Amy K Heffelfinger, PhD

• Milwaukee Campus-Children's Wisconsin
  8915 W. Connell Court
  Milwaukee, WI 53226
  Office Phone: (414) 337-7787
  

Services

• Neuropsychology

I love to first work with children and their families early in life, as close to the injury or disease onset as possible to help the family understand how to optimize the child’s development. Many factors influence brain development and functions including genetic makeup, family factors, culture, socioeconomic well-being, and educational opportunities in addition to neurological or medical disorders. While basic cognitive abilities are very important, and at the core of a neuropsychological evaluation, I try to also help families understand how to help their children function best at home, in school, socially, and in their community. I also try and help each child and family remove racial, financial or cultural barriers to their success through maintaining quality education and ideal medical care. I enjoy working with children starting at a young age, then helping them throughout their childhood and transitioning them into early adulthood. I love to see my patients develop to be content with who they are, productively using their strengths, and as independent as possible.

Our clinic is located on the 2nd floor of the Children's Wisconsin Clinics Building at 8920 W. Connell Court. Please check in at Suite 210 at the Neurosciences front desk.

Certifications

• Clinical Neuropsychology

Areas of Interest

• Neuroscience
• Child development
• Social Inclusion and Diversity
• Stroke
• Spina Bifida
• Hydrocephalus
• Sickle cell disease
• Brain tumors
• Genetic disorders

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Education

• 1997, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, PhD

Fellowships

• 2000, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine - Psychiatry

Awards

Publications