Education

January, 1995: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology
Alameda, California

May, 1985: Ed.M., Counselor Education
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

July 1978: B.S., Engineering
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York

Licensing Credential

Licensed Psychologist in the State of New York from 5 September. 1996 to the present. New York State License #: 012812-1. Certificate #: 5190176. Expiration Date: January 2008.

Board Certification Credentials

Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Specialties with a forensic specialty in Neuropsychology, American College of Forensic Examiners, I.D. # 20165, December, 1999 to present.

Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Specialties with a forensic specialty in Clinical Psychology, American College of Forensic Examiners, I.D. #20165, December, 1999 to present.

Registration Credential

Registrant #46054, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, effective 11/24/00 to present.

Certification Credential

Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology, Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, I.D. #3520, April 12th 2002 to present.

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Psychological Association (APA)
Member, Division 40, APA, Neuropsychology
Member, Division 22, APA, Rehabilitation Psychology
Member, National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN)
Member, International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
Member, American College of Forensic Examiners (ACFE)
Member, American Board of Psychological Specialties of the ACFE
Member, New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA)

Predoctoral Internship

July, 1988:  Clinical Psychology Pre Doctoral Intern
June, 1990: Saint Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center
 
Received training and supervision in a highly structured and organized two yearlong pre doctoral training program. The first year clinical rotation was in the Outpatient Clinic followed by a second year clinical rotation on the Children’s and Adolescent’s Inpatient Units. The patient population included children, adolescents, and adults. Provided individual psychotherapy, play therapy, group therapy, family therapy and psychodiagnostic assessment services.

Administered, scored, analyzed, and interpreted psychological tests of personality, intellectual, and neuropsychological functioning. Formal training included required attendance and participation in didactic seminars and case conferences. Competed 20 psychodiagnostic evaluations. The program met the licensing requirements of the Boards of Psychology of the States of California and New York for pre doctoral training in Clinical Psychology.

Postdoctoral Residency

Brain Injury Day Treatment Program
New York, New York 10009

September, 1997: Clinical Neuropsychology Post Doctoral Fellow
October, 1997: New York University Medical Center
Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Advanced clinical specialty training in the comprehensive use of holistic neurorehabilitation theory and treatment technique with patients who have traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury. Provided neuropsychological evaluations to patients. Provided individual and group psychotherapy and cognitive rehabilitation services to patients. Composed evaluation and progress reports.

July,  1996: Clinical Neuropsychology Post Doctoral Fellow
June, 1997: San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center

Neuropsychology Service
Department of Psychiatry
Division of Psychosocial Medicine
1000 Potrero Street
San Francisco, California 94107

Advanced clinical specialty training in the comprehensive use of neuropsychological and personality assessment measures in a postdoctoral fellowship. San Francisco General Hospital is a city and county hospital that serves low income and diverse ethnic and racial minority populations. It is a teaching hospital for the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. This training experience in Clinical Neuropsychology included access to a full range of psychiatric inpatients, medical ambulatory and hospitalized medical patients, including consultation to neurology, neurosurgery, general medicine and inpatient psychiatry. Required weekly individual supervision, case conferences, and didactic and clinical seminars were attended. Completed 18 comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations.

Academic Appointment

July, 2000: Clinical Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology
to present.

Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York

Current Clinical Work Experience

August, 1999:  Director, Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology
The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Wood Building, Suite #201
785 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, New York 10605

The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital is a private, not for profit, 150-bed teaching hospital of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and is accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Performs the duties of department head of the Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology Service. Coordinates the provision of services of the department. Develops, plans and implements the programs of the Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology Service. Provides administrative supervision of and clinical consultation for the staff psychologist. Performs and supervises clinical neuropsychological assessment and treatment of 100% of patients diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) and other patients referred by attending physicians.

