CEO: Pamela Rose Gallagher Badzinski Pamela Rose Gallagher Badzinski is double board certified in both family practice and pediatric mental health. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a nurse practitioner and is both a retired officer and a disabled veteran after serving over 20 years in the military. She received her master’s degree from the Catholic University of America in 1994.

Pamela has extensive experience working with mental health conditions. While serving on active duty as a nurse officer, she was selected by the National Health Service Corp to attend graduate school full time and complete both the Adult and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program. She then passes the boards to be certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and served as a Nurse Practitioner providing medical and psychological care in a rural health clinic, a migrant health clinic and then served with the Department of Justice assigned to the Federal Bureau of prisons again providing both medical and psychological care. She retired from the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) in 2000 as a captain / 06.
At age 42, with a full military career behind her, Pamela transitioned into civilian healthcare continuing to emphasize her specialty in mental health care. While working in a primary care pediatric practice, Pamela set up specialty clinics to serve children in need of pediatric mental health care. Florida Hospital’s Centers for Child Development heard about her effective clinics and pursued her to join their practice. During her tenure at the Center of Child Development, Pamela became a highly recognized clinical specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other pediatric mental health conditions.

In 2012, Pamela passed a new board established by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB) for Pediatric and Family Nurse Practitioner. The PNCD board was designed to certify Advanced Nurse Practitioners as having the knowledge and experience to be a Pediatric Mental Health Specialist. The boards purpose is to test the skills and expirience diagnosing and treating all age groups with variety of psychiatric disorders.

Naina Mehta, MD is thrilled to join LEGS Therapy Center where she will be offering comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for children 18 months to 18 years of age.

She comes with over 30 years of experience in the field of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and is passionate about the early identification of Developmental conditions, including Autism Spectrum Disorder.

She sets her practice apart by incorporating behavioral and holistic approaches as a normal part of her treatments, in addition to prescribing medications when necessary.

She has co- published studies demonstrating the benefits of meditation, yoga and breathing practices for children and youth with ADHD and Learning Difficulties and regularly sees positive results with her patients who apply these practices.

A mother of six grown children, Dr Mehta offers families both personal parenting experience and professional coaching in working with their children’s behavioral and developmental challenges.