Dr. Cristi Salinas, PsyD
Dr. Cristi Salinas is a bilingual neuropsychologist who has improved the lives of over 6,000 children and families from around the world. Major milestones in Dr. Cristi’s career include working with cutting-edge, diagnostic technologies at the #1 Children’s Hospital in the United States, Boston Children’s Hospital, and contributing to the development of best practices at Harvard Medical School, Emory Medical School, and Florida Hospital (Advent Health). She is the Founder of a successful practice, Neuropsychology Concierge®, a 501c3 nonprofit, Niños Health®, and Brain Tech Project, a community for diverse disciplines to collaborate with public/private/academic sectors to advance brain healthcare. She is a published author, international speaker, and podcast host: Brain Tech Project.
Dr. Cristi’s background in cultural neuropsychology across the lifespan (pediatric focus), neurorehabilitation, elite sports and concussion/brain injury, neurosurgical populations such as epilepsy and brain tumor, neurodevelopmental disorders, and bilingualism makes her unique in the field. She is known for developing innovative practice models (concierge and teleneuropsychology) as well as integrating culture and technology into brain health, parenting, and neurodiagnostics.
She sees patients locally in the Space Coast and Winter Park area of Florida plus she consults worldwide. Dr. Cristi applies the latest in technology, diagnostic testing, and data science to bring the public the most innovative care in brain health and mental wellness.
She collaborates with each client to develop actionable, individualized treatment plans. Dr. Cristi is committed to prevention, early intervention, and education.
Selected Publications
Epilepsy
Neuropsychological functioning and developmental outcomes in childhood epileptic encephalopathy.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY
Salinas, C. M.,Westerveld, M., & Lee, K.H. (2014)
The Role of Executive Functioning In Quality of Life in Pediatric Intractable Epilepsy.
EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
Love, C. E., Webbe, F., Kim, G., Lee, K. H., Westerveld, M., & Salinas, C. M. (2016).
Sensitivity of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task- 64 Card Version versus the Tower of London-Drexel Version for Detecting Executive Dysfunction in Children with Epilepsy.
CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
MacAllister, W., Maiman, M., Vasserman, M., Murphy, H., Cohen, R. J., & Salinas, C.M. (2017).
The Utility of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function Preschool Version (BRIEF-P) in Young Children with Epilepsy.
CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Maiman, M., Salinas, C.M., Gindlesperger, M., Westerveld, M., Vasserman, M., & MacAllister, W. (2017).
Pediatric Epilepsy: Disease Characteristics, Comorbidities, Diagnostics, and Treatment.
In J. C. Arango Lasprilla, I. Romero Garcia, N. Hewitt Ramirez & W Rodriguez (Eds.) Trastornos psicológicos y neuropsicológicos en la infancia y la adolescencia. Manual Moderno.
Salinas, C.M., Berrios Siervo, G., & Vega, C. (2018).
Name that thing: Noninvasive identification of seizure lateralization in children.
NEUROLOGY
Hamberger, M.J., MacAllister, W.S., Seidel, W.T., Busch, R. Salinas, C.M., Klaas, P., & Smith, M.L. (2019).
Functional Brain Mapping
Real-time functional mapping (RTFM)-potential tool for improving language outcome in pediatric epilepsy surgery.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
Korostenskaja, M., Chen, P.C., Salinas, C. M., Westerveld, M., Brunner, P., Schalk, G., Cook, J., Baumgarner, J., Lee, K. (2014).
ECoG-based real-time functional mapping (RTFM) for pediatric epilepsy surgery.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY
Korostenskaja, M., Kamada, K., Guger, C., Salinas, C. M., Westerveld, M., Chen, P. C., et al. (2015).
CortiQ- based real-time functional mapping for epilepsy surgery.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Kapeller, C., Korostenskaja, M., Prueckl, R., Chen, P.C., Lee, K.H., Westerveld, M., Salinas, C. M., Cook, J., Baumgartner, J., & Guger, C. (2015)
Gold Standard for epilepsy/tumor surgery coupled with deep learning offers independence to a promising functional mapping modality.
BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE RESEARCH: A STATE-OF-THE-ART SUMMARY. C. Guger, B. Allison, and J. Ushiba, Editors. Springer.
