Education
Research
Clinical
Faculty/Staff
Institutes



webmaster@psych.uic.edu

Faculty/Staff
Web Pages


Neil H. Pliskin, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology
Director of Neurobehavior Program
Director, Neuropsychology Service
Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Psychiatry, MC 913
912 S. Wood Street
Chicago, Illinois 60612-7327
Phone: (312) 996-6217
E-mail: npliskin@uic.edu

 

Dr. Pliskin is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology and a board certified neuropsychologist with years of experience directing Neuropsychology and psychology training programs. He has a special interest in the neuropsychological sequelae of medical illness. Dr. Pliskin has published in the areas of renal disease, multiple sclerosis, dementia and is a nationally recognized expert in the area of electrical shock injuries. He works closely with Dr. John Sweeney to develop sophisticated neurocognitive studies to investigate brain disorders using functional and structural MRI. His book entitled Neuropsychology and Cost Outcomes Research was recently published. He is involved in educational and clinical practice issues at the national level through his work as Director of Continuing Education for the International Neuropsychological Society and Chair of the Practice Advisory Committee of the American Psychological Association’s Division of Clinical Neuropsychology.

EDUCATION

  • 1987-1988 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology
    University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • 1983-1984 Clinical Psychology Residency
    National Institute of Mental Health
    Neuropsychiatry Branch, Washington, D.C.
  • 1982-1983 Clinical Psychology Internship (APA approved)
    Saint Elizabeths Hospital
    Overholser Division of Training, Washington, D.C.
  • 1979-1988 University of Health Sciences/
    Chicago Medical School. North Chicago, Illinois.
    Degree: Ph.D. in Psychology (APA approved)
  • 1975-1979 University of Illinois
    Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
    Degree: Bachelor of Science, Psychology
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS .
  • 2001- Present Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology
    University of Illinois College of Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois
  • 1996 -2001 Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois
  • 1988 - 1996 Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology
    University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois
  • 1987-1988 Postdoctoral Fellow
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    University of Oklahoma
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • 1984-1987 Neuropsychology Staff
    National Institute of Mental Health
    Neuropsychiatry Branch
    Washington, D.C.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • 2004- Present Director, Neurobehavior Program
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Illinois College of Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois
  • 2001-Present Chief, Neuropsychology Service
     Department of Psychiatry
    University of Illinois College of Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois
  • 2001-Present Associate Director, Center for Cognitive Medicine
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Illinois College of Medicine
    Chicago, Illinois
  • 1994 - 2001 Chief, Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry
    University of Chicago Hospitals
    Chicago, Illinois
  • 1988 - 2001 Director of Neuropsychology
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Chicago Hospitals
    Chicago, Illinois
  • 1994 - 2001 Director of Clinical Training
    Clinical Psychology Internship (APA-approved)
    Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychology Fellowships
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

  • 2001- Present University of Illinois at Chicago
  • 2005- Present Christ Hospital

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Editorial Board - Neuropsychology Review

Invited Reviewer for:
  • Aging and Cognition
  • Applied Neuropsychology
  • Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Archives of General Psychiatry
  • Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
  • Health Psychology
  • International MS Journal
  • The Clinical Neuropsychologist
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
  • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

  • American Psychological Association
  • APA Division of Clinical Neuropsychology (Div. 40)
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
  • International Neuropsychological Society
  • Midwest Neuropsychology Group
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • National Academy of Neuropsychology

HONORS

  • Fellow, National Academy of Neuropsychology

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and COMMITTEES

  • Chair, Practice Advisory Committee, American Psychological Association's Neuropsychology Division, 2002-
  • Director of Continuing Education, International Neuropsychological Society, 2000 -
  • Vice Chair, Policy and Planning Committee, National Academy of Neuropsychology, 1998 -
  • Education Advisory Committee, American Psychological Association Division 40, 1998 -
  • Program Committee, International Neuropsychological Society, 1998 and 1999
  • Delegate, The Houston Conference on Specialty Education and Training in Clinical Neuropsychology, Houston TX, 1997
  • Program Committee, American Psychological Association Division 40 (Neuropsychology) 1992-1994.
  • Scientific Program Chair and Arrangements Organizer, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Neuropsychology Group, Chicago, 1993
  • American Society of Addictive Medicine: Test Development Committee

ORIGINAL PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

1. Goldberg, T.E., Weinberger, D.R., Berman, K.F., Pliskin, N.H., and Podd, M., Further evidence for dementia of the prefrontal type in schizophrenia: A controlled study of teaching the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. Archives of General Psychiatry, 44 (11), 1008-1014, 1987.

