Donald A. Davidoff, Ph.D., (Don) is chief of the department of neuropsychology and director of the Neuropsychology Fellowship Program at the McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Davidoff is also an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and psychologist, McLean Hospital.  He founded the Geriatric Neuropsychiatry Unit in 1993 and was its psychologist-in-charge for 15 years, retiring from that position to focus on research.  His primary research interests include the diagnosis and management of patients with dementia, treatment-resistant affective disorders, optimal aging, nonverbal learning disabilities, and affective and motivational aspects of memory functioning.

Dr. Davidoff has served as chairman of the Commissioner’s Task Force on Alzheimer’s disease and on the State House Task Force on Elder Mental Health.  He was a board member (for 12 years) and treasurer of the Alzheimer’s Association of Massachusetts.  He is also a senior consultant for The Levinson Institute.  His private practice includes clinical and forensic work and organizational consulting.  In addition, he has published papers in academic journals and lectured at a number of hospitals, universities, and national professional conferences.  He has also lectured on decorative arts at various museums and the Rhode Island School of Design and has curated an exhibition of decorative arts.

Dr. Davidoff received a B.E. from City College of New York, an S.M. in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from City University of New York.  He is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Disability Consultants and a member of various professional organizations, including the International Neuropsychological Society, the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Association, the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations, and the American Psychological Association.  He is also the coauthor (under the pseudonym G.H. Ephron) of the recently published mystery novels, Amnesia, Addiction, Delusion, Obsessed, and Guilt, a series about the forensic neuropsychologist, Dr. Peter Zak.