Korostenskaja, M., Raviprakash, H., Bagci, U., Lee, K.H., Chen, P.C., Kapeller, C., Salinas, C.M., Westerveld, M., Ralescu, A., Xiang, J., Baumgartner, J., Elsayed, M., Castillo, E.M. (2019).
Cultural Neuropsychology
Barriers and Practical Approaches to Neuropsychological Assessment of Spanish Speakers.
MINORITY and CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. F. R. Ferraro (Ed.). Swets & Zeitlinger.
Salinas, C. M., Bordes-Edgar, V. & Puente, A. E. (2016).
Cognitive Rehabilitation for Spanish Speakers in the U. S.: Current Trends.
REVISTA NEUROPSICOLOGIA NEUROPSIQUITRIA Y NEUROCIENCIAS
Lequerica, A., Vega, M., Belen, K., Salinas, C. M., Marques de la Plata, C., Pappadis, M. R., & Santos, O. (2016).
Concentration Endurance Test (d2): Normative data for Spanish speaking population.
JOURNAL OF NEUROREHABILITATION
Rivera, D., Salinas, C. M., Ramos-Usuaga, I.D., Delgado-Mejia, Y., Vasallo Key, Y., Hernandez Agurcia, G. P…et al. (2017).
Hispanic/Latino Neuropsychology.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 2nd ED.
Salinas, C. M., Salinas, S., & Arango-Lasparilla, J.C. (2018).
Hispanic Neuropsychological Society.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, 2nd ED.
Salinas, C. M., & Cagigas, X. E. (2018).
Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury
The epidemiology of soccer heading in competitive youth players.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
Salinas, C. M., Webbe, F. M., & Devore, T. T. (2009).
Sport Neuropsychology for Children.
HANDBOOK OF PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. A. S. Davis (Ed.), Springer.
Webbe, F. M. & Salinas, C. M. (2010).
Personality: Contributions to Performance, Injury Risk, and Rehabilitation.
PRAEGER HANDBOOK OF SPORTS MEDICINE & ATHLETE HEALTH. C. T. Moorman, D. T. Kirkendall, & R. Echemendia (Eds.). Praeger Publishing.
Webbe, F. M., Salinas, C. M., Tiedemann, S. & Quackenbush, K. (2010).
When Sciences and Politics Conflict: The Case of Soccer Heading in Adults and Children.
HANDBOOK OF SPORT NEUROPSYCHOLOGY.F.M. Webbe (Ed.) Springer.
Webbe, F. M. & Salinas, C. M. (2010).
Sports neuropsychology in diverse athlete populations: Contemporary findings and special considerations.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
Salinas, C. M. & Webbe, F. M. (2012).
Developing an Interdisciplinary Concussion Management Program.
CONCUSSION: PROGRESS IN NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY. Vol 28. A. Niranjan & L.D. Lunsford (Eds.)
LoGalbo, A., Salinas, C. M., Dougherty, M., & Field, M. (2014).
Neuropsychological functioning and developmental outcomes in childhood epileptic encephalopathy.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY
Salinas, C. M.,Westerveld, M., & Lee, K.H. (2014)
Baseline neuropsychological testing in high school athletes: comparison of those with and without ADHD.
APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY: CHILD
Salinas, C. M., Dean, P., LoGalbo, A., Dougherty, M., Field, M., & Webbe, F. M. (2016).
Outcomes and Rehabilitation Models after Pediatric Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury [Secuelas del Traumatismo Craneoencefálico Moderado-Severo en Menores de Edad y Modelos para su Rehabilitación].
REVISTA NEUROPSICOLOGIA NEUROPSIQUITRIA Y NEUROCIENCIAS
Love, C. E., Fonseca, P., Kirkwood, M., & Salinas, C. M. (2016).
She sees patients locally in the Space Coast and Winter Park area of Florida plus she consults worldwide.
Dr. Cristi applies the latest in technology, diagnostic testing, and data science to bring the public the most innovative care in brain health and mental wellness.
She collaborates with each client to develop actionable, individualized treatment plans. Dr. Cristi is committed to prevention, early intervention, and education.