Drs. Emily & Mitch Clionsky

Physician & Clinical Neuropsychologist

Dr. Emily Clionsky, M.D.

Dr. Emily Clionsky is physician who combines internal medicine, psychiatry, and neurology to focus exclusively on patients with dementia and cognitive impairmentSince October 2007 when she completed her last residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, she has evaluated and treated more than 3,000 patients with cognitive impairment who have been referred by primary care physicians and specialists in the community.

Her goal is to stabilize and improve their cognition and functional status. The initial comprehensive medical evaluation identifies all medical co-morbidities that cause or contribute to cognitive loss. Treating these underlying conditions reestablishes the patient’s physical “foundation.” She has found that memory-stabilizing medicines and treatment of the patient’s other medical conditions often stabilize and can improve the patient’s ability to think.

The unique protocols she has formulated include measures to ensure consistent adherence to the treatment plan, by the patient and their families. Her extensive patient database demonstrates significant positive outcomes for disease states that typically show decline. She believes that clinical research enriches treatment and that patient care informs research. Her specific research interests include the relationship of hypoxia and dementia and neuroprotective strategies.

Integral to Dr. Clionsky’s practice is her ability to measure a patient’s cognition within the course of a regular office visit using the Memory Orientation Screening Test. She can then modify medication and therapies, assess the effect of those changes, and provide feedback to the patient and family.

Dr. Clionsky is on the consulting staff of Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MA. She holds medical licenses in Massachusetts, Connecticut and North Carolina. She has published several peer-reviewed articles, maintains an active research program, and frequently addresses community groups to educate the public about dementia and optimal treatments.

Mitchell Clionsky, Ph.D. ABPP(CN)
Dr. Mitchell Clionsky is a board certified neuropsychologist with more than 30 years of clinical experience in hospital and outpatient settings.

At Neuro-Psychology Associates and the ADD Center of Western Massachusetts, he and his staff provide comprehensive evaluations of cognition. They measure attention, learning, memory, intelligence, and the executive functions of planning, judgment, and decision making. Their goal is to quantify how well someone thinks so that a patient-specific profile of abilities can be used to make better diagnoses and guide treatment decisions.

From years of patient data, Dr. Clionsky and his wife/partner Emily Clionsky, MD have developed the Memory Orientation Screening Test, a brief and highly valid measure that provides a single, numerical score that reflects cognitive status and change over time. It is their hope that health professionals in office, hospital, and rehabilitation settings will use the MOST to help them identify cognitive problems earlier in the deterioration process so that they can intervene when more can be done and help their patients live better lives. Dr. Clionsky understands the toll of memory disorders as both a caring professional and as the son of Muriel Clionsky, who died in 2008 from dementia.

Dr. Clionsky holds staff privileges on four hospitals and holds licenses to practice psychology in Massachusetts and Connecticut. In addition to dementia, Dr. Clionsky evaluates ADHD, concussions, and a variety of neurological conditions. He and his wife practice in Springfield, Massachusetts.