About Us
Dr. Marcela Kitaigorodsky (Dr. K), is a Licensed Clinical Neuropsychologist who specializes in diagnosing and treating a wide variety of mental health conditions and neurological disorders (including Alzheimer’s Disease). Dr. K is highly skilled at providing long-term and short-term evidenced based psychotherapy and rehabilitation services to adults who are experiencing either common mental health issues (e.g. depression, anxiety, life transition, grief & loss, interpersonal concerns, dealing with a medical condition, adjustment issues) or who are rehabilitating from a neurological insult (e.g. stroke, acquired traumatic brain injury, ect). As a native Spanish speaker and expert cross-cultural psychologist, she provides services in English and Spanish. She is also available for telehealth sessions.
Dr. kitaigorodsky graduated summa cum laude from her doctorate program at Albizu University, an APA accredited, private University in Doral, FL with a specialization in Neuropsychology. She has achieved notably achievements and awards throughout her training. She completed an APA accredited internship at the prestigious Jackson Memorial Hospital, Adult Rehabilitation Department and her two-year formal fellowship in Neuropsychology at the world-renowned Trauma center level 1, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Kitaigorodsky was then invited to join the faculty at the University of Miami as an Assistant Professor and attending Neuropsychologist. Dr. Kitaigorodsky has served as the director of Cognitive Research Operations at the Center For Cognitive Neuroscience & Aging, University Of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is the founder and CEO of Florida Neuro-Health and is highly invested in helping clients achieve their goals. She also serves as a professional consultant for several active Research studies targeted at improving the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and related Disorders.
Dr. K has authored and contributed to numerous research manuscripts, educational webinars, and book chapters. She has been a co-investigator for several state and nationally funded research studies targeted at improving the diagnosis and assessment of dementias. Lastly, as a passionate certified Alzheimer’s Disease Association educator Dr. K was invited to present on several community events, forums, and educational webinars targeted at improving dementia awareness and improving brain health.
Some of her Contributions to Science
Melissa J. Armstrong, 1, 2 Noheli Bedenfield, 1,2 Monica Rosselli, 3 Rosie E. Curiel-Cid, 4 Marcela Kitaigorodsky, 5 James E. Galvin, 6 Christian Lachner, 7,8 Amanda Grant Smith, 9, 10 María de los Ángeles Ortega, 11 Yasmin Mohiuddin, 1,2 Julie Shatzer, 12 Deann Marasco, 12 Dianna Willis, Carma L. Bylund 13. Best Practices for Communicating a Diagnosis of Dementia: Results of a Multi-Stakeholder Modified Delphi Consensus Process. Neurology Journal. Manuscript submitted for publication (2023).
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Easton Wollney, Carma L. Bylund, Noheli Bedenfield, Monica Rosselli, Rosie E. Curiel-Cid, Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Ximena Levy, Melissa J. Armstrong. Clinician Approaches to Communicating a Dementia Diagnosis: An Interview Study. Plos One (2022).
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Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Rosie E. Curiel Cid, Elizabeth A. Crocco, Katherine Gorman, Christian Gonzalez- Jimenez, Maria T. Greig-Custo, William Barker, Ranjan Duara, David A. Loewenstein. Changes in LASSI-L performance over time among older adults with amnestic MCI and amyloid positivity: A preliminary Study. Journal of Psychiatric Research (2021).
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David A. Loewenstein, PhD, ABPP-CN; Rosie Curiel Cid, PsyD; Marcela Kitaigorodsky, PsyD; Elizabeth Crocco, MD; Diane Zheng, PhD; Katherine Lindsey Gorman, PsyD. Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Characterized by the Inability to Recover from ProactiveSemantic Interference across Multiple Learning Trias (2021). Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease. 8(2):181-187. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2021.3.
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Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Elizabeth A. Crocco, Rosie E. Curiel, Giselle Leal, Diane Zheng, Maria T. Greig-Custo, William Barker, Ranjan Duara, David A. Loewenstein. The relationship of Semantic Intrusions to Different Etiological Subtypes of MCI and Cognitively Healthy Older Adults. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring (2021);13(1):e12192. doi:10.1002/dad2.12192. eCollection 2021.
