To promote the optimal health and well being of children and youth with special health care needs by providing family centered, comprehensive prevention, intervention and treatment services within a medical home environment.
Established in 1983 as the follow-up program of the states Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center system, Childrens Diagnostic & Treatment Center (CDTC) has grown to be one of the largest childrens agencies in South Florida. Today we serve more than 11,000 children and youth annually.
The Centers focus has always been to provide medical care, case management, social services and other types of intervention to children and adolescents with chronic illnesses and development disabilities and to provide support and education to their families.
As an independent, non-profit organization, CDTC relies upon grants and private donations to provide essential care and services for our children and families.The generosity of the community ensures that no parent ever has to choose between basic living necessities and the best medical care and services for their child with special needs.
Ana E. Calderon Randazzo, Ph.D. is the Executive Director at Childrens Diagnostic & Treatment Center (CDTC) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology in 1990 from the University of Virginia. While at the University, she was the recipient of the National Science Foundation Minority Fellowship.
Dr. Calderon Randazzo has been working at Childrens Diagnostic & Treatment Center for the past three decades. The Center provides extensive developmental follow-up, medical care, dental care, comprehensive case management, clinical trials, and early intervention services to nearly 11,000 medically fragile infants, children, adolescents and women with disabilities and chronic illnesses in Broward County.
One of Dr. Calderon Randazzos proudest accomplishments is having CDTCs primary care program recognized as a Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The other is the opening of our Pediatric Dental Clinic, which today provides services to any child with special needs in Broward County regardless of where they receive their primary care.
Dr. Calderon Randazzo is a proud graduate of Leadership Ft. Lauderdale Class 16 and Leadership Broward Class XXXI. She is also a member of the Broward Chamber of Nonprofit Organizations as well as the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce.
She has been selected as one of 12 Hispanic Women of Distinction by Latina Magazine and Healthcare Administrator of the Year by the American Business Womens Association. She received the Sheriffs Special Recognition Award by the BSO Sheriffs office, as well as the Liberty Bell Award from the Broward County Bar Association. Most recently, she was recognized by the Boys & Girls Club for the second time as one of 100 Outstanding Women of Broward County. She was also honored by the Marine Industry Cares Foundation as a 2017 Class of Chairmans Honoree, named Child Advocate of the Year by the Heart Gallery in 2017, recognized by Deliver the Dream as a Community Champion, and most recently received South Florida Business & Wealths Prestigious Women Award in Healthcare in 2021.