Dr. Lazar is a pediatric neuropsychologist who is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist. After graduating from Widener University’s Institute of Graduate Clinical Psychology (IGCP)in 1990, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Lazar returned to Philadelphia to work at the Children’s Seashore House of CHOP, where she worked with children with diagnoses including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and brain tumor, and performed outpatient evaluations for learning disabilities and ADHD. Dr. Lazar became the director of Widener University’s Neuropsychology Assessment Center when it opened in 2004. There, she trained and supervised psychology interns and practicum students in the context of providing neuropsychological evaluations of children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Lazar remained director of the clinic until its closure in June 2020. As an adjunct faculty member of the IGCP, she continues to teach courses within the neuropsychology track and supervise student research.

Dr. Shephard is a pediatric neuropsychologist who is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist. She graduated from Widener University’s doctoral program in clinical psychology with specializations in neuropsychology and school psychology. Dr. Shephard has experience completing neuropsychological and autism evaluations with children and adults in a variety of hospital, school, and community-based settings. She has also worked in psychiatric rehabilitation with adults with serious mental illnesses and provided trauma-focused psychotherapy, cognitive rehabilitation, and biofeedback. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at DNA and Neuropsychology Rehabilitation Services. As an adjunct faculty member at Widener University, she teaches courses in neuroanatomy and neuropathology.