Susan Epstein, PhD


3535 Market Street,
Suite 860
Philadelphia, PA 19104



Dr. Epstein is a clinical neuropsychologist at the Center for Autism Research. She began her career as a psychiatric social worker at New York University in 1981. Following her daughter's autism diagnosis, she returned to graduate school and received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University in 2005.

Dr. Epstein completed a dual-track internship at North Shore University Hospital in child clinical psychology and pediatric neuropsychology. She has worked at the Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center as part of a transdisciplinary diagnostic team and at the Barbara C. Wilson Preschool Development. In these positions she performed evaluations, consulted educational staff and counseled parents.

Dr. Epstein also maintained private practices in New York City, and Westchester County, N.Y., where she provided general psychotherapy services, pediatric neuropsychological evaluations and comprehensive autism diagnostic evaluations. She has a special interest in differential diagnoses of complex childhood neurodevelopmental disorders.

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