Pegah Touradji, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology

Dr. Touradji joined the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation faculty at Johns Hopkins University in September 2006. She completed her doctoral degree at Columbia University in 2003, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology with specialization in traumatic brain injury and memory disorders at the James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, as well as a fellowship in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation faculty at Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Touradji’s clinical work primarily focuses on neuropsychological evaluation and intervention with persons with various neurological disorders and acquired brain injuries, including stroke, aneurysm, traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, anoxic brain injury, encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, and neurodegenerative disorders. She also provides psychological services to persons with chronic illnesses and disabilities, including spinal cord injury, amputations, burns, neuromuscular disorders, cardiac conditions, and organ transplants.

Dr. Touradji’s research interests involve examining neuropsychological test performance differences among ethnically diverse populations. Specifically, her research focuses on the influence of cultural and educational experiences on cognitive test performance disparities.

Education:

• 1995 B.S. with Honors, University of Maryland
• 2003 Ph.D. Columbia University

Faculty Appointment:

• Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University

Representative Publications:

Touradji, P., Manly J.J., Jacobs, D.M., and Stern, Y. (2001).  Neuropsychological test performance: A study of non-Hispanic White elderly.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 23, 643-649.

Manly, J.J., Jacobs, D.M., Touradji, P., Small, S.A., & Stern, Y. (2002).  Reading level attenuates differences in neuropsychological test performance between African American and White elders.  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8, 341-348. 

Manly, J.J., Touradji, P., Tang, M. & Stern, Y. (2003). Literacy and memory decline among ethnically  diverse elders. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 25, 680-690.

Manly, J.J., Byrd, D.A., Touradji, P., Sanchez, D., & Stern, Y. (2004). Literacy and cognitive change among ethnically diverse elders.  International Journal of Psychology, 39, 47-60.

Manly, J.J., Byrd, D., Touradji, P., & Stern, Y. (2004).  Acculturation, reading level, and neuropsychological test performance among African American elders.  Applied Neuropsychology, 11, 37-46.

Byrd, D.A., Touradji, P., & Tang, M. (2004).  Cancellation test performance in African American, Hispanic, and White elderly.  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10(3), 401-411.

Lebowitz, B.K., Touradji, P., Jonen, L., Belanger, H.G., Curtiss, G., & Vanderploeg, R.D. (2006).  Executive control and learning pattern on the CVLT.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 26, 1208-1217.

Current Address:

Johns Hopkins Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
600 N. Wolfe Street, Phipps 174
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 410-502-2438
For Patient Appointments: 410-614-4030
Fax: 410-502-2419
Email: ptourad1@jhmi.edu