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Dennis P. Swiercinsky, Ph.D.
Résumé Twenty-five years in psychology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation, and education. Extensive practical experience in hospital treatment team leadership, clinical services (neuropsychological assessment and treatment), forensic examinations and testimony (civil and criminal courts), academic and hospital teaching and student supervision, writing, and administrative and business leadership. Positions and expertise include hospital department and government agency administration, federal grant administration, computer systems/internet applications and assessment design, broad university and hospital teaching, mental health agency consultation, community support leadership, psychological services program development, and technical writing and editing. Education BA, 1968, cum laude, California State University at Fresno MA, 1970, with distinction, California State University at Fresno PhD, 1974, honors comprehensive oral examination, University of Kansas Certification Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology, 1999, Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (CPQ 384) Diplomate, 1998, American Board of Professional Neuropsychology Qualified Medical Evaluator, 1999-2000, California Industrial Medical Council (919746) Licensed Psychologist, 1976, Kansas (LP 331) Licensed Psychologist, 1980, California (PSY 6615) Licensed Psychologist, 2002, Oregon (1532) Clinical Practice and Positions Neuropsychologist, San Francisco, 1999-present; Portland, Oregon, 2002-present Team Leader, Neurobehavioral Unit, Laguna Honda Hospital, San Francisco, 1999-2000 Private Clinical Practice, Greater Kansas City, 1981-1999 Director of Psychology and Brain Injury Program, Mid-America Rehabilitation Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas, 1990-1994 Director of Neuropsychology Clinical and Research Programs, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Topeka, Kansas, 1975-1980 Clinical Consultant, Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center, Bryan, Texas, 1974-1975 Executive Director, Area Agency on Aging, Topeka, Kansas, 1973-1974 Clinical Consultant, Capper Foundation, Topeka, Kansas, 1974 Clinical Consultant, Kansas Rehabilitation Center for the Blind, Topeka, Kansas, 1974 Academic Appointments Adjunct Faculty, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, 1999-2000 Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, 1985-1992 Graduate School Lecturer in Psychology, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 1983-1985 Adjunct Faculty, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, 1983-1985 Faculty, Menninger School of Psychiatry, Topeka, Kansas, 1976-1980 Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1974-1975 Instructor, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, 1972-1973 Graduate Student Instructor, University of Kansas, 1970-1971 Graduate Student Instructor, California State University at Fresno, 1968-1970 Community Service Board of Directors, Brain Injury Association of Kansas and Greater Kansas City, 1991-1997 Board of Advisors, Project ABLE, Longview Community College, Kansas City, 1990-1997 Affiliations American Psychological Association Skills and Particular Accomplishments Software master: word processing, desktop publishing, image processing, web design and creation, spreadsheet, presentation Educator: twenty years experience high school to post-graduate level Forensic expert witness: over 100 civil and criminal cases involving questions of brain injury, personal injury, or culpability Philosophical student: Confucian thought and Eastern philosophy; studied in China summer of 1994 Webmaster: informational site on neuropsychology: www.brainsource.com Author: four textbooks in psychology, one general trade book on memory, seven chapters in edited books College Courses Taught Introduction to psychology, Statistics, Tests and measurements, Individual mental testing, Personal and social adjustment, Abnormal psychology, Child and adolescent development, Social psychology, Introductory neuropsychology, Rehabilitation psychology, Neuropsychology examination Editorial Boards Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (consulting editor) Presentations Selecting and Using a Microcomputer System in the Rehabilitation of Brain Disorders, International Neuropsychological Society, Mexico City, 1983. Professional and Ethical Issues in the Use of Computers in Neuropsychological Assessment, International Neuropsychological Society, Houston, Texas, 1984. Professional and Ethical Issues in the Use of Computers in Neuropsychological Assessment, American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, 1984. Computer-based Neuropsychological Test Administration, International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, Colorado, 1986. Recognizing and Evaluating Head and Brain Injury, Continuing Legal Education Program at the University of Missouri School of Law, Kansas City, 1987. Learning Disability: The Neuropsychological Challenge, Kansas City Regional Council on Higher Education, Kansas City, Kansas, 1990. Coping with Crisis: Addressing Family Needs through Education and Counseling, Office of Continuing Education of the New Medico Head Injury System, Kansas