Clemente Vega, PsyD, ABPP-CN
Attending Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology
Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Clemente Vega, PsyD, ABPP-CN
Attending Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology
Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Education
Graduate School
Carlos Albizu University
2008
Miami
FL
Internship
Miami Children's Hospital
2008
Miami
FL
Fellowship
Yale University School of Medicine
2010
New Haven
CT
Professional History
Dr. Vega is a clinician and researcher mainly in the area of pediatric epilepsy, specifically studying the cognitive, behavioral and affective comorbidities in epilepsy syndromes, as well as outcomes of neurosurgery for treatment of refractory epilepsy. As a bilingual Spanish-English practitioner from Cuban immigrant parents, Dr. Vega’s areas of interest also include research and provision of services with ethnic minority populations in the U.S. and abroad, as well as patient advocacy for underserved populations as a member of several national organizations. He lectures on topics such as brain development, neuropsychology of pediatric epilepsy, and assessment of bilingual children.
Publications
Prevalence of suicidality in children and adolescents with depressive disorders with and without epilepsy. View Abstract
Culturally Informed Neuropsychological Evaluations in Pediatric Epilepsy: Evidence-Based Practice Considerations. View Abstract
Long-term neuropsychological outcomes in children with febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) treated with anakinra. View Abstract
Discrepant expressive language lateralization in children and adolescents with epilepsy. View Abstract
Response to clobazam in continuous spike-wave during sleep. View Abstract
Lexical retrieval pre- and posttemporal lobe epilepsy surgery in a pediatric sample. View Abstract
Passive fMRI mapping of language function for pediatric epilepsy surgical planning: validation using Wada, ECS, and FMAER. View Abstract
Brain functional networks in syndromic and non-syndromic autism: a graph theoretical study of EEG connectivity. View Abstract
Symptoms of anxiety and depression in childhood absence epilepsy. View Abstract
Impaired attention and network connectivity in childhood absence epilepsy. View Abstract
Errors on the WCST correlate with language proficiency scores in Spanish-English bilingual children. View Abstract
Differentiation of attention-related problems in childhood absence epilepsy. View Abstract
Dynamic time course of typical childhood absence seizures: EEG, behavior, and functional magnetic resonance imaging. View Abstract