Develops treatment protocols from the neurobehavioral evaluation of patients referred. Provides consultation and feedback on patient progress in treatment at team conferences. Provides feedback and education to patients and family members on the patient’s progress in treatment. Provides psychotherapy and cognitive rehabilitation groups for TBI, spinal cord injury and stroke patients. Provides cognitive rehabilitation to TBI and Stroke inpatients. Provides educational training to the interdisciplinary clinical staff (physical, occupational speech, and recreation therapists, social workers, nursing staff and rehabilitation technicians), Neurorehabilitation and Physiatry residents and fellows, and neuropsychology interns and practicum students. Supervises the interns and practicum students. Plans, develops, and implements psychology student programs and maintains relationships with graduate schools of psychology. Conducts an active program of research directed at increasing knowledge base and improving the quality of care for patients at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and in the extramural community. Demonstrates the ability to translate knowledge of physical, psychosocial and cognitive perceptual changes related to age into assessment, treatment plans and treatment modalities for adolescent, young adult, adult and geriatric patients.

Is an active member of the Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Patient Care Management Teams, the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Research Committee, the Quality Assurance Committee, and the Information Management Committee. Is a member of the New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center Alumni Committee.

August, 1999: Clinical Neuropsychologist/Clinical Psychologist to present.

The Burke Medical Group
Building 8
785 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, New York 10605

Provides psychodiagnostic assessment, neuropsychological evaluation, psychotherapy, cognitive rehabilitation and consultation services to patients, families, and other caregivers on an outpatient basis under the auspices of the Burke Medical Group. Writes medico-legal reports after evaluations on behalf of patients. Appears in court as an expert witness, if necessary, in medico-legal issues on behalf of patients.

Past Clinical Work Experience

July, 1998: Licensed Psychologist
July, 2001: Independent Practice of Clinical and Neuropsychology
247 West Fifteenth Street, Suite 4F
New York, New York 10011

Provides individual psychotherapy and couples counseling to adults in an independent practice of clinical psychology and clinical neuropsychology. Provides psychodiagnostic assessment and neuropsychological assessment to adults. Provides cognitive remediation services to persons with identified cognitive impairments.

December, 1997: Clinical Neuropsychologist
August, 1999:  Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
David Minkin Plaza at 585 Schenectady Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11203-1891

Appointed to the Adjunct Medical Staff and performed the duties of Clinical Neuropsychologist in a 105 bed acute rehabilitation facility. Planned and administered neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic evaluations on all referred patients. Developed and implemented cognitive rehabilitation programs for referred patients. Provided individual and group treatment. Provided leadership to the staff of the 25 bed Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Unit in the provision of cognitive rehabilitation services. Provided consultation liaison services to the General and Cardiac Rehabilitation units and the Memory Disorders Clinic of the Outpatient Department. Assisted in the development of the Memory Disorders Clinic.

Conducted educational programs for the neuropsychology predoctoral interns, Rehabilitation Medicine Residents, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine staff and the community. Designed and executed research for publication. Supervised predoctoral level interns and practicum students. Acted as Coordinator of the TBI Unit during the Coordinator’s absence. Provided counseling and psychotherapy to patients with TBI. Provided education and emotional support to families of TBI patients.

November, 1997 to December 1997: Consulting Examiner
Kings-M.D. Medical Services
320 West Fourteenth Street
New York, New York 10014

Provided disability evaluation services to a diverse population of children, adolescents, and adults with complex medical and psychological problems. Evaluation services include the following: review of medical records, clinical interview with the patient, neuropsychological and psychological testing, differential diagnosis and written report of findings including prognosis. The reports were provided to the Department of Social Services of the State of New York and were included as part of the determination of award of benefits and other required services to assist the recipient.

December, 1988:  Registered Psychological Assistant

Independent Practice of Clinical & Forensic Psychology
4328 18th Street
San Francisco, California 94114

Provided psychotherapy and psychodiagnostic assessment services to adults in the community under the supervision of a licensed and board certified forensic psychologist in a private practice of clinical and forensic psychology. Clinical, evaluative, vocational rehabilitation, and career counseling services were provided to individuals, couples, and families. Administered, scored, analyzed, and interpreted psychological tests of personality, intellectual, and neuropsychological functioning. Completed approximately 45 psychodiagnostic evaluations.

