Trenna Sutcliffe, M.D.

Yeah, my husband got there in 04. I was there in 05. So I did my DBP training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. So I'm Canadian. Trained to sick kids, an incredible place to train with volume of cases and complexity of cases. So it was a fantastic place.

Yeah, my husband got there in 04. I was there in 05. So I did my DBP training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. So I'm Canadian. Trained to sick kids, an incredible place to train with volume of cases and complexity of cases. So it was a fantastic place.

Yeah, it is. It is a fantastic place to train. And so I did pediatrics, pediatric neurology, and developmental behavioral pediatrics there. My interests and passions were always genetics, the human brain, developing human, neuroplasticity. I did a lot of research in neuroplasticity. And then 20 years ago, moved to California in the Bay Area and took a job at Stanford.

Yeah, it is. It is a fantastic place to train. And so I did pediatrics, pediatric neurology, and developmental behavioral pediatrics there. My interests and passions were always genetics, the human brain, developing human, neuroplasticity. I did a lot of research in neuroplasticity. And then 20 years ago, moved to California in the Bay Area and took a job at Stanford.

But the field of DPP was brand new. So as I said, like it is just starting out. So they did not have a developmental behavioral pediatrician yet at Stanford. So I was the first there. After me, they hired an incredible developmental pediatrician by the name of Heidi Feldman, who then created the division of DPP at Stanford. And she's still there and they have a fantastic team. group there now.

But the field of DPP was brand new. So as I said, like it is just starting out. So they did not have a developmental behavioral pediatrician yet at Stanford. So I was the first there. After me, they hired an incredible developmental pediatrician by the name of Heidi Feldman, who then created the division of DPP at Stanford. And she's still there and they have a fantastic team. group there now.

But I arrived, there was nobody else. I was at Stanford for a number of years and did research, clinical work, as well as medical education teaching. And then after that, I focused on the clinical piece and went to a large clinical organization, did clinical work. But then 10 years ago in 2014, decided to leave the traditional model and start my own multidisciplinary clinic.

But I arrived, there was nobody else. I was at Stanford for a number of years and did research, clinical work, as well as medical education teaching. And then after that, I focused on the clinical piece and went to a large clinical organization, did clinical work. But then 10 years ago in 2014, decided to leave the traditional model and start my own multidisciplinary clinic.

I felt that I could help my families and patients more and or differently. I wanted to make an impact. That's one of my passions is always to make a difference. And I felt that I was a little bit stuck in the model and it's just the medical model. There's so many good things about it, but to help the families the way I wanted to with my values, which I can describe, I needed to leave.

I felt that I could help my families and patients more and or differently. I wanted to make an impact. That's one of my passions is always to make a difference. And I felt that I was a little bit stuck in the model and it's just the medical model. There's so many good things about it, but to help the families the way I wanted to with my values, which I can describe, I needed to leave.

And what did I value? So one, I believe in promoting health and wellbeing and And that's all about DBP, development of behavior. It's about promoting health. Where medical centers have been in the past, primarily focused on treating disease. So that was one thing. Two, I really believe in multidisciplinary teams and really having an integrated team.

And what did I value? So one, I believe in promoting health and wellbeing and And that's all about DBP, development of behavior. It's about promoting health. Where medical centers have been in the past, primarily focused on treating disease. So that was one thing. Two, I really believe in multidisciplinary teams and really having an integrated team.

In this area, as I described, understand the whole child requires not just a physician, requires therapists, psychologists, teachers, different types of professionals. And I really believe that to make a difference, those professionals have to be integrated. If you want a touchdown, all the players need to be reading the same playbook.

In this area, as I described, understand the whole child requires not just a physician, requires therapists, psychologists, teachers, different types of professionals. And I really believe that to make a difference, those professionals have to be integrated. If you want a touchdown, all the players need to be reading the same playbook.

And so I felt like a lot of the families I was seeing, they would come see me in the medical center, the doctor. But there was the school and there was the therapist and we had all these different silos. So I really believed I needed to bring the silos together. Another thing is I believe in community collaboration. So that's actually the bridge to education.

And so I felt like a lot of the families I was seeing, they would come see me in the medical center, the doctor. But there was the school and there was the therapist and we had all these different silos. So I really believed I needed to bring the silos together. Another thing is I believe in community collaboration. So that's actually the bridge to education.

And that's actually really hard to do in a standard medical model is to really have collaboration with the school. So now I do school observations. I go to IEP meetings. I work with teachers and classrooms because I know that to move the needle with the patients I see, I need to do that.

And that's actually really hard to do in a standard medical model is to really have collaboration with the school. So now I do school observations. I go to IEP meetings. I work with teachers and classrooms because I know that to move the needle with the patients I see, I need to do that.

I need to see what they look like at school. And then I believe that the family is the patient, not just the child. If I am going to make a difference in a child's life, I work with the parents a lot. It's amazing how powerful parenting can be and training parents. And again, this is the social piece, the dynamics.

I need to see what they look like at school. And then I believe that the family is the patient, not just the child. If I am going to make a difference in a child's life, I work with the parents a lot. It's amazing how powerful parenting can be and training parents. And again, this is the social piece, the dynamics.