Dana Szeles, PhD, ABPP

My Specialties:

Adult Neuropsychological Testing

Dr. Dana Szeles is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist with extensive experience in the assessment of cognitive disorders/dementia and thinking changes associated with medical and neurologic illnesses in adults. Dr. Szeles completed her PhD at the University of Florida with a specialized focus in neuropsychology and furthered her training through a two-year fellowship in neuropsychology at the Medical University of South Carolina. While not required beyond licensure to practice, board certification reflects Dr. Szeles’ dedicated adherence to consensus practices in the field and demonstration of the knowledge base needed to serve a diverse patient population.

Dr. Szeles sees patients across the adult age range seeking diagnosis and support for cognitive declines and dementia, reassurance of normal aging in the setting of new concerns, understanding of reversible causes of mild cognitive struggles, and guidance in the course of progressive disease. Through her years of professional experience in outpatient service, Dr. Szeles has established the flexible clinical mindset needed to meet each individual where they are in their cognitive health journey and develop individually tailored recommendations to support both patients and their treatment teams.

Specialties

Adults ages 18+ with general questions of new memory/thinking changes

Differential diagnosis of cognitive disorders/dementias, including:

• Dementia/Alzheimer’s
• Epilepsy
• Frontotemporal Dementias
• Head/Brain Injuries
• Lewy Body Disease
• Movement Disorders
• Multiple sclerosis
• Primary Progressive Aphasias
• Stroke
• TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)
• Vascular Dementia

Changes associated with other chronic/progressive neurologic conditions:

• Movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Multiple System Atrophy)
• Epilepsy
• Multiple sclerosis

Subjective difficulties associated with chronic medical illnesses:

• Cancer
• Complex medical histories
• Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
• Stroke
• Cognitive challenges in the setting of alcohol/substance abuse, chronic pain, depression, anxiety, other mood and somatoform disorders, and/or sleep disturbance and disorders

Ages:
18+ for general cognitive concerns

Languages:  English

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/her/hers/herself

Insurances:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield (all plans)
• Cigna
• Medicare
• Tricare
• United Healthcare

If you have questions or are ready to begin treatment, contact us today.  Don’t continue to feel alone in your struggles, we are here to help.