Maureen Lacy, PhD
Maureen Lacy, PhD
Professor of Adult Psychiatry
Specialties
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
Locations
- Chicago - Mitchell Hospital
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
Maureen Lacy, PhD, is interested in the assessment of memory, language, reasoning, spatial and attention problems related to medical, neurologic and psychiatric conditions, including but limited to:
- Brain tumors and treatment effects (chemotherapy and radiation)
- Epilepsy (partial complex; pre/post surgical interventions)
- Traumatic head injury and concussion
- Autoimmune conditions (lupus and MS)
- Cardiac disease
- Movement disorders (Parkinson's disease)
Dr. Lacy is also interested in the neuropsychological detection and characterization of neurodegenerative conditions (dementias), such as:
- Alzheimer's disease
- Depression (pseudodementia)
- Vascular disease (stroke, ischemic disease)
- Lewy body disease
- Frontotemporal dementias
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus
She is part of the several specialty clinical service teams that provide comprehensive neuropsychological assessment. Examples of these teams include:
- Deep Brain Stimulation - Movement Disorders Group
- Epilepsy & Surgery Treatment Team
- Comprehensive Care and Research on Memory Disorders
- Hydrocephalus Team
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Lacy is engaged in multiple ongoing research projects, in which she studies the cognitive, behavioral and clinical aspects of Hydrocephalus across the lifetime. Dr. Lacy also enjoys teaching and is co-director of the Clinical Neuropsychology Externship training program, educating future neuropsychologists from local and national universities. She is also engaged in lectures and rotations of medical students, and supervises undergraduate students engaged in research.
Specialties
Practicing Since
- 1996
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Illinois Institute of Technology
Fellowship
- University of Michigan Medical Center
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American Psychological Association
- International Neuropsychological Society
- Association for Internship Training in Clinical Neuropsychology
- Midwest Neuropsychology Group
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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