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Joshua Alexander, MD, Program Director, TelAbility.
Director of Pediatric Rehabilitation, UNC Hospitals. Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UNC School of Medicine.
Areas of interest include cerebral palsy, spina bifida, spasticity management, the medical home for children with special health care needs, telemedicine and telehealth for children with disabilities, brain injury, and transition to adulthood for children with disabilities.


“Top Regional Doctor” - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., 2011


“Best Doctors in America”
Best Doctors, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011


“America’s Top Pediatricians”
Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Leslie Nelson, Leslie is the Event Planner for our 2011 Run, Walk & Roll. Leslie comes to us with a long history as a successful fundraiser and special events manager. She is currently President of The Nelson Group and provides fundraising and marketing support to non-profit organizations. Prior to launching her own firm, she served as Major Gift Director at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. She was also the Associate Director of Development at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. She and her husband live in Chapel Hill and have two sons Carter (4) and Hunter (1). Carter was born three months prematurely and has required many services along the way. Leslie came to learn, first hand, about TelAbility and the wonderful resources it offers families. Leslie also serves as Chair of the NC Children’s Hospital NCCC Family Advisory Board.

Stephanie Hoyer, Stephanie comes to us as a recent transplant from Austin, Texas where she owns her own fitness and nutrition business. She lives in Cary with her husband and nine year old son. With her Marketing and Administration Management background, Stephanie will be responsible for the overall administration of TelAbility/WATCH. Stephanie will be working closely with our Program Coordinator Nora Roehm, liaising within the community to ensure that we at TelAbility continue to not only meet the current needs of our kids, their parents, and the professionals who care for them, but expand our services based on those needs.

Nora Roehm, M.Ed, WATCH Member. Nora Roehm's areas of interest and experise include providing thrapy services in an inclusive manner and including children with special needs in typical setting. She also has experience with sensory processing disorders, social-emotional development, play based therapy and supporting parenting skills, etc.