Neuropsychology provides comprehensive assessment of adult and adolescent patients with known or suspected neurological conditions that affect cognitive and/or emotional functioning. The examination includes standardized evaluation of cognitive skills, including attention, memory, intelligence, language, sensory-perceptual skills, and reasoning capacity. Personality and emotional functioning are also frequently assessed.

Neuropsychological assessment is often used to assist physicians with differential diagnosis. In addition, the evaluation can help determine the extent of cognitive impairment associated with a neurological condition, monitor the course of disease progression, assess the degree of recovery from brain injury, and evaluate the cognitive effects of various interventions (e.g., surgery or medication). The assessment can provide valuable information for rehabilitation management, including issues related to treatment, return to work/school, and return to independent living.

Our service provides evaluation and treatment recommendations for various conditions that can affect brain-behavior functioning, such as:

• Traumatic brain injury
• Stroke
• Alzheimer's disease or other suspected causes of dementia
• Multiple sclerosis
• Brain tumors
• Epilepsy
• Psychiatric conditions
• Other neurological and medical conditions (e.g., cardiac complications, anoxia, toxic exposure) with potential neurocognitive effects

Michael V. Oliveri, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Coordinator, Neuropsychology

Kristen Sands, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Staff Neuropsychologist