Daniel Saldana PhD
MGH Affiliated Faculty
Daniel Saldana, PhD
Neuropsychologist
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Daniel Saldana is a psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and an Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He joined MGH in October 2023 as a bilingual clinical neuropsychologist, working in English and Spanish.
Dr. Saldana received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from City University of New York (CUNY), Queens College. He completed his internship and post-doctoral chief fellowship in lifespan cultural neuropsychology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Semel Institute, Hispanic Neuropsychiatric Center of Excellence. His graduate research investigated the effects of deep diaphragmatic breathing training on cognitive functioning in healthy young adults.
More broadly, Dr. Saldana is interested in cognitive training and has published chapters on the game of chess, elucidating the cognitive differences between experts and novices, and on cognitive training across the lifespan. His clinical interests focus on investigating differences between monolingual and bilingual neuropsychological assessment in multicultural populations. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, playing volleyball, practicing chess, and writing fiction.
Email: dsaldana@mgh.harvard.edu