EDYTHE A. WIGGS, PH.D.
Dr. Wiggs brings decades of experience with a broad range of psychological and medical disorders to patient care at Commonwealth Psychological Associates, PLC.
After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the neurology department at Georgetown University Hospital in 1991, Dr. Wiggs joined Commonwealth Psychological Associates where she is now Chief Neuropsychologist.
In addition to her work at Commonwealth Psychological Associates, Dr. Wiggs serves as a consultant at the National Institutes of Health where she has specialized in research and assessment of the cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and memory and learning in adolescents and young adults with epilepsy. Dr. Wiggs also does clinical work for the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program assessing patients who have a multitude of disorders that require a flexible and adaptive approach to the assessment of memory and learning, attention, planning, problem solving, language and spatial abilities, and executive functions.
Dr. Wiggs has contributed to dozens of scientific studies over the years that have been published in leading journals, including
The New England Journal of Medicine and Neurology.
Commonwealth Psychological Associates is also a training facility for advanced doctoral-level students. Dr. Wiggs is a Clinical Professor of Psychology at The George Washington University training students completing externships in neuropsychological assessments in our practice. She is a former Adjunct Professor of psychology at George Mason University and Gallaudet University.
Dr. Wiggs is licensed in Virginia and Maryland.
She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the International Neuropsychological Society, and the National Academy of Neuropsychology.
Publications...
Cable, C., Finkel, R. S., Lehky, T. J., Biassou, N.M., Wiggs, E.A., Bunin, N., & Pierson, T.M. (2011). Unrelated umbilical cord blood transplant for juvenile Metachromatic Leukodystrophy: a five-year follow-up in three affected siblings. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 102 (2), 207-209.
Shamim, S., Wiggs, E., Heiss, J., Sato, S., Liew, C., Solomon, J., Theodore, W. H. (2009). Temporal lobectomy: Resection volume, neuropsychological effects and seizure outcome. Epilepsy & Behavior, 16(2), 311-314.
Kahn, S.G., Oh, K., Emmert, S., Imoto, K., Tamura, D., DiGiovanna, J.J., Shahlavi, T., Armstrong, N., Baker, C.C., Neuberg, M., Zalewski, C., Brewer, C., Wiggs, E., Schiffmann, R., Kraemer, K.H. (2009). XPC initiation codon mutation in xeroderma pigmentosum patients with and without neurological symptoms. DNA Repair, 8(1), 114-25.
Weingarten, D.M., Asthagiri, A.R., Butman, J.A., Sato, S., Wiggs, E.A., Damaska, B., Heiss, J.D. (2009). Cortical mapping and framelss stereotactic navigation in the high-field intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging suite. Journal of Neurosurgery, 111. 1185-1190.
Keil, M.F., Merke, D.P., Gandhi, R., Wiggs, E.A., Obunse, K., Stratakis, C.A. (2009). Quality of life in children and adolescents one year after cure of Cushing syndrome: a prospective study. Clinical Endocrinology, 71(3), 326-333.
Goker-Alpan, O., Wiggs, E.A., Eblan, M. J., Benko, W., Ziegler, S.G., Sidransky, E., Schiffmann, R. (2008). Cognitive outcome in treated patients with chronic neuronopathic Gaucher disease. Journal of Pediatrics, 153(1), 89-94.
Ottman, R., Rosenberger, L., Bagic, A., Kamberaskis, K., Ritzl, E.K., Wohlschlager, A. M., Shamim, S., Sato, S., Liew, C., Gaillard, W.D., Wiggs, E., Berl, M.M., Reeves-Tyer, P., Baker, E. H., Butman, J. A., Theodore, W. H. (2008). Altered language processing in autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features. Neurology 71, 1973-1980.
Gaillard, W.D., Berl, M.M., Moore, E.N., Ritzl, E.K., Rosenberger, L.R., Weinstein, S.L., Conry, J.A., Pearl, P.L., Ritter, F.F., Sato, S., Vezina, L.G., Vaidya, C.J., Wiggs, E., Fratalli, C., Risse, G., Ratner, N.B., Gioia, G., Theodore, W.H. (2007). Atypical language in lesional and nonlesional complex partial epilepsy. Neurology, 69: 1761-1771.
Goldbach-Mansky, R., Dailey, N. J., Canna, S.W., Gelabert, A., Jones, J., Rubin, B. I., Kim, H.. J., Brewer, C., Zalewiski, C., Wiggs, E., Hill, S., Turner, M. I., Karp, B. I., Aksentijevich, I., Pucino, F., Penzak, s., Haverkamp, M., Stein, L., Adams, B.S., Moore, T. L., Fuhlbrigge, R., Shaham, B., Jarvis, J,. N., O'Neil, K., Vehe, R.K., Beitz, L. O., Gardner, G., Hannan, W., Warren, R., Paul, S., Hawkins, P., Pham. T. H., Snyder, C., Wesley, R., Hoffmann, S. C., Butman, J. A., Holland, S., M., & Kastner, D. L. (2006). Neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease responsive to interleukin-1beta inhibition. New England Journal of Medicine, 355(6), 581-592.
Meyer, S.E., Carlson, G.A., Wiggs, E.A., Ronsaville, D.S., Martinez, P.E., Klimes-Dougan, B., Gold, P.W., & Radke-Yarrow, M. (2006). A prospective high-risk study of the association among maternal negativity, apparent frontal lobe dysfunction, and the development of bipolar disorder. Development and Psychopathology, 18, 573-589.
