Veronica Bordes Edgar, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified neuropsychologist and Associate Professor with joint faculty appointments in Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center. She serves as a bilingual Pediatric Neuropsychologist at Children’s Health and is Co-Director for the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She earned her PhD from Arizona State University after completing her internship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She completed postdoctoral training in neuropsychology at The University of Minnesota Medical School. She is Board certified through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in Clinical Neuropsychology and Pediatric Neuropsychology. Her areas of expertise include cultural and bilingual issues in assessment, genetic and neurodevelopmental disorders, and interdisciplinary teaching of medical and psychology trainees.

Dr. Bordes Edgar is Immediate Past-President of the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society (HNS), is President-Elect the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN), and is an American Psychological Association Council Representative for the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology. She is Associate Editor of Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology and on the Editorial Board for Child Neuropsychology. Dr. Bordes Edgar is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA, Division 40), the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) and HNS. Dr. Bordes Edgar received the 2021 Tony Wong Diversity Award for Outstanding Work Related to Diversity as a Mentor from the NAN and most recently was awarded the 2023 Jerry Sweet Leadership Award from the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. She also accepted the 2023 Hispanic Health Leadership Award from the National Hispanic Medical Association for the work done by HNS.