Julie Elizabeth Petersen, PhD

Description

Dr. Julie Petersen is a clinical neuropsychologist in the Division of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She completed her undergraduate and master’s training in psychology and behavioral neuroscience at Drexel University, followed by her PhD in Clinical Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology Focus) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She then completed an APA-accredited internship in neuropsychology at West Virginia University Medicine and a two-year clinical neuropsychology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Petersen has broad clinical expertise in adult neuropsychological assessment across neurologic, medical, and psychiatric conditions. Her background also includes presurgical evaluations for deep brain stimulation, MR-guided focused ultrasound, epilepsy surgery, and tumor resection, as well as participation in intraoperative language mapping during awake craniotomy.