Neurological Surgery
525 East 68th Street
Starr Pavilion, 651
New York, NY 10021
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About Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman, Ph.D., ABPP
Amanda L. Sacks-Zimmerman, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist who has had extensive experience in assessing and treating neurological disorders with cognitive remediation as well as researching the cognitive impact of brain injury. She treats a variety of patients who suffer from cognitive and emotional difficulties that may be the result of epilepsy; radiation or chemotherapy; cardiopulmonary bypass procedures; surgery; cerebrovascular disease; stroke; silent infarcts; brain tumor resection; movement disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease; metabolic disorders; infectious processes such as encephalitis or Lyme disea...
Board Certifications
- Clinical Neuropsychology
Expertise
- Cognitive and Behavioral Changes
- Cognitive and Neurobehavioral Dysfunction
- Cognitive Change
- Cognitive Changes
- Cognitive Complaints
- Cognitive Decline
- Cognitive Deficit As Late Effect of Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cognitive Deficit As Late Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Multiple Subcortical Infarcts
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Old Cerebral Infarction
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Old Embolic Stroke
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Old Head Injury
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Old Head Trauma
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Old Intracerebral Hemorrhage
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Old Lacunar Stroke
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Old Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Cognitive Deficit Due to Parkinson's Disease
- Cognitive Deficits, Late Effect of Cerebrovascular Disease
- Cognitive Disorder
- Cognitive Impairment, Mild, So Stated
- Cognitive Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Remediation After Brain Surgery
- Cognitive Remediation After Brain Tumor Resection
- Cognitive Remediation After Cardiovascular Event
- Cognitive Remediation After Chemotherapy
- Cognitive Remediation After Radiation
- Cognitive Remediation After Stroke
- Cognitive Remediation After Surgery
- Cognitive Remediation After Traumatic Brain Injury
- Cognitive Remediation For Chronic Cardiovascular Disorders
- Cognitive Remediation For Movement Disorders
- Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
- Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Concussion Syndrome
- Dementia Due to Head Trauma
- Dementia Due to Head Trauma With Behavioral Disturbance
- Dementia Due to Medical Condition With Behavioral Disturbance
- Dementia Due to Multiple Sclerosis
- Dementia Following Traumatic Brain Injury
- Dementia With Parkinsonism
- MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment)
- Mild Cognitive Disorder
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Mild Cognitive Impairment With Memory Loss
- Provide Cognitive Emotional Support
- Stroke Behavorial Changes
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Training In Cognitive Skills
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Education
- Medical School: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurological Surgery
- Psychologist
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Medical School: Fairleigh Dickinson University
Titles & Positions
- Clinical Associate Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurological Surgery
- Psychologist
Board Certifications
- clinical neuropsychology
Languages Spoken
- english