Alexander B. Chervinsky, Ph.D., ABPP
   Clinical Neuropsychologist

 

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  Curriculum Vitae
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  Clinical Experience
  1997 - present

Independent clinical neuropsychology practice and consultation, New York City. Comprehensive clinical neuropsychological assessment, legal consultation, Independent Medical Examinations, individual and couples psychotherapy.

  1992 - 1996 Clinical and Research Neuropsychologist, Regional Director of Neuropsychology for the Defense and Veterans Head Injury Program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Washington, D.C. Clinical neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation of traumatically brain injured patients.
  1992 - 1996

Part-time private practice in clinical neuropsychology, Prince Frederick, Maryland

  1991 - 1992

Full-time Neuropsychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Department of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. Post-doctoral clinical and experimental applications in neuropsychology. Year-long didactic training program in applied neurosciences.

  1990 - 1991

Full-time Clinical Neuropsychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C. Clinical and didactic neuropsychology training on Brain Injury, Cerebrovascular Accident, and Outpatient programs.

  1988 - 1989

APA approved, full-time Clinical Psychology Internship at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center. Rotations on Neuropsychology Service; Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Unit; Day Hospital; and Mental Health Clinic programs.

  1987 - 1988

Part-time graduate training placement at the Highland General Hospital, Oakland, California. Rotations on the Psychiatric Emergency Service, and the psychiatric inpatient units.

  1986 - 1987

Part-time graduate training placement at the California Men's Colony, San Luis Obispo. Individual and group psychotherapy with inmate outpatients, psychological assessment of inmate outpatients, assessment and case management of severely dysfunctional inmate inpatients.

  1986 - 1986 Part-time graduate training placement at the Ayers and Baird elementary schools, Fresno, California. Intellectual assessment, intake preparation, teacher and parent consultations, treatment planning, individual counseling.

  Academic Experience
  1998 - Present

Clinical neuropsychology training of graduate and post-graduate psychology students. Development of a computerized neuropsychological testing system. Neuropsychological test development and research. Investigation of neuropsychological test variability and performance of various subject groups.

  1992 - 1997

Traumatic Brain Injury research with the Defense and Veterans Head Injury Project, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Washington, D.C. Investigation of patients' motivation for rehabilitation activities; variability on neuropsychological test findings within and across measures; relationship between neuroradiological and neuropsychological findings, long-term outcome following traumatic brain injury.

  1991 - 1992

Department of Neurology, Georgetown University: full-time fellowship research activity. Development of a Russian language version of a computerized battery of original neuropsychological tests. Tests used for cooperative Russian-American, Federal Aviation Administration sponsored research, evaluating cognitive functioning in pilots. Investigation of aspects of Alzheimer's disease, and neuropsychological sequelae of Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome.

  1990

Neuropsychology/Nuclear Medicine research at the Olive View Medical Center and University of California Los Angeles. Neuropsychological assessment of HIV infected individuals.

  1989 - 1990

Department of Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California Los Angeles: part-time research involvement. Projects included construction of culture-fair neuropsychological measures for the World Health Organization; and investigation of neuropsychological aspects of normal aging and dementia.

  1988 - 1990 Dissertation research. Title: "An Organizational Scoring System for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Drawing Test." Focus on developing a diagnostic measure for characterization of prefrontal pathology (resulting from mild to moderate head injury) on the basis of organizational strategy.