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Laura Sheldon Blackwell, PhD

Neuropsychologist

Gender
Female
Language
English

Primary Specialty

Neuropsychology


Education

Board Certification
Am Bd Professional Psychology
Doctor of Psychology School:
University of Miami
Internship:
Kennedy Krieger Institue
Residency:
Boston Children's Hospital

Network


Introduction

Laura Blackwell is a Pediatric Neuropsychologist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University. Dr. Blackwell received her undergraduate degree from Emory University, her master’s degree in child development from Tufts University, and her doctorate from the University of Miami. She attended Kennedy Krieger/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for her predoctoral internship and Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard University Medicine School for her postdoctoral fellowship.

Dr. Blackwell’s interests include measuring and predicting outcomes following pediatric acquired brain injury; characterizing the recovery trajectories of children with disorders of consciousness and examining early predictors of outcome in this population; examining biological markers and platelet functioning in children with moderate to severe brain injury; and exploring factors impacting recovery from mild traumatic brain injury.

Research

Dr. Blackwell has been conducting research within traumatic brain injury since her fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she began examining the impact of sports related concussion on children and adolescents. At Children’s, she conducts clinical evaluations in the Day Rehabilitation Program, assessing and monitoring cognitive recovery following an acquired brain injury. She is also actively involved in several research projects and is an integral part of the Pediatric Neurotrauma Lab.

Learn more about the neurotrauma research lab.

Focus of Practice

  • Pediatric Neuropsychology

Areas of Interest

  • Acquired brain injury
  • Chronic pain
  • Concussion
  • Pediatric neuropsychology
  • Traumatic brain injury

Locations

Childrens Physician Group - Neuropsychology

Scottish Rite hospital, 1001 Johnson Ferry Road NE Atlanta, GA 30342 Get Directions 404-785-2849

Childrens Physician Group - Neuropsychology

Childrens Medical Office Bldg at Scottish Rite, 5461 Meridian Mark Rd NE Suite 180 Atlanta, GA 30342 Get Directions 404-785-2849

Childrens Physician Group - Neuropsychology

Center for Advanced Pediatrics, 1400 Tullie Road NE 4th Floor Atlanta, GA 30329 Get Directions 404-785-2849

Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta - Day Rehabilitation

993F Johnson Ferry Road NE, Suite 260 Atlanta, GA 30342 Get Directions 404-785-3300