Deborah V. York

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Deborah

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York

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Erica F. Weiss

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Erica

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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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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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Lisa B. Teh

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Lisa

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Teh

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1215243951

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16520

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Ruth E. K. Stein

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Ruth

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Stein

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<p>Ruth E.K. Stein, MD, is an attending pediatrician at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is in developmental and behavioral pediatrics, child and adolescent mental health and chronic conditions in children.</p><p>A graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, after receiving her Bachelor of Arts, Dr. Stein attended Einstein, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 1966. She started her postgraduate training at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, completing two years of her pediatric residency there in 1968. She then went to Children&rsquo;s Hospital of the District of Columbia, completed the third year as assistant chief resident and fellow in comprehensive care. She returned to the faculty at Einstein in 1970 and has been on the faculty ever since. In 1987 and 1988, she was a visiting scholar at Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Stein&rsquo;s research focuses on improving outcomes for children and members of their families, especially those with a wide range of physical and behavioral conditions, as well as on measurement development. She has shared her work through more than 180 peer-reviewed publications, as well as four edited books, and innumerable chapters, abstracts, and presentations at national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Stein is a manuscript reviewer for several medical journals and has served on the editorial boards of the <em>Journal of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics</em> and <em>Ambulatory Pediatrics</em>.</p><p>Dr. Stein is a Diplomate of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics. She is a member of many professional societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Academic (formerly Ambulatory) Pediatric Association (including as its president 1987-8), and the Society for Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, among others. Throughout her career, she has been active on regional, national and international committees. Dr. Stein has received many accolades, receiving Einstein&rsquo;s first award for outstanding mentorship in clinical research and its Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as research awards from the Academic Pediatric Association, the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Academy of Pediatrics.</p>

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Merryl A. Schechtman

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Merryl

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Schechtman

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1013073956

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Maris D. Rosenberg

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Maris

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Rosenberg

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1114003068

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<p>Maris D. Rosenberg, MD, is an attending physician at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is in developmental-behavioral pediatrics, with a special focus on developmental and behavioral disorders, autism spectrum disorders and learning disorders.</p><p>After graduating from Cornell University with her Bachelor of Science in nutrition, Dr. Rosenberg attended State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, earning her Doctor of Medicine in 1980. She completed her pediatric residency at Jacobi Medical Center, Alber Einstein College of Medicine in 1983, and continued her training at Einstein to complete her fellowship in developmental pediatric and the care of children with disabilities in 1985.</p><p>Dr. Rosenberg&rsquo;s research focuses on developmental disabilities in children, with work shared through review articles and book chapters.</p><p>Dr. Rosenberg is board certified in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics.</p>

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Erin Rivelis

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Erin

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Rivelis

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1437439288

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12977

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<p>Psychoeducational assessment, trauma, child maltreatment.</p>

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<p>Erin Rivelis, PhD, is an attending psychologist at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Rivelis&rsquo;s clinical focus centers on the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disabilities.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in psychology from the University of Michigan in 2002, Dr. Rivelis earned her Master of Education in school psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2006. She remained at Columbia University and completed her Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in applied educational psychology in 2008. The same year, Dr. Rivelis completed a psychology internship at the Jewish Care Association&rsquo;s Pleasantville Cottage School, Edenwald Center, Diagnostic Center.</p><p>Dr. Rivelis&rsquo;s research focuses on the intersection of mental health conditions and neurodevelopmental disabilities. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters and review articles, and she has shared her work at many invited presentations, conferences and symposia.</p><p>Dr. Rivelis is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association, the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.</p>

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Puja Patel

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Puja

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Patel

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1588808232

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<p>Puja Patel, MD, is an attending physician at Montefiore Einstein and Associate Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Patel's clinical focus is pediatric epilepsy, although she also sees patients with general pediatric neurological issues, including headaches, movement disorders, sleep concerns and developmental delay.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Barnard College in 2005, Dr. Patel earned her Doctor of Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 2009. She completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2011. Following this, Dr. Patel came to Montefiore Einstein to continue her medical training, completing her pediatric neurology residency in 2014, a clinical neurophysiology fellowship in 2015 and a behavioral neurosciences fellowship in 2016.</p><p>Dr. Patel&rsquo;s research focuses on clinical seizure prediction in the pediatric population. She has been co-investigator in several clinical drug trials investigating new anti-seizure medications. Her work has been shared through invited presentations and peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters, review articles and abstracts. She is a reviewer for scientific journals, including <em>Epilepsy Research, the Journal of Neurological Sciences and Pediatric Neurology</em>, among others.</p><p>Dr. Patel is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology. She is a member of the Child Neurology Society and the American Epilepsy Society.</p>

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Karen R. Ballaban-Gil

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Karen

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Ballaban-Gil

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<p>Dr. Karen Ballaban-Gil is Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, the Director of the Child Neurology Residency Training Program and Director of Outpatient Child Neurology Services at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Union College and Cum Laude from Albany Medical College, in the 6 year combined B.S- M.D. program. Dr. Ballaban-Gil trained in general pediatrics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and trained in child neurology and clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received board certifications in pediatrics, neurology with special competence in child neurology , clinical neurophysiology and in epilepsy.</p>
<p><br />Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities. Her research interests include the relationship between epilepsy and language regression in youngsters with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, autism, and other developmental disorders of higher cognitive functioning. In addition, she runs the Ketogenic Diet program for the management of intractable epilepsy at the Montefiore Medical Center - Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. Her publications include numerous papers on autism, epilepsy related language disorders, and the Ketogenic Diet.</p>
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<p>Karen Ballaban-Gil, MD, is Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Center and Deputy Director, Division of Child Neurology at the Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, and Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Science at Union College in 1984, Dr. Ballaban-Gil earned her Doctor of Medicine in 1986 at the Albany Medical College. She began her postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, completing two years as an intern and assistant resident in pediatrics before coming to Einstein, where she completed a residency in child neurology, followed by a fellowship in epilepsy and electrophysiology in 1991.</p><p>Dr. Ballaban-Gil&rsquo;s research interests include the relationship between epilepsy and language regression in youngsters with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, autism and other developmental disorders of higher cognitive functioning. Her publications include numerous papers on autism, epilepsy related language disorders and the Ketogenic Diet. She has shared her work through national and international meetings, and has been a peer reviewer for a variety of medical journals, including <em>Epilepsia</em> and <em>Cephalgia</em>.</p><p>Dr. Ballaban-Gil is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology and with Certification in Epilepsy.</p>

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Nicole Feirsen

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Nicole

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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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