Katya Rascovsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Steering Committee, Penn Latin America Center
Member, Hospital University Hospital (HUP) Neurology Inclusion and Diversity (iDARE) Community and Social Action Committee, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Committee on Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Penn Memory Center
Member, Penn Neuropsychology Internship Committee
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Department of Neurology - Gates 3
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Office: (215) 6152489
Fax: (215) 3495579
Lab: (215) 6622680
Fax: (215) 3495579
Lab: (215) 6622680
Publications
Links
Search PubMed for articles
US Consortium of Aging, Dementia & Latino Studies
Penn FTD Center Biography
NACC FTLD Module (Spanish)
Spanish translation and adaptation of the clinical and neuropsychological instruments developed by the National Alzheimer Coordinating Center (NACC) for Remote Evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease and Related Disorders.
Search PubMed for articles
US Consortium of Aging, Dementia & Latino Studies
Penn FTD Center Biography
NACC FTLD Module (Spanish)
Spanish translation and adaptation of the clinical and neuropsychological instruments developed by the National Alzheimer Coordinating Center (NACC) for Remote Evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease and Related Disorders.
Education:
B.A. (Biological Basis Behavior & Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania , 1993.
M.A. (Psychology)
New York University , 1995.
M.S. (Clinical Psychology)
San Diego State University, 2004.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology / Neuropsychology)
University of California, San Diego / San Diego State University , 2005.
B.A. (Biological Basis Behavior & Psychology)
University of Pennsylvania , 1993.
M.A. (Psychology)
New York University , 1995.
M.S. (Clinical Psychology)
San Diego State University, 2004.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology / Neuropsychology)
University of California, San Diego / San Diego State University , 2005.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship for Clinical Psychology, University of California, 2005-2005.
Neuropsychology, University of California, San Francisco , 2005-2007.
Permanent linkInternship for Clinical Psychology, University of California, 2005-2005.
Neuropsychology, University of California, San Francisco , 2005-2007.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Neuropsychology, Frontotemporal Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Behavior, Latino assessment, Spanish neuropsychology.Description of Research Expertise
Frontotemporal degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Diagnostic criteria, Neuropsychology, Behavior, Latino Populations, Spanish Neuropsychology.Selected Publications
McMillan, C.T., Irwin, D.J., Nasrallah, I., Phillips, J.S., Spindler, M., Rascovsky, K., Ternes, K., Jester, C., Wolk, D.A., Kwong, L.K., Lee, V.M., Lee, E.B., Trojanowski, J.Q., Grossman, M.: Multimodal evaluation demonstrates in vivo 18F-AV-1451 uptake in autopsy-confirmed corticobasal degeneration. Acta Neuropathologica 132(6): 935-937, Dec 2016.McMillan, C.T., Boyd, C., Gross, R.G., Weinstein, J., Firn, K., Toledo, J.B., Rascovsky, K., Shaw, L., Wolk, D.A., Irwin, D.J., Lee, E.B., Trojanowski, J.Q., Grossman, M.: Multimodal imaging evidence of pathology-mediated disease distribution in corticobasal syndrome. Neurology 87(12): 1227-34, Sep 2016.
Gervits, F., Ash, S., Coslett, H.B., Rascovsky, K., Grossman, M., Hamilton, R.: Transcranial direct current stimulation for the treatment of primary progressive aphasia: An open-label pilot study. Brain and Language 162: 35-41, Aug 2016.
Spotorno, N., McMillan, C.T., Rascovsky, K., Irwin, D.J., Clark, R., Grossman, M.: Beyond words: Pragmatic inference in behavioral variant of frontotemporal degeneration. Neuropsychologia 75: 556-64, Aug 2015.
Massimo, L., Zee, J., Xie, S.X., McMillan, C.T., Rascovsky, K., Irwin, D.J., Kolanowski, A., Grossman, M.: Occupational attainment influences survival in autopsy-confirmed frontotemporal degeneration. Neurology 84(20): 2070-5, May 2015.
Evans, J., Olm, C., McCluskey, L.F., Elman, L.B., Boller, A., Moran, E., Rascovsky, K., Bisbing, T., McMillan, C.T., Grossman, M.: Impaired cognitive flexibility in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology : Official Journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology 28(1): 17-26, Mar 2015.
Healey, M., McMillan, C.T., Golob, S., Spotorno, N., Rascovsky, K., Irwin, D.J., Clark, R., Grossman, M.: Getting on the same page: the neural basis for social coordination deficits in behavioral variant frontotemporal degeneration. Neuropsychologia 69: 56-66, Mar 2015.
Massimo, L., Powers, J.P., Evans, L.K., McMillan, Corey. T., Rascovsky, K., Eslinger, P., Ersek, M., Irwin, D.J., Grossman, M.: Apathy in Frontotemporal Degeneration: neuroanatomical evidence of impaired goal-directed behavior. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9: 611, Nov 2015 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00611.
Spotorno, N., Healey, M., McMillan, C.T., Rascovsky, K., Irwin D.J., Clark, R., Grossman M.: Processing ambiguity in a linguistic context: decision-making difficulties in non-aphasic patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal degeneration. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9: 583, 2015.
Bisbing, T. A., Olm, C. A., McMillan, C. T., Rascovsky, K., Baehr, L., Ternes, K., Irwin, D. J., Clark, R., Grossman, M.: Estimating frontal and parietal involvement in cognitive estimation: a study of focal neurodegenerative diseases. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9: 317, Jun 2015 Notes: doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00317.