Public Service

December, 1999 to December, 2004: Clinical Psychologist
United States Army Reserves
883rd Medical Company (Combat Stress)
495 Summer Street, Barnes Building
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2109

Provided clinical and neuropsychological services to active duty and reserve United States Army soldiers, non commissioned officers and officers and their families. Was commissioned a Captain in the Medical Service Corps of the United States Army Reserves. Was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in both the Republic of Kuwait and Iraq from 16th January to 14th June 2003. Provided clinical psychological services to soldiers with acute stress disorders resulting from combat and environmental stress exposure. Honorably discharged from the Army Reserves on 8 December 2004.

September 1990 to September 1991 Clinical Psychologist
Letterman Army Medical Center
HIV Psychology Team
Clinical Psychology Service
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology
Presidio of San Francisco, California

Administered, scored and interpreted neuropsychological and personality tests to active duty and medically retired military persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Provided feedback on the results of testing to these persons and composed a report of results for each person tested. Completed 18 comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations. Provided psychotherapy for persons infected with HIV. Contributed consultation knowledge and skills to treatment planning and coordination.

November, 1985 to September, 1988: Counseling Psychologist
Department of Veterans Affairs
Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Division
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, California

Provided psychological counseling and vocational rehabilitation services to a disabled veteran population. Included counseling in areas of vocational, educational, and personal adjustment for those clients in need of vocational rehabilitation services. Administered, scored, analyzed, and interpreted psychological tests of interests, aptitudes, abilities and personality to these clients. Identified need for and type of rehabilitation services required by the client. Developed and composed individualized written vocational rehabilitation plans. Provided psychotherapy and psychodiagnostic assessment services for an adult population under the auspices of the Veterans Administration Employee Assistance Program.

June,1985 to 10 January, 1990: Commissioned Officer
United States Department of Defense
United States Army Reserves

Commissioned a Military Police Corps Captain in the Inactive Ready Reserves.

7 July, 1978 to Commissioned Officer
6 June, 1985 United States Department of Defense
United States Army

Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army after graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York on 7 July 1978. Remained on active duty in the Army for a period of approximately seven years and was honorably discharged from it with the rank of Captain. During time on active duty, served in the following various roles:

January, 1983 to June, 1985: Survivor Assistance Officer
Department of the Army
Military District of Washington
Casualty and Memorial Affairs Service
Fort Myer, Virginia

Managed and implemented a comprehensive casualty survivors and next-of-kin services and assistance program. Counseled a diverse client population of recently bereaved persons. Supervised a professional staff of six in notification of death of the employee/retiree, preparation and coordination of funeral and memorial services, benefit and entitlement counseling, estate and account settlement activities. Provided bereavement counseling to the client.

June, 1982 to January, 1983: Army Emergency Relief Officer
Department of the Army
Military District of Washington
Army Emergency Relief Services
Fort Myer, Virginia

Counseled active duty and retired Army personnel experiencing personal financial crises. Managed the office and administered the Army Emergency Relief Program for the Fort Myer Military Community. Supervised the staff. Developed and implemented plans to solve the financial problem of the client population. Counseled and guided individuals and families on financial matters. Supervised the volunteer staff.

December, 1981 to June, 1982: Assistant Director
Department of the Army
Military District of Washington
Army Community Service Center
Fort Myer, Virginia

Assisted in the management and implementation of a complex group of social assistance agencies and programs operating under the auspices of the Center. Supervised a staff of 6 in the management of the center.

January 1981 to Chief of Plans, Operations and Training
December 1981 Department of the Army
United States Army Hospital
Augsburg, West Germany

Coordinated a comprehensive continuing medical education program for medical doctors, nurses, and allied medical professionals. Provided logistical and administrative support for Health Professional Scholarship Program students. Revised and published the Emergency Operations Plan of the hospital.

December, 1978 to January, 1981: Executive Officer and Platoon Leader
Department of the Army
218th Military Police Company
Augsburg, West Germany

First, as Platoon Leader, managed the human and physical resources of a 40 person tactical and garrison Military Police platoon. Provided rear area combat support operations in a 600 square mile area of the VII Corps of the United States Army in Europe. Assisted in the management and implementation of the law enforcement program in the American military community. Then, as Executive Officer, assisted the Company Commander in the leadership and management of the 120 member company consisting of enlisted solders, non-commissioned officers, and junior commissioned officers. Coordinated the various divisions of the company to facilitate and ensure mission accomplishment.

