About the Staff
Staff Providing Neuropsychologic (Cognitive, Interpersonal, and Vocational) Rehabilitation Treatment
The treatment package of the Brain Injury Day Treatment Program is delivered, depending upon the nature of the therapy (see previous description of the program components), according to team assignment (by one, a combination of more than one, or all of the members of the staff).
Patient evaluations, treatment, and all other patient contacts
are carried out by staff members, all of whom are supervised
by the senior program supervisors: Drs. Yehuda Ben-Yishay
and Leonard Diller.
Medical Rehabilitation Consultants
Jerome Block, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Neurology
New York University Medical Center
Attending in Charge of Neurology
Lenox Hill Hospital
Orrin Devinsky, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
Director of Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
New York University Medical Center
Maxim Koslow, M.D.
Associate Director of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
New York University Medical Center
Rusk Institute, Head Trauma Program
Jonathan Silver, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
Assistant Chair for Clinical Services and Research
Lenox Hill Hospital
Howard Thistle, M.D.
Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Director, Residency Program
Clinical Director of Rehabilitation Medicine
Vice Chairman of Rehabilitation Medicine
New York University Medical Center, Rusk Institute
Brain Injury Day Treatment Program Team
Senior Supervisors
Leonard Diller, Ph.D.
Professor, Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Chief Behavioral Sciences
Certified, N.Y. State 000276-1
Diplomate, ABPP, Clinical Neuropsychology
Yehuda Ben-Yishay, Ph.D.
Professor, Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Assistant Chief Behavioral Sciences, RIRM
Director, Brain Injury Day Treatment Program
Licensed Practicing Psychologist, N.J. # 61
Diplomate Medical Psychotherapist, ABMP
Diplomate Board Certified Forensic Examiner, ABFE
Fellow, National Academy of Neuropsychology
Ellen Daniels-Zide, Ed.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Assistant Director, Brain Injury Day Treatment Program
Diplomate Board Certified Forensic Examiner, ABFE
Licensed Practicing Psychologist
States: MA, CA, NC
Permanent Staff Members
(with backgrounds in clinical psychology, rehabilitation
psychology and neuropsychology)
Myrna Baldinger, Ed.D.
Coordinator Special Education Program
Brain Injury Day Treatment Program
David Biderman, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
Certified, N.Y. State # 015547
Brain Injury Day Treatment Program
Mark Johnson, M.Ed., M.A.
Cognitive Rehabilitation Specialist
Clinical Team Leader
Brain Injury Day Treatment Program
Bonnie Marks, Psy.D.
Resident Psychologist
Brain Injury Day Treatment Program
Andrea Reyes, B.A.
Cognitive Rehabilitation Specialist and Clinical Team Leader
Brain Injury Day Treatment Program