City, Missouri, 1991. Current Concepts and Interventions in Clinical Neuropsychology, Kansas Association of Professional Psychologists, Overland Park, 1992. Brain Injury Rehabilitation in the United States, Czech Medical Society, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1992. Practical, Ethical, and Moral Decisions in Clinical Practice: An Interactive Experience, Kansas Association of Professional Psychologists, Kansas City, Missouri, 1993. Cost-benefit Analysis of the Neuropsychological Assessment and Clinical Report, National Head Injury Foundation, Orlando, Florida, 1993. Behavioral and Psychological Disabilities Caused by Closed Head Injuries, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association Conference on Catastrophically Injured Individuals, Kansas City, Missouri, 1994. Neuropsychological Investigation of Executive Function Disorders, Missouri Psychological Association, Kansas City, 1995. Consciousness, Mid-America Rehabilitation Hospital, Overland Park, Kansas, 1996. Closed Head Injury: A Neuropsychological Perspective, Kansas City Insurance Defense Association, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997. Fatigue, Memory and Concentration, Collaborative Forum—Conquering the Challenges, Arthritis Foundation, Lupus Foundation, National Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Association, et al., Kansas City, Missouri, 1999. Publications Hypnosis, hypnotic responsiveness, and learning meaningful material (with WC Coe), International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 18, 217-222, 1970. The effect of "alert" hypnosis and hypnotic responsiveness on reading comprehension (with WC Coe), International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 19, 146-153, 1971. A factorial approach to neuropsychological assessment (with CE Hallenbeck), Journal of Clinical Psychology, 32, 651-654, 1975. Comparison of the neuropsychological key and discriminant function analysis approaches in predicting brain damage and localization (with J Warnock), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 45, 808-814, 1977. Significance of crossed eye-hand dominance for the adult neuropsychological evaluation, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 165, 134-138, 1977. Manual for the Adult Neuropsychological Evaluation, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1978. The revised Army Alpha Examination as a predictor of intelligence and brain impairment (with TW Patterson), Psychological Reports, 42, 601-602, 1978. Factorial pattern description and comparison of functional abilities in neuropsychological assessment, Perceptual and Motor Skills, 48, 231-241,1979. Comparison of neuropsychological data in the diagnosis of brain impairment with computerized tomography and other neurological procedures (with G Leigh), Journal of Clinical Psychology, 35, 242-246, 1979. Considerations in referring patients for neuropsychological assessment (with L Lewis), Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 45, 442-446, 1981. Programmatic series of factor analyses for evaluating the structure of neuropsychological test batteries (with ME Howard), Clinical Neuropsychology, 4, 147-152, 1982. Evaluation of neuropsychological impairment. In SJ Weaver (Editor), Testing Children: A Reference Guide for Effective Clinical and Psychoeducational Assessments, Test Corporation, Kansas City, 1984. Testing Adults: A Reference Guide for Special Psychodiagnostic Assessments, Test Corporation, Kansas City, 1985. The role of testing in adult assessments. In DP Swiercinsky (Editor), Testing Adults: A Reference Guide for Special Psychodiagnostic Assessments, Test Corporation, Kansas City, 1985. Evaluating adjustment to alternative psychosexual life-styles (with CC North). In DP Swiercinsky (Editor), Testing Adults: A Reference Guide for Special Psychodiagnostic Assessments, Test Corporation, Kansas City, 1985. The adult vocational rehabilitation assessment (with T Fisk) In DP Swiercinsky (Editor), Testing Adults: A Reference Guide for Special Psychodiagnostic Assessments, Test Corporation, Kansas City, 1985. Neuropsychological assessment of sensory and physically impaired patients. In LC Hartlage, MJ Asken, JL Hornsby (Editors), Essentials of Neuropsychological Assessment, Springer, New York, 1987. Traumatic Head Injury: Cause, Consequence, and Challenge, Brain Injury Association of Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri (with T Price and LE Leaf), 1987, 1993. WAIS-R Tutorial Workbook, Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas, 1988. WISC-R Tutorial Workbook, Pro-Ed, Austin, Texas, 1988. Head injury: The road forward. Community Issues (Magazine of the Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri), Spring issue, 1988. Adult day care servicing participants with head injury. (with LC Webb and P Snyder), In Standards and Guidelines for Adult Day Care, National Institute of Adult Daycare, 1990. 50 Ways You Can Improve Your Memory, World Wisdom, Mission, Kansas, 1995. Ethical issues in rehabilitation neuropsychology. In S Bush & M Drexler (Editors), Ethical Issues in Clinical Neuropsychology, Swet & Zeitlinger, 2002. Normal Again: Living with Brain Injury, Writer's Showcase, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2002.
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