PALO ALTO Calif., Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightline,
the only virtual behavioral health solution built specifically to
care for children, teens, and their families across a range of
common family challenges and childhood conditions, has announced
the addition of two clinician executives to its leadership team.
These additions come as Brightline is expanding rapidly, partnering
with leading health plans and employers to bring much-needed
support to families nationwide.
"Brightline brings a solution that makes pediatric behavioral
health care more timely, accessible, and effective."
Joining Brightline's care team leadership are:
- Peter Antall, M.D., joins
Brightline as Chief Medical Officer. A pioneer and a national
leader in telehealth, Dr. Antall is an expert in building and
managing nationally distributed clinical teams, most recently as
Chief Medical Officer at Amwell, and President of the Amwell
Medical Group. Dr. Antall is a pediatrician with 17 years of
patient care experience.
- Renee Schneider, Ph.D.,
joins Brightline as Vice President and Head of Therapy. A licensed
Clinical Psychologist committed to providing evidence-based
therapies for children, teens, and families, Dr. Schneider
previously was a clinical strategy leader at Lyra Health, where she
served as the Vice President of Clinical Quality.
"We're facing an unprecedented children's behavioral health
crisis today — one that affects not only children and adolescents,
but also their parents and caregivers," said Peter Antall, Brightline's Chief Medical
Officer. "Brightline brings a much-needed solution that makes
pediatric behavioral health care more timely, more accessible, and
more effective. I'm excited to collaborate with the clinical team
to provide critical support to families across the country."
"Throughout my career as a psychologist, I've seen just how
critical it is for families to have a multidisciplinary team to
support children with behavioral health needs," said Renee Schneider, Brightline's Vice President and
Head of Therapy. "I'm especially passionate about working with kids
on the autism spectrum, and am looking forward to expanding
Brightline's programs to provide a full, easy-to-access, and
specialized care program to support families with unique
challenges."
Drs. Antall and Schneider join current Brightline clinician
executives:
- David Grodberg, M.D.,
M.S., Chief Psychiatric Officer, is board-certified in child and
adolescent psychiatry with more than 20 years of clinical
experience evaluating and treating children, adolescents, and their
families across many conditions and levels of care. A member of the
Yale School of Medicine faculty,
Grodberg developed the Autism Mental Status Exam (AMSE), a
diagnostic assessment for autism spectrum disorder used
globally.
- Alex Boeving Allen,
Ph.D., Vice President of Care Strategy, is a licensed clinical
child and adolescent psychologist with extensive experience working
with children, teens, and their families. Previously, Allen served
as the Director of Psychosocial Services in Oncology at Wake Forest
Baptist Medical Center (now part of Atrium Health Wake Forest
Baptist).
- Irene Smith, M.S., Head
of Coaching, is Brightline's "coach for coaching." Smith has
extensive experience in implementing evidence-based coaching best
practices via 1:1 chat and online platforms to treat anxiety,
stress, depression, and other common challenges among children and
teens, as well as working directly with parents and
caregivers.
Brightline's highly-experienced team is uniquely equipped to
address the unmet needs for pediatric behavioral health services
that has led to the children's mental health crisis today.
"We are delighted to expand our clinician executive team with
Peter and Renee, who have over 15 years of experience building and
scaling high-growth virtual care and mental health and over 30
years of clinical experience in pediatrics and behavioral health,"
said Naomi Allen, Brightline CEO and
co-founder. "We are confident that the additions to this team,
alongside David, Alex, and Irene, are creating the strongest
clinician executive team in behavioral health."
To learn more about Brightline's leadership team, visit
Brightline's website.
About Brightline
Founded in 2019, Brightline is the
first comprehensive behavioral health solution built specifically
to care for children, teens, and their families across a range of
common challenges. With multidisciplinary care teams, a
family-focused approach, evidence-based care delivery, and
innovative technology, Brightline supports families with whatever
challenges they're facing and helps them thrive long-term. Founded
by leading digital health entrepreneurs Naomi
Allen and Giovanni Colella, MD, and backed by leading
investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), Oak HC/FT, and Threshold
Ventures, Brightline is headquartered in Palo Alto,
CA and expanding nationwide. Learn more at
hellobrightline.com
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