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Mailing Address
Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society
125 Nashua Street, Boston MA 02114
(617) 742-6719
e-mail: admin@massneuropsychology.org
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Board Members
 President: Maxine
Krengel,
Ph.D
Maxine Krengel, Ph.D. earned her doctorate at SUNY Albany. She completed
a neuropsychological internship at the VA Boston Healthcare System under the
supervision of Dr. Roberta F. White and a postdoctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital
under the supervision of Dr. Nancy Hebben. Dr. Krengel has worked in the
clinical neuropsychology service as a staff clinician and supervisor for 16 years.
She is part of a group private practice at Boston University in the Department
of Neurology. She continues to teach neuropsychology practicum students,
interns and postdoctoral fellows at the VA Boston Healthcare System and she teaches
classes in assessment and brain behavior relationships at Lesley University,
Boston University and Mount Ida College. Research interests include effects
of toxicant exposures on cognition, Gulf War related illnesses, and the cognitive
effects of blast injury. Dr. Krengel is a member of MPA, INS, and NAN.
 Past President: Joel Rosenbaum,
Ph.D
As a doctoral student under the mentorship of Gerald C. Davison,
Ph.D, at University of Southern California Dr. Rosenbaum earned
his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Clinical internship toward
the Ph.D. with specialization in Neuropsychology was with
Wilfred Van Gorp, Ph.D. at West Los Angeles Veterans Administration
Medical Center. Subsequent, post doctoral fellowships were
completed in the Neurology Department at Boston University
School of Medicine (Teaching Fellow) and at New England Rehabilitation
Hospital (Clinical Fellow in Neuropsychology). Having served
many years as Senior Neuropsychologist at Braintree Rehabilitation
Hospital on Boston's south shore, he is now in private practice
at Quincy Medical Center (an affiliate of Boston University
School of Medicine) providing neuropsychological services
across the lifespan emphasizing a lifespan-developmental approach.
Areas of specialization include dementia, cerbrovascular insults,
other neurodegenerative disorders, traumatic brain injury,
and Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity Disorder (Adults
and Children). Dr. Rosenbaum is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Current academic appointments are as Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, and as Lecturer in Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine.
 President-elect: Carol A. Leavell, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Carol Leavell, Ph.D., ABPP/CN, now President Elect, previously has served as Secretary and Board Member of MNS. A former Director of Neuropsychology at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, she is now a Partner at Lifespan Neuropsychological Services, Inc., at the same location. In addition to directing a post doctoral training program and supervising interns, she teaches in the Graduate College of Education at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. She received her Ph.D. at Syracuse University and completed a neuropsychology internship through the Brown University Internship Consortium. Subsequently, she completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology at Braintree Hospital in affiliation with Boston University. She is an elected Fellow in the National Academy of Neuropsychology and Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP); she also serves as a Member at Large for the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychologists (AACN). In addition to MNS, her other professional society affiliations include MPA, APA, INS and NAN.
 Co-Director,
Continuing Education: Sandra
Sheehan, Ph.D.
Sandra Shaheen, Ph. D. earned her doctorate at Tufts University
and completed pre and postdoctoral training at the Boston
Children's Hospital where she worked with Natalie Sollee
and Irving Hurwitz. She developed consultation liaison programs
with the Toxicology, Neurology, and Psychosomatic Units at
the hospital and joined the Postdoctoral Training staff
in 1985. Dr. Shaheen
has been an active member of MNS since the beginning
of the organization and has served on the professional
practices committee, and as membership coordinator. Now
in private practice, Dr. Shaheen has taught assessment
courses at Tufts University and other local colleges, and
coordinated a school consultation program for the Statewide
Head Injury Program (SHIP). She maintains appointments
at Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and
is a member of APA, INS, NAN,
and SPP. Research interests have included
the effects of toxic exposures on cognitive and behavior
development, neuroplasticity and development, effects of
early prefrontal lesions on outcome.
 Co-Director,
Continuing Education: Erin Hill. Psy.D.
