Dr. Jaywant received his B.S. in psychology from McGill University. He completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Boston University, where he received clinical training at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, and Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. His doctoral research was funded by a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. He completed his clinical psychology internship focused on neuropsychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. He then joined the faculty as Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Assistant Attending Neuropsychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Jaywant is dedicated to improving approaches to neuropsychological assessment and treatment in individuals who experience co-occurring cognitive and mood symptoms, particularly in the context of chronic medical illnesses such as stroke. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals spanning disciplines of neuropsychology, psychiatry, neurology and rehabilitation medicine. He has presented his work at national and international conferences. His NIH-funded research at Weill Cornell Medicine focuses on (1) using advanced MRI imaging techniques to understand brain changes that underlie the development of cognitive symptoms and depression after stroke and traumatic brain injury, and (2) developing and testing novel digital treatments for cognitive and mood symptoms.

Dr. Jaywant was the attending neuropsychologist on NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s Covid Recovery Unit at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. He was among the first to objectively measure and describe the cognitive difficulties experienced by some individuals after Covid-19. He reported these findings in a paper that has been cited over 300 times and was recognized by the Neuropsychopharmacology Editors Award for a Transformative Original Report. Dr. Jaywant and his team also developed a CBT approach to helping individuals with Long Covid manage depression and anxiety symptoms.

Dr. Jaywant lectures on topics in neuropsychology for physicians, medical students, medical residents and fellows, clinical psychology interns and fellows, and rehabilitation professionals (occupational therapists, physical therapists and speech-language pathologists). He has been interviewed as an expert in neuropsychology for STAT News, NY1-Spectrum News, Healthline and The Cut/New York Magazine. He is also a faculty advisor and co-medical director of the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights (WCCHR), a student-led organization that provides psychological evaluations for survivors of human rights abuses seeking asylum in the United States.