Katie Piepenburg
Dr. Katherine (Katie) Piepenburg, PhD, LP, is a pediatric neuropsychologist specializing in the comprehensive evaluation of children, adolescents, and young adults. She brings extensive experience working with diverse clinical populations presenting with a wide range of medical, neurodevelopmental, learning, and emotional-social backgrounds.
Dr. Piepenburg’s practice is grounded in meeting families exactly where they are. She takes the time to understand each client’s unique history, address specific family questions, and collaborate on immediate strategies alongside a clear roadmap for the future. By mapping out both strengths and areas of challenge, she supports tailored interventions and positive long-term outcomes. She is committed to providing the same high standard of compassionate, evidence-based care she would hope to receive for her own children or family members, approaching every clinical relationship with deep appreciation for diverse personal values, backgrounds, and goals.
Education and Previous Professional Experience
Dr. Piepenburg (formerly Dr. Klipfel) earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology with a child and adolescent specialization and a focus in neuropsychology from Kent State University. She completed her APA-accredited internship and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, gaining rigorous training in the assessment of individuals from infancy to young adulthood presenting with complex medical, genetic, and neurodevelopmental conditions.
Prior to joining Minnesota Neuropsychology, Dr. Piepenburg spent six and a half years at Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota, providing outpatient assessments, collaborating with a multidisciplinary acquired brain injury team, and supporting NICU and hematology-oncology research and evaluation services. She subsequently spent two and a half years at Groves Learning Organization conducting community-referred psychoeducational evaluations to support students with learning differences, ADHD, language differences, and other considerations that can impact school outcomes.
Dr. Piepenburg is a licensed psychologist in both Minnesota and North Dakota.