Publications

Cuesta, G.M., Hirsch, J.A., Jordan, B. Relationship of the Auditory Naming Test with the Boston naming test and other commonly used measures in the assessment of dementia. Abstract published in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 7, November 2004, p. 971.

Cuesta, G.M., Jordan, B., Berthoud, S., Heron, J., Maulucci, A., Pease, C., Spencer, J. Examination of the Trail Making Test and its relationship with outcome measures commonly used with brain injured patients. Abstract published in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 19, 7, November 2004, p. 966.

Cuesta, G.M., Wennerholm, L., McVey, V., Berthod, S., Heron, J., Maulucci, A., Pease, C., Spencer, J., Jordan, B.D., Concurrent validity of the Brief Test of Head Injury (BTHI) with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). Abstract published in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9,2, February 2003, pp. 231-232.

Cuesta, G.M., Blau, A., Ortega-Verdejo, Jordan, B., (2002). Evaluation of cognitive impairment and functional outcome of brain injured patients using the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). Abstract published in the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 14 (1), 115.

Caldeira, L., Jordan, B., Ortega-Verdejo, K., and Cuesta, G.M. (2002). Investigation of the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC) with traumatic and nontraumatic brain injured patients. Abstract presented at the 7th "Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatological Congress", 26-29 June 2002, at Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Chapter:

Cuesta, G.M., Cognitive Rehabilitation of Memory Following Stroke: Theory, Practice and Outcome, in Ischemic Stroke: Advances in Neurology, Vol. 92. Edited by H.J.M. Barnett, Julien Bogousslavsky, and Heather Meldrum. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (2003).

Dissertation:

Cuesta-Aragon, G.M., (1994) "The effect of knowledge of human immunodeficiency virus infection on the quality of coupled relationships”. A doctoral dissertation completed on 15 September 1994 at the California School of Professional Psychology, 200 pp. Chair: Jeffrey Moulton Benevedes, Ph.D. Published in Dissertation Abstracts International.

Research Experience

Current Projects Co-investigator
The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
White Plains, New York

Conducts a program of research that includes the following projects:

1. Investigation of the relationships between the Repeatable Battery of Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), length of stay, Functional Independence Measures (FIM) scores, and Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores and treatment of patients on an inpatient interdisciplinary traumatic brain injury unit; Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association in La Jolla, California, 10-12 March 2002.
2. Investigation of the concurrent validity of the Brief Test of Head Injury (BTHI) with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test (GOAT) and the Standardized Assessment for Concussion (SAC).
3. Investigation of the relationship between the Auditory Naming Test and the Boston Naming Test.
4. Investigation of the Trail Making Test and its relationship with outcome measures with brain injured patients.
5. Investigation of the efficacy of Interpersonal Group Therapy in reducing symptoms of depression in an inpatient stroke sample.
6. Neuropsychological evaluator in “A 12-week, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Exelon 3 to 6 mg/day in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) with persistent cognitive deficits”.

October, 1990 to September, 1991: Research Assistant
Letterman Army Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry and Neurology
Presidio of San Francisco, California

Investigated the effect of infection with human immunodeficiency virus on cognitive functioning in active duty and retired Army personnel. Collected neuropsychological and personality test data for studies related to human immunodeficiency virus infection. Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Moulton, Ph.D.

September, 1988 to June, 1989: Research Assistant
University of California at San Francisco
Northern California Occupational Health Center
San Francisco, California

Investigated the effect of neurotoxin exposure on cognitive functioning. This was a General Motors/United Auto Workers Union-sponsored study. Collected neuropsychological and personality data for this study. Principal Investigator: Charles E. Becker, M.D.

January, 1988 to August, 1988: Research Assistant
University of California at San Francisco
Center for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Prevention Studies (CAPS)
San Francisco, California

Investigated the effect of the presence of human immunodeficiency virus in the environment on sexual behavior in adult relationships. Assisted in the development of the questionnaire for the study. Conducted pilot interviews. Principal Investigator: Leon McCusick, Ph.D.

