Jamie T. Twaite

Jamie Twaite, PhD, is a Neuropsychologist, Co-Director, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital’s Concussion Management Program, Director, Neuropsychology Externship and Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on the neuropsychological evaluation and rehabilitation of individuals with cognitive and emotional concerns related to neurologic, medical and psychiatric illnesses. She has a particular interest in the diagnosis and management of dementia and acquired brain injury (ABI), as well as in the rehabilitation of spinal cord injury (both with and without concurrent ABI).

After completing her Master of Psychology at Columbia University in 2008, Dr. Twaite pursued her Doctor of Philosophy in psychology at City University of New York (CUNY), earning the degree in 2016. That same year, she completed an APA-accredited predoctoral internship in clinical psychology-adult neuropsychology track with the Henry Ford Health System. She then went on to complete her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology with the Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital, with focused training in the assessment of memory disorders/dementias, acquired brain injuries, and severe and persistent mental illness.

Dr. Twaite’s research interests include cognitive and emotional functioning following stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and other acquired brain injury, as well as in individuals with Parkinson’s disease and in healthy populations, such as musicians. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and she has given paper and poster presentations at scientific meetings nationally and internationally. Dr. Twaite is a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology and the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research.

Dr. Twaite is a member of several professional associations, including the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology and the International Neuropsychological Society. In 2013, Dr. Twaite received the Graduate Center Doctoral Student Research Grant from CUNY.