Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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Jeffrey S. Kreutzer PhD is the Rosa Schwarz Cifu Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Virginia Commonwealth University''s Medical College of Virginia Campus in Richmond. Board certified in rehabilitation psychology (ABPP) Dr. Kreutzer has more than three decades of experience as a brain injury rehabilitation specialist. He was a founding member of the Virginia Head Injury Foundation now known as BIAV. Since 1987 he has served as the Director of VCU''s federally-designated Traumatic Brain Injury Model System (TBIMS). As a clinician Dr. Kreutzer provides neuropsychological and family support services to persons with a wide variety of neurological disabilities. His practice is holistic emphasizing skills training psychological support and patient education. Dr. Kreutzer has co-authored more than 170 publications most in the area of traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation. Editor-In-Chief of two international journals Brain Injury and NeuroRehabilitation he has also published more than 15 books covering topics such as family intervention vocational rehabilitation community reintegration behavior management and cognitive rehabilitation. John DeLuca PhD is the vice president of research at the Kessler Research Foundation and a professor in the departments of physical medicine & rehabilitation (PM&R) and neurosciences at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. He is a licensed psychologist in the states of New Jersey and New York. Dr. DeLuca directs the neuropsychology and neuroscience laboratory at Kessler and is director of the post-doctoral fellows program in neuropsychology. Dr. DeLuca is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Rehabilitation Psychology. He is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Bruce Caplan PhD ABPP (cnrp) is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) National Academy of Neuropsychology and American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Caplan serves as Senior Editor of Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation is a member of the Editorial Boards of Rehabilitation Psychology and Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation and previously served as Editor of Rehabilitation Psychology. In 1987 Dr. Caplan published Rehabilitation Psychology Desk Reference the first edited textbook in the specialty. He is Past President of the Philadelphia Neuropsychology Society and of Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) of the APA. He is the recipient of two Distinguished Service Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Division 22. Dr. Caplan was a founding member of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology. Currently in independent practice he was formerly professor and chief psychologist in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.