Patricia Garcia
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
Biography
Patricia Garcia is a second-year neuropsychology fellow. She completed her first year of residency at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and worked in the outpatient neuropsychology clinic where she did neuropsychological evaluations of adults and geriatric patients, particularly assisting in the diagnosis of dementia at the outpatient neuropsychology center and at the memory disorder’s clinic in the neurology department. She is now at Ryder Trauma Center located in Jackson Memorial Hospital, working primarily in the neurorehabilitation inpatient unit where she has the opportunity to assess and treat patients with traumatic brain injuries, cerebrovascular accidents, brain tumors, epilepsy, brain infections, among other neurological conditions, and communicate findings to an interdisciplinary team of professionals. She also provides consultative services at the neurosurgery ICU, trauma ICU, and the outpatient neuropsychology clinics. Her research interests include cross-cultural neuropsychology, AD biomarkers, psychiatric symptoms, and cultural variables in the assessment of dementia.