Clemente Vega, PsyD
Role(s)
- Adjunct Faculty, Clinical and School Psychology Departments
Degrees
- PsyD, Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Clinical Neuropsychology, Carlos Albizu University
Teaching
- Biological Basis of Behavior and Learning (BL 622)
- Pediatric Neuropsychological Assessment (NP 610)
Research and Practice Interests
- Cross-Cultural Assessment Practices
- Cognitive, behavioral and affective comorbidities in epilepsy syndromes
- Pediatric outcomes of neurosurgery for treatment of refractory epilepsy
Professional Licenses and Certifications
- Licensed Psychologist/Health Service Provider (Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists)
- Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology (American Board of Professional Psychology)
- Board Certified Subspecialist in Pediatric Neuropsychology (American Board of Professional Psychology)
Awards
- Director of the Year, The Village South, Miami, FL, December 2006
Publications and Presentations
Recent Publications
Muñoz, M., Nelson, A., Johnson, M., Godoy, N., Serrano, E., Chagua, E.,… Shin, S. (2016). Community-based needs assessment of neurodevelopment, caregiver, and home environment factors in young children affected by HIV in Lima, Peru. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 25, 1-7. http://dx.doi: 10.1177/2325957416631625
Vega, C., Brenner, L., Madsen, J., Bourgeois, B., Waber, D.P., & Boyer, K.M. (2015) Lexical retrieval pre- and post-temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in a pediatric sample. Epilepsy and Behavior, 42, 61-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.10.003
Suarez, R.O., Taimouri, V., Boyer, K., Vega, C., Rotenberg, A., Madsen, J.R.,… Warfield, S.K. (2014). Passive fMRI mapping of language function for pediatric epilepsy surgical planning: validation using Wada, ECS, and FMAER. Epilepsy Research, 108, 1874-1888. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.09.016
Peters, J.M., Taquet, M., Vega, C., Jeste, S.S., Sanchez-Fernandez, I., Tan, J.,… Warfield, S.K. (2013). Brain functional networks in syndromic and non-syndromic autism: A graph theoretical study of EEG connectivity. BMC Medicine, 11, 54-70. http://dx.doi.org: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-54
Bai, X., Vestal, M., Berman, R., Negishi, M., Spann, M., Vega, C.,… Blumenfeld, H. (2012). Dynamic timecourse of typical childhood absence seizures: EEG, behavior and fMRI. Journal of Neuroscience, 30, 5884-5893. http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5101-09.2010
Vega, C. (2015). Causes and types of cognitive domain impairments in epilepsy: Epilepsy syndromes, substrates, and seizures. Co-morbidities and Quality of Life in Epilepsy. E.K. St. Louis, D. M. Ficker, T.J. O’Brien, (Eds.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Recent Presentations
Boyer, K., Ryan, C., Vega, C. (2016, February). Assessment of Arabic-speaking international patients: Experience from a pediatric epilepsy center. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.
Rey, G., Vega, C., Kanner, A.M., Rey, G.J. (2016, February). Verbal memory assessment of Spanish speaking patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA.
Vega, C., Sanchez-Fernandez, I., Klehm, J., Peters, J., Thome-Souza, S., Jackson, M.,…Loddenkemper, T. (2015, December). Efficacy of high-dose Clobazam treatment on seizures, epileptiform activity, and cognition in CSWS. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Vega, C., Brenner, L., Waber, D., Valle, V., Boyer, K. (2015, February). Verbal memory decline after left temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in a pediatric sample. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, CO.
Brenner, L., Vega, C., White, M., Crigler, F., Madsen, J., Bourgeois, B., Waber, D., Boyer, K. (2014, February). Word retrieval before and after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in a pediatric sample. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Seattle, WA.
Klehm, J., Sanchez-Fernandez, I., Peters, J., Thome-Souza, S., Harini, H., Vega, C.,… Loddenkemper, T. (2013, December). Select improvement in neurobehavioral status of two patients following high dose Clobazam for treatment of CSWS. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Washington, DC.
Vega, C., Sanchez-Fernandez, I., Klehm, J., Peters, J., Thome-Souza, S., Harini, H.,… Loddenkemper, T. Response of seizures and epileptiform activity to high dose Clobazam treatment (2013, December). Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Washington, DC.
Girard, J.M., Vega, C., Takeoka, M., Waber, D.P., Boyer, K.M. (2013, Feb). Neuropsychological profiles of children with benign rolandic epilepsy. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Mysell Research, Harvard Medical School University; Boston, MA.
Zajac, L., Girard, J., Vega, C., Lundy-Krigbaum, S., Sarco, D.P., Takeoka, M,… Boyer, K.M. (2013, Feb). Predictors of risk for behavior and learning problems in children with benign rolandic epilepsy. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Kona Island, HI.
Current Professional Leadership and/or Concurrent Work Experience
- Staff Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
- Chair, Practicing Neuropsychologists Pipeline subcommittee American Board of Professional Psychology
- Advisory Committee Member for Ethnic Minority Affairs, Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
- Mentoring Committee, Hispanic Neuropsychological Society
Prior Professional Leadership and/or Work Experience
- Executive Board Member, Hispanic Neuropsychological Society
Professional Affiliations
- American Epilepsy Society
- Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
- American Board of Professional Psychology
- Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society
- American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
- Hispanic Neuropsychological Society
