About Clara Vila Castelar, PhD
Clara Vila-Castelar, Ph.D. is a multilingual (English/Spanish/Catalan) clinical neuropsychologist at the Multicultural Assessment and Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Vila-Castelar earned a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with specialization in neuropsychology from Queens College, The Graduate Center (City University of New York). She completed her psychology internship in multicultural neuropsychology at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and postdoctoral fellowship at the Psychology Assessment Center and Multicultural Alzheimer’s Prevention Program (Massachusetts General Hospital). She is a licensed clinical psychologist in Massachusetts.
Dr. Vila-Castelar conducts neuropsychological evaluations to culturally and linguistically diverse adults and older adults presenting with a variety of disorders that impact cognitive functioning, including neurological/medical disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, epilepsy, brain tumors, psychiatric disorders and learning disorders/developmental disabilities. Her research interests focus on aging and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Clinical Interests:
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Memory disorders
- Neurodegenerative conditions
- Neuropsychiatric Conditions (e.g., OCD, Depression)
- Neurovascular Conditions (e.g., Stroke)
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Catalan, Spanish
Medical Education
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Coventry
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Behavioral Health
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
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Publications
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Reviews: Comments and Ratings
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