About Us
In addition to providing the best possible care for each of our patients, our goal at the Mount Sinai Epilepsy Center is to work toward improving treatment options for epilepsy and to advance our understanding of the brain mechanisms that cause the disease.
Our team of superb epileptologists (neurologists with special training in epilepsy), neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, dieticians, social workers, and rehabilitation specialists work together, drawing on each of their areas to take care of you as a whole person. Using the most advanced diagnostics and therapies available, we are skilled in personalizing a treatment plan to help you enjoy life beyond epilepsy symptoms.
Epilepsy Research
Our program is also engaged in multiple research projects with scientists at The Friedman Brain Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. We are studying microscopic DNA/RNA and the dendritic spine of the neuron, and are conducting our research at both the individual and population level. We may talk to you about clinical trials and research projects; we would welcome your participation.
If you are interested in helping us, we use donations to fund research, education, and clinical programs, all with the objective of making significant improvements in the lives of people living with epilepsy.
Training Programs
In addition to our Neurology Residency, and Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship programs, the Mount Sinai Epilepsy Center offers advanced training opportunities in clinical neuropsychology. Our externship provides doctoral students with hands-on experience in neuropsychological assessment, patient care, and multidisciplinary treatment planning within one of the nation’s leading epilepsy centers.
Clinical Neuropsychology Externship
The Mount Sinai Epilepsy Center offers a one-year [July - June], 16-hour per week externship in clinical neuropsychology. Externs will be trained in administering, scoring, and interpreting neuropsychological test batteries, and writing integrated neuropsychological reports with patient-specific and referral-specific recommendations. Patients are often undergoing pre-surgical evaluations for epilepsy, although externs will have the opportunity to see individuals with a variety of referral questions and neurological disorders in outpatient and inpatient settings. Patients seen are mostly adults, with opportunities to work with pediatric patients as well. Externs will also be able to observe and assist in Wada procedures, and intra- and extra-operative language mappings. Spanish-speaking externs can be trained in administering Spanish evaluations, and all externs can have the opportunity to conduct evaluations with the assistance of an interpreter. In addition to weekly individual supervision and didactics, externs can observe multidisciplinary surgical planning conferences, grand rounds, brain cutting, and journal clubs.
Applicants must be currently enrolled as a doctoral student in clinical psychology. Graduate coursework in neuropsychology and prior testing experience is preferred.
Application should include: cover letter, curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, and a de-identified report if available. Please email Sloane.Sheldon@mountsinai.org with any questions.
Location: Mount Sinai West
Supervisors: Sloane Sheldon, Ph.D. ABPP (Director of Clinical Training) and Adam Saad, Psy.D.