Suzan Uysal, PhD Email Suzan Uysal
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- Positions
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Psychiatry
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation Medicine
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Neurology
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- Specialties
- Anesthesiology
- Psychology
- Neurology
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliation
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Suzan Uysal, PhD, ABPP-CN is a board certified neuropsychologist, educator, clinician, and researcher.
Dr. Uysal has been dedicated to educating future neuropsychologists for many years. She teaches Functional Neuroanatomy and Clinical Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry predoctoral internship and postdoctoral training programs in Neuropsychology, as well as in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine predoctoral internship and postdoctoral training programs in Rehabilitation Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. She is an adjunct faculty member in the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, where she teaches a graduate level course tilted Neuropsychology.
Dr. Uysal’s primary clinical focus is neuropsychological assessment for differential diagnosis of dementia syndromes. She also performs neuropsychological assessment in patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy and other neurological disorders.
Research Topics
Behavioral Health, Brain, Cardiovascular, Cognitive Neurology
Education
PhD, New York University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, New York University Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Internship, Clinical Neuropsychology
Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute
Fellowship, Clinical Neuropsychology
New York University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Clinical Neuropsychology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Language
English
Neurocognitive Outcomes and Neuroprotection
Dr. Uysal’s research has focused on neurocognitive outcomes and neuroprotection in cardiac surgery. She is a co-editor of a clinical handbook titled Neuroprotection in Critical Care and Perioperative Medicine, with co-editors David L. Reich, MD and Stephan A. Mayer, M.D. (Oxford University Press, 2018). Past clinical research areas include functional cortical mapping in epilepsy surgery candidates and quality of life following traumatic brain injury. Prior to that she worked in basic behavioral neuroscience research on studies focused on neural mechanisms related to substance abuse disorders and schizophrenia.
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Uysal during 2020 and/or 2021. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Employment:
- New York University
Industry-Sponsored Lectures: MSSM faculty occasionally give lectures at events sponsored by industry, but only if the events are free of any marketing purpose
- New York University
Other activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Clinical Neuropsychology Services, PC
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