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Dr. Jeanette Wasserstein is a neuropsychologist
who has earned a global reputation in
her field. Her clinical work synthesizes conventional
therapies with emerging understanding of brain functioning.
She works with a wide age range and spectrum of patients,
but specializes in adults with neurodevelopmental disorders,
such as learning disability or attention deficit disorder.
Currently Director of New York City-based CNS Support and
on the faculty of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Wasserstein founded the
graduate Neuropsychology training program at The New School
for Social Research. Her other academic appointments have
in the Graduate Department of Neuropsychology, Queens
College; The Institute for Child, Adolescent and Family
Studies and the Department of Neurosurgery, The Mount Sinai
School of Medicine.
Dr. Wasserstein has co-authored the book Adult Attention
Deficit Disorder: Biological Mechanisms and Life Outcomes
(special edition of the Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences) and is currently working on other books in the areas
of learning disabilities and nonverbal learning disability.
She has also authored or co-authored many articles that have
been published in the fields leading journals.
Dr.Wasserstein's educational background includes two
years of post-doctoral studies in Medicine at Yale University
School of Medicine, a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neurospychology from
City University of New York, an M.A. in Developmental
Psychology from Teachers College of Columbia University,
and a B.S. in Psychology from Barnard College of Columbia
University.
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