Neuropsychology Fellowship Program
Mission
Provide advanced clinical, didactic and academic training for the development of competent professionals in Clinical Neuropsychology. This will be accomplished through the resident's participation in a number of neuropsychology-specific clinical, didactic and research experiences and through professional collaboration with our multidisciplinary team.
Goals
The clinical neuropsychology fellowship program will provide postgraduate training that will prepare the candidate for eventual independent practice in clinical neuropsychology through a scientist/practitioner model. This training modality involves the integration of prior training knowledge along with specialized development of skills and knowledge in the following areas: principles and applications of neuropsychological assessment (theories, intervention, treatment and consultation), evaluating and diagnosing diseases that affect cognition, research, supervision, professional development, cultural diversity and ethical and legal practice.
A variety of specialized didactics will be provided to the resident, including brain cutting, neuroanatomy, Neuropsychology Case Conference and Neuropsychology Journal Club, among others. The trainee will be exposed to a wide range of clinical populations through the Division of Neuropsychology that will aid in exposure to and application of acquired knowledge and skills.
The department has specialized clinics in movement disorders and epilepsy, including a deep brain stimulation (DBS) program, which provides an opportunity to develop possible subspecialty skills in these areas and increase the future availability of properly skilled Neuropsychologists to provide services to these clinical populations. The epilepsy clinic provides the opportunity to participate in Wada procedures and intra and extra-operative cortical mapping. The division also participates in the normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) clinic and has a very active Pain Clinic for which neuropsychology provides presurgical assessments for surgical treatment of chronic pain.
The fellowship is a two-year training program that meets the Houston training criteria for postdoctoral training in Neuropsychology. The majority of the resident’s work (approximately 70%) will be directed toward clinical services, including assessment and treatment activities. The remaining time (approximately 30%) will be devoted to research and educational activities. One fellow per year will be accepted (provided that division resources will support this).