Erin Hill, Psy.D., earned her doctorate in psychology from Roosevelt University in Chicago and completed internship training at Henry Ford Health Center in Detroit. Her neuropsychology fellowship at Massachusetts Mental Health Center/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) brought her out to Boston. Following her training, she was awarded a Peter Livingston Research Fellowship through Harvard Medical School to pursue her research interests in schizophrenia. She holds an academic appointment as Clinical Instructor through Harvard Medical School, has a part-time position in the Department of Psychiatry at BIDMC, and devotes the rest of her time in private practice. Erin was awarded Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology in May 2007. An MNS member since 2005, she strives to promote the Society’s mission to enhance neuropsychological-related education and research, strengthen communication between and within neuropsychology, and hopes to utilize MSN resources to support programs that assist clinicians making the transition from trainee to independent practitioner.
Secretary and Director of Professional Affairs: Kira
Armstrong, Ph.D.
Dr. Kira Armstrong earned her PhD at the University of Victoria
in British
Columbia, Canada. She completed her internship through
the University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Consortium, and her postdoctoral
fellowship
at Columbus Children's Hospital. She is Board Certified
in Clinical
Neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional
Psychology
(ABPP), and is a Member at Large for the American Academy
of Clinical
Neuropsychologists (AACN) Board of Directors. Through this
capacity she is
involved in a number of committees devoted to professional
affairs and
training issues in neuropsychology. Dr. Armstrong previously
directed a
hospital-based pediatric neuropsychology service in Chicago.
She is
currently directing the pediatric neuropsychology postdoctoral
fellowship
training program and is the lead neuropsychologist in the
pediatric
neuropsychology department at the Cambridge Health Alliance. She
also
maintains a part-time private practice and is the Director
of the MNS
Professional Affairs Committee (PAC).
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 Treasurer: Sigmund Hough, Ph.D., ABPP
Sigmund Hough, Ph.D., ABPP received his undergraduate and masters’ degrees from Columbia University, doctorate from Boston University’s Clinical Psychology Program, and postdoctoral training in neuropsychology at New England Rehabilitation Hospital. Currently is the clinical neuropsychologist on the Spinal Cord Injury Service at the VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Hough is licensed in Massachusetts and Maine, with Board Certification in Rehabilitation Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, and serves on the Board of Directors, American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers (AASCIPSW). Dr. Hough is the Editor of the journal Sexuality and Disability, a CARF Surveyor (Commission on Accreditation on Rehabilitation Facilities), an American Psychological Association Site Visitor, member of the American Psychological Association (Div. 12, 22, 40, 45), member of International Neuropsychological Society and Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Areas of interest include the interface between clinical psychology and neuropsychology in areas of spinal cord injury/disorder, traumatic brain injury, neurologic impairment, and mental retardation.
 Membership Director: Jennifer M. Turek, Ph.D.
Jennifer M. Turek, Ph.D., earned her doctorate at Suffolk University in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Turek is currently a pediatric neuropsychologist at CHB and an Instructor in Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School (HMS). Her clinical work is focused on children and young adults with medical conditions, in the areas of spina bifida, neurological disorders, head injuries, oncology, and other systematic disorders. She is involved in supervision and didactic training in the pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral residency programs at Children's Hospital. Her research has been focused on long term effects of CNS directed treatment for children with leukemia. In addition to her work at CHB, Dr. Turek is a Lecturer at Curry College.
Member: Carmen
Armengol, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCNl
Carmen G. Armengol de la Miyar, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN
Associate Professor
Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology
Northeastern University
 Member: Michael Cirillo, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Cirillo received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas - Austin in 1997 with a minor in Neuropsychology. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. He then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital and a two-year Clinical Research Training Program at Harvard Medical School studying the neuropsychology and neuroanatomy of schizophrenia. Now a neuropsychologist in private practice in Worcester, he sees a wide range of child and adult cases referred mostly by neurologists, pediatricians, and child psychologists and therapists. He was certified by the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABPP-CN) in 2006.
 Member: Linda Zoe Podbros, Ph.D.
