Joanne Festa, PhD
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ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Neurology
Research Topics
Cognitive Neurology
Behavior, Cardiovascular, Cognitive Neuroscience, Memory
Dr. Festa's research has focused on neurovascular neuropsychology, the effects of heart failure on cognitive functioning, neurocognition in Moyamoya disease, the neurocognitive and psychological aspects of medical disorders, as well as the development of neuropsychological testing measures.
Publications

Selected Publications

Neuropsychiatric complications of coronavirus disease 2019: Mount Sinai Health System cohort study. Kapil Gururangan, Veronica J. Peschansky, Grace Van Hyfte, Parul Agarwal, Leah J. Blank, Brian Mathew, Jonathan Goldstein, Churl Su Kwon, Louise McCarthy, Ariella Cohen, Andy Ho Wing Chan, Pojen Deng, Mandip Dhamoon, Eveline Gutzwiller, Qing Hao, Celestine He, Britany Klenofsky, Hernan Nicolas Lemus, Lara Marcuse, Allison Navis, Wilson D. Heredia Nunez, Mallory N. Luckey, Emily M. Schorr, Anuradha Singh, Gabriela B. Tantillo, Claire Ufongene, James J. Young, Priti Balchandani, Joanne R. Festa, Georges Naasan, Alexander W. Charney, Girish N. Nadkarni, Nathalie Jetté. Journal of Neurology

Greater executive dysfunction in patients post-COVID-19 compared to those not infected. Jacqueline H. Becker, Jenny J. Lin, Akosua Twumasi, Ruchir Goswami, Fernando Carnavali, Kimberly Stone, Monica Rivera-Mindt, Minal S. Kale, Georges Naasan, Joanne R. Festa, Juan P. Wisnivesky. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

In-hospital outcomes in patients with and without epilepsy diagnosed with COVID-19—A cohort study. Claire Ufongene, Grace Van Hyfte, Parul Agarwal, Leah J. Blank, Jonathan Goldstein, Brian Mathew, Jung Yi Lin, Allison Navis, Louise McCarthy, Kapil Gururangan, Veronica Peschansky, Churl Su Kwon, Ariella Cohen, Andy Ho Wing Chan, Mandip Dhamoon, Pojen Deng, Eveline M. Gutzwiller, Qing Hao, Celestine He, Wilson D. Heredia Nunez, Britany Klenofsky, Hernan Nicolas Lemus, Lara Marcuse, Mallory Roberts, Emily M. Schorr, Anuradha Singh, Gabriela Tantillo, James Young, Priti Balchandani, Joanne Festa, Georges Naasan, Alexander Charney, Girish Nadkarni, Nathalie Jetté. Epilepsia

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