
A warm welcome to Rachel Bridges, PhD, who recently joined our team as a pediatric neuropsychologist and an assistant professor of neurology. She specializes in neuropsychological evaluations for patients with complex medical and neurological disorders, including neuro-oncology, leukemia, sickle cell disease, and rare genetic/degenerative disorders. She also has expertise in the assessment of oncology/hematology patients with stroke, posterior fossa syndrome, and other neurological injuries post-neurosurgical intervention.
Bridges earned her master’s degree and her doctorate in school psychology with a concentration in neuropsychology from the University of South Carolina. She completed a predoctoral internship in pediatric neuropsychology at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital of Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical System, followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Bridges’ research focuses on outcomes following childhood cancer treatment, neurocognitive monitoring during CNS-directed therapy, and assessment measures for the neurocognitive screening of patients with cancer. She is a member of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, the International Neuropsychological Society oncology special interest group, and the National Academy of Neuropsychology.