Marela Del Carmen Firpi Gonzalez

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Lauren M. Berrill

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Marnina B. Stimmel

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Erica F. Weiss

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<p>Dr. Erica Weiss is a clinical neuropsychologist who completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a&nbsp;<span class="highlight">Health</span>&nbsp;emphasis at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University. She completed her clinical internship and post-doctoral fellowship training in Clinical Neuropsychology within the division of Neuropsychology at Montefiore.&nbsp; Dr. Weiss is now director of that fellowship program and assistant professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. &nbsp;She is Associate Director of Neuropsychology at the Montefiore Center for the Aging Brain, Director of Neuropsychology for the Hudson Valley Center of Excellence in Alzheimer&rsquo;s Disease and Director of Neuropsychology at the Montefiore Memory Disorders Clinic.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dr Weiss&rsquo; clinical work includes the cognitive evaluation of children and adults with a variety of neurological disorders including epilepsy and dementia. She spearheaded the expansion of clinical neuropsychology services through the creation of a bilingual internship and fellowship program in Clinical Neuropsychology.&nbsp;</p>

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Cognitive correlates of childhood epilepsies and Febrile Status Epilepticus; cognition in healthy aging and exceptional longevity, briefer neurocognitive evaluations and their usefulness in clinical/ research settings.
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Dr. Weiss&rsquo; clinical work includes the cognitive evaluation of children and adults with a variety of neurological disorders including but no limited to multiple sclerosis/neuroimmunological disorders, epilepsy, and dementia.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Research foci include cognition in healthy aging and exceptional longevity, briefer neurocognitive evaluations and their usefulness in clinical/ research settings, and cognitive correlates of childhood epilepsies and Febrile Status Epilepticus. Particular interest in improving how various providers assess cognition.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Jamie T. Twaite

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Dr. Twaite&rsquo;s clinical focus is on the neuropsychological evaluation and rehabilitation of individuals with cognitive and emotional concerns related to neurologic, medical, and psychiatric illness. She has a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of dementias and acquired brain injury(ABI), as well as in the rehabilitation of of spinal cord injury (both with and without concurrent ABI).<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Dr. Twaite&rsquo;s research interests include cognitive and emotional functioning following stroke, TBI, and other acquired brain injury, as well as in individuals with Parkinson&rsquo;s disease and in healthy populations, such as musicians.<quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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<p>Jamie Twaite, PhD, is a Neuropsychologist, Co-Director, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital&rsquo;s Concussion Management Program, Director, Neuropsychology Externship and Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on the neuropsychological evaluation and rehabilitation of individuals with cognitive and emotional concerns related to neurologic, medical and psychiatric illnesses. She has a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of dementia and acquired brain injury (ABI), as well as in the rehabilitation of spinal cord injury (both with and without concurrent ABI).</p><p>After completing her Master of Psychology at Columbia University in 2008, Dr. Twaite pursued her Doctor of Philosophy in psychology at City University of New York (CUNY), earning the degree in 2016. That same year, she completed an APA-accredited predoctoral internship in clinical psychology-adult neuropsychology track with the Henry Ford Health System. She then went on to complete her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology with the Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital, with focused training in the assessment of memory disorders/dementias, acquired brain injuries, and severe and persistent mental illness.</p><p>Dr. Twaite&rsquo;s research interests include cognitive and emotional functioning following stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other acquired brain injury in individuals with Parkinson&rsquo;s disease as well as in healthy populations, such as in musicians. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and she has given paper and poster presentations at scientific meetings nationally and internationally. Dr. Twaite is a reviewer for the <em>Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology</em> and the <em>Journal of Psycholinguistic Research</em>.</p><p>Dr. Twaite is a member of several professional associations, including the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology and the International Neuropsychological Society. In 2013, Dr. Twaite received the Graduate Center Doctoral Student Research Grant from CUNY.</p>

