More than 25 years of practice in pediatric clinical neuropsychology underpin this expert’s specialization in autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, sports-related head injury, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, carbon monoxide poisoning, memory disorders, attention and concentration disorders, psychiatric disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and pediatric neuropsychological evaluation. Her expertise includes the neuropsychological assessment of children and young adults with neurological, developmental, psychiatric, and toxic exposure-related conditions, as well as fitness-for-duty evaluations for at-risk aviators, concussion management, and outpatient neuropsychological services. She has more than 25 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.

Her professional background includes serving as Director and Founder of a pediatric and young adult neuropsychology practice, where she performs clinical, forensic, and accommodation-focused neuropsychological evaluations for pediatric and young adult patients with epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, concussion, autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, attention disorders, psychiatric conditions, toxic exposures, genetic syndromes, and other disorders affecting the central nervous system. She has coordinated outpatient concussion management services, supervised psychological assistants and early-career neuropsychologists, and presented educational seminars on pediatric neuropsychology and related conditions. Her experience also includes appointments as a Neuropsychologist with a university-affiliated brain research and neurology program, where she conducted preoperative and postoperative neuropsychological evaluations for epilepsy patients, as well as extensive voluntary faculty appointments within a major academic medical center involving clinical supervision, teaching, and training in pediatric and young adult neuropsychology. Earlier in her career, she completed clinical neuropsychology fellowship training and held positions involving neuropsychological assessment of children and adults with neurological disorders, learning disabilities, head injuries, and other neurobehavioral conditions.

In addition to her clinical and forensic practice, she has contributed extensively to professional education through academic teaching, supervision, publications, presentations, and community outreach focused on pediatric neuropsychology, concussion, autism spectrum disorder, carbon monoxide poisoning, learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, forensic neuropsychology, and ethical practice. She earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at UCLA. Her professional history includes California psychologist licensure, clinical privileges with the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and UCLA Medical Group, and listing in the National Register of Health Service Psychologists. Her professional memberships have included the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, International Neuropsychological Society, and National Academy of Neuropsychology.