Licensed Psychologist
Neuropsychological Evaluation & Consulting Services
I am a clinical neuropsychologist with a specialization in pediatric neuropsychology. I have been on the faculty of Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington, DC since 2006, and hold an appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at George Washington University. I am on the medical staff at HSC Pediatric Center, a pediatric rehabilitation facility in Washington, DC., and conduct inpatient and outpatient evaluations and provide training to psychology graduate students, pediatric residents, and others in that setting.
I also have a private practice which includes comprehensive clinical neuropsychological evaluations of toddlers through young adults with neurodevelopmental and acquired disorders. I have expertise with a wide variety of disorders and presenting problems, including:
The forensic portion of my practice focuses on legal issues with adolescents and adults, and includes:
- • Learning difficulties/
- Learning Disability
- • Intellectual Disability
- (formerly Mental
- Retardation)
- • Attention-Deficit
- Hyperactivity Disorder
- (ADHD)
- • Autism Spectrum
- Disorder
- • Traumatic Brain Injury
- • Seizure Disorder
- • Pediatric Cancer
- • Metabolic and Genetic
- Disorders (i.e. diabetes,
- chromosomal disorders)
- • Difficulties with
- executive functioning
- (i.e. attention, planning/
- organization, etc.)
The forensic portion of my practice focuses on legal issues with adolescents and adults, and includes:
- • Competency to stand
- trial
- • Competency to
- waive Miranda
- • Juvenile waiver/transfer
- • Atkins cases
- • General mitigation
- (typically related
- to developmental
- disorders).