Stephany Cox

Dr. Stephany Cox is a pediatric neuropsychologist with extensive experience with neurodevelopmental disorders, especially autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Dr. Cox is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Benioff Children's Hospital at UCSF where she provides evaluations for children with medical conditions that affect brain development. She also serves as co-director of a neurodevelopmental follow-up program for children with congenital heart disease.

Prior to attending her doctoral program, Dr. Cox performed neurocognitive and diagnostic evaluations within the context of research projects at the UCLA Center for Autism Research & Treatment and the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange. Her doctoral research focused on intervention programs for ASD, and while obtaining her doctorate, she helped establish a multidisciplinary autism center. Dr. Cox has also conducted research investigating neurodevelopmental outcomes for children with complex medical conditions, as well as neurocognitive profiles of ASD and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Cox received her Ph.D. in Clinical and School Psychology from the University of Virginia and BS in Biopsychology from the University of Michigan. She completed her predoctoral internship at Children's Hospital of Orange County and postdoctoral fellowship at Children's National Medical Center.