Staff Directory

Richard Adams, M.D.
Pediatric Developmental Disabilities
Dr. Richard Adams is the director of pediatric developmental disabilities at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. He received both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Louisiana State University. Dr. Adams completed his pediatric internship and residency at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and did a clinical fellowship in developmental disabilities at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis. Dr. Adams serves on the consulting staff at Children's Medical Center Dallas and is an associate professor of pediatrics at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He is a governor-appointed member of the Texas Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Childhood Intervention; a member of the Medical Representative Regional Advisory Committee Medicaid Managed Care for Dallas Service Area; chairman of the Texas Pediatric Society Committee on Children with Disabilities; a fellow in the Society for Developmental Pediatrics; a member of the Camp John Marc Advisory Board and medical director of Camp TLC. Dr. Adams is one of approximately 200 physicians who have received subspecialty board certification in neurodevelopmental disabilities and was named 2002 "Child Advocate of the Year" by the Greater Texas Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.
Office: (214) 559-7855 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7855
Nurse Coordinator: (214) 559-7536 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7536

Jeffrey Black, M.D.
Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders
Dr. Jeffrey Black is the medical director of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and clinical assistant professor of Pediatrics at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He has held faculty positions with the departments of pediatrics at the University of Maryland, the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of California at San Diego. He practiced general pediatrics part time in Baltimore and taught ambulatory pediatrics at MUSC. While at UCSD, he was director of pediatric primary care and director of the Learning Evaluation Center. He has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of School Health and is a reviewer of publications for Pediatrics and the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. His publications cover topics ranging from children’s reaction to divorce, AIDS education, pediatric residency training, learning disorders, academic achievement, school readiness, subtypes of arithmetic disabilities and efficacy of dyslexia intervention. He has been the recipient of the Outstanding MSLE Professional Award from the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council and has been recognized by D Magazine as one of the best pediatric subspecialists.
Office: (214) 559-7817 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7817

Mauricio Delgado, M.D.
Neurology
Dr. Mauricio R. Delgado is director of neurology at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and professor of neurology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He received his medical degree from the University of Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. He did his internship in pediatrics and neurology at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. He received certification in neurology with special competence in child neurology and neurophysiology from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Delgado is a Fellow in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  As a clinician, he specializes in neurorehabilitation of children with motor disorders of central origin and neurogenetic disorders such as holoprosencephaly and tuberous sclerosis complex.  
Office: (214) 559-7831 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7831

Molly Dempsey, M.D.
Radiology
Dr. Molly Dempsey is the medical director of radiology at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. She received her undergraduate degree from San Diego State University and her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Dempsey completed her internal medicine internship at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California and her residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of California, Los Angeles Harbor Medical Center. She was a pediatric radiology fellow at Children’s Hospital, Boston, and clinical instructor at Harvard University. She is board certified in diagnostic radiology and holds a certificate of added qualification in pediatric radiology by the American Board of Radiology. Dr. Dempsey is clinical assistant professor in the department of radiology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She is a member of the American Roentgen Ray Society; the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology; the Radiological Society of North America; the Society of Chairmen of Radiology at Children’s Hospitals; The Society for Pediatric Radiology; and the Society of Skeletal Radiology.
Office: (214) 559-8489 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 8489
Nurse Coordinator: (214) 559-7450 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7450

Marilynn Punaro, M.D.
Rheumatology
Dr. Lynn Punaro is the medical director of the pediatric rheumatology service at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.  She received her medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and completed her pediatric residency at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.  She completed her fellowship training in pediatric rheumatology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.  Dr. Punaro is a professor of pediatrics, division director for pediatric rheumatology and program director for the pediatric rheumatology training program at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She is board certified in pediatric rheumatology and a fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.  She has been listed in the Best Doctors in America.
Office: (214) 559-7857 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7857
Nurse Coordinator: (214) 559-7538 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7538

Fay Safavi, M.D.
Anesthesiology
Dr. Fay Safavi has served as the director of anesthesiology and pain management at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children since 1993. She received her medical education from Guy's Hospital Medical School, The University of London, and is a board-certified equivalent Fellow, Faculty of Anaesthetists, The Royal College of Surgeons of England. Dr. Safavi serves as a professor in the department of anesthesiology and pain management at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Her professional memberships include the Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologists; American Society of Anesthesiology; Texas Society of Anesthesiologists; American Medical Association; Texas Medical Association; and the International Anesthesia Research Society.
Office: (214) 559-7520 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7520