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John J. McGinley

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<p>Dr. John McGinley is Assistant Professor in Neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Director of Neuropsychology at the Montefiore Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.&nbsp; He is a Licensed Psychologist/Clinical Neuropsychologist in the Montefiore Department of Neurology.&nbsp; Dr. McGinley completed his clinical psychology internship in adult and pediatrics at St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center on Long Island and earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University where he annually guest lecturer's on the topics of Epilepsy.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>RECENT PUBLICATIONS</strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Mandge V, Correa DJ, <strong>McGinley J</strong>, Boro A, Legatt AD, Haut SR. Factors associated with patients not proceeding with proposed resective epilepsy surgery.&nbsp;<em>Seizure</em>, 91:402-408. (2021)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #201f1e; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Dobrowolski C, <strong>McGinley J</strong>, Fazzari M, Su J, Bingham KS, Anderson N, Ruttan L, Beaton DE, Wither JE, Tartaglia MC, Kakvan M, Bonilla D, Choi MY, Fritzler MJ, Diaz-Martinez JP, Katz P, Green R, Putterman C, Touma Z. (First Published online 9/22/2022). &nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #2a2a2a; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Association of mycophenolate and azathioprine use with cognitive function in systemic lupus.&nbsp; <em>Rheumatology, 62</em>(5): 1860-1869 (2023)</span></p>

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49349
Biography

<p>John McGinley, PhD, FAES, is Director, Neuropsychology, Comprehensive Epilepsy Management Center at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. McGinley's clinical focus includes the presurgical neuropsychological assessment of adults and children with epilepsy, the multidisciplinary administration of the Wada procedure and the facilitation of intraoperative language mapping. He also performs presurgical neuropsychological evaluations of patients with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, such as dystonia and essential tremor to assist with the determination of deep brain stimulation (DBS) suitability. Dr. McGinley also conducts brief neuropsychological evaluations for the assessment of dementia at the Center for the Aging Brain (CAB) as part of a multidisciplinary team of Neurologists, Geriatricians and Neuropsychologists.</p><p>After he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Saint Peter's College in 1989, Dr. McGinley earned his Master of Science in applied psychology with a research concentration from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1992. He earned his Master of Social Work at the City University of New York in 1996 and combined his clinical and research interests through the attainment of a scientist-practitioner Doctor of Philosophy in clinical health psychology at Yeshiva University. in 2001. Dr. McGinley completed his psychology internship at St. Charles Hospital &amp; Rehabilitation Center in 2001, with postdoctoral training in pediatric neuropsychology at private practices in Long Island and New Jersey in 2007.</p><p>Dr. McGinley&rsquo;s research focuses on epilepsy surgery outcomes, the impact of deep brain stimulation, the identification of biomarkers for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), shared cognitive pathways in epilepsy and autism and the impact of medications on neurological diseases such as systemic lupus. Dr. McGinley is a co-investigator for the Montefiore Einstein research project, &ldquo;Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) on Cognitive and Emotional Behaviors,&rdquo; and is a collaborator on another project titled &ldquo;Vocal Biomarker Discovery for Mild Cognitive Impairment Detection.&rdquo; He is also the developer of a modified Wada procedure for &ldquo;standard-of-care&rdquo; presurgical epilepsy assessment in persons with early-onset visual impairment/blindness (VI/B). His work has been shared through numerous peer-reviewed publications and invited presentations.</p><p>Dr. McGinley is a Licensed Psychologist and a Fellow of the American Epilepsy Society (FAES) and currently serves as a member of the AES Annual Conference&rsquo;s Pediatric Content Committee. He is also a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). In 2016, Dr. McGinley was selected to attend the inaugural &ldquo;International Training Course on Neuropsychology in Epilepsy&rdquo; at Ch&acirc;teau de Rosay, France, sponsored by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE).</p>

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Roee Holtzer

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Bronx
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<p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 1.5; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Research Program Mission:</strong>&nbsp;Utilizing innovative, interdisciplinary, and translational science, Dr. Holtzer's work aims to identify modifiable mechanisms implicated in cognitive and motor function and decline in aging and disease populations. Specifically, we focus on assessing and improving brain efficiency and plasticity in the context of cognitive and mobility outcomes</p>
<p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 1.5; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Dr. Holtzer teaches "<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology I and II"</em>.&nbsp;This is a two-semester didactic sequence that &nbsp;is designed to introduce the student to the field of Clinical Neuropsychology.&nbsp;&nbsp;Concurrent with the course work students are required to complete a formal year-long externship in Clinical Neuropsychology. Training in Clinical Neuropsychology is consistent with the educational guidelines recommended in Division 40 of the APA. &nbsp; He also teaches "Neuropsychology and Cognition Research Seminar". This is a two-semester didactic research seminar that is designed to introduce doctoral students in the lab to research and support the development and successful completion of their pre-doctoral and dissertation projects.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #4c4c4c; line-height: 1.5; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Dr. Holtzer is director for the Clinical Neuropsychology minor.</p>

