Penn Medicine Provider
Neuropsychology
Dawn J. Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD
she/her/hers
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Memory Center

About me

  • Clinical Director, Cognitive Fitness Program
  • Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Graduate School: Drexel University College of Nursing & Health Professions
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My 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
Dr. Mechanic-Hamilton is a Penn Medicine provider.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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


Stites SD, Kuz C, Halberstadter K, BS, Valerie Humphreys, MS, and Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD Childhood Caregiver Educational Attainment, Intergenerational Social Mobility and Alzheimer’s Risk , 53rd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society : 2025


Herbst DA, Shakibajahromi B, Genuardi MV, Iyengar A, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Coslett HB, Atluri P, Favilla CG Brain Atrophy in Heart Failure Patients Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation or Heart Transplantation , Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Open, 7: 2025,100211


Hackett K, Yidan S, Schankel L, Oliveira N, Kelley M, McCoubrey H, Manning Peskin S, O'Brien K, Xie SX, Wolk D, Mechanic-Hamilton D Feasibility, validity, and normative data for the remote Uniform Data Set neuropsychological battery at the University of Pennsylvania Alzheimer's Disease Research Center , Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 16(4): 2024


Tackett WS, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Das S, Mojena M, Stein JM, Davis KA, Detre JA Lateralization of memory function in temporal lobe epilepsy using scene memory fMRI , Epilepsia Open, 9(6): 2024,2487-2494


Kyra S. O’Brien, Dawn J. Mechanic-Hamilton, Katya Rascovsky, and Roy H. Hamilton "Degenerative Disorders of Cognition" in "Achieving Equity in Neurological Practice" , Springer: 2024


Sachs BC, Latham LA, Craft S, Gaussoin S, Clark LR, Duff K, Farias ST, Goldstein FC, Hampstead BM, Jayadev S, Jicha GA, Kukull WA, Mechanic-Hamilton D, Neugroschl J, Papp KV, Saykin AJ, Sewell MC, and Rapp SR Technology Use Among Older Adults with and without Cognitive Impairment: Results from the ‘Validation of Video Administration of a Modified UDSv3 Cognitive Battery’ (VCog) Study , Alzheimer's Association International Conference: 2024


Britt KC, Dong F, Hamilton JB, Massimo L, Hodgson N, Stites SD, Mechanic-Hamilton D Spirituality & Cognition in Black Older Adults: Examining Changes in Church Activity , Alzheimer's Association International Conference: 2024


Mechanic-Hamilton D, Humphreys V, Prusky A, Halberstadter K, Wolk D Remote App-Based Cognitive Assessment in Aging and Pre-Clinical Alzheimer’s Disease in a Diverse Sample of Older Adults , Alzheimer's Association International Conference: 2024


Rovere R, Liebenberg E, Halberstadter K, Wolk D, Mechanic-Hamilton D Sensitivity of Remote App-Based Assessment of Cognition to Sleep-Mediated Differences in Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults , Alzheimer's Association International Conference: 2024