Jan 2017-Dec 2018 BOARD
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President - Dr. Kate Lester Kate Lester is the Director of Neuropsychology at Drexel University College of Medicine’s Neuroscience Institute in center city Philadelphia. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania and received her doctorate from Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology. While at Widener, she trained in the department of Neuro-Oncology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as in the department of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at the Medical College of Georgia. She holds licenses to practice psychology in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as earned board certification in clinical neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology in 2014.
President Elect- Dr. Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD is a clinical neuropsychologist in the Penn Memory Center and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her doctoral work in clinical psychology at Drexel University, internship training at the Brown Clinical Psychology Training Consortium, and Post-doctoral training in the Neuropsychiatry Division at the University of Pennsylvania Treasurer - Dr. Jennifer Dave Jennifer Dave, Ph.D. is a clinical neuropsychologist at Capital Health's Institute for Neurosciences in Pennington, NJ. She is a volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southern California, completed her gero-neuropsychology internship at UCLA's Semel Institute, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. She has co-authored articles and chapters related to neuropsychology and geropsychology. Corresponding Secretary- Dr. Jennifer Tinker Jennifer Tinker, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Drexel University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Zucker-Hillside Hospital and a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at the VA Maryland Health Care System in Baltimore, MD. Her current research interests include psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and cognitive outcomes following neurosurgery in epilepsy. CE Secretary: Dr. J. Cobb Scott Dr. Scott is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Staff Psychologist at the Corporal Michael Crescenz (Philadelphia) VA Medical Center, and Co-Director of the CMCVAMC’s Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency. He received his BA in Psychology from Wesleyan University and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 2009. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the cognitive neuroscience of stress-related disorders and substance abuse with John Krystal and Steve Southwick at Yale University, and joined the faculty at Penn in 2013. Broadly, Dr. Scott’s research interests include the cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology of neuropsychiatric disorders. More specifically, Dr. Scott is interested in characterizing dysfunctional neurocircuitry in PTSD; using fMRI and neurocognitive methods to investigate PTSD and substance abuse; and examining the relationship between neuropsychological and functional outcomes (e.g., treatment) in psychiatric and substance use disorders. His research is currently funded by a Career Development Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs. In his clinical work, Dr. Scott conducts neuropsychological assessments with veterans with neurological, medical, and psychiatric conditions to aid in diagnosis and treatment planning. Recording Secretary - Dr. Sarah Allen Sarah Levin Allen, PhD, CBIS, earned her doctoral degree from Drexel University in 2010. Dr. Allen is an Adjunct faculty member at Drexel and is the Executive Director of Neuropsychology at Brain Behavior Bridge. Prior to Drexel, Dr. Allen held a faculty position at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also held an administrative and clinical position directing campuses at the Y.A.L.E. School in South Jersey, which serves children who learn differently than their peers due to brain injuries, learning disabilities or other social or executive deficits. Dr. Allen conducts research, teaching, and clinical neuropsychological assessments with a focus on school programming for children in schools. Student Representative: Mary Godfrey Mary Godfrey is a second year doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at Drexel University with a focus in Pediatric Neuropsychology. She received her B.A. in Psychology at Rhodes College, Memphis Tennessee. Following at her undergraduate, she worked as a special education teacher through Teach for America and worked as a research analyst at Vanderbilt University's Memory and Aging Center. |
Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 BOARD
PRESIDENT
Jennifer L. Gallo, PhD
jlg37@drexel.edu
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Solomon Kalkstein, PhD
skalkstn@gmail.com
TREASURER
Kate Lester, PsyD, ABPP
kmviner@aol.com
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD
dmechani@mail.med.upenn.edu
RECORDING SECRETARY
Jennifer Dave, PhD
jennifer.dave@gmail.com
WEBMASTER
Farzin Irani, PhD
firani@aaaneuropsych.com
CONTINUING EDUCATION SECRETARY
ReemTarazi, PhD, ABPP
rtarazi@drexelmed.edu
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Kristina Patrick
kep66@drexel.edu
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012 BOARD
PRESIDENT
Maria T. Schultheis, PhD
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Jennifer L. Gallo, PhD
TREASURER
Kate Lester, PsyD, ABPP
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Reem Tarazi, PhD, ABPP
RECORDING SECRETARY
Farzin Irani, PhD
CONTINUING EDUCATION SECRETARY
Solomon Kalkstein, PhD
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Josh McKeever
Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 BOARD
PRESIDENT
Tania Giovannetti, PhD
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Maria T. Schultheis, PhD
TREASURER
Lynn DellaPietra, PhD
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Jennifer L. Gallo, PhD
RECORDING SECRETARY
Farzin Irani, PhD
CONTINUING EDUCATION SECRETARY
Tania Giovannetti, PhD/Soloman Kalkstein, PhD
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Joel Eppig
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BYLAWS
PNS by-laws.pdf
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