My clinical work and research interests focus on age related cognitive decline and cognitive changes associated with neurologic disorders. My research work is focused primarily in Alzheimer's disease and movement disorders. In one of our research studies, I am a co-investigator in clinical trials for the use of passive immunotherapy (intravenous immunoglobulin) as a treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. I am the Director of the Clinical Neuropsychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program and the Director of Clinical Training at NY Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center(Training Opportunities in Clinical Neuropsychology). I am also an active member of local, national, and international professional societies in Clinical Neuropsychology.
Dr. Diamanto Tsakanikas obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She completed a pre-doctoral clinical internship at the Center for Neuropsychological Services of North Shore University Hospital, NY. Her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology was completed at the Weill Cornell Neuropsychology Service - Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. During her post-doctoral fellowship, she worked with adult patients with various neurological disorders. As a post-doctoral fellow, she also conducted neuropsychological evaluations of adult patients with brain tumors and cancer in the Department of Neurology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY. Currently, Dr. Tsakanikas holds an academic position at Weill Medical College of Cornell University as Instructor of Neuropsychology in Neurology and a clinical appointment at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center as Assistant Attending Neuropsychologist. Her clinical work and research are conducted within the Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program and Weill Cornell Neuropsychology Service.
