Meet Dr. Emily

Aimilia “Emily” Papazoglou, Ph.D., ABPP-CN

Dr. Emily is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist, who is licensed to practice in the state of Georgia. She has had the privilege of training at some of the best institutions in the world. This includes degrees from the University of Oxford in England, Emory University here in Atlanta, and the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Prior to starting her own practice, Dr. Emily worked at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Here, she specialized in working with children with neurological conditions and also started a program for monitoring the development of infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Emily chose to leave this position to develop a practice that allowed her to spend more time with, and to provide a broader array of services to, children and their families.

Dr. Emily has published her research in a number of scientific journals. Topics include diagnosing intellectual disability, measuring independent living skills in children with special needs, and assessing the long-term effects of radiation in children with cancer. She has also published on the cognitive strengths and weaknesses in children with epilepsy, brain tumors, and Sturge-Weber syndrome.

Here is some more specific information about her background:

• B.A. with honors and an M.A. in Psychology and Physiology from the University of Oxford in England
• M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology & Behavioral Neuroscience from Georgia State University
• Internship (residency) in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine
• Two year post-doctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Certification in the Newborn Behavioral Observations system through the Brazelton Institute at Boston Children’s Hospital
• Member of the International Neuropsychological Society, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, National Academy of Neuropsychology, and American Psychological Association’s Division 40: Society for Clinical Neuropsychology
• Licensed to practice in Georgia
• Board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology

A selection of Dr. Emily’s peer-reviewed publications:

Kavanaugh, B., Sreenivasan, A., Bachur, C., Papazoglou, A.,Comi, A, &Zabel, T.A. (2015). Intellectual and adaptive functioning in Sturge-Weber Syndrome.Child Neuropsychology.

Papazoglou, A., Jacobson, L.A., McCabe, M., Kaufmann, W.E. &Zabel, T.A. (2014). To ID or not to ID? Changes in classification rates of intellectual disability using DSM-5.  Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,52, 165-174.

Koriakin, T.A., McCurdy, M.D., Papazoglou, A., Pritchard, A.E., Zabel, T.A., Mahone, E.M., & Jacobson, L.A. (2013). Classification of intellectual disability using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Full Scale IQ or General Abilities Index? Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 55, 840-845.

Papazoglou, A., Jacobson, L.A., &Zabel, T.A. (2013). Sensitivity of the BASC-2 Adaptive Skills Composite in detecting adaptive impairment in a clinically referred sample of children and adolescents.The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 27, 386-395.

Papazoglou, A., Jacobson, L.A., &Zabel, T. A. (2013). More than intelligence: distinct cognitive/behavioral clusters linked to adaptive dysfunction in children. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 19, 189-197.

Papazoglou, A., King, T., & Burns, T.G. (2010).Active seizures are associated with reduced adaptive functioning in children with epilepsy.Seizure, 19, 409-413.

Papazoglou, A., King, T., Morris, R., &Krawiecki, N. (2009). Parent report of attention problems predicts later adaptive functioning in children with brain tumors.Child Neuropsychology, 15, 40-52.

Papazoglou, A., King, T., Morris, R., &Krawiecki, N. (2008). Cognitive predictors of adaptive functioning vary according to pediatric brain tumor location.Developmental Neuropsychology, 33, 505-520.

Papazoglou, A., King, T., Morris, R., Morris, M., &Krawiecki, N. (2008). Attention mediates radiation’s impact on daily living skills in children with brain tumors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 50, 1253-1257.