Lauren Decaporale-Ryan, Ph.D.

Lauren DeCaporale-Ryan, PhD, is a clinical geropsychologist. She received a PhD in 2011 from the University of Missouri – St. Louis in clinical psychology with a formal specialty in geropsychology, and did her internship at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. She went on to complete her fellowship in primary care family psychology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for the Family; she served as chief fellow in her second year. Dr. DeCaporale-Ryan is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association; she serves on the Board of Directors for CFHA.

In her current role, Dr. DeCaporale-Ryan works in the Departments of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Surgery. In Medicine & Surgery, her work is focused on patient-family-clinician relationships. Her clinical practice is located at Highland Family Medicine, focused on patients with chronic medical illness, caregiving, and an aging population.