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Lauren Krivitzky, PhD
Children's National Medical Center
Faculty, Neuropsychology
Principal Investigator, Children's Research Institute 
Center for Neuroscience Research (CNR)


George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Pediatrics

Contact Information
Children's National Medical Center
Center for Neuroscience Research (CNR)
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010-2970

202-476-5000
lkrivitz@childrensnational.org


Education & Training
Institution & Location Degree Year(s) Field of Study
University of Pennsylvania, PA BA 1997 Double Major: Biological Basis of Behavior and Psychology
MCP-Hahnemann University (Now Drexel University), PA PhD 2002 Clinical Psychology/ Specialization in Neuropsychology

Research Interests
Lauren Krivitzky, PhD is a pediatric neuropsychologist in the Division of Neuropsychology at Children’s National Medical Center and is an assistant professor in the Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Krivitzky joined the staff at Children’s National in 2004. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania and her masters and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University. After completing her internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins Hospital, she completed a fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Krivitzky has a strong interest in studying acquired brain injuries and provides consultation to the National Center for Children’s Rehabilitation, a joint effort between Children’s National and the National Rehabilitation Hospital. She is currently conducting a study examining functional imaging and diffusion tensor imaging in children with mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI). In addition to her interests in acquired brain injury, Dr. Krivitzky is involved in multi-disciplinary research with the Genetics and Metabolism program at Children’s National. Currently, she is the lead neuropsycholgist on a large multi-center NIH study examining neuropsychological outcomes in individuals with urea cycle disorders across the age span.

Clinical Interests 
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Publications
View a partial list of publications for Lauren Krivitzky through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.


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