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Mary C. Cerreto,
PhD - Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Mcerreto@aol.com
Dr. Cerreto, a clinical psychologist, graduated from the University of Washington and completed her internship in Medical Psychology at the Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA. She has been Chief of Pediatric Psychology at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Chief Psychologist for Primary Care at Vanderbilt, Director of Psychology at Franciscan Children's Hospital and Assistant Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation. Dr. Cerreto is a fellow of the American Association on Mental Retardation, the Academy on Mental Retardation, and the American Psychological Association and a member of the STFM Group on Disabilities. She is director of the Department's Center on Self-Determination and Health, a research program committed to the elimination of health disparities of people with disabilities. Funding from the Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Fund support research in community health promotion interventions, health supports and access, and consumer-direction in health care for people with disabilities, especially for teen-agers transitioning from school to adulthood. She is currently Principal Investigator for Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program involving the largest database on the health of people with intellectual disabilities in the world. Multiple opportunities exist for Family Medicine residents and fellows to participate in this research program.
PUBLICATIONS
Cerreto, M. C. (2001) Olmstead: The Brown v. Board of Education for disability rights. Promisese, limits and issues. Journal of Public Interest Law, 3.1 (1), 47-78