I feel grateful to be part of my patients' journeys, working with them to discover ways to live well despite their cognitive changes.
Christina Weyer Jamora
PhD RN
Neuropsychologist
Avid hiker and dog devotee
Christina Weyer Jamora is a neuropsychologist, a specialist in how brain function interplays with behavior, thought processes and other aspects of psychology. Her focus is neurocognitive rehabilitation for adults with brain tumors and adult survivors of brain tumors. She helps patients develop strategies for adapting to ongoing cognitive issues, provides assessments to help patients better understand their cognitive changes and develops individualized treatment plans designed to maximize survival and improve quality of life.
Weyer Jamora's research addresses rehabilitation for brain tumor patients, looking particularly at how to help them return to their daily lives.
Weyer Jamora earned her doctorate in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology. She completed a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at UCSF at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. She also completed a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation at San Francisco Clinical Neurosciences.
Weyer Jamora is a member of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, International Neuropsychological Society and Society for Neuro-Oncology.
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Education
California School of Professional Psychology, PhD, Clinical Psychology, 2006
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Fellowships
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center Clinical, Neuropsychology, 2008
San Francisco Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation, 2008
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Academic Title
Professor
Associate Professor