Azzum, A., Lerner, D.M., Peters, K.F., Wiggs, E., Rosenstein, D.L., Biesecker, L.G. (2005) Psychiatric and neuropsychological characterization of Pallister-Hall syndrome. Clinical Genetics, 67(1): 87-92.
Merke, D.P. , Giedd, J.N., Keil, M.F., Mehlinger, S.L., Wiggs, E.A., Holzer, S., Rawson, E., Vaituzis, A.C., Stratakis, C.A., Chrousos, G.P. (2005). Children experience cognitive decline despite reversal of brain atrophy one year after resolution of Cushing syndrome. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 90(5):2531-6.
Boudreau EA., Liow K., Frattali CM., Wiggs E., Turner JT., Feuillan P. , Sato S., Patsalides A., Patronas N., Biesecker LG., Theodore WH. (2005). Hypothalamic hamartomas and seizures: distinct natural history of isolated and Pallister-Hall syndrome cases. Epilepsia. 46(1):42-7.
Meyer SE., Carlson GA., Wiggs EA., Martinez P.E., Ronsaville D.S., Klimes-Dougan B., Gold PW., Radke-Yarrow M. (2004). A prospective study of the association among impaired executive functioning, childhood attentional problems, and the development of bipolar disorder. Development & Psychopathology. 16(2):461-76.
Ng D., Johnston JJ., Turner JT., Boudreau E.A., Wiggs E.A., Theodore W.H., Biesecker L.G. Gonadal mosaicism in severe Pallister-Hall syndrome. (2004). American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 124(3):296-302.
Pao M. Wiggs EA. Anastacio MM. Hyun J. DeCarlo ES. Miller JT. Anderson VL. Malech HL. Gallin JI. Holland SM. (2004) Cognitive function in patients with chronic granulomatous disease: a preliminary report. Psychosomatics. 45(3):230-4.
Altarescu, G., Sun, M., Moore, DF., Smith JA., Wiggs EA. Solomon BI. Patronas NJ. Frei KP. Gupta S. Kaneski CR. Quarrell OW. Slaugenhaupt SA. Goldin E. Schiffmann R. (2002). The neurogenetics of mucolipidosis type IV. Neurology. 59(3):306-13.
Altarescu, G, Hill, S., Wiggs, E., Jeffries, N., Kreps, C., Parker, C.C., Brady, R. O., Barton, N.W., Schiffmann, R. (2001). The efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy in patients with chronic neuronopathic Gaucher's Disease. Journal of Pediatrics, 138 (4), 539-47.
Garvey, M.A., Toro, C., Goldstein, S., Altarescu, G., Wiggs, E. A., Hallett, M. & Schiffmann, R. (2001). Somatosensory evoked potentials as a marker of disease burden in Type 3 Gaucher Disease. Neurology 56 (3), 391-4.
Kumra, S., Wiggs, E., Bedwell, J. Smith, A.K., Arling, E., Albus, K., Hamburger, S. D., McKenna, K., Jacobsen, L. K., Rapoport, J. L., Asarnow, R. F. (2000). Neuropsychological deficits in pediatric patients with childhood-onset schizophrenia and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified. Schizophrenia Research 42, 135-144.
Kumra, S., Wiggs, E., Krasnewich, D., Meck, J., Smith, A.C. M., Bedwell, J., Fernandez, T., Jacobsen, L.K., Lenane, M & Rapoport, J. L. (1998). Brief report: Association of sex chromosome anomalies with childhood-onset psychotic disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37 (3), 292-296.
Kumra, S., Jacobsen, L.K., Lenane, M., Zahn, T.P., Wiggs, E., Alaghband-Rad, J., Castellanos, F.X., Frazier, J.A., McKenna, K., Gordon, C. T., Smith, A., Hamburger, S., & Rapoport, J. L. (1998). “Multidimensionally impaired disorder": Is it a variant of very early-onset schizophrenia? Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37 (1), 91-99.
Brucker-Davis, F., Skarulis, M.C., Grace, M.B., Benichou, J., Hauser, P., Wiggs, E. & Weintraub, B.D. (1995). Genetic and clinical features of 42 kindred with resistance to thyroid hormone: The NIH prospective study. Annals of Internal Medicine, 123 (8), 572-83.
Mixson, A.J., Parrilla, R., Ransom, S.C., Wiggs, E.A., McClaskey, J.H., Hauser, P., Weintraub, B.D. (1992). Correlations of language abnormalities with localization of mutations in the beta-thyroid hormone receptor in 13 kindred with generalized resistance to thyroid hormone: Identification of 4 novel mutations. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Zlotogorski, Z. & Wiggs, E.A. (1992). A review of the Tinker Toy Test: a test of executive functioning. In D. J. Keyser and R. C. Sweetland (Eds), Test Critiques, Vol. IX.
Smallridge, R. C., Parker, R. A., Wiggs, E. A., Rajagopal, K. R. & Fein, H. G. (1989). Thyroid Hormone Resistance in a large kindred: physiologic, biochemical, pharmacologic and neuropsychologic studies. American Journal of Medicine, 86(3), 289-296.
Wiggs, E. A. (1988) Neuropsychological Assessment of Executive Functions in Healthy Young People. Doctoral Dissertation. University of Maryland, College Park.
Zlotogorski, Z., Hahnemann, L. E. & Wiggs, E. A. (1987). Hypnotic susceptibility and personality. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 30(1), 51-6.
Zlotogorski, Z. & Wiggs, E. (1986). Story and Sentence Completion Tests. In A. I. Rabin (Ed.) Projective techniques with children. New York: Springer.
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