to help their children with special needs for more than four decades and has lectured to professionals and parents in over 30 countries around the world. He has worked with families to help their children with special needs for more than four decades. As the son of Katie and Glenn Doman, the founder of the Doman Method® and pioneer in the field of child brain development, Douglas works to expand his fathers legacy and the work of Doman International around the world.
Spencer Doman, M.ED.
Chief Innovation Officer
Spencer creates and innovates new programs for child development. He holds a Masters in Education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He teaches parents around the world about intellectual, cognitive, and speech development, and is in charge of all programs and training in this department. Spencer is Glenn Doman's grandson, and had the fortune to work with his grandfather and learn from him during the last seven years of his life.
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Rosalind Doman
Clinical Director
Rosalind ensures that the families have the absolute best visit experience, oversees training of new staff, and is a lead instructor in teaching motor development for forty years. She was taught by Glenn Doman himself. She went on to have four children of her own, Marlowe, Spencer, Morgan, and Noah doing a program with them. Rosalind is known for her years of expertise in child brain development combined with the practical knowledge of being a mother herself make her the best person to lead the entire clinical team.
Morgan Doman
Managing Director
Morgan oversees the day-to-day running of Doman International, ensuring that families are getting the best quality services at our parent training courses, at appointments and remotely. Morgan works to expand the reach of Doman International so parents from every continent on earth can be helped by the Doman Method®. Morgan is Glenn Doman's granddaughter.
Clinical Team
With many years of combined experience in the field of brain development, our clinical staff is here to coach and guide parents on their rehabilitation plans for their children at home.
Melissa Doman
Director of Mobility Development
Melissa is in charge of all aspects of the programs pertaining to motor development for Doman International and helps with training new staff in this area. Melissa worked under Glenn Doman for the last seven years of his life.
Natasha Lunkina
Acting Director of Respiratory Development
Natasha hails from Russia and has worked with our team for many years. She teaches the respiratory programs and coaches parents to teach their child effective respiration. With her degree in Education she has translated several of our books and information for parents from English to Russian.
Susanna Horn
Director of Cognitive Development
Susanna teaches all aspects of the intellectual program including social, cognitive and speech development. She speaks Italian and English and has the experience of over two decades working with us in teaching parents and helping families worldwide.
Jordan Earnest
Mobility Development Staff Coach
Jordan joined the Doman International team in 2017 from New Zealand, and is one of our clinicians specialized in the area of Mobility Development. Jordan was drawn to the work of Glenn Doman by the holistic, integrative and parent empowering approach of the Doman Method, that views the child and family as a whole, combining health, wellbeing, and relationships to create the best environment possible for them to reach their full potential. Jordan has many years of experience working with children, families, and parents, both through the Doman Method™ and in an Educational setting.
Marlene Marckwordt
Respiratory Development Staff Coach / Director Emeritus
Marlene is in charge of all aspects of Doman International's respiratory programs and oversees the implementation of customized dietary plans for our children. She has decades of experience in child brain development and trained directly under Glenn Doman.
Niyati Patel
Cognitive & Respiratory Development Staff Coach
Niyati is an Intellectual Department Programmer, she teaches our parents Social, Cognitive and Speech Development, along side Yoga Programs specifically designed for the wellbeing and needs of our children. Niyati has a background in Social Anthropology is a certified Yoga instructor and has many years of experience working with children, families and parents, both in a Doman Method™ and Educational setting.
Korinna Attanasio, DC
Doctor of Chiropractic in Applied Kinesiology
Dr. Attanasio is a consulting chiropractor on our staff and helps with teaching our families specific techniques in Applied Kinesiology in order to promote better mobility.
Medical Team
Dr. Stephen Matta
Medical Director of the United States
Dr. Stephen Matta, DO is an integrative physician, licensed and dually board-certified in Primary Care and Non-Surgical Orthopedics. He also specializes in Osteopathic Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, Nutrition and Functional Movement. He completed his medical education at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and his Masters in Business Administration in Health at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. He then went on to complete his Family Medicine Residency at Valley Baptist in Texas and a specialty fellowship in Sports Medicine at Mountainside Sports Medicine in New Jersey, a clinical affiliate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He has also been a team physician for the Antigua Professional Soccer Team in Antigua, Guatemala, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology Division I basketball and soccer teams, as well as several high school team sports. In addition, he has provided medical coverage for various events, including the Philadelphia Triathlon and the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Matta looks at medicine as both a science and an art. Each human being is unique and he treats each patient like a puzzle. He will not agree with slapping on a diagnosis and handing one a prescription. He uses Functional Medicine and his approach is both integrative and holistic. This means he relies on the information from in-depth examination and history to determine what the pathology is, whether it be musculoskeletal, neural, hormonal, or pathogenic.
We are very excited to have Dr. Matta as a part of our Doman International team for the United States.
