Dr. Anna Gold is a registered clinical neuropsychologist with extensive experience assessing children, adolescents and adults. She is a compassionate and conscientious clinician dedicated to ensuring assessment results are reliable and valid. In addition to her role at Red Oak, she is a staff psychologist at the Hospital for Sick Children.
Areas of Focus
- ADHD
- Learning Disabilities
- Psychological Assessments
- Neuropsychology
Clinical Expertise
Dr. Gold is a licensed Clinical and Neuropsychologist with the College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts of Ontario. She specializes in working with clients presenting with a range of developmental, learning, and mental health challenges, as well as complex medical and neurological conditions.
She has clinical experience working with a range of pediatric populations (including oncology, movement disorder, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, genetic/metabolic disorders and solid organ transplantation), in addition to providing clinical training and supervision.
Dr. Gold is dedicated to providing comprehensive assessments of academic, cognitive, and executive functioning, while carefully considering the mental health and behavioural factors that influence day-to-day life. Her goal is to deliver evidence-based interventions and tailored recommendations that can be seamlessly integrated into a child’s home and school environments—ultimately supporting meaningful, long-term positive change.
Treatment Philosophy
Dr. Gold is a caring and thoughtful clinician, whose goal is to ensure that clients feel comfortable and confident throughout the assessment, ensuring that the most reliable and valid results are yielded.
She aims to provide comprehensive evidence-based interventions and recommendations that can be easily and effectively implemented into the child’s home and school environments, hopefully facilitating long-term positive change.
She is passionate about ensuring the child and family’s voice remains central throughout the assessment process, while ensuring that important details are gathered from educators and other community professionals, as appropriate.
Education, Training & Experience
PhD, Clinical Psychology
University of East Anglia, UK
Diploma, Clinical Neuropsychology
Kings College, UK
Hons BA, Psychology
University of Reading, UK
Dr. Gold completed her training in the United Kingdom, followed by employment as a neuropsychologist in several hospitals in Oxford. She moved to Canada in 2003, obtained registration with the College of Psychologist of Ontario (CPO) and began working as a staff psychologist at the Hospital for Sick Children, where she remains employed.
She is actively involved in a range of professional organizations (e.g., International Pediatric Transplant Association, Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association), has published numerous peer reviewed articles and book chapters, and is an invited speaker at conferences on topics across pediatric neuropsychology.
“I am deeply committed to keeping the child or teen’s perspective at the heart of the assessment, so they can receive the support needed to reach their full potential.”
– Dr. Anna Gold
