Thomas Jefferson University - Adult Clinical Neuropsychology
Print Record
Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Starts on Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Applications due Monday, December 15, 2025
This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.
Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training
This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure.
Yes
This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
Yes
This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration of the experience.
Yes
This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience.
Yes
This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
Yes
This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities.
Yes
This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
Yes
This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
Yes
The Department of Neurology at Thomas Jefferson University/Sidney Kimmel Medical College is recruiting for our two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology. For 25 years, our program has provided high-quality training in neuropsychology at the pre- and post-doctoral levels within an internationally-known epilepsy program at one of the largest academic neurology departments in the country. Our group is currently composed of five neuropsychologists, two postdoctoral fellows, and several predoctoral interns and practicum students. Neuropsychology faculty are part of the Epilepsy and Cognitive Disorders Divisions in the Department of Neurology. We are currently recruiting for TWO postdoctoral fellows for positions beginning in approximately July 2026.
The fellowship program uses a scientist-practitioner model that has clinical, didactic, and research opportunities. Training follows the Houston Conference guidelines (and pending Minnesota Conference guidelines) and will prepare fellows for board certification in neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). The training focuses on adult and geriatric populations. Fellows will have the opportunity to see individuals with a range of medical, neurological, and psychiatric diagnoses. Approximately 50% of a fellow’s time will focus on seeing patients through the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, including pre- and post-surgical neuropsychological evaluations and assessments to aid in the differential diagnosis of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). Other primary responsibilities include evaluations of referrals through the Cognitive Disorders division and pre-surgical evaluations for deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease. Inpatient referrals for acute neurologic questions come from the neurology ward service. There are opportunities to see neurologic populations for individual cognitive rehabilitation and individual psychotherapy.
Neuropsychology fellows will provide tiered supervision of practicum students and predoctoral interns on select cases. Neuropsychology fellows also participate in a range of didactics in neuropsychology, neurology, neurosurgery, and related topics. A weekly seminar is held for all neuropsychology trainees, consisting of case presentations, didactics on subjects of interest, and mock fact-finding exercises in preparation for ABPP-CN board certification. Fellows also attend weekly neurology grand rounds and epilepsy surgical conference. Numerous other didactic opportunities are available, including cognitive disorders case conference, neurosurgery and psychiatry grand rounds, participation in our functional and structural neuroimaging program, and invited lectures. Participation in neuropsychological research or program development is expected through collaboration with ongoing studies and/or development of an independent research project in the second year. Fellows receive benefits and salary commensurate with NIH guidelines.
Fellows will have the opportunity to work with the following faculty:
Joseph Tracy, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, Professor, Director of Neuropsychology Division
Jennifer Tinker, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Director of Neuropsychology
Abigail Lyon, Psy.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Predoctoral Training
Gregory Seidel, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Postdoctoral Training
Victoria Oleynick, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor
Other opportunities to learn about our program:
We will hold a virtual Open House on Thursday, Nov. 13th, 5-6pm on Zoom. Please register at https://Jefferson.zoom.us/meeting/register/v-Ht84EURceFJagQKDxvVg. See you there!
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Medical School/Health Science Center
- APPIC Membership
- No
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Neuropsychology
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Gregory Seidel, Ph.D.
- Contact Email
- gregory.seidel@jefferson.edu
- Contact Phone
- 215-955-1111
- Virtual Interviews
- Strongly Preferred
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 5
- Number of Positions
- 2
- Applications recieved last year
- 25
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Yes
- International Application Details
- We support international students with support from the Jefferson Office of International Services.
- Stipend
- $64,000
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Exempt Neuro specialty
- Estimated offer date
- Friday, January 30 2026
- Created Date
- Monday, October 16 2023
- Fringe Benefits
- Health insurance, vision, dental. 10 days vacation, 7 holidays, 5 sick days per year.
Short- and long-term disability (maternity leave
covered under short-term disability)
FSA
Retirement plan - 403(b) Commuter benefits - reduced rate public
transportation and parking
- Research opportunities
- Participation in neuropsychological research or program development is expected through collaboration with ongoing studies and/or development of an independent research project in the second year, including possible participation in our functional and structural neuroimaging program.
- Additional Comments
- https://Jefferson.zoom.us/meeting/register/v-Ht84EURceFJagQKDxvVg
- Application Instructions
- Applicants must have completed a PhD or PsyD in an APA- or CPA-accredited clinical or related program and a clinical psychology internship from an APA- or CPA-accredited program. Applicants should have a strong background in brain-behavior relations, neuropsychological theory, and assessment that is evident through training at the internship and graduate school level. Applicants must have a doctorate in clinical psychology including a completed dissertation prior to starting the fellowship.
To apply, please submit the following via email as one pdf file:
• Cover letter stating interests and goals
• Curriculum vitae
• Two redacted report samples
In addition, please submit two letters of recommendation, emailed directly from the recommender to Dr. Seidel.
All materials should be submitted to Dr. Seidel at gregory.seidel@jefferson.edu. The deadline for applications is December 15, 2025. We anticipate holding interviews starting in the 1st week of January and will be making rolling offers. Interviews will be primarily virtual.
Our program is NOT participating in the National Match Program. If you are in the area and wish to come in person, contact us to discuss. Modality of interview will not affect selection. See information under program description regarding optional virtual Open House.
This record was last updated on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
New Search