Practice & Mission Statement
Meet Our Neuropsychologist
Mission Statement
"The goal of Central Coast Neuropsychology (CCNP) is to perform competent and compassionate
neuropsychological evaluations for the purpose of leading to the provision of useful treatment recommendations that optimize functioning and enhance well-being."
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Practice
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Central Coast Neuropsychology (CCNP) specializes in evidence based neuropsychological assessment of adults and seniors. CCNP's website is designed to help answer questions about the assessment process in general. It is very important to us that our patients and referring professionals have as much information as possible about the evaluation process to receive the most value from all of our services, and to help them to know what to expect when they come to CCNP.
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Kimberly R. Alfano, Ph.D., ABPP, ABCN-ABRP
Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology
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Dr. Alfano is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in both Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN) and Rehabilitation Psychology (ABRP). Dr. Alfano has over 20 years of experience evaluating patients with a wide variety of settings including psychiatric, forensic, rehabilitation, and medical/neurological ... more ...
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Areas of Practice
Central Coast Neuropsychology (CCNP) is a provider of neurocognitive assessment services for adult and senior populations with a wide range of medical, neurological and/or psychiatric disorders. Through a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation, areas of cognitive weaknesses and strengths are identified to assist with diagnostic/prognostic issues and provide recommendations to guide further treatment.
Common Clinical referrals include:
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Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
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Identification of various neurodegenerative conditions/dementias (e.g., Alzheimer's-AD, Lewy Body dementia (LBD), Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)
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Traumatic brain injury
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Seizure disorder/Brain tumor
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Stroke/cardiovascular disease
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Multiple sclerosis
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Chemotherapy associated cognitive difficulties
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Cognitive difficulties associated with Movement disorder (e.g., Parkinson’s/Huntington’s disease)
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Cognitive difficulties associated with psychiatric illness
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CCNP also provides:
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Capacity evaluations (medical decision making, financial, independent living)
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Treatment Recommendations to optimize functioning in the community post CNS event
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