Research Areas
Aging, neuropsychology, cognition, mobility, multiple sclerosis, HIV, MCI, reserve, fatigue

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holtzer, R</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">., Choi, J., Motl, R. W., Foley, F. W., Wagshul, M. E., Hernandez, M. E., &amp; Izzetoglu, M. (2024). Brain control of dual-task walking can be improved in aging and neurological disease.&nbsp;<em>Geroscience</em>.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-01054-3"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-01054-3</span></a></span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Cote, S. E., Wagshul, M., Foley, F. W., Picone, M. A., Lipton, M., Lee, J. S., &amp; <strong>Holtzer, R.</strong>&nbsp;(2024). Frontal-striatal tract integrity and depression in older adults with and without multiple sclerosis.&nbsp;<em>Neurol Sci</em>.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-024-07316-y"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-024-07316-y</span></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span…;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Motl, R. W., Foley, F. W., Picone, M. A., Lipton, M. L., Izzetoglu, M., Hernandez, M. E., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R.</strong>&nbsp;(2023). Initial validation of the university of Alabama Birmingham study of aging life-space assessment in older adults with multiple sclerosis.&nbsp;<em>Mult Scler Relat Disord</em>,<em>&nbsp;82</em>, 105354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2023.105354&nbsp;</span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ma, D., Izzetoglu, M.,&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R.,</strong>&nbsp;&amp; Jiao, X. (2023). Deep Learning Based Walking Tasks Classification in Older Adults Using fNIRS.&nbsp;<em>IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng</em>,<em>&nbsp;31</em>, 3437-3447. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2023.3306365&nbsp;</span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Brundage, K.,&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R</strong>. (2023).&nbsp;Presence and Persistence of Perceived Subjective Cognitive Complaints and Incident Mild Cognitive Impairments Among Community-Residing Older Adults.&nbsp;<em>The American Journal Geriatric Psychiatry.</em>&nbsp;<span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2023.07.001. Online ahead of print</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Cote S.E., Wagshul, M.E., Foley, F.W., Lipton, M.L.,&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R</strong>. (2023).&nbsp;Caudate Volume and Symptoms of Apathy in Older Adults with Multiple Sclerosis.&nbsp;<em>Multiple Sclerosis Journal.&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">doi: 10.1177/13524585231188096. Online ahead of print</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Cohen, H.R.,&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R</strong>. (2023).&nbsp;<em>The Association Between Perceived Social Support and Cognition in Older Adults with and without Multiple Sclerosis.</em>&nbsp;<em>Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2023.104913. Online ahead of print</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Ross, D., Wagshul, M.E.,Izzetoglu, M.,<strong>&nbsp;Holtzer, R</strong>. (2023).&nbsp;Cortical Thickness Moderates Intraindividual Variability in Prefrontal Cortex Activation Patterns of Older Adults During Walking.&nbsp;<em>Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society</em>.<em>&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">doi: 10.1017/S1355617723000371. Online ahead of print</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Jacobs, S., Izzetoglu, M.,<strong>&nbsp;Holtzer, R</strong>.&nbsp;(2023).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Impact of Music Making on Neural Efficiency &amp; Dual-Task Walking Performance in Healthy Older Adults.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition.&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Mar 31:1-19. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2023.2195615. Online ahead of print</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Wasserman, J.,&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R</strong>.&nbsp;(2023).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Depresseive Symptoms Are Associated With Decline Over Time in Verbal Fluency Performance in Female But Not Male Community-Residing Older Adults.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Experimental Aging Research.&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Mar 29:1-16. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2023.2195295. Online ahead of print</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holtzer, R</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">., Choi, J.,&nbsp;Motl, R., Foley, F.W., Picone, M.A., Lipton, M.L., Izzetoglu, M., Hernandez, M.E., Wagshul, M.E.<strong>&nbsp;</strong>(2023).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Individual reserve in aging and neurological disease.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Journal of Neurology.&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">270(6), 3179-3191. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11656-8.&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holtzer, R</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">., Feldman, J.,&nbsp;Jariwala, S.P., Izzetoglu, M.&nbsp; (2023).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asthma History Influences Gait Performance and Associated Prefrontal Cortex Activation Patterns in Older Adults.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Aging Clinical and Experimental Research.&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">35(2):407-411. doi: 10.1007/s40520-022-02306-6.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Wagshul, M.,,&nbsp;Foley, F.W., Chaudhary, K., Lipton, M.L., Robert Motl, R., Izzetoglu, M., Hernandez, M.E., Picone, M.A., &amp;<strong>&nbsp;Holtzer, R</strong>.,&nbsp;(2023).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Differential Associations of Mobility with Fronto-Striatal Integrity and Lesion Load in Older Adults with and without Multiple Sclerosis.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Apr;37(4):205-217. doi: 10.1177/15459683231164787</span>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Pace, B.,&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R</strong>., &amp; Wagshul M.&nbsp;(2023).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gray matter volume and within-task verbal fluency performance among older adults.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Brain and Cognition.&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Mar;166:105960. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2023.105960. Epub 2023 Mar 1.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*O&rsquo;Brien, C., &amp;<strong>&nbsp;Holtzer, R</strong>.&nbsp;(2023).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Physical reserve: construct development and predictive utility.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Aging Clinical and Experimental Research.&nbsp;</em>35(5), 1055-1062.&nbsp;<span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">doi: 10.1007/s40520-023-02371-5.