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Marcela Kitaigorodsky, David Loewenstein, Rosie Curiel Cid, Elizabeth Crocco, Katherine Gorman, Christian González Jiménez. A Teleneuropsychology Protocol for the Cognitive Assessment of Older Adults during COVID-19. Frontiers in psychology, Neuropsychology section (2021).
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Elizabeth Crocco, M.D.a, Rosie E. Curiel-Cid, Psy.D.ab, Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D.a, Gabriella A Grau, B.S., Jessica Garcia, B.S., Ranjan Duara, M.D.bc, Warren Barker, M.S., Cesar Chirinos, Ph.D., Rosmarie Rodriguez, David A. Loewenstein, Ph.D.ab A (2021). Intrusion Errors and Progression of Cognitive deficits in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and PreMCI States. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 2021;50:135–142 https://doi.org/10.1159/000512804
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D. Diane Zheng, Ph.D. a, Rosie E. Curiel-Cid, Psy.D. ab, Ranjan Duara, M.D. bc, Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D. a, Elizabeth Crocco M.D. a, David A. Loewenstein, Ph.D. ab . Semantic Intrusion Errors as a Function of Age, Amyloid and Volumetric Loss: A Confirmatory Path Analyses (2021) Int Psychogeriatric.1-11. doi: 10.1017/S1041610220004007. Online ahead of print.
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Rosie E. Curiel-Cid, Elizabeth A. Crocco, Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Lloyd Beaufilsb, Pedro A. Peñab, Gabriella Graua, Ubbo Visserb, David A. Loewenstein A Novel Computerized Cognitive Stress Test to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment (2021). Journal of Prevention of AD;8(2):135-141. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2021.1.
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Elizabeth Crocco, M.D.a, Rosie E. Curiel-Cid, Psy.D.ab, Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D.a, Christian J. González-Jiménez, Ph.D.a, Diane Zheng, Ph.D. a, Ranjan Duara, M.D.bc, David A. Loewenstein, Ph.D.ab A Brief Cognitive Screening Test Detects Prodromal Alzheimer's disease States (2020). Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 78(2):789-799. doi: 10.3233/JAD-200790. PMID: 33074233.
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Cabral, Danylo & Rice, J. & Nunez, C. & Abel, D. & Deusen, K. & Moustafi, B. & Kitaigorodsky, M. & Loewenstein, David & Cahalin, L. & Rundek, Tatjana & Pascual-Leone, Alvaro & Gomes-Osman, J. (2020). P139 Effects of 8-weeks of aerobic exercise intervention on fitness and neuroplasticity in aging adults: Preliminary results of an ongoing trial. Clinical Neurophysiology. 131. e91. 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.12.250.
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Kimberly E. Capp, MS, Rosie E. Curiel Cid, PsyD, Elizabeth A. Crocco, MD, Ashley Stripling, Ph.D., Marcela Kitaigorodsky, PsyD, Luis A. Sierra, BA, Jose G. Melo, MSPH, David A. Loewenstein, Ph.D. Intrusion Errors Detect African Americans With aMCI (2019). Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 73 (2):1-6.
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Elizabeth Mahanna Gabrielli, M.D., Tiffany Le., Jessica Le., Chandrama Shrestha., Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D., Michael Fabbro II, DO., Joseph Lamelas, MD., Alberto R. Ramos, MD Preoperative sleep disturbances and postoperative delirium in Hispanic/Latinos undergoing elective surgery: a Pilot Study. Abstract accepted for poster presentation, ADS 2022.
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Nahmias, L., B.S., Beaulieu, A.N., M.S., Ortega, A., PsyD, Hincapie, D.M, PsyD, Kitaigorodsky, M., PsyD, Curiel, R., PsyD, & Loewenstein, D., PhD, ABPP-CN. The Cognitive Stress Test (CST): an innovative tool in differentiating between Pre-Mild Cognitive Impairment (Pre-MCI) and Amnestic MCI (aMCI) elders at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To be presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference. San Diego, California.