2. Goldberg, T.E., Kelsoe, J.R., Weinberger, D.R. and Pliskin, N.H. Performance of schizophrenic patients on putative neuropsychological tests of frontal lobe function. International Journal of Neuroscience, 42, 51-58, 1988.

3. Goldberg, T.E, Weinberger, D.R., Pliskin, N.H., Berman, K.F. and Podd, M.H. Recall memory deficit in schizophrenia. A possible manifestation of prefrontal dysfunction. Schizophrenia Research, 2 (3), 251-7, 1989.

4. Metz, J., Johnson, M., Pliskin, N.H., and Luchins, D.L. Performance of Schizophrenic and Affective Disorder Patients on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test: Maintenance of Training Effects. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151 (1), 120-122, 1994.

5. Pliskin, N.H., Meyer, G.J., Dolske, M., Heilbronner, R.L. Kelley, K.M. and Lee, R.C. Neuropsychiatric aspects of electrical injury: A review of neuropsychological research. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 720, 219-223,1994.

6. Kelley, K.M., Pliskin, N.H., Meyer, G.J. and Lee, R. Neuropsychiatric aspects of electrical injury: Psychiatric considerations. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 720, 213-218,1994.

7. Stein, M., Rubinoff, A., Pliskin, N.H. and Weiss, R. ADHD and AIDS. American Journal of Psychiatry [letter], 152:7, 1100, 1995.

8. Lee, R.C., Aarsvold, J., Chen, W., Astumian, R.D., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Kelley, K.M. and Pliskin, N.H. Biophysical mechanisms of cell membrane damage in electrical shock. Seminars in Neurology, 15 (4), 367-374, 1995.

9. Cook, E.H., Olson, K., Pliskin, N.: Response of organic catatonia to risperidone. Archives of General Psychiatry [letter], 53, 82-83, 1996.

10. Pankow, L., Pliskin, N.H. and Luchins, D.J. An optical intervention for visual hallucinations associated with visual impairment and dementia in the elderly. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 8 (1), 88-92, 1996.

11. Lacy, M.A., Gore, P.A., Pliskin, N.H., Henry, G.K. and Heilbronner, R.L. A cross validation of verbal fluency task equivalence. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 10 (3), 305-308, 1996.

12. Pliskin, N.H., Yurk, H., Ho, L.T., and Umans, J.G. Neurocognitive function in stable and well dialyzed chronic hemodialysis patients. Kidney International, 49, 1435-1440, 1996.

13. Pliskin, N.H., Kiolbasa, T., Towle, V.L., Noronha, A., Pankow, L., Ernest, J.T. and Luchins, D.J. Charles Bonnet Syndrome: An early marker of dementia. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 44, 1055-1061, 1996.

14. Pliskin, N.H., Hamer, D.P., Goldstein, D.S., Towle, V.L., Reder, A.T., Noronha, A. and Arnason, G.W. Improved delayed visual memory function in Multiple Sclerosis patients receiving interferon Beta-1b. Neurology, 47(6), 1463- 1468, 1996.

15. Pliskin, N.H., Towle, V.L., Kiolbasa, T., Luchins, D.J. and Noronha, A. Response to Teunisse. Journal of the American Geriatric Society [letter], 45 (7), 893, 1997.

16. Cunningham, J.M., Pliskin, N.H., Cassissi, J.E., Tsang, B. and Rao, S.M. The relationship between confabulation and measures of memory and executive function. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 18(4), 867- 877, 1997.

17. Pliskin, N.H., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Law, R.T., Malina, A.C., Kelley, K.M. and Lee, R.C. Neuropsychological Symptom Presentation Following Electrical Injury. Journal of Trauma, 44(4), 709-715, 1998.

18. Umans, J.G. and Pliskin, N.H. Attention and Mental Processing Speed in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 32(5), 749-751, 1998.

19. Aikens, J.E., Reinecke, M.J., Fischer, J.S., Pliskin, N.H., Wiebe, J.S.
McCracken, L.M., and Taylor, J.L. Assessing depressive symptoms in
multiple sclerosis: Is it necessary to omit items from the original Beck
Depression Inventory? Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22, 127-142, 1999.

20. Heilbronner, R.L. and Pliskin, N.H. Psychological issues in the neurorehabilitation of electrical injuries. Neurorehabilitation, 13, 127-132, 1999.

21. Tkachenko, T.A., Kelley, K.M., Pliskin, N.H., Fink, J.W. and Lee, R.C. Electrical injury through the eyes of professional electricians. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 888, 42-59, 1999.