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holtzer, R</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">., Zhu, X., Rosso, A. L., &amp; Rosano, C. (2022). Cognitive reserve and risk of mobility impairment in older adults.&nbsp;<em>J Am Geriatr Soc</em>.&nbsp;70(11), 3096-3104. doi:10.1111/jags.17979.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holtzer R.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;(2022). Volitional control of walking in aging.&nbsp;<em>Aging,&nbsp;</em><span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">14(6):2440-2441.&nbsp;</span>doi:&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203986&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">10.18632/aging.203986</span></a>. Invited editorial.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Krasovsky, T., Madi, R., Fruchter, E., Jahjah, E., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R.</strong>&nbsp;(2022).&nbsp;Prefrontal&nbsp;cortex brain activation during texting and walking: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy feasibility study.&nbsp;<em>Motor Control.</em>16;26(3): 487-496.&nbsp;<span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">doi: 10.1123/mc.2022-0009</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Guharajan, D., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R.</strong>&nbsp;(2022). Association of Affect and Performance in Dual-Task Walking in Non-Demented Older Adults.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Aging and Health</em>. 34(6-8):1062-1070. doi:&nbsp;<span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">10.1177/08982643221087836</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Maidan, I, Hacham, R, Galperin, I, Giladi, N,&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R</strong>, Hausdorff, JM, and Mirelman, A. (2022).&nbsp;<span style="border: 1pt windowtext; padding: 0in;">Neural Variability in the Prefrontal Cortex as a Reflection of Neural Flexibility and Stability in Patients With Parkinson Disease.&nbsp;<em>Neurology</em>.&nbsp;</span>22;98(8):e839-e847.&nbsp;doi:&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000013217&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">10.1212/WNL.0000000000013217</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holtzer, R.,</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;*Ross, D., *O'Brien, C., Izzetoglu, M., &amp;. Wagshul, M. E. (2022).&nbsp;<span style="background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: padding-box; background-clip: border-box;">Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Efficiency of Prefrontal Cortex Activation Patterns of Gait in Older Adults.&nbsp;</span>The journals of gerontology.&nbsp;<em>Medical Sciences. &nbsp;</em>1;77(9):1836-1844]. doi: 10.1093/Gerona/glab288&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holtzer, R.,</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;*Ross, D., *O'Brien, C., Izzetoglu, M., &amp;. Wagshul, M. E. (2021).&nbsp;Cognitive Reserve Moderates the Efficiency of Prefrontal Cortex Activation Patterns of Gait in Older Adults.&nbsp;The journals of gerontology.&nbsp;<em>Medical Sciences.&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>[Epub ahead of print].DOI:&nbsp;<a title="Original URL:
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Click to follow link." href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi…; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">10.1093/gerona/glab288</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Ross, D., Wagshul, M. E., Izzetoglu, M., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R.</strong>&nbsp;(2021). Prefrontal cortex activation during dual-task walking in older adults is moderated by thickness of several cortical regions. GeroScience, 10.1007/s11357-021-00379-1. Advance online publication.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-021-00379-1&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-021-00379-1</span></a></span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*O'Brien, C., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R.</strong>&nbsp;(2021). Cognitive Reserve Moderates Associations Between Walking Performance Under Single and Dual-Task Conditions and Incident Mobility Impairment in Older Adults. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, glab178. Advance online publication.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab178&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab178</span></a></span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Kraut, R., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R.</strong>&nbsp;(2021). Recurrent but not single report of fear of falling predicts cognitive decline in community-residing older adults. Aging &amp; mental health, 1&ndash;7. Advance online publication.&nbsp;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1916878&quot; target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1916878</span></a></span></p&gt;
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*<strong>Holtzer, R.,&nbsp;</strong>Ross, D., &amp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Izzetoglu, M.&nbsp;&nbsp;(2020).&nbsp;Intra-Individual-Variablity in Neural Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex During Active Walking in Older Adults.&nbsp;<em>Psychology and Aging</em>, 35(8), 12-01-1214.<em>&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;Doi: 1037/pag0000583.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Jacobs, S., Mercuri, G., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer R.</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;(2020). Assessing Within-Task Verbal Fluency Performance: The Utility of Individual&nbsp;Time Intervals in Predicting Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition</em>.&nbsp;doi: 10.1080/13825585.2020.1817306&nbsp;[Epub ahead of print].</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Holtzer, R.,&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&amp;<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Izzetoglu, M.&nbsp;&nbsp;(2020).&nbsp;Mild Cognitive Impairments Attenuate Prefrontal Cortex Activations during Walking in Older Adults.&nbsp;<em>Brain Sci</em>.&nbsp;doi: 10.3390/brainsci10070415.&nbsp;[Epub ahead of print].</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Izzetoglu, M,. &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R.</strong>&nbsp;(2020). Effects of Processing Methods on fNIRS Signal Assessed During Active Walking Task in Older Adults.&nbsp;IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. Mar;28(3):699-709. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2020.2970407.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Holtzer, R.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, Jacobs, S., &amp; Demetriou, E. (2020). Intra-Individual Variability in Verbal Fluency Performance is Moderated by and Predictive of Mild Cognitive Impairments.&nbsp;<em>Neuropschology</em>. doi: 10.1037/neu0000576. [Epub ahead of print].</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.3in 0in 0.8in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*Wagshul, M. E., Lucas, M., Izzetoglu, M., Ye, K., &amp;&nbsp;<strong>Holtzer, R</strong>. (2019). Multi- modal neuroimaging of dual-task walking: Structural MRI and fNIRS analysis reveals prefrontal grey matter volume moderation of brain activation in older adults.&nbsp;<em>NeuroImage</em>, 1:189, 745-754. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.01.045.&nbsp;</span></p>

