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Brett Parmenter, PhD, ABPP Kathleen Pagulayan, PhD
Clin Prof, Dept of Psych & Beh Sci Assoc Prof, Dept of Psych & Beh Sci
Univ of WA School of Medicine Univ of WA School of Medicine
Private Practice, Tacoma, WA Track Director, Neuropsych Fellowship Prog
VA Hospital, Seattle, WA
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This presentation will focus on lab values pertinent to cognitive functioning, with particular attention paid to electrolytes, non-electrolytes, and vitamin levels. Lab values associated with other medical conditions, such as diabetes along with kidney and liver disease, will also be reviewed. Conditions that impact vitamin absorption, such as Celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease, will be discussed, with particular focus on how abnormal lab values seen in such conditions can impact neuropsychological functioning.
The presentation Objectives are:
1) To be able to identify lab work relevant for neuropsychological evaluations
2) To be able to discuss how conditions of some non-neurologic organs might impact cognitive functioning, and to identify which lab values are important to review
3) To increase awareness of some medical conditions and associated lab values and their role in neuropsychological functioning
Brett Parmenter, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Parmenter completed her doctorate at the University of Kansas in 2004. She did a Predoctoral Fellowship at the Yale University School of Medicine in 2003-2004, and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2006. In 2017 she was awarded Special Recognition as a Woman in Neuropsychology (WIN) through Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA). She currently works as a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and in private practice at Olympic Psychology Services in Tacoma, WA.
Kathleen Pagulayan, PhD
Dr. Pagulayan completed her doctorate at the University of Cincinnati
in 2004, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Neuropsychology at the
University of Washington, 2004-2007. She is an Associate Professor in the
UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, an investigator in
the VA Northwest Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center,
and a clinical neuropsychologist at VA Puget Sound, Seattle Division (Seattle
VA). Her research focuses on improving functional outcome following
traumatic brain injury (TBI), with an emphasis on understanding neural
substrates of post-injury cognitive difficulties and evaluating novel
treatment interventions. She currently leads the Clinical Neuropsychology
Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Seattle VA.