Teaching Experience

August, 1999 to present: Clinical Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology in Neurology
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, New York

Conducts and prepares clinical neuropsychological research for publication in peer reviewed journals. Provides education, lectures and consultation to neurologists, neurology fellows, neurology residents, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians and residents, neuropsychology students and fellows and multidisciplinary rehabilitation staff on various topics related to the science and practice of clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology. Supervises postdoctoral fellows, predoctoral interns and graduate level practicum students in rehabilitation psychology and clinical neuropsychology.

December, 1997 to July 1999: Adjunct Medical Staff Lecturer
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Brooklyn, New York

Taught the in-service didactic portion of training for the graduate level neuropsychology interns, externs and practicum students of the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit. Lectured on a variety of topics related to the neurorehabilitation of traumatic and acquired brain injury.

January, 1986 to June, 1997: Adjunct Professor of Psychology
San Francisco School of Psychology
San Francisco, California

Taught Behavioral Science Research Methods, Psychological Tests and Measurements, and Biological Bases of Behavior to graduate students in Master of Arts and Doctor of Psychology programs in Clinical Psychology.

Academic Advising Experience

July, 2002 to present: Dissertation Committee Consultant
Fordham University
Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program
Bronx, New York

January, 1995 to June, 1997: Dissertation Committee Member
California School of Professional Psychology
Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program
Alameda, California

January, 1996 to September 1997: Dissertation Committee Member
The Wright Institute
Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program
Berkeley, California

January, 1997 to December, 1998: Dissertation Committee Member
San Francisco School of Psychology
Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program
San Francisco, California

Served as committee member on three completed and consultant on one in- progress doctoral dissertations. Supervised and advised the Doctoral Candidate from inception of the research project to its completion.

Invited Presentations

November, 2004: Relationship of the Auditory Naming Test With the Boston Naming Test and Other Commonly Used Measures In The Assessment of Dementia. Poster presentation at the 24th National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference, The Westin Seattle, Seattle, Washington, 17-20 November 2004.

November, 2004: Examination of the Trail Making Test and Its Relationship with Outcome Measures Commonly Used With Brain Injured Patients. Poster presentation at the 24th National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference, The Westin Seattle, Seattle, Washington, 17-20 November 2004.

June, 2004: Impairments of Attention and its Treatment. Presentation at the Neurology Seminar at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

April, 2004: Awareness of Impairments and Its Impact on Functioning Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Presentation at the Neurology Seminar at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

November, 2002: Delusions and Hallucinations in Brain Injured Patients.
Presentation at the Brain Injury Team Education Seminar, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

October, 2002: Anxiety Disorders in Brain Injured Patients. Presentation at the Brain Injury Team Education Seminar, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

September, 2002: Agitation and Irritability in Brain Injured Patients. Presentation at the Brain Injury Team Education Seminar, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

July, 2002: Depression in Brain Injured Patients. Presentation at the Brain Injury Team Education Seminar, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

April, 2002: Disorders of Self-Awareness after Brain Injury:
Assessment and Treatment. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

March, 2002: Cognitive Rehabilitation of Memory in Brain Injury Patients. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

February, 2002: Cognitive Rehabilitation of Attention in Brain Injury Patients. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

February, 2002: Use of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) with Traumatic Brain Injured Patients. Presentation at the Traumatic Brain Injury Team Education Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

January, 2002: Group Psychotherapy with Traumatic Brain Injured, Spinal Cord Injured and Stroke Recovery Patients. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

September, 2001: Outcome of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

August, 2001: Investigation of the Concurrent Validity of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC), and the Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test (GOAT) and Functional Outcomes in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

June, 2001: Investigation of the Concurrent Validity of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC), and the Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test (GOAT): Preliminary Findings. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York.