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University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.8667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Bryan M. Freilich, PsyD, ABPP-CN is Director, Neuropsychology Assessment Service and Attending Psychologist at Montefiore, as well as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Freilich is interested in brain-behavior relationships. His clinical focus is working with children and adults with a range of neurological, psychiatric, and medical disorders. Dr. Freilich also serves as the Club Neuropsychologist for the New York City Football Club.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.8667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.8667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">In 1997, Dr. Freilich received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree in psychology at Rutgers University. He then attended Yeshiva University, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, where he received his doctorate degree in clinical psychology in 2004. In 2004, Dr. Freilich completed an internship in neuropsychology at Montefiore. He began his postgraduate training in 2004 with a year-long fellowship in geropsychology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey / COPSA Institute for Alzheimer&rsquo;s Disease and Related Disorders. Following this, Dr. Freilich completed a fellowship in neuropsychology at Montefiore in 2006.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.8667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.8667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Dr. Freilich&rsquo;s </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';">clinical and research interests include dementia differential diagnosis and the neuropsychological screening and assessment of sickle cell disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and traumatic brain injury/concussion. <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books and review articles. He has also presented his work nationally at invited lectures and meetings. Dr. Freilich is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.8667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; line-height: 16.8667px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Psychological Association, the International Neuropsychological Society, the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and the New York Neuropsychology Group.</span></p>

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Nicole Feirsen

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<p>Nicole Feirsen, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in neuropsychological assessments of individuals across the lifespan. She evaluates cognitive and emotional functioning in individuals with a variety of neurological, medical, and psychiatric disorders, including dementia, stroke, cancers, autoimmune diseases, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, mood disorders, and attention disorders. Her current research is focused on the development and validation of a screening measure designed to efficiently identify cognitive impairment in a wide variety of patient populations. She earned her doctorate in clinical neuropsychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and then completed her internship in clinical neuropsychology at Northwell Health. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at Montefiore Medical Center. &nbsp;</p>

