The University of Toledo

A. John McSweeny, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Director, Neuropsychology Laboratory RESIDENCY POSITION: Clinical Neuropsychologist RESEARCH & CLINICAL EXPERTISE: Clinical Neuropsychology EDUCATION AND TRAINING: B.A. (with honors), Major:Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. June, 1969.

M.A., Major: Psychology. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois. January, 1974.

Ph.D., Major: Clinical Psychology. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois. December, 1975.

Internship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, August, 1973-August, 1974.

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, August, 1975-1977.

EMPLOYMENT:
Assistant to Full Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio, August, 1981 - present

Adjunct Associate to Full Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, January 1985 - present

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, August, 1978 - August, 1981

Lecturer in Psychology, Northwestern University, August, 1977 - August, 1978

VISITING AND ADJUNCT APPOINTMENTS:
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, September, 1991 - January, 1992

Visiting Professor of Psychology, University of Toledo, January- June, 1987; September-December, 1988; September-December, 1990

Adjunct Associate to Full Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, January, 1985 - present

CERTIFICATION/LICENSES:
Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN).

Registered Health Service Provider in Psychology, Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, American Psychological Association.

Licensed Psychologist, States of Ohio, Michigan and Illinois.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES (selected):
American Psychological Association - Fellow, 1995-present. Member, 1972-1995. Member Divisions, 5 (Evaluation and Measurement) and 12 (Clinical Psychology), 1976-present. Member, Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology) and 38 (Health Psychology), 1981-present. Member of Division 40 Committee on computers in neuropsychology, 1984-1990. Member, Division 40 Ethics Committee, 1992-present; Chair, 1993-1995. Consultant, Ad-hoc Policy and Education Subcommittee, Ethics Committee, 1993-1995. Member, Division 40 Program Committee, 1993-1995. Member, Division 40 Planning Committee, 1994-1995.

International Neuropsychological Society-Member, 1981-present. Program Committee-Member, 1983-1984, 1994-1995. Member, Continuing Education Committee, 1993-1995.

National Academy of Neuropsychology, 1992-present. Member, Task Force on Assessment, 1994-present.

American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology-Member, 1984-present. Clinical Case Evaluator and Examiner, 1985-present. Member, Examination Committee and Coordinator, Ethics Examination, 1995-present.

Ohio Psychological Association-Member, 1981-present. Member, Ad-Hoc Ethics Committee, 1994. Peer Review Committee on Ethical Principles, 1988-1991. Member, Continuing Education Committee, 1984-1988 Member, Legislative Committee, 1984-1985. Member, Board of Trustees-1986.

Toledo Neurological Society-Member, 1991-present. Secretary, 1992-1993.

AWARDS:
Fellow of Division of Clinical Neuropsychology, American Psychological Association, 1995.

Distinguished Member Award, Northwestern Ohio Society of Professional Psychology, 1990.

Leslie A. Holmes Honorary Graduate Fellowship, Northern Illinois University, 1972-1973.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
Special Feature Co-Editor, (The Ethical Neuropsychologist) The Clinical Neuropsychologist (1995-present)

Consulting Editor, Neuropsychology Review (1988-present)

Consulting Editor, The Clinical Neuropsychologist (1987-1994)

Consulting Editor, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1986-1988)

Member, Editorial Board, Behavioral Neuropsychology Newsletter (1979-1981)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
McSweeny, A.J., Czakjowski, S. and Labuhn, K.T. (In press). Psychosocial Factors in Rehabilitation with Chronic Respiratory Disease Patients. In A.P. Fishman (Ed.) Pulmonary Rehabilitation. New York: Marcel Dekker.

McSweeny, A.J. and Labuhn, K.T. (In press). The Relationship of Neuropsychological Functioning to Life Quality in Systemic Medical Disease: The Example of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In I. Grant and K. M. Adams (Eds.) Neuropsychological Assessment in Neuropsychiatry. New York: Oxford.

DiCowden, M.A. Crosson, B.A., and McSweeny, A.J. (In press). Education and Training: Consensus Report. In: RL. Glueckauf, R.G. Frank, G.L. Bond and J. McGrew (Eds.), Health Care Reform and Psychological Practice in Rehabilitation and Health Care Settings. New York: Springer.

McSweeny, A.J., and Labuhn, K.T. (1995). Chronic Obstructive Pumonary Disease. In B. Spilker (Ed.) Quality of Life Assessment and Pharmacoeconomics in Clinical Trials (Second Edition). New York: Raven.

Naugle, R.I., and McSweeny, A.J. (1995). On the Problem of Routinely Appending Neuropsychological Data to Reports. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 9, 245-247.

McSweeny, A.J., and Naugle, R.I. (1995). Announcing the Ethical Neuropsychologist: A Column of the Clinical Neuropsychologist. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 9, 98.

McSweeny, A.J. (1995). The psychosocial aspects of respiratory disease. Innovations in Respiratory Disease, 1, in press.

McSweeny, A.J., and Creer, T.L. (1995). Health-related quality- of-life assessment in medical care. Disease-A-Month, 16, 1-72.

Wexler, M.M.D. and McSweeny, A.J. (1995). Relationship of Neuropsychological Status to Quality of Life in Patients With Closed Head Injury. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 9, 296.

McSweeny, A.J., Miller, B.K., McGreevey, J.F., Zilkoski, M., and Gavin, M.R. (1994). Neuropsychological and Medical Diagnosis of Dementia. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 8, 355.

McGreevey, J.F., Miller, B.K., McSweeny, A.J., and Hicks, B. (1994). Non-demented elderly patients with cognitive complaints: Clinical Features and Course, Clinical Gerontologist, 15, 84-87.

McSweeny, A.J., Wood-Gottfried, L., Chessare, J.B., and Kurczynski, T.W. (1993). Cognitive and language anomalies in two brothers with a rare form of genetic abnormality (Deletion of 9p24). The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 7 460-466.

McSweeny, A.J., Chelune, G.J., Naugle, R.I., and LÅders, H. (1993). "T Scores for change": an illustration of a regression approach to depicting change in clinical neuropsychology. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 7, 300-312.

McSweeny, A.J. (1993). Neuropsychology and quality of life in HIV disease. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 7, 343.

Chatel, D.M., Bieliauskas, L.A., Green, P.A., McSweeny, A.J. and Warner, J.E. (1993). Neuropsychological predictors of driving ability in the normal elderly. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 7, 330.

McSweeny, A.J. (1992). The use of noncognitive measures in the evaluation of dementia. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 7, 330.

McSweeny, A.J. (1992). The utility of olfaction measures in the diagnosis of dementia. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 6, 335.

Rourke, S.B., Heaton, R.K., McSweeny, A.J., Grant, I., and Reed, R.J. (1992). Personality and neuropsychological functioning improve with abstinence in alcoholics. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 6, 345.

Rourke, S.B., Reed, R.J., Grant, I., McSweeny, A.J. (1992). A replication of cluster analytically derived neuropsychological subtypes in recently detoxified alcoholics. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 14, 56.

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS:

General:

Neuropsychology - The Relationships Between Brain and Behavior.

Specific:

Neuropsychological Aspects of Epilepsy.

Assessment of Cognitive and Sensory Deficits in Dementia.

Life Quality and Neuropsychological Aspects of Systemic Disease.

Computerization of Neuropsychological Measures.

Prediction of Everyday Life Functioning with Neuropsychological Measures.

E-mail:  John.McSweeny@UToledo.edu