Dr. Pontillo's Current and Recent Professional Activities

• Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UCSD
• Child Psychologist, TASK (The ADHD Specialty Klinic) at Healing Heart Center, Carmel Valley
• Team Member of Deep Blue Educators (deepblueeducators.org), Practical Solutions for Raising Extraordinary Children
• Sub-investigator/ Psychologist on a multi-site Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) clinical trial for children ages 6 – 17, UCSD Medical Center, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
• Psychologist, Children’s Hospital, Polinsky Children’s Center and the Developmental Screening and Enhancement Program (DSEP)
• Psychologist Consultant for infant developmental assessments conducted as part of a research study “Risk Factors During Pregnancy and Barriers to Seeking Prenatal Care for Sexually Traumatized Women”, Dept of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UCSD/Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System
• Author of “The New Face of Autism”. Article written for the Infant Development Association of California (IDA) bi-annual newsletter (in press)
• Psychologist, UCSD High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Study, Children’s Hospital
• Psychologist, Children’s Care Connection (C3), Children’s Hospital
• Presenter of “Redefining Autism”; Lecture for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for Pediatricians at Scripps Medical Building, La Jolla, August 18, 2005
• Beyond Classic Autism: Identifying and Assessing for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Early Childhood. Continuing Education (CEU) Lecture sponsored by the San Diego Psychological Association (SDPA), February 17, 2006
• ADHD in Early Childhood. Open to the public. Hosted by the ADHD Specialty Klinic (TASK), May 20th, 2006
• Presenter, Involved Exceptional Parents (IEP) Day, April 2008

• Member, Earlliest Relationship Network (ERN)
• Member, San Diego Psychological Association (SDPA)
• Member, American Psychological Association (APA)