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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Freilich, B. M., <strong>Feirsen, N.</strong>, Welton, E. I., Mowrey, W. B., &amp; Rubinstein, T. B. (2019). Validation of the Attention, Memory, and Frontal Abilities Screening Test (AMFAST).&nbsp;<em>Assessment</em>.&nbsp;</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191118822734"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191118822734</span></a></p&gt;
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Chacko, A., Bedard, A., Marks, D., Gopalan, G., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Uderman, J., Chimiklis, A.,Rajwan, E., Cornwell, M., Anderson, L., Zwilling, A. &amp; Ramon, M.&nbsp; (2018). Sequenced neurocognitive and behavioral parent training for the treatment of ADHD in school-age children. <em>Child Neuropsychology</em>, 24(4), 427-450. doi: 10.1080/09297049.2017.1282450 </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;Chacko, A., Wymbs, B. T., Rajwan, E., Wymbs, F., &amp; <strong>Feirsen, N.</strong> (2017). Characteristics of parents of children with ADHD who never attend, drop out, and complete behavioral parent training. <em>Journal of Child and Family Studies</em>, 26(3), 950-960. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0618-z</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;Chacko, A.,Bedard, A., Marks, D., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Uderman, J., Chimiklis, A., Rajwan, E., Cornwell, M., Anderson, L., Zwilling, A. &amp; Ramon, M.&nbsp;(2014). A randomized clinical trial of Cogmed Working Memory Training in school-age children with ADHD: A replication in a diverse sample using a control condition. <em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em>, 55(3), 247-55. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12146</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;Chacko, A., Uderman, J., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Bedard, AC, &amp; Marks, D. (2013). Learning and Cognitive Disorders: Multidiscipline Treatment Approaches. <em>Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America</em>, 22(3), 457-477.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">&nbsp;Chacko, A., <strong>Feirsen, N.</strong>, Bedard, A.C., Marks, D., Uderman, J., &amp; Chimiklis, A. (2013).&nbsp; Cogmed Working Memory Training for Youth with ADHD: A Closer Examination of Efficacy Utilizing Evidence Based Criteria. <em>Journal of Clinical Child &amp; Adolescent Psychology</em>, 0(0), 1-15.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Anagnostou, E., Chaplin, W., Watner, D., Silverman, J., Smith, C., Zagursky, K., Kryzak, L., Corwin, T., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Tanel, N., &amp; Hollander, E.&nbsp; (2011).&nbsp; Factor analysis of repetitive behaviors in autism as measured by the Y-BOCS.&nbsp; <em>Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience</em>, 23(3), 332-339. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Chacko, A., Newcorn, J., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., &amp; Uderman, J. (2010). Improving medication adherence in pediatric health conditions: A focus on ADHD in youth.&nbsp; <em>Current Pharmaceutical Design</em>. 2416 &ndash; 2423.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Hollander, E., Chaplin, W., Soorya, L., Wasserman, S., Novotny, S., Rusoff, J., <strong>Feirsen, N</strong>., Pepa, L., &amp; Anagnostou, L. (2009).&nbsp; Divalproex Sodium vs. placebo for the treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.&nbsp; <em>Neuropharmacology</em>.&nbsp; 1-9.</span></p>

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Ronda L. Facchini

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Biography

<p>Ronda Facchini, PhD, is Director, Neuropsychology Externship Training Program at Montefiore Einstein and Instructor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Facchini's clinical focus is on clinical neuropsychology across the lifespan with a particular focus on pediatric neuropsychology.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in medical psychology from Bridgewater State College in 1983, Dr. Facchini completed medical sciences courses including physiology and chemistry at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences in 1984. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in health psychology at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology in 1995. Dr. Facchini completed an internship and post-doctoral training in neuropsychology at Montefiore in 1997.</p><p>Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Facchini&rsquo;s research interests include neurodevelopmental disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and neuropsychological components of medical conditions. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed publications and poster presentations.</p><p>Dr. Facchini is a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology (AAPdN), the International Neuropsychological Society (INS) and the New York State Association of Neuropsychology (NYSAN).</p>

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