Adam J. Kroopnick, MD

Dr. Sonel Rowley is a neuropsychologist at PROMISE at Columbia. She provides comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations to underserved children and adolescents with learning, language, attention/executive function, and developmental disabilities. Dr. Rowley received her doctorate in school psychology from Fordham University. She completed her predoctoral internship in school pscyhology at The Bronxville School and her postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at The Center for Attention and Learning at Lenox Hill Hospital. Throughout her clinical training, Dr. Rowley honed her skills in neuropsychological assessment by completing pediatric neuropsychology externships at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Lenox Hill Hospital and New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. Further, Dr. Rowley’s master’s degree in therapeutic interventions has allowed her to become proficient in multiple evidence-based treatment interventions for children and adolescents with an array of mental health concerns.

Dr. Fitelson is the Director of the Women's Program in the Department of Psychiatry. Her area of expertise includes the evaluation and treatment of psychiatric disorders across the female life cycle, including perinatal psychopharmacologic management, menstrual cycle and perimenopause related disorders, infertility, and pregnancy loss. She also has has experience in crisis management, ECT assessment, public psychiatry, and resident and medical student education.

Dr. Pavol is associate professor of neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center. She has been board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology since 1999. Dr. Pavol joined the Columbia faculty in 2007 after many years in rehabilitation medicine settings. She has extensive experience in brain injury rehabilitation program coordination (inpatient and outpatient), as well as cognitive and neurobehavioral assessment with a range of medical diagnoses, including vascular disorders, heart failure, brain injury, and dementia. She performs neuropsychological evaluations for inpatients and outpatients. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Pavol performs neuropsychological testing for an NIH grant examining the relationship between cognition and carotid disease. She has extensive experience in the design of neuropsychological exams to evaluate cognition, mood, and quality of life. She has coordinated training and certification in cognitive assessment for three industry-sponsored trials for cardiac devices and has performed Quality Assurance for an NIH grant. Dr. Pavol's research interests include the study of cognitive outcomes in heart failure patients with left ventricular assistive devices. She has worked with members of the NYP inpatient acute rehabilitation department to design a novel method of working with stroke patients (feasibility study in progress).