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BS from Butler University in Psychology; MS from Syracuse University in Rehabilitation Counseling with externship in Addictions. Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRCC) since 1990. Employed with Wishard/Eskenazi Hospitals since February, 1991. I currently serve on the Advisory Board for MCHD Healthy Families, and have been part of the Hospital Ethics Committee at Eskenazi for 15 years. I have a special interest in and have provided education on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome to various groups and audiences over many years and have a particular passion for working with this population of babies and their families.

Dr. Matory graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois with a Bachelor of Science Degree and in 1976 the University of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois awarded her a Medical Degree. She did her Pediatric Residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, followed by her Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship at the University of Illinois Hospital.

She is Medical Director of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana which provides care for the vulnerable populations of Marion County in central Indiana. She provides medical direction for this unit which cares for high risk newborns delivered at Eskenazi Hospital.

She is a 1999 Graduate of Depauw University and a 2002 Graduate of Indiana University McKinney School of Law. She worked as an attorney at the Department of Child Services (“DCS”) handling primarily Child in Need of Services and Termination of Parental Rights cases from 2002-2009. In January of 2009 Carey was named Chief Counsel of the Marion County Office of DCS. During that time, Carey also represented DCS in administrative hearings for licensure or other various issues, appeals, and contested adoptions.

In February 2011 she began working at Child Advocates as an attorney representing Guardians Ad Litem and the agency as a whole. Child Advocates is a non for profit agency providing GAL/CASA services to all of the children in the child welfare system in Marion County, Indiana. While at both DCS and Child Advocates Carey has been responsible for training DCS case managers or volunteer GAL/CASAs respectively on the legal aspects of their jobs. She has presented at State and National Conferences. Carey is the cofounder of the Child Advocacy Clinic at the IU McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis and currently serves as adjunct professor for the clinic.

In February 2011 she began working at Child Advocates as an attorney representing Guardians Ad Litem and the agency as a whole. Child Advocates is a non for profit agency providing GAL/CASA services to all of the children in the child welfare system in Marion County, Indiana. While at both DCS and Child Advocates Carey has been responsible for training DCS case managers or volunteer GAL/CASAs respectively on the legal aspects of their jobs. She has presented at State and National Conferences. Carey is the cofounder of the Child Advocacy Clinic at the IU McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis and currently serves as adjunct professor for the clinic.

Carey is also the mother of four daughters. She has been on the board of AFCC Indiana for two years. Carey recommends anyone with an interest in collaborative law become a member of AFCC. The trainings conducted nationally and locally, and the contacts made through AFCC are invaluable.

She has worked as a Supervisor and Program Director for community-based services and has a Continuing Studies Certificate focused in Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

She has worked with the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning with Home and Community Based Services Programs and provided home based behavioral health services. She has a bachelor’s degree focused on Child Development and Social Work from Ball State University.

Before joining CHOICE, Sarah worked with IU Health as a Lead Peer Recovery Coach, helping pilot and implement virtual recovery coaching in the IU Health emergency departments across the state. She is a student at the IU School of Social Work where she plans to earn her Master of Social Work and continue with a career focused on substance use treatment. As a person in long-term recovery herself, Sarah is passionate and dedicated in supporting efforts to change the face of addiction.

She is currently earning her certification in therapeutic humor through the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH). Over the last 20 years working in mental health, substance abuse and prevention fields, she has worked with children, adolescents, adults, families and professionals serving in a variety of roles including: community prevention coordinator, therapist, substance use educator and trainer. Ms. DeSalle has worked with healthcare, behavioral healthcare and community based organizations to implement substance use prevention interventions for the last decade. Since 2008, Ms. DeSalle has been faculty in the Department of Applied Health Science in the School of Public Health at Indiana University, Bloomington. Within the university, Ms. DeSalle serves Prevention Insights (a center at IUB) as the Director for SBIRT Implementation and Lead Motivational Interviewing (MI) Trainer. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and listed on the National Addiction Technology Transfer Center SBIRT Trainers’ Registry. Ms. DeSalle provides training and technical support with MI, SBIRT and a variety of other substance use and mental health related areas to multidisciplinary audiences both nationally and internationally. In addition to her work, she volunteers on the Board of Directors for AATH and the Cottey College Alumnae Executive Board.