Dr. Isabelle Martineau
International Medical Consultant
Dr. Isabelle Martineau graduated with an M.D. in Paris at the University of St. Pierre and Marie Curie. She is certified in the specialty of Nutrition and Endocrinology (in France Nutrition is a medical specialty).
Over the past years, she further specialized in Naturopathic Nutrition and holds a diploma from the College of Naturopathic Medicine (C.N.M.). She also specializes in Functional Medicine and has received her accreditation from the Institute for Functional Medicine (I.F.N.).
She is passionate about Functional Medicine. This approach has proven great results. It understands the body at the cellular and genetic level. It helps speed up the recovery of the children through new methods and testing.
Dr. Jelena Jovanovic
Medical Director for the Balkans
Dr. Jelena Jovanovic is a pediatrician in Belgrade, Serbia. She has a private pediatric medical practice mostly with newborn babies and small children.
She has worked for 25 years in a state primary care hospital with children up to 18 years of age and has a lot of experience with children with disabilities both motor and psychomotor.
We are very fortunate and deeply appreciative to have Dr. Jelena as part of our Doman International Institute team for our families in the Balkans.
Dr. Nabil Cachecho
Medical Director for the UAE
Dr. Cachecho is a Canadian who began working in 2013 as a Pediatric Specialist in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. He became a Paediatrician in the French School of Damascus and volunteered as a doctor of SOS villages for 15 years. From 1987 to 2013 he directed his own Pediatric Clinic in Damascus. In addition he has been a Counsellor and Paediatrician of Total, ELF-Total Oil and a Paediatrician of families of United Nations.
He is particularly interested in Feeding Programs for babies and has considerable experience with Childhood Infectious Diseases. He is fluent in Arabic, English, and French.
We are very fortunate to have Dr. Cachecho as part of our Doman International Institute Team for our families of the UAE.
Dr. Oscar Niebles
Medical Director for Colombia
Dr. Oscar Niebles is a surgeon who graduated from the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. He began his work in 2014, with postgraduate studies in Bio-regulatory Medicine, University teaching, and Comprehensive Management of Chronic Wounds.
He has 4 years of experience as a doctor in the Emergency Department of the University hospital. He teaches Medicine and Dermatology at the University. He is currently resident of a postgraduate degree in Dermatology in the city of Bogotá at the Hospital of San José.
We are very grateful to have Dr. Niebles as part of our Doman International Institute team for our families in Colombia.
Dr. Neeta Kejriwal
Medical Director for India
Dr. Neeta Kejriwal is a Pediatrician in Dwarka Sector 6, Delhi. She has more than 15 years of experience in this field. Dr. Kejriwal practices at Manipal Hospital in Dwarka Sector 6, Delhi. She completed MBBS from Guwahati Medical College in 1997 and MD - Pediatrics from Assam Medical College Dibrugarh in 2004.
She is a member of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) and Indian Medical Association (IMA).
Dr. Kejriwal is a phenomenal addition to our Doman International Institute Team for our families in India.
Health & Nutrition Team
Dr. Aravind Bagade, Ayurveda
Director of Health and Nutrition
Specializing in traditional ayurvedic medicine, Dr. Bagade helps to not only teach Nutrition Plans to our families, but he also recommends traditional ayuvedic treatments to promote health and wellness in all of our children.
Manuela Martini
Nutritionist
Having worked with our team for years to help families, Manuela coaches families on how to give their children the very best nutrition plan, and specializes in naturopathy (essential oils, Bach flower, and traditional Chinese remedies, etc.).
Alex Del Rosario
Nutritionist
Alex is a Nutritionist at Doman International. He is a Registered Nurse by training with years of experience working as a Charge Nurse in a Pediatric Emergency and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Alex is also a part of our Technical Support Team, he is the online Doman Method Course builder and manages the web portal for Online Advanced Doman Courses.
Coordination Team
Emma Esperanza
Clinical Manager
Being the primary point of contact for our families, Emma coordinates communication between the families and staff, receives all reports, and is in charge of overseeing the clinical schedule. She has years of experience working with families.
Julee Mahon
Executive Assistant to Douglas Doman / Travel Manager
Julee's love of movement brought her to Doman International. Julee is the personal assistant to Douglas Doman as well as the Travel Manager. She provides administrative assistance to Douglas as well as books and sets the finishing touches on all staff trips. Julee can be found working on her computer, or dancing!
Italian Administrative Team
Sara Balestri
Administrative Assistant, Italy
Sara coordinates the accounts office and manages administrative documentation. She organizes our auditorium in Italy where conferences are held.
Lucia Giorgi
Property Manager, Italy
She coordinates the organization and maintenance of our structure in Italy. Lucia works at the Italian Institutes for over 28 years and is very available for the needs of families.
Rosalia Gallardo
Administrative Assistant / Spanish Translator, Italy
Rosalia collaborates in welcoming families and helps in the Italian administrative office. As a mother tongue translator, she accompanies Spanish-speaking parents towards the path to enrollment in our courses. She works at the Italian Institutes for over 13 years.