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Stephanie Towns, PsyD, ABPP

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Associate Professor of Neurology; Training Director, Neuropsychology

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Stephanie Towns, PsyD, ABPP

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Biography

Dr. Towns is board-certified in clinical neuropsychology and is an Associate Professor in the Neurology Department. She earned her doctorate from Antioch University of New England and completed her internship at the James A Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, FL. Dr. Towns completed her postdoctoral residency in neuropsychology and neuroimaging at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Dr. Towns works primarily out of Greenwich, CT and sees adult patients suffering from a variety of neurological diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, stroke, dementia, and traumatic brain injury. She serves as the Neuropsychology training director and acts as the primary supervisor for the neuropsychology externship and residency programs. Her primary research interests involve the relationship of sleep and cognitive symptoms in patients with neurological disease as well as issues in clinical neuropsychology training. Dr. Towns is also active in her professional community serving as an active member and chair of multiple committees particularly those dedicated to neuropsychological training.

Education & Training

  • Postdoctoral fellow
    Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (2016)
  • PsyD
    Antioch University New England, Clinical Psychology (2014)
  • Neuropsychology Intern
    James A Haley VA Medical Center (2014)
  • MS
    Loyola University of Maryland, Clinical Psychology (2008)
  • BS
    Miami University of Ohio, Psychology

Activities

  • Educating the Psychologists of Tomorrow: How Innovations in Medical Training Can Guide Us
    Seattle, WA, United States 2024
    American Psychological Association
  • Holistic Recruitment: Rationale and guidance for increasing recruitment of diverse trainees
    Scottsdale, AZ, United States 2024
    American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Rejection in Professional Life
    Minneapolis, MN, United States 2022
    Rejection in Professional Life
  • Personal and Emotional Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Neuropsychology Trainees: Survey from the Student Affairs Committee of the AACN
    Annual meeting of INS 2021
    Personal and Emotional Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Neuropsychology Trainees: Survey from the Student Affairs Committee of the AACN
  • Gender differences in the 2015 AACN student affairs committee survey of neuropsychology trainees
    San Diego, CA, United States 2018
    Gender differences in the 2015 AACN student affairs committee survey of neuropsychology trainees

Professional Service

OrganizationRoleDate
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease MonitoringReviewer2024 - Present
Stamp Out StrokeVolunteer2021 - Present
Invisible HandsVolunteer2020 - 2022

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