March, 2001: Disorders of Self-Awareness in Brain Injured Patients
Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York

February, 2001: Traumatic Brain Injury and Sports: Psychological and Cognitive Consequences. Presentation at the First Annual Sports Medicine Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York

January, 2001: Memory Rehabilitation After Brain Injury Presentation at the Brain Injury Team Interdisciplinary Training Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York

November, 2000: Evaluation of Malingering in Neuropsychological
Assessment. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York

September, 2000: Assessment of Memory in the Traumatically Brain Injured
Patient. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York

24 August, 2000: Personality Disturbances and Traumatic Brain Injury: Practical Considerations. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York

August, 2000: Personality Disturbances and Traumatic Brain Injury: Theoretical Perspectives. Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York

April, 2000: Fundamentals of Neuropsychological Assessment
Presentation at the Neurorehabilitation Conference at the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains, New York

June, 1999: Cognitive Rehabilitation Techniques with Normal Elderly
and Alzheimer’s Geriatric Populations. Presentation to the New York State Psychological Association at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York

January, 1999: Psychological and Behavioral Management of Common Reactions to Traumatic Illness and Injury Presentation to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residents, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

July, 1998: Neuropsychological Assessment of Dementia.
Presentation to the professional staff of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry and the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

June, 1998: Dementia: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Clinical
Features, Course and Prognosis, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment. Presentation to the staff of the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

May, 1998: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Cerebrovascular
Disease: The Behavioral and Cognitive Sequelae of Cerebrovascular Accident.
Presentation to the staff of the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

April, 1998: Neuropsychological Testing and Assessment of Adults.
Presentation to the medical residents in Physiatry as part of their preparation for board examinations, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

February, 1998: Major Depressive Disorder: Pathogenesis, Incidence,
Symptoms, Diagnostic Criteria, and Current Treatments. Presentation to the Occupational Therapy Division of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

May, 1997: Huntington’s chorea: History, Pathogenesis, Symptoms, Neuropsychological Assessment, and Treatment Issues. Presentation to the Neuropsychology Service, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

May, 1997: Thallium Poisoning in a 34-Year Old Caucasian Man: A Case Study. Presentation to the Neuropsychology Service, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

March, 1997: Vascular Dementia in a 69 Year Old Hispanic Woman: A Case Study. Presentation to the Neuropsychology Service, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

January, 1997: Complex Partial Seizures in a 61 Year Old Asian Woman:
A Case Study Presentation to the Neuropsychology Service, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

April, 1995: The Effect of Knowledge of Infection With the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus on the Quality of Coupled Relationships Presentation of the findings of a doctoral dissertation to the staff of the San Francisco Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Foundation, San Francisco, California

Continuing Education

19-22. October 2005: 25th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, The Tampa Marriott Waterside, earned 16 continuing education hours/credits.

16-18 June, 2005: 3rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, The Minneapolis Marriott City Center, earned 15 continuing education hours/credits.

17-20 November, 2004: 24th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, The Westin Seattle, Seattle Washington, earned 15.5 continuing education credits.

4-6 March, 2004: 6th Annual Conference Rehabilitation Psychology, Division 22, American Psychological Association, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Seattle, Washington, earned 18.5 continuing education credits.

11-13 December, 2003: 29th Annual Course in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology, Communication Disorders: Testing, Mechanisms and Treatment, at The Wyndham Palace, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Earned 17.0 continuing education credits.

22-24 March, 2002: Rehabilitation Psychology 2002: Integrating Science, Practice, and Public Policy, New Orleans, Louisiana, earned 16 continue education hours.

9-12 March ,2002 13th: Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, La Jolla, California, earned 22.5 continuing education hours.

18 November, 2001: Psychological Intervention in the Aftermath of Disaster, New York State Psychological Association @ the Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street, New York, New York

23-28 August, 2001: American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California

10 June, 2001: Psychology Practice Alerts, New York State Psychological Association, @ the Cornell Club, 6 East 44th Street, New York, New York, earned 3 continuing education credits.

14-17 February, 2001: International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, earned 13 continuing education hours.

19th January, 2001: Clinical Lessons in Institutional Psychiatry, sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School Office of Continuing Education, earned 1 continuing education credit.

2 December, 2000: Sports Neurology: Injuries of the Head and Spine, sponsored by the Hospital for Special Surgery and the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Office of Continuing Medical Education, earned 8 hours of continuing education credit.

