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Marilyn Agin, MD

Neurodevelopmental pediatrician Dr. Marilyn Agin is the Medical Director for Early Intervention for NYC, the largest of it's kind in the USA.  She is also the Co-Author with Lisa Geng and Malcolm Nicholl of The Late Talker book.

Dr. Agin was our dynamic (standing room only) speaker for many of our nonprofit's meetings since 2000 and presented her paper on apraxia at The First Apraxia Conference. Since Dr. Agin lectures to the medical communities about apraxia, she is aware that there are still not enough knowledgeable pediatricians available to address parents' medical concerns about late talkers versus apraxia. Dr. Agin is also aware of the strong need for more information and awareness about the speech disorder, apraxia. She has generously offered to work very closely with the Cherab Foundation as our Medical Director, including answering your questions via our email list.

After you read the following brief overview of Dr. Agin's varied background, you'll see why we feel she has the background and credentials to be Cherab Foundation's Medical Director, and the medical authority who is qualified to answer your questions about your child.

Prior to medical school, Dr. Agin received her master’s degree in Communication Disorders and was a practicing speech pathologist treating children and adults. Subsequently, she completed a combined residency in Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New York University Medical Center and the Rusk Institute. She is board certified in both fields.

After residency, Dr. Agin was in charge of the pediatric spinal cord injury program at Children's Specialized Hospital, a premier rehabilitation center in New Jersey, and lectured on the subject. She also performed neurodevelopmental evaluations for infants and children with developmental disorders. After several years at the hospital, Dr. Agin left to join a private practice in General Pediatrics and to continue performing neurodevelopmental evaluations.

As a practicing pediatrician, Dr. Agin was a keen observer of normal development during the well visits for young patients. She would often identify children with speech and language disorders, including apraxia of speech, neuromotor delays, sensorimotor dysfunction, and children on the autistic spectrum.

Currently, Dr. Agin is the Medical Director of the Early Intervention Program for the City of New York, the largest program of its kind in the country. In addition, she treats developmentally disabled children in a clinic setting and does private neurodevelopmental evaluations for children of all ages. She is passionate about early referral for developmental delays and disorders, has lectured to other Pediatricians, and has participated in numerous workshops on developmental surveillance, screening and assessment. She is a member of the New York City Chapter of the Committee on Children with Disabilities of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

In November, 1998, Dr. Agin was cited as a “Top Doc” in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by New Jersey Monthly.

Dr. Agin is married and is the mother of teenage twins.