Dawn J. Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD, ABPP
she/her/hers
Neuropsychology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Memory Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Division Chief, Neuropsychology
- Clinical Director, Cognitive Fitness Program
- Associate Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Graduate School: Drexel University College of Nursing & Health Professions
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Advanced Practice Provider
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Advanced Practice Provider
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Advanced Practice Provider
Qualifications and experience
- Alzheimer's Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment, Professional Interest Areas (Technology and Dementia; Alliance of Women Alzheimer's Researchers; Cognition; Diversity and Disparities), International
- American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, National
- American Psychological Association, National
- International Neuropsychological Society, International
- National Academy of Neuropsychology, National
- Philadelphia Neuropsychology Society, Local
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Stites SD, Midgett S, Patel N, Halberstadter K, Schumann R, Streitz ML, Shi Y, Morris JC, Flatt J, Glover CM, Mechanic-Hamilton D Recognizing Structural and Social Determinants of Health in the Diagnosis and Care of Dementia , Dementia (London) , 25(2): 2026,237-265
Brown CA, Mundada NS, Cousins KAQ, Sadeghpour N, Lyu X, McGrew E, Korecka M, Chen-Plotkin A, Xie L, Wisse LEM, Detre JA, McMillan CT, Lee EB, Nasrallah IM, Das SR, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Yushkevich PA, Shaw LM, Wolk DA; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Evaluation of Copathology and Clinical Trajectories in Individuals With Tau-Clinical Mismatch , JAMA Neurol, 83: 2026,126-136
Brown CA, Mundada NS, Cousins KAQ, Sadeghpour N, Lyu X, McGrew E, Korecka M, Chen-Plotkin A, Xie L, Wisse LEM, Detre JA, McMillan CT, Lee EB, Nasrallah IM, Das SR, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Yushkevich PA, Shaw LM, Wolk DA; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Evaluation of Copathology and Clinical Trajectories in Individuals With Tau-Clinical Mismatch , JAMA Neurology, 83(2): 2026,126-136
Li Y, Xie L, Khandelwal P, Wisse LEM, Brown CA, Prabhakaran K, Tisdall MD, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Detre JA, Das SR, Wolk DA, Yushkevich PA Automatic Segmentation of Medial Temporal Lobe Subregions in Multi-Scanner, Multi-Modality Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Variable Quality , Hippocampus, 35(6): 2025
Sachs BC, Latham LA, Isom S, Clark LR, Craft S, Duff K, Espeland MA, Farias ST, Gaussoin SA, Goldstein FC, Hampstead BM, Jayadev S, Jicha GA, Kukull WA, Leng XI, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Neugroschl J, Papp KV, Saykin AJ, Sewell MC, Rapp SR Multi-site video-based assessment with the NACC UDS-Version 3 battery: Design and participant experience in the V-Cog study , Alzheimer's & Dementia, 21(10): 2025
Kim B, Blam K, Elser H, Xie SX, Van Deerlin VM, Penning TM, Weintraub D, Irwin DJ, Massimo LM, McMillan CT, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Wolk DA, Lee EB Ambient Air Pollution and the Severity of Alzheimer Disease Neuropathology , JAMA Neurology, 82: 2025,1153-1161
Brown CA, Mundada NS, Cousins KAQ, Sadeghpour N, Lyu X, McGrew E, Korecka M, Chen-Plotkin A, Xie L, Wisse LEM, Detre JA, McMillan CT, Lee EB, Nasrallah IM, Das SR, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Yushkevich PA, Shaw LM; Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative; Wolk DA. Tau-Clinical Mismatch Identifies Individuals with Co-Pathology and Predicts Clinical Trajectory , medRxiv: 2025
Stites SD, Kuz C, Halberstadter K, Humphreys V, Cousins KAQ, Mechanic-Hamilton D Societal Gender Norms and Their Influence on Late Life Cognition , Neurodegener Dis : 2025
Sanderson-Cimino M, Gross AL, Gaynor LS, Paolillo EW, Saloner R, Albert MS, Apostolova FG, Boersema B, Boxer AL, Boeve BF, Casaletto KB, Hallgarth SR, Diaz VE, Clark LR, Maillard P, Eloyan A, Farias ST, Gonzales MM, Hammers DB, Joie R, Cobigo Y, Wolf A, Hampstead BM, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Miller BL, Rabinovici GD, Ringman JM, Rosen HJ, Ryman SG, Prestopnik JL, Salmon DP, Smith GE, DeCarli C, Rajan KB, Jin LW, Hinman J, Johnson DK, Harvey D, Fornage M, Kramer JH, Staffaroni AM. Development and validation of a harmonized memory score for multicenter Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research , medRxiv: 2025
Halberstadter K, Humphreys V, Rovere R, Liebenberg E, Mechanic-Hamilton D Technology Behaviors and Sentiments Among Cognitively Normal Older Adults using the Mobile Cognitive App Performance Platform , 53rd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society : 2025