Suzanne Matteo Braniecki, Ph.D.
New York Medical College
Contact
Suzanne Braniecki, Ph.D., is co-director of the Pediatric Psychology in Hematology/Oncology/Stem Cell Transplantation Research Lab of New York Medical College. Her emphasis is on neuropsychological assessment in patients experiencing head injury, medical disorders (i.e., epilepsy, sickle cell disease), late treatment effects from radiation/chemotherapy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disability, developmental disability and autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Braniecki's clinical activities are typically with patients ranging in ages 3 to 39.
Education
- Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Drexel University
- Internship, Psychology, University of Miami School of Medicine
Research
Cognitive functioning in sickle cell patients who have undergone stem cell transplant, studies related to data included in cancer survivorship registry, pediatric epilepsy, and pediatric neuropsychology in general.
Publications
- Pereira L, Bono MH, Braniecki S, et. al. "Are Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancer Being Overlooked? Cognitive Testing Results and Referrals in Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Survivors." Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology, 12(5), (2023) 782-786. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2022.0080
- Schofield HT, Fabrizio VA, Braniecki S, et. al. "Monitoring Neurocognitive Functioning After Pediatric Cellular Therapy or Hematopoietic Cell Transplant: Guidelines From the COG Neurocognition in Cellular Therapies Task Force." Transplantation and cellular therapy, 28(10), (2022) 625-636. doi: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.06.027
- Parsons SK, Rodday AM, Weidner RA, et. al. "Significant improvement of child physical and emotional functioning after familial haploidentical stem cell transplant." Bone marrow transplantation, 57(4), (2022) 586-592. doi: 10.1038/s41409-022-01584-y
- Friedman D, Dozor AJ, Milner J, et. al. "Stable to improved cardiac and pulmonary function in children with high-risk sickle cell disease following haploidentical stem cell transplantation." Bone marrow transplantation, 56(9), (2021) 2221-2230. doi: 10.1038/s41409-021-01298-7
- Gaillard WD, Sachs BC, Whitnah JR, et. al. "Developmental aspects of language processing: fMRI of verbal fluency in children and adults." Human brain mapping, 18(3), (2003) 176-85.
- Gaillard WD, Balsamo L, Xu B, et. al. "Language dominance in partial epilepsy patients identified with an fMRI reading task." Neurology, 59(2), (2002) 256-65.
- Balsamo LM, Xu B, Grandin CB, et. al. "A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of left hemisphere language dominance in children." Archives of neurology, 59(7), (2002) 1168-74.