22. Kelley, K.M., Tkachenko, T.A., Pliskin, N.H., Fink, J.W. and Lee, R.C. Life after electrical injury: risk factors for psychiatric sequelae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 888, 356-363, 1999.

23. Pliskin, N.H, Fink, J, Malina, A.M., Moran, S., Kelley, K.M., Capelli-
Schellpfeffer, M. and Lee, R.C. The neuropsychological effects of electrical injury: New insights. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 888,140-149, 1999.

24. Qu, Z.X., Pliskin, N.H., Jensen, M.W., White, D. and Arnason, B.G.W. Etretinate Augments interferon-B1B on suppressor cells in multiple sclerosis. Archives of Neurology, 58, 87-90, 2001

25. Martis B, Alam D, Dowd S, Hill SK, Sharma R, Chase C, Pliskin N, Martin EM, Carson V, Janicak PG. Neurocognitive evaluation of patients with severe major depression receiving repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, Clinical Neurophysiology, 114 (6): 1125-1132, 2003.

26. Kress, J.P., Gehlbach, B., Lacy, M., Pliskin, N., Pohlman, A., & Hall, J. . The Long Term Psychological Effects of Daily Sedative Interruption in Critically Ill Patients. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 168: 1457-1461, 2003.

27. Pliskin, N., Ammar, A., Fink, J., Hill, S., Malina, A., Ramati, A., Kelley, K. and Lee, R. Neuropsychological Changes Following Electrical Injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 17-23, 2006.

28. Miller, J.M. and Pliskin, N.H. The Clinical Utility of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale in Assessing Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease.
International Journal of Neuroscience, 116:613-627, 2006.

29. Rana, S., Hibbard, J., Lindheimer, M. and Pliskin, N. Neuropsychological Performance in Normal Pregnancy and Preeclampsia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in press.

ORIGINAL NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Ayers, M. and Pliskin, N.H., The Stimulus Recognition Test in D.J. Keyser and R.C. Sweetland (eds.), Test Critiques, Vol. VIII, 536-540, 1988.

2. Pliskin, N.H., Heller, W., Jacob, S., Skosey, P. Ramming, K., Richards, J., Gregory, S., Vogelzang, N., Bluestone, J. and Yudofsky, S. The Neuropsychological Deficits Associated With OKT3 Treatment. Eighteenth Annual Report of Cancer Research at the University of Chicago, 1991.

3. Heilbronner, R.L. and Pliskin, N.H. Brain injury from electrical trauma. The Neurolaw Letter, 3 (2), 1993.

4. Pliskin, N.H. Motor vehicle driving competencies and risks in teens and young adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [review]. Attention!, 3(4), 46-47, 1997.

5. Axelrod, B., Barth, J., Faust, D., Fisher, J., Heilbronner, R. Larabee, G., Pliskin, N. and Silver, C. Presence of Third Party Observers During Neuropsychological Testing: Official Statement of the National Academy of Neuropsychology." Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 15(5):379-380. July 2000.

6. Axelrod, B., Barth, J., Faust, D., Fisher, J., Heilbronner, R. Larabee, G., Pliskin, N. and Silver, C. Test Security: Official Statement of the National Academy of Neuropsychology." Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 15(5): 383-386. July 2000.

7. Axelrod, B., Barth, J., Faust, D., Fisher, J., Heilbronner, R. Larabee, G., Pliskin, N. and Silver, C.. The Use of Neuropsychology Test Technicians in Clinical Practice: Official Statement of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 15(5):381-382. July 2000.

8. Barth, J., Pliskin, N. Axelrod, B. Faust, D., Fisher, J., Harley, J., Heilbronner, R., Larabee, G., Puente, A., Ricker, J., and Silver, C. Introduction to the NAN 2001 Definition of a Clinical Neuropsychologist. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18(5), 551-5, 2003.

9. Bush, S., Ruff, R. , Tr¨oster, A., Barth, J., Koffler, S., Pliskin, N., Reynolds, C. and Silver, C. Symptom validity assessment: Practice issues and medical necessity. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 20(4), 2005.

BOOK

1. Prigatano, G.P. and Pliskin, N.H. (2002). Clinical Neuropsychology and Cost Outcomes Research: A Beginning. Brighton: Psychology Press.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Pliskin, N.H., Cunningham, J., Wall, J. and Cassissi, J.E. Cognitive rehabilitation for cerebrovascular disorders and Alzheimers disease. In P. Corrigan and S. Yudofsky (eds.), Cognitive Rehabilitation in Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Washington: American Psychiatric Press,193-222, 1996.