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Beaulieu, A.N., M.S., Nahmias, L., B.S., Ortega, A., PsyD, Hincapie, D.M, PsyD, Kitaigorodsky, M., PsyD, Curiel, R., PsyD, & Loewenstein, D., PhD, ABPP-CN. A cross-validation study of the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT-R) with Spanish speaking older adults. To be presented at the 3rd Latino's and Alzheimer's Symposium. Bonita Springs, FL.
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Amaya, A., Sosa, J., Gonzalez-Jimenez, C., Gorman, K., Leal, E., Kitaigorodsky, M., Curiel Cid, R., Loewenstein, D., The Association Between Proactive Semantic Interference and Blood Sugar Levels. Poster presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference Neuroscience Next, San Diego, CA, 2021.
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Katherine Gorman, Psy.D., Christian González-Jiménez, Ph.D., Daniella Lopez-Palacios, M.A., Malyorie Garcia-Diaz, Arlene Raffo, Psy.D., Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D., Rosie Curiel Cid, Psy.D., & David Loewenstein, Ph.D., ABPP CN. Olfactory deficits and Susceptibility to Proactive Semantic Interference in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Poster Presentation, American Psychological Evaluation Annual Conference, 2021.
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Kitaigorodsky M, Loewenstein D, Curiel-Cid R, Crocco E, Gorman K, Gonzalez-Jimenez C. A teleneuropsychology protocol for the cognitive assessment of older adults during COVID-19. 19 th Annual MCI Symposium, Virtual Presentation. Miami Beach, FL 2021, Refereed.
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Zheng DD, Curiel-Cid RE, Duara R, Kitaigorodsky M, Crocco E, Loewenstein DA. Semantic intrusion errors as a function of age amyloid and volumentric loss: a confirmatory path analysis. 19 th Annual MCI Symposium, Virtual Presentation. Miami Beach, FL 2021, Refereed.
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Katherine Gorman, Psy.D., Christian González-Jiménez, Ph.D., Cynthia Herrera, M.S., Lubnah Jahjah, M.S., Marcela Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D., Rosie Curiel Cid, Psy.D. & David Loewenstein, Ph.D., ABPP-CN. Poor Sleep Quality is associated with Semantic Intrusion Errors among Cognitively Normal Older Adults. Poster Presentation. American Psychological Evaluation Annual Conference, 2020.
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Hernandez-Cardenache, R., Curiel, R. E., Raffo, A., Kitaigorodsky, M., Burguera, L. (2015). Current Trends in Neuropsychological Assessment with Hispanics. In: Cross-cultural Neuropsychology. Psychology Press.
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J Garcia, BA; G, Grau BA; G. Leal, Psy.D; M. Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D; R. Curiel, Psyd. ;R. Duara, MD; M. Greig-Custo, MD; T. Golde, MD; S. DeKosky, MD; D. Loewenstein, PhD. Semantic Intrusion Errors Differentiate Amyloid Positive Amnestic MCI from Cognitively Healthy Controls.
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Grau BA; J. Garcia, BA; G,; G. Leal, Psy.D; M. Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D; R. Curiel, Psyd. ;R. Duara, MD; M. Greig-Custo, MD; T. Golde, MD; S. DeKosky, MD; D. Loewenstein, Ph. Percentage of Intrusion Errors on the LASSI-L cognitive stress test discriminates between Amyloid positive and Amyloid negative individuals with aMCI and early dementia.
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A. León, Ph.D.; M. Kitaigorodsky, Psy.D.; D. Coronado, M.S.; S. Ireland, Ph.D.; G. Aguila- Puentes, Psy.D.; S. Kumbhani, Ph.D.; D. Netto, Ph.D. A comparison of the Orientation Log (O- Log) and the Galveston Orientation Amnesia Test (GOAT) as measures of overall mental status in rehabilitation inpatients following TBI.
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Kitaigorodsky, M., & Gorman, K., Miami Herald, column entitled: "Sleep: A Key Element in Healthy Aging" (December, 2019).
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Kitaigorodsky, M., & Gonzalez, C. Miami Herald, Column entitled: “Tips for Responding to the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia” (April, 2020).
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Kitaigorodsky, M. interview for the Thehealthy.com (readers Digest). “12 Memory Problems that look like Alzheimers Disease-but Aren’t” (November, 2019).
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