Neurosurgical Neuropsychology

Dr. Caleb Pearson is an associate professor in the departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is also the director of the Human Brain Mapping Program at the University of Kansas Health System and the chief of Epilepsy Neuropsychology. His work primarily includes pre-surgical risk stratification for patients suffering from epilepsy and brain tumors, as well as the use of functional MRI and tractography in neurosurgery. Dr. Ecklund-Johnson is a clinical neuropsychologist in the neuropsychology department at the University of Kansas Hospital and Associate Clinical Professor in the KUMC departments of Neurology and Psychiatry. He is board certified in clinical neuropsychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology and his clinical and research work has focused on cognitive assessment of surgical and non-surgical patients with known or suspected neurological problems including Parkinson's disease, other movement disorders, brain tumors, memory disorders, and traumatic brain injury, among other conditions.Dr. Gale is a Professor at Brigham Young University. His research interests are largely centered in the field of neuropsychology, which is the study of brain-behavior relationships. He utilizes clinical and research techniques, including neurocognitive assessment and neuroimaging, as well as neuroepidemiological techniques, to investigate neurocognitive outcomes in various neurologic disorders including traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and dementia. More recently, He has become increasingly interested in the potential negative effects of (latent) infectious disease on neurocognitive functions and psychiatric illness.

• Introduction1. The historical role of neuropsychology in neurosurgery2. Foundations of contemporary neuropsychology3. Components and Methods of Evaluating Reliable Change in Cognitive Function4. A primer on neuropsychology for the neurosurgeonMethods5. Functional Neuroimaging in the Presurgical Work-up6. Wada Testing and neurosurgical patients7. Awake craniotomy and bedside cognitive mapping in neurosurgeryApplications8. Neuropsychology in adult epilepsy surgery9. Neuropsychology in the Neurosurgical Management of Primary Brain Tumors10. The Role of the Neuropsychologist in Deep Brain Stimulation11. Future directions in deep brain stimulation12. Neuropsychology in the outcome of severe traumatic brain injuryTreatment and Management13. Neuropsychological rehabilitation14. Assessment of functional status after neurosurgical intervention