2. Pliskin, N.H., Goldstein, D., and Reder, A.T. Neuropsychological changes associated with Interferon Therapy. In A. Reder (ed.), Interferon Therapy of Multiple Sclerosis. Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 139-160, 1997.

3. Pliskin, N.H., Ferman, T.J., Lacy, M., and Wood, K. Neuropsychological assessment. In R. Lazar (ed.), Principles of Neurologic Rehabilitation. McGraw-Hill, 579-588, 1997.

4. Pliskin, N.H., Kiolbasa, T.M., Hart, R.P. and Umans, J.G. Neuropsychological Function In Treated And Untreated Renal Failure. In R. Tarter and M. Butters (eds.), Medical Neuropsychology (2nd Edition), Plenum Press, 107-126, 2001.

5. Pliskin, N.H. and Sworowski, L. (2002). Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients with Cerebrovascular Accidents. In G. Prigatano and N. Pliskin (eds.), Clinical Neuropsychology and Cost Outcome Research: A Beginning. Brighton: Psychology Press.

6. Heilbronner, R.L. and Pliskin, N.H. (2002). The Value of Neuropsychological Services in the Forensic Arena. In G. Prigatano and N. Pliskin (eds.), Clinical Neuropsychology and Cost Outcome Research: A Beginning. Brighton: Psychology Press.

7. Torres, I. J. & Pliskin, N. (2003). Adult Practice in a University-Affiliated Medical Center. In Greg J. Lamberty (Ed.), Practice of Neuropsychology. Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger.

8. Pliskin, N. (2005). Electrical Injury or My Day at the Beach. In R. Heilbronner (Ed.), A Forensic Neuropsychology Casebook. Guilford Publications.

ABSTRACTS and PRESENTATIONS

1. Jaeger, A.C., Kirch, D., Pliskin, N., Bigelow, L., Wyatt, R. and Karson, C. Vasopressin treatment of schizophrenia. 138th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Dallas, Texas, 1985.

2. Jaeger, A.C., Kirch, D., Pliskin, N. and Bigelow, L. Vasopressin trial in schizophrenia. 4th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1985.

3. Jaeger, A.C., Kirch, D., Pliskin, N. and Bigelow, L. Sodium and water metabolism and behavioral changes during a vasopressin trial in schizophrenia. Winter Conference on Neuropeptides. Breckenridge, Colorado, 1986.

4. Zec, R.F. and Pliskin, N.H. A dramatic improvement in neuropsychological functioning in a schizoaffective patient with neuroleptic treatment. National Academy of Neuropsychology, Las Vegas, Nevada. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 1986.

5. Pliskin, N.H., Raz, N., Raz, S., and Weinberger, D.R. Neuroleptic withdrawal and deterioration of verbal fluency in schizophrenia: A preliminary report. Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Washington D.C., Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 9 (1), 721, 1987.

6. Goldberg, T.E., Weinberger, D. R., Berman, K.F., Pliskin, N.H. and Podd, M., Prefrontal cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia? American Psychiatric Association 140th Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1987.

7. Goldberg, T.E., Weinberger, D. R., Berman, K.F., Pliskin, N.H. and Podd, M., Prefrontal-type cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, New Orleans. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 10 (1), 19, 1988.

8. Pliskin, N.H., Raz, N., Kirch, D., and Weinberger, D.R. The effect of neuroleptic medications on selected cognitive functions in schizophrenia. Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vancouver. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 11 (1), 82, 1989.

9. Pliskin, N.H. The effect of neuroleptic medications on selected cognitive functions in schizophrenia. Dissertation Abstracts International , 49 (12-B, Pt 1), 5530, 1989.

10. Pliskin, N.H., Heilbronner, R.L., Parsons, O.A., Buck, P.S. and Adams, R.L. Reversal of expected pattern on the Tactual Performance Test: its significance in a clinical population. Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Orlando. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 12 (1), 25, 1990.

11. Pliskin, N. Neuropsychological aspects of selected cancer treatments. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Neuropsychology Group. Milwaukee, 1991.

12. Pliskin, N., Heller, W., Jacob, S., Ramming, K., Richards, J., Crone, N. and Vogelzang, N. Neuropsychological deficits and biological correlates associated with central nervous system inflammation. Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, San Antonio. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 13 (1), 112, 1991.

13. Berkelhamer, J.E. and Pliskin, N.H. Has the eighty hour work week lessened stress levels in PL-1 residents? Ambulatory Pediatric Association. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 145, 399, 1991.

14. Towle, V.L., