Member of the Month Archive

  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Natalia Cadavid Ruiz as the August 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Cali, Colombia Employer: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Social Science department. Clinical population you work with: Children aged 4 to 17 years old Research interests and/or current research projects: Learning Disabilities, especially Executive Dysfunction. How did you get bitten by the Hispanic neuropsychology...

    August 2012, Member of the Month, Natalia Cadavid Ruiz, Ph.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Natalia Cadavid Ruiz as the August 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Cali, Colombia Employer: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Social Science department. Clinical population you work with: Children aged 4 to 17 years old Research interests and/or current research projects: Learning Disabilities, especially Executive Dysfunction. How did you get bitten by the Hispanic neuropsychology...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Kaaren Bekken as the May 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Lowell, MA (as of one year); originally from San Diego Employer: self Clinical population you work with: children and adults (2 1/2 up);  neuropsychological, educational, and psychological evaluations for learning disabilities, head injuries, attention problems, fibromyalgia, austim-spectrum disorders, etc. Research interests and/or current...

    June 2012, Member of the Month, Kaaren Bekken, Ph.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Kaaren Bekken as the May 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Lowell, MA (as of one year); originally from San Diego Employer: self Clinical population you work with: children and adults (2 1/2 up);  neuropsychological, educational, and psychological evaluations for learning disabilities, head injuries, attention problems, fibromyalgia, austim-spectrum disorders, etc. Research interests and/or current...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Roy Aranda as the May 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: I have lived in Suffolk County, Long Island, with my wife, Irma, since 1995.  Our children are out of the home and we have six four-legged little “girls” (four Chihuahuas and two Yorkies) who keep us very busy at home. Employer: I have...

    May 2012, Member of the Month, Roy Aranda, Psy.D., J.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Roy Aranda as the May 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: I have lived in Suffolk County, Long Island, with my wife, Irma, since 1995.  Our children are out of the home and we have six four-legged little “girls” (four Chihuahuas and two Yorkies) who keep us very busy at home. Employer: I have...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Karen Torres as the April 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Employer: Currently in my second year of postdoctoral training in neuropsychology at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School Clinical population you work with: I work with a diverse patient population with regard to age, ethnicity, culture, and language. My clinical...

    April 2012, Member of the Month, Karen Torres, Psy.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Karen Torres as the April 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Employer: Currently in my second year of postdoctoral training in neuropsychology at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School Clinical population you work with: I work with a diverse patient population with regard to age, ethnicity, culture, and language. My clinical...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Veronica Lozano as the March 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Houston, Texas (born in Monterrey, NL, Mexico) Employer: TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research) Memorial Hermann Clinical population you work with: Adults with TBI, stroke, other BI, and/or dementia Research interests and/or current research projects: I am currently collaborating on several projects...

    March 2012, Member of the Month, Veronica J. Lozano, Ph.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Veronica Lozano as the March 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Houston, Texas (born in Monterrey, NL, Mexico) Employer: TIRR (The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research) Memorial Hermann Clinical population you work with: Adults with TBI, stroke, other BI, and/or dementia Research interests and/or current research projects: I am currently collaborating on several projects...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Patricia Perez-Arce as the February 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Mexico City the first 13 years, San Francisco 18 years,  Oakland, CA, for the past 10 Employer: Self employed Clinical population you work with: In my private practice my specialty is forensics and within it potential and actual capital punishment cases and habeas...

    February 2012, Member of the Month, Patricia Perez-Arce, Ph.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Patricia Perez-Arce as the February 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown: Mexico City the first 13 years, San Francisco 18 years,  Oakland, CA, for the past 10 Employer: Self employed Clinical population you work with: In my private practice my specialty is forensics and within it potential and actual capital punishment cases and habeas...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Jacqueline Valdes as the January 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown:  I was born in Brooklyn, New York, however, moved to Connecticut at age 4 and grew up in a small town, Trumbull, Connecticut.  After college, I moved to South Florida and have been living in the Fort Lauderdale area since 1986. Employer:  Primarily...

    January 2012 Member of the Month, Jacqueline Valdes, Ph.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Jacqueline Valdes as the January 2012 Member of the Month. Hometown:  I was born in Brooklyn, New York, however, moved to Connecticut at age 4 and grew up in a small town, Trumbull, Connecticut.  After college, I moved to South Florida and have been living in the Fort Lauderdale area since 1986. Employer:  Primarily...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Joe Gorin as the December 2011 Member of the Month. Hometown: Cambridge MA (original); recent hometown is Washington, DC Employer: Joseph Gorin, Psy.D. & Associates Clinical population you work with: immigrants, refugees, torture survivors, children Research interests and/or current research projects: currently involved in research about predictors of PTSD How did you get bitten by the Hispanic neuropsychology...

    December 2011 Member of the Month, Joe Gorin, Psy.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Joe Gorin as the December 2011 Member of the Month. Hometown: Cambridge MA (original); recent hometown is Washington, DC Employer: Joseph Gorin, Psy.D. & Associates Clinical population you work with: immigrants, refugees, torture survivors, children Research interests and/or current research projects: currently involved in research about predictors of PTSD How did you get bitten by the Hispanic neuropsychology...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Jeffrey Cory as the November 2011 Member of the Month. Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA full-time till parents’ divorce; then added part-time also in Missoula, MT after mom moved at the end of elementary school Employer: Self – Rocky Mountain Neuropsychology, PLLC (www.rockymountainneuropsychology.com) Clinical population you work with: Elementary-age pediatric up through geriatric. Pretty standard outpatient neuropsychology/medical psychology/psychodiagnostic...

    November 2011 Member of the Month, Jeffrey Cory, Ph.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Jeffrey Cory as the November 2011 Member of the Month. Hometown: Santa Rosa, CA full-time till parents’ divorce; then added part-time also in Missoula, MT after mom moved at the end of elementary school Employer: Self – Rocky Mountain Neuropsychology, PLLC (www.rockymountainneuropsychology.com) Clinical population you work with: Elementary-age pediatric up through geriatric. Pretty standard outpatient neuropsychology/medical psychology/psychodiagnostic...

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  • HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Shelley Peery as the October 2011 Member of the Month. Hometown: San Francisco, CA and the East BayEmployer: Self! Just launched my private practice fully in February! Clinical population you work with: children and adults, about 25% Spanish speaking, I see everything from Autism to Alzheimer’s Research interests and/or current research projects: My interest in forensic research is piqued. ...

    October 2011 Member of the Month, Shelley Peery, Ph.D.

    HNS is proud to recognize Dr. Shelley Peery as the October 2011 Member of the Month. Hometown: San Francisco, CA and the East BayEmployer: Self! Just launched my private practice fully in February! Clinical population you work with: children and adults, about 25% Spanish speaking, I see everything from Autism to Alzheimer’s Research interests and/or current research projects: My interest in forensic research is piqued. ...

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