Dr. Karen Valdesuso, Psy.D.

Dr. Karen Valdesuso, Psy.D., is a senior clinical neuropsychologist and assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Neuropsychology from Carlos Albizu University and completed extensive specialty training through multiple neurology, psychiatry, and rehabilitation departments across Puerto Rico, Florida, and New York—including a two-year neuropsychology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical background spans inpatient and outpatient neurorehabilitation, cognitive remediation, and comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation for medically complex, neurologic, and psychiatric conditions.

Dr. Valdesuso currently provides neuropsychological services within Staten Island University Hospital–Northwell Health, where she also serves as the Inpatient Neuropsychology Supervisor. In this role she leads neuropsychological assessment, guides multidisciplinary treatment planning, trains externs, interns, and fellows, and consults on high-acuity cases involving traumatic brain injury, neurodegenerative disease, acquired brain injury, and encephalopathies. In addition to her hospital work, she maintains a private practice in Brooklyn specializing in neuropsychological evaluation, diagnostic clarification, and rehabilitation-focused care.

An active educator and speaker, Dr. Valdesuso teaches resident and nursing curricula on neuropsychology, traumatic brain injury, cognitive remediation, and brain injury protocols, and has presented nationally and internationally on neurorehabilitation. Her research contributions include peer-reviewed work in Neurology examining cognition and insulin resistance in Hispanic patients with Parkinson’s disease and ongoing conference presentations on stroke recovery, aphasia, and advancements in neuropsychological reporting. She is a member of the International Neuropsychological Society and Sociedad Neuropsychologia Puerto Rico and is currently pursuing board certification through the American Board of Professional Psychology.