General Info

Dr. Klein taught Neuropsychology in the PsyD doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP, now William James College) for 18 years. He has also taught the course Nutrition, Brain and Behavior in the doctoral program, and occasionally taught Biological Bases of Learning and Behavior in the School Psychology program at MSPP. For many years, he was the Neuropsychology lecturer in the Harvard Medical School Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation program at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston where he provided lectures and tutorials for medical students and residents, He has taught Violence and the Brain in the Institute for the Study of Violence at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. Decades ago, prior to obtaining his doctorate, Dr. Klein did extensive substitute teaching, primarily in math and science in several school systems and also worked as Educational & Career Counselor for the State University of New York. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Florida in Gainesville (1991) in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology where he specialized in Adult and Child Neuropsychology, but also had extensive training in anxiety disorders, Health Psychology (Pain Clinic; EMG Biofeedback), general inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (under the supervision of Sheila Eyberg, who developed this nationally recognized program). While at the University of Florida, Dr. Klein initiated numerous research projects in areas including memory test development, subliminal perception, taste perception in pediatric renal patients, the psychological effects of zinc deficiency, dark adaptation in stringent dieters, the role of iron and zinc deficiency in the eating disorder Pica and the impact of anemia on verbal learning and memory. He brings this broad background to all patients.