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• H. Branch Coslett, MD (section chief)
• Anjan Chatterjee, MD
• Murray Grossman, MD
• Geoffrey Aguirre, MD, PhD
• Sabrina Smith, MD, PhD
• Roy Hamilton, MD
• David Wolk, MD
• Kathy Lawler, PHIL (Neuropsychologist)

• Monday: Dr. Grossman, 2 Ravdin, 8 AM - noon
• Tuesday:
  • Drs. Coslett, Chatterjee, Grossman, and Aguirre, 2 Ravdin, 8 AM - noon.
  • Drs. Coslett and Grossman, 2 Ravdin, noon - 4 PM.
  • Dr. Hamilton, 9 AM - 4 PM at the Penn Memory Center of the Ralston House.
  • Dr. Smith, Wood 6 CHOP, 8 AM - noon. The first and third Tuesdays of the month are a multidisciplinary neonatal and pediatric stroke clinic. The other clinics are general child neurology but good for seeing how to assess cognition in children of different ages. Dr. Smith is also happy to arrange pediatric cognitive neurology rounds at CHOP on request.

Patients often undergo comprehensive neuropsychological testing as part of their evaluation. At HUP, Kathy Lawler directs the outpatient neuropsychology center, adjacent to the 2 Ravdin Clinic. Evaluations are performed daily from 8 or 9 AM until the early afternoon. Please call 215-662-3371 to arrange a visit. At CHOP, Nina Thomas conducts neuropsychological testing. A CHOP neuropsych case conference is held on Thursday afternoons at 4PM.

Several members of the section run regular lab meetings on topics related to cognitive neuroscience and neurology.

• The Penn Memory Center weekly meeting takes place at the Ralston House room 216 at 8:30 AM on Mondays.
• The Laboratory for Cognition and Neural Stimulation (Drs. Coslett and Hamilton) meets at 2:30 on Mondays.
• Dr. Grossman's lab meeting is at 8:30 AM on Thursdays.
• Drs. Chatterjee, Smith, and Aguirre have a joint lab meeting at 2:30 PM on Thursdays. An online calendar of topics is available.

The Ralston House facility houses the Penn Memory Center, a research center focused on Alzheimer's and other neuro-degenerative illnesses.

Patients seen in the clinic typically undergo an office test of cognition:

• Folstein Mini-mental Status Examination (MMSE)
• The Philadelphia Brief Assessment of Cognition (PBAC) and instructions for administration. (Original paper here)

Some introductory readings relevant for Behavioral Neurology

• A review of Frontotemporal Disease (FTD)
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