Emily Divirgilio
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Rehabilitation, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Psychology)
University of Delaware, 2009.
MA (Clinical Psychology)
Arizona State University, 2015.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Arizona State University, 2020.
BA (Psychology)
University of Delaware, 2009.
MA (Clinical Psychology)
Arizona State University, 2015.
PhD (Clinical Psychology)
Arizona State University, 2020.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern, Psychology/Neuropsyhology, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, 2019-2020.
Fellow, Neuropsychology, Specialization in Traumatic Brain Injury, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 2020-2022.
Permanent linkIntern, Psychology/Neuropsyhology, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, 2019-2020.
Fellow, Neuropsychology, Specialization in Traumatic Brain Injury, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 2020-2022.
Selected Publications
Jones, S., Diliberto, E., DiVirgilio, E., Conklin, J., King, J.M.: A Phased Approach to Caregiver Education and Training in a Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation Disorders of Consciousness Program. Oral presentation at the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA) annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA October 2025.Colin, A., McCarthy, C., Ritchie, K.A., DiVirgilio, E.: Bridging the gap: Collaborative strategies for supporting children with disorders of consciousness in their transition from hospital to school. Oral presentation at the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA) annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA October 2025.
DiVirgilio, E., Colbert, A., Jones, K., Schmus, K., Tlustos, S., & Watson, W., Colin, A., Conklin, J., Freer, C., Kramer, M., Ritchie, K.A.: Applying a structured framework of evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation for children with acquired brain injury in inpatient rehabilitation settings: A multi-site, interdisciplinary collaboration. Oral presentation annual meeting of the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society (IPBIS), Glasgow, Scotland. September 2024.
Mcnally, K., DiVirgilio, E., Solesbee, C., Davidson, A., Shiplett, K., Rose, S.: Concussion Symptom Treatment and Education Program (C-STEP): A pilot randomized controlled trial of a brief psychological intervention delivered within a multidisciplinary pediatric concussion clinic. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society (IPBIS), Glasgow, Scotland. September 2024.
Jones, S., DiVirgilio, E., King, J. Michael, Colin, A., Konieczny, T., Case, A., Chesley, G: A team-based approach to standardization of a specialized inpatient rehabilitation program for pediatric patients with disorders of consciousness. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the International Paediatric Brain Injury Society (IPBIS), Glasgow, Scotland September 2024.
Schmus, K., Conklin, J., DiVirgilio, E., Ritchie, K.A.: Development of an interdisciplinary approach to inpatient pediatric cognitive rehabilitation targeting function and generalization. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania (BIAPA), Lancaster, PA June 2024.
Ransom DM, Caldwell CT, DiVirgilio EK, McNally KA, Peterson RL, Ploetz DM, Sady MD, Slomine BS: Pediatric mTBI during the COVID-19 pandemic: considerations for evaluation and management. Child Neuropsychol 28(3): 355-373, April 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1080/09297049.2021.1985101. Epub 2021 Oct 6.
Ransom DM, Butt SM, DiVirgilio EK, Cederberg CD, Srnka KD, Hess CT, Sy MC, Katzenstein JM: Pediatric Teleneuropsychology: Feasibility and Recommendations. Arch Clin Neuropsychol 35(8): 1204-1214, November 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1093/arclin/acaa103.
Nicholls, C.J., Winstone, L.K., DiVirgilio, E.K., Foley, M.: Test of variables of attention performance among ADHD children with credible vs. non-credible PVT performance. Appl Neuropsychol Child 9(4): 307-313, October-December 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1080/21622965.2020.1751787. Epub 2020 May 1.
Watson WD, Lahey S, Baum KT, Hamner T, Koterba CH, Alvarez G, Chan JB, Davis KC, DiVirgilio EK, Howarth RA, Jones K, Kramer M, Tlustos SJ, Zafiris CM, Slomine BS: The role of the Neuropsychologist across the stages of recovery from acquired brain injury: a summary from the pediatric rehabilitation Neuropsychology collaborative. Child Neuropsychol 29(2): 299-320, February 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1080/09297049.2022.2086691. Epub 2022 Jun 21.