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Megan Sy

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
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Department: Psychiatry
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Center for Childhood Cancer Research and Division of Oncology
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13 Education:
21 7 BS 17 (Psychology) c
34 Ateneo de Manila University, 2009.
21 7 MA 17 (Psychology) c
2c New York University, 2012.
21 7 MS 1e (School Psychology) c
2e St. John's University, 2015.
21 9 PsyD 3d (School Psychology, Neuropsychology Concentration) c
2e St. John's University, 2018.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 66 Pre-Doctoral Intern, Psychology, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, 2017-2018.
24 76 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, 2018-2020.
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Selected Publications

154 Peterson, R., Hess, C., Sy, M., Jacobson, L., Janzen, L., Hammer, S., & Schofield, H.: Neuropsychological Functioning in Pediatric Patients With Leukemia or Lymphoma Treated With CAR T-Cell Therapy: A Retrospective Chart Review. Pediatric Blood and Cancer March 2025.

19e Paltin, I., Sy, M., Lundy, S., Ayr-Volta, L., Canale, R., Fong, G., Janke, K., Pfeifle, G., Quinton, T., Schofield, H., & Warren, E. : Neuropsychological Late Effects and Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors: Role of Pediatric Neurologists in Monitoring and Management. Pediatric Neurology 161: 149-157, December 2024.

12d O'Brien, M., Paltin, I., Schofield, H., Sy, M. & Janke, K.: Functional Language Concerns and Longitudinal Outcomes Following Pediatric Brain Tumor in Early Childhood. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2024.

f6 Kearns, Z. & Sy, M.: Preliminary Outcomes of Routine Neuropsychological Screening in a Pediatric Cancer Center. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2024.

131 Paltin, I., Kochasvili, M., Sy, M., Schofield, H., Kearns, Z., & Janke, K.: Longitudinal Language Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients Diagnosed in Early Childhood. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2023.

a2 Sy, M., Janke, K., Kearns, Z., & Kochasvili, M.: Comparison of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery to Established 92 Performance-Based Assessments in a Pediatric Cancer Setting. International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting 2023.

123 Janke, K., Paltin, I., Schofield, H., Sy, M., & Kearns, Z.: Language development and outcomes in pediatric brain tumor. Neuro-Oncology 24(Supplement 1): i138 June 2022 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noac079.504.

168 Ransom, D.M., Butt, S.M., DiVirgilio, E.K., Cederberg, C.D., Srnka, K.D., Hess, C.T., Sy, M.C., & Katzenstein, J.M.: Pediatric teleneuropsychology: Feasibility and recommendations. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 35(8): 1204–1214, November 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1093/arclin/acaa103.

18b McDonough, E.M., Flanagan, D.P., Sy, M., & Alfonso, V.C.: The role of cognitive and intelligence tests in the DSM-5 diagnosis of specific learning disorder. Contemporary intellectual assessment: Theories, tests, and issues (4th ed.) D. P. Flanagan & E. M. McDonough (eds.). New York, NY: Guildford, Page: 993-1016, 2018.

150 Flanagan, D.P., Alfonso, V.C., Sy, M., McDonough, E.M., & Mascolo, J.T.: The dual discrepancy / consistency operational definition of SLD. Essentials of learning disability identification (2nd ed.). D. P. Flanagan & V. C. Alfonso (eds.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2018.

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