Biographical Information
Ida Sue Baron, Ph.D, ABPP is Visiting Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Baron established and was Director of Neuropsychology, first at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center (1971-1985) and then at the Georgetown University Medical Center, Pediatrics Department (1985-1989), both in Washington, D.C. She then began Neuropsychology Consulting, an Independent Private Practice for children, adolescents, and adults in Potomac, Maryland and Northern Virginia. She also currently holds the position of Director of Neuropsychology at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in Falls Church, VA where she conducts outcomes research on extremely preterm and late-preterm infants and children.
In 1984, Dr. Baron became Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN), a member board of the American Board of Professional Psychology. She was elected to the ABCN Board of Directors, chaired the ABCN Appeals Committee, and was President of ABCN from February 2001 until February 2005. She is currently a member of the ABCN Examiner Cadre.
Dr. Baron is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and served on several committees of its Division of Clinical Neuropsychology. Among senior positions within the Neuropsychology community, Dr. Baron served a six-year term as Director of Continuing Education and a 3-year term on the Board of Governors for the International Neuropsychological Society.
Dr. Baron is an Associate Editor of Neuropsychology Review, Test Review Editor for Child Neuropsychology and Book Reviews Editor for the Journal of the International Neurological Society, as well as a consulting editor to other professional journals including The Clinical Neuropsychologist and the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology.
Dr. Baron authored two texts, Pediatric Neuropsychology in the Medical Setting (1995) and Neuropsychological Evaluation of the Child (2004) and is an Editor of Casebook of Clinical Neuropsychology (2010), all published by Oxford University Press.