Marshall Pediatrics physician, Dr. Marie Frazier serves as the medical director of the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) at Hoops Family Children’s Hospital.  The CAC has provided care to hundreds of children and adolescents in our community since opening in 2017.  A curriculum has been developed for the pediatric residents and hospital medicine fellows to further educate them in how to examine and care for children that have experienced sexual abuse, testify in court to aid in conviction of their perpetrators, as well as in the unique psychosocial characteristics that must be considered in caring for these children. The CAC was able to meet the criteria for national accreditation by the National Children’s Alliance and was awarded accreditation in 2020.

Angie Seay is the CAC Coordinator.  She is responsible for scheduling appointments, coordinating interviews and follow-up with law enforcement, Child Protective Services (CPS) and outside agencies involved with the children we see.  She is also our forensic interviewer (1 of 2) and has completed over 500 of the forensic interviews for the CAC.  She also has extensive experience with the CPS system as she is a licensed social worker and worked at CPS for 17 years.  She is considered the “backbone” of the CAC and an invaluable team member. 

Marie Frazier, MD
Director of CAC