Marla B Shapiro, PhD

About Marla B Shapiro, PhD

Dr. Shapiro is a licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist. She will work with an athlete's primary care physician, allied health care professionals and coaches as needed in order to evaluate the effects of the concussion, develop a comprehensive concussion management plan, and determine when it is safe for the athlete to return to sports. Every effort is made to see concussion patients as soon as possible, including same-day and weekend appointments. Dr. Shapiro is available to work with schools, teams and leagues to implement on-site baseline testing programs. In addition to concussion management, Dr. Shapiro’s practice also provides comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, advocacy, consultation, and intervention.

Community Work and Involvement

Over the past few years, Dr. Shapiro has given a number of talks regarding sports-related concussions to local high school and recreation league players, parents, coaches and certified athletic trainers.

ImPACT History:

Dr. Shapiro has been working with students with traumatic brain injuries since 1991 and began using ImPACT in the SCORE Concussion Clinic at the Children's National Medical Center in 2006. Since that time, Dr. Shapiro has used ImPACT as part of a comprehensive concussion management program, and presented her research with ImPACT at national and international professional meetings.

Local Articles:

Recent local / national presentations include:

March, 2008: Managing concussions in student-athletes, a workshop presented to the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Athletic Training.

February, 2008: Recovery trajectories after pediatric mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), a poster presentation to the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society.

November, 2007: Neuropsychological assessment and management of
Pediatric sports concussion/mTBI, a workshop with Gerry Gioia and Micky Collins at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

May, 2007: Assessment and management of pediatric concussion: Improving identification and diagnosis with evidence-based tools, a lecture at the CNMC Emergency Medicine conference.