Alex McLean Taylor, PsyD

Director, Neuropsychology Program, Brain Injury Center
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Alex Taylor, PsyD

Alex McLean Taylor, PsyD

Director, Neuropsychology Program, Brain Injury Center
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Medical Services

Education
Graduate School
California School of Professional Psychology
2007
San Francisco
Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2009
Pittsburgh
PA
Professional History

Alex M. Taylor, PsyD, is a clinical neuropsychologist providing services within the multidisciplinary Brain Injury Center and Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital. He also serves as a consultant for the New England Revolution. Prior to joining Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Taylor completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Sports Medicine Concussion Program focusing on the diagnosis and management of sports related concussion (SRC). His work includes investigating the impact of mild Traumatic Brain Injury on neurocognitive and neurobehavioral functioning with the aim of preventing longer term sequelae. Dr. Taylor’s professional memberships include the International Neuropsychological Society, the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society, and the American Psychological Association Division of Clinical Neuropsychology.

Publications

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating Transcranial Photobiomodulation as Treatment for Concussion. View Abstract
Neuropsychological Assessment of Sport-Related Concussion. View Abstract
Classic ataxia-telangiectasia: the phenotype of long-term survivors. View Abstract
Trajectories of motor abnormalities in milder phenotypes of ataxia telangiectasia. View Abstract
The Association Between Premorbid Conditions in School-Aged Children With Prolonged Concussion Recovery. View Abstract
Neurocognitive Deficits of Concussed Adolescent Athletes at Self-reported Symptom Resolution in the Zurich Guidelines Era. View Abstract
Educational Initiative to Standardize Concussion Management in Pediatric Primary Care. View Abstract
Same Care, Different Populations. View Abstract
Division III Collision Sports Are Not Associated with Neurobehavioral Quality of Life. View Abstract
Trends in Ambulatory Care for Children with Concussion and Minor Head Injury from Eastern Massachusetts between 2007 and 2013. View Abstract
Neuropsychological evaluation and management of sport-related concussion. View Abstract
Computerized neurocognitive testing for the management of sport-related concussions. View Abstract
The pediatric athlete: younger athletes with sport-related concussion. View Abstract
Computerized neuropsychological profiles of South African versus US athletes: a basis for commentary on cross-cultural norming issues in the sports concussion arena. View Abstract
Examination of volunteer bias in research involving patients diagnosed with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. View Abstract
Aziridines as intermediates in diversity-oriented syntheses of alkaloids. View Abstract