Tanya M.  Diver , PhD
Assistant in Psychology
Office Phone: 617-355-8434
Appointment Line: 617-355-8434
Fax: 617-730-0319
NPI: 1720258932

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

Neuropsychology
neuropsychology

Services/Programs

Academic Appointments

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Expanded Biography

Dr. Diver works with children and adolescents with known or suspected central nervous system dysfunction or injury. She also works with young adult patients who have a history of a childhood medical disorders. Dr. Diver specializes in neuropsychological assessment and management of children and adolescents with a history of childhood brain tumors and is a staff neuropsychologist in the Neuropsychology Program as well as a member of the multidisciplinary Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She also provides consultation to the Brain Injury Program given her previous experience in working with children who have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury.

Graduate School

Clinical Psychology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD  (2004)

Internship

Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA  (2004)

Fellowship

Children's National Medical Center  (2006)

Professional Organizations

Membership Chair, Division 40: Clinical Neuropsychology, American Psychological Association , 2011-2013
Society of Pediatric Psychology
Ad-hoc reviewer of abstract submissions to Division 54 for American Psychological Association Annual Conference , 2007-2009
American Psychological Association , 1998-present
International Neuropsychology Society , 2002-present

Publications

Pringle, B., Hilley, L., Gelfand, K., Dahlquist, L., Switkin, M., Diver, T., Sulc, W., & Eskenazi, A.
Decreasing child distress during needle sticks and maintaining treatment gains over time , 2001
Journal of Clinical Psychology in a Medical Setting  Issue: 8 , Page: 119-130
Slifer, K.J., Beck, M., Amari, A., Diver, T., Hilley, L., Kane, A., & McDonnell, S.
Self-concept and satisfaction with physical appearance in youth with and without oral clefts , 2003
Childrens Health Care  Issue: 32 , Page: 81-101
Slifer, K.J., Diver, T., Amari, A., McDonnell, S., Kane, A., Hilley, L., & Beck, M.
Assessment of facial emotion encoding and decoding skills in children with and without oral clefts , 2003
Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery  Issue: 31 , Page: 304-315
Slifer, K.J., Amari, A., Diver, T., Hilley, L., Beck, M., Kane, A., & McDonnell, S.
Social interaction patterns of children and adolescents with and without oral clefts during a videotaped analogue social encounter , 2004
Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal  Issue: 41 , Page: 175-184
Rey-Casserly, C. & Diver, T.; In J.E. Morgan, I.S. Baron & J.H. Ricker (Eds.)
Cerebral Neoplasm: Medulloblastoma , 2010
Casebook of Clinical Neuropsychology
New York: Psychology Press
Long-term neurocognitive outcomes of survivors of pediatric brain tumors

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