Neurosurgical Neuropsychology

Dr. Pearson is an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, as well as a Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist at The University of Kansas Hospital. His clinical and research interests have focused primarily on the presurgical evaluation of patient's with epilepsy and brain tumors, cognitive outcomes following functional neurosurgery, the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor tractography in presurgical planning, and the identification of risk factors related to cognitive decline following neurosurgical interventions. 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 an Associate 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 both clinical and research techniques to investigate outcomes following traumatic brain injury and epilepsy.

Introduction 1. The historical role of neuropsychology in neurosurgery 2. Foundations of contemporary neuropsychology 3. Components and Methods of Evaluating Reliable Change in Cognitive Function 4. A primer on neuropsychology for the neurosurgeon

Methods 5. Functional Neuroimaging in the Presurgical Work-up 6. Wada Testing and neurosurgical patients 7. Awake craniotomy and bedside cognitive mapping in neurosurgery

Applications 8. Neuropsychology in adult epilepsy surgery 9. Neuropsychology in the Neurosurgical Management of Primary Brain Tumors 10. The Role of the Neuropsychologist in Deep Brain Stimulation 11. Future directions in deep brain stimulation 12. Neuropsychology in the outcome of severe traumatic brain injury

Treatment and Management 13. Neuropsychological rehabilitation 14. Assessment of functional status after neurosurgical intervention