Dr. Elizabeth Mumper, MD

Former Medical Director of the Autism Research Institute

Dr. Mumper is a board certified pediatrician who practices an integrative approach with both her general pediatric patients (at Advocates for Children) and her patients who have autism spectrum disorders (at Advocates for Families) in Lynchburg, Virginia.  She founded the Rimland Center in 2007 to mentor clinicians who were interested in learning about the medical needs of children with developmental disorders.  For five years she was medical director of the Autism Research Institute where she was actively involved in clinician teaching and clinical research.  She has lectured widely nationally and internationally about biochemistry, gastrointestinal pathology, and immune dysregulation as they relate to children with developmental disorders including autism.