Our Specialty Services

• Epilepsy

  The Ohio State Neuropsychology Service receives referrals from Ohio State’s Comprehensive Level 4 Epilepsy Clinic to help monitor for cognitive changes that can occur secondary to epilepsy and status epilepticus. Additionally, the Ohio State neuropsychologists serve as part of a transdisciplinary team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuro-radiologist, and others to help determine eligibility for surgical intervention for individuals with medication refractory epilepsy.

• Memory Disorders

  With conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, early identification is key to timely intervention. The Ohio State Neuropsychology Service works with faculty in the Ohio State Center for Cognitive and Memory Disorders to provide detailed information regarding cognitive, emotional and behavioral functioning among adults with progressive cognitive decline. Those evaluations help by informing differential diagnosis, disease progression, treatment response and capacity for independent living.

• Movement Disorders

  Movement disorders represent a range of conditions, including Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson-plus conditions, Huntington’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. The Ohio State Neuropsychology Service routinely evaluates adults with these conditions to monitor for cognitive changes and associated functional decline in an effort to inform treatment recommendations. Our team also routinely assists faculty in the Ohio State Center for Neuromodulation with surgical determination and monitoring of postoperative recovery.

• Multiple Sclerosis

  Multiple sclerosis and other related diseases can pose an array of challenges to patients, spanning physical, emotional and cognitive domains. The Ohio State Neuropsychology Service regularly receives referrals from the Ohio State Multiple Sclerosis Clinic for baseline and serial assessments to monitor for longitudinal changes in response to disease activity and changes in the treatment regimen and to inform capacity for independent living.

• Serious Mental Illness

  The Ohio State Neuropsychology Service receives referrals from OSU and community mental health providers to assess cognitive functioning in those diagnosed with serious mental illnesses (SMI), including schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Within this population, neuropsychology is uniquely poised to address questions related to etiology and functional impact of cognitive symptoms (e.g., due to neurodegenerative process, illness or injury, psychiatric symptoms, and/or secondary factors) and to provide recommendations for treatment, resources, and cognitive strategies. Our team also works closely with the OSU Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICENTER) team to provide neuropsychological evaluations for those who have experienced or are at-risk of experiencing psychosis symptom onset, often with the goal of supporting functional recovery. Cases are typically seen in the outpatient setting, though there may be opportunities for inpatient assessment.

• Sports Concussion

  The Ohio State Neuropsychology Service collaborates with Ohio State Sports Medicine to provide assessments for athletes who have sustained a concussion and aren’t recovering as expected. Assessment goals are primarily to identify risk factors limiting normal recovery and to provide recommendations that help athletes return to play as quickly and safely as possible.

• Transplant

  The Ohio State Neuropsychology Service regularly assists the Ohio State Comprehensive Transplant Center with determining surgical eligibility based on potential cognitive, emotional and behavioral risk factors that can interfere with knowledge regarding the potential risks and benefits or with treatment compliance/adherence. Neuropsychology works closely with patients to identify ways they might overcome potential barriers, when present, so that they can become eligible for organ transplantation. Neuropsychology also works with transplant recipients to rule out cognitive changes that may have occurred secondary to postoperative complications and to offer treatment recommendations to boost their everyday functioning.