Dr. Mary L. O'Connor Leppert, MD, BCh, is a neurodevelopmental pediatrician in the Department of Neurology and Developmental Medicine at Kennedy Krieger Institute.  Dr. Leppert is also the Division Director of Developmental Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  Dr. Leppert's focus is on the education on neurodevelopmental disorders. She is the founder and director of the Teaching Excellence in Neuro Development (TEND) program, the director of Kennedy Krieger Project ECHO and is the chief editor of the Kennedy Krieger Instruction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND) curriculum.  In addition, Dr. Leppert is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.