Dr. Podbros has been an active member of MNS since the beginning
of the organization. From 1991 to 1994, she served on the
MNS Board, and from 1990 to 1995 served as the Chair of Publications and edited the MNS Newsletter. Prior to beginning graduate school, she worked with Dr. Nelson Butters at the Boston VA. She then went on to Stony Brook University to work with Dr. John Stamm on his seminal primate frontal lobe research. In 1976-77, she spent a year working with Dr. Maria Wyke at the National Hospital for Neurological Disorders in London, England, involved in both clinical work and research. She completed her Ph.D., with Parkinson patients, in 1981. Over the years, Dr. Podbros has served on the staff of a number of rehabilitation hospitals -- Braintree Hospital, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Spaulding Hospital, and the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands (RHCI), working primarily with adult patients with neurological disorders. In 1995, she was part of the startup of RHCI, with the responsibility to develop and direct adult neuropsychological services. Although she continues to be on the staff at RHCI, she recently opened an office in Sandwich, where she maintain a busy outpatient practice. In addition to private practice, she serves as a Consultant to the Massachusetts Statewide Head Injury Program, a role she has enjoyed since 1988. In addition to her role as a current MNS Board Member, she is a member of the MNS Professional Affairs Committee and serves as the MNS delegate to the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences.
 Member: Paul A. Spiers, Ph.D.
Dr.
Spiers received his Bachelor of Arts with First Honors in
Abnormal Psychology from McGill University and then conducted
behavioral research on for the Ministry of Health and Welfare,
Canada. He moved to Clark University to complete his graduate
training and there began working with Dr. Edith Kaplan. He
was a Summer fellow at the Boston VAMC and was invited to
be an International Fellow by Professor Henry Hecaen at the
Unite de Recherches Neuropsychologiques et Neurolinguistiques
in Paris. This led to a series of chapters on Acalculia.
Returning
from France, Dr. Spiers completed his APA internship with
Drs. Kaplan, Harold Goodglass, D. Frank Benson, and Norman
Geschwind. Dr. Gescwind then offered to have him join the
staff of his newly-formed Behavioral Neurology Unit at Boston’s
Beth Israel Hospital, where Dr. Spiers worked with Drs. Sandra
Weintraub and Marsel Mesulam. He became co-director of the
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and was a member of the multidisciplinary
team that conducted epilepsy surgery with Drs. Howard Blume
and Donald Schomer. From this collaboration emerged several
research publications and he co-authored three chapters dealing
with Temporolimbic Epilepsy and Behavior.
After a decade at
the Beth Israel, Dr. Spiers was invited to the Clinical Research
Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to supervise
research on Aspartame and later on Citicoline. Dr. Spiers
still conducts research investigating the effect of drugs
and nutritional products on neuropsychological and neurobehavioral
functioning. He has acted as a
consultant to pharmaceutical companies, both nationally and
internationally, and has participated in new drug approval
hearings before the Food and Drug Administration. The focus
of his recent research has been on treating the memory loss
associated with aging and early dementia, as well as the
treatment of cognitive deficits as a result of stroke or
brain injury. TBI is something about which he has considerable
personal insight, having sustained a severe traumatic brain
injury himself 13 years ago, at the same time as he had a
spinal cord injury that left him paraplegic, when he fell
from horseback. Never one to miss a publication opportunity,
he reported himself as a case study in JINS.
Dr. Spiers now
is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University
School of Medicine where he teaches Forensic Neuropsychology
in the Behavioral Neurosciences Program. He
also has a private practice where, since 1984, he has examined
clients in Probate, Civil, Criminal, and Appellate matters. His
testimony has resulted in two legal precedents in Massachusetts
and he has consulted to the Attorneys General of several states
and to the Department of Justice in Washington.
 Student
Representative: Daniel
Seichepine, M.A. is a third year doctoral student in the
Boston
University Clinical Psychology program specializing in Neuropsychology.
He joined the program following a post-baccalaureate fellowship
within
the Geriatric Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute
on Mental
Health where his interests in memory and aging were strengthened
while
working with individuals at risk for developing Alzheimer's
disease.
His current research, under the guidance of Dr. Alice Cronin-Golomb,
is
geared toward better understanding the effect of visual factors
on
cognition in aging and age-related neurological disorders
such as
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. In addition
to research
related activities, he has completed externships at the Center
for
Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, the Psychological
Services Center at Boston University, and the Brigham Behavioral
Neurology Group at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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