Clinical Faculty
Profiles
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Board Certified
- Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Psychology
- American Board of Neuropsychology (1989)
Recognition
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Who's Who in Science and Engineering
- Who's Who in American Education
- 2000 Outstanding Scientist of the 20th Century
- Who's Who in the World
- International Who's Who in Medicine
- Elected, Distinguished Practitioner, National Academies of Practice in Psychology
- American Board of Neuropsychology (1989)
Clinical Interests
- Neuropsychological assessment of adults, adolescents, and children referred for evaluation off cognitive and personality functions with known or suspected brain disease or trauma
- Intracarotid sodium amobarbital (Wada) procedures on epilepsy surgery candidates (children and adults) to determine cerebral dominance for language and memory
- Cortical mapping of sensorimotor and language areas and evaluation of memory during neurosurgery (and from chronically implanted electrode grids) to minimize postsurgical deficit
Research Interests
- Human cerebral hemispheric specialization for memory functions
- Language, emotional expression, and other cognitive functions during intraoperative monitoring, functional MRI, and pre- and post-temporal lobectomy
- In utero effects of antiepileptic drugs on neurodevelopment
- Functional outcome of epilepsy surgery in children and adults
Teaching Areas
- Neuropsychology
- Research Methods
- Neuroscience
- Pathophysiology
Training
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Wisconsin Medical School (MCC), Department of Neurology, 1984-1986
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neuropsychology, University of Houston and Baylor College Medicine,1983-1984
- Internship, Clinical Psychology, Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, 1977-1978
- PhD., Clinical Psychology, Florida Institute of Technology, 1980