15-18 November, 2000: 20th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotels in Orlando, Florida, earned 16 continuing education credits.

9 November, 2000: Understanding Depression: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment, John Preston, Psy.D. sponsored by Cortext/Mind Matters Education Seminars at New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, New York, earned 6 hours of continuing education credit.

31 Oct-2 Nov, 1999: 20th Annual Neurorehabilitation Conference, sponsored by The HEALTHSOUTH Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, earned 16.5 continuing education hours.

25 June, 1999: Frontal Lobes, Executive Functions and Human Behavior
Presented by Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D. and sponsored by the Fielding Institute at the New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, earned 3 continuing education credits.

8 May, 1999: Neuropsychology and Treatment After Testing.
A one-day training seminar presented under the sponsorship of the New York Neuropsychology Group at the New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, earned 6 contact hours.

26-28 October ,1998: Rehabilitation of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, earned 13 contact hours.

14-18 August, 1998: 106th Annual American Psychological Association
Convention at the San Francisco Convention Center, San Francisco, California, earned 14 hours of continuing education credit.

18-19 June, 1998: Understanding the Medical and Legal Aspects of
Traumatic Brain Injury. Conference sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of New York State and Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, earned 16 contact hours.

15 May, 1998: Learning Abilities, Techniques, and Methodologies in
Adults and Children After Brain Injury. A one-day seminar sponsored by the Brain Injury Society of New York. Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, earned 8 contact hours.

22-25, March 1997: Psychology Licensure Review, Michael Kerner, Ph.D. and Dayan Edwards, Ph.D., sponsored by the Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences, in San Francisco, California, earned 40 continuing education credits.

24 January, 1997: Memory, a Seminar for Health Professionals, Stuart Zola, Ph.D., sponsored by Institute for Cortext Research and Development, at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, earned 6 hours of continuing education credit.

20 Jul,y 1996: Child Neuropsychology, a one-day seminar presented by Michael D. Shore, Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley Extension earned .7 continuing education units.

8 June, 1996: Advances in Neuropsychology of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder, C. Keith Conners, Ph.D., Larry J. Seidman, Ph.D. and Deborah Cahn, Ph.D. at the 5th Annual Conference in Neuropsychology of the Northern California Neuropsychology Forum, San Francisco, California earned 6 continuing education credits.

10-11 February, 1996: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Workshop, Margaret T. Singer, Ph.D., at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda, California earned 14 contact hours.

8-11 September, 1995; Psychology Licensure Review, Michael Kerner, Ph.D. and Maureen O’Sullivan, sponsored by the Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences, earned 40 hours of continuing education credit.

11-15 August, 1995 :Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, New York, earned 6 hours of continuing education credit.

24 July, and 7 August 1995: The Assessment and Treatment of Alcohol and Other
Drug Problems, sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, California, Summer Semester, earned 16 contact hours.

8 April, 1995: The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Psychotherapy, sponsored by the Cambridge Hospital, Affiliated with Harvard Medical School, Continuing Education Division, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge, Massachusetts, earned 7 continuing education credits.

10-11 December 1990: Clinical Care of the AIDS Patient, Extended Programs in Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.

7 April, 1990: MMPI-2 Workshop, Alex Caldwell, Ph.D., Sponsored by the California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley/Alameda Campus, earned 8 contact hours.

Sep, 1989 to May, 1990: Advanced Seminar in Neuropsychology, audited a one year-long seminar covering neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, functional neurology, neuropathology, developmental neuropsychology and neuropsychological evaluation of disorders of the central nervous system in children, adolescents and adults. Continuing Education Program. California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda, California. Fall 1989-Spring 1990. Michael D. Shore, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty.

Awards

11 March to 1 June 2003: The Army Commendation Medal, for outstanding performance during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom in Kuwait and Iraq as the Clinical Officer in Charge of the Fitness Team I, Combat and Operational Stress Control, of the 883rd Medical Company.

March 1983 to June 1985: The Meritorious Service Medal, for outstanding meritorious service while serving as Deputy Chief, United States Army Military District of Washington Casualty Affairs Office, Fort Myer, Virginia.