Meet Our Team

All PPTS Team

Administration

Speech Therapists

Occupational Therapists

Physical Therapists

Dietitian

Debbie Allen, OTD, OTR/L

Debbie Allen, OTD, OTR/L

Founder and Executive Director

Tahanee Karim, MBA

Tahanee Karim, MBA

Operations Manager

Mary Casilio

Care Manager

Kathi Shute, MS, CCC-SLP

Kathi Shute, MS, CCC-SLP

Lead Speech Language Pathologist

Cynthia Core, Ph.D, CCC-SLP

Cynthia Core, Ph.D, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Andrea Burns, MS, CCC-SLP

Andrea Burns, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Elizabeth Tiddy, MS, CCC-SLP

Elizabeth Tiddy, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Mercedes Zettlemoyer, MS, CCC-SLP

Mercedes Zettlemoyer, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Rachel Kaczmarczyk, MS, CCC-SLP

Rachel Kaczmarczyk, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologist

Amanda Kelley, MS, OTR/L, ATP

Amanda Kelley, MS, OTR/L, ATP

Occupational Therapist

Meilani Connolly, OTR/L

Meilani Connolly, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Brittany Libbey, MS, OTR/L

Brittany Libbey, MS, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Jiselle Velazquez, MS, OTR/L

Jiselle Velazquez, MS, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Jen Leonard, PT, DPT

Jen Leonard, PT, DPT

Lead Physical Therapist

Megan Knapick, PT, DPT

Megan Knapick, PT, DPT

Physical Therapist

Renee McGrew, RD

Renee McGrew, RD

Registered Dietitian

Premier Pediatric Therapy Source is a therapist-owned private practice providing occupational, physical, speech therapy, and nutrition services to children with special needs in the Northern Virginia area.

We offer services within the Clinic, Home, Community and Telehealth environments using a family-centered approach. By using this type of approach we believe we can maximize each child’s progress, potential and overall development!

We have had a wonderful experience with PPTS and highly recommend them to anyone." Erin Frank - Parent, 20-month-old girl

Our Philosophy

We are committed to providing high-quality therapy solutions based on the individual needs of children and families. We strive daily for excellence to deliver outcomes that will reassure families and encourage the continuation of each child’s development.

Through our strong values, clinical experience, ethical standards and devotion to family-centered care we make it our goal to provide every child with opportunities to develop skills that will support success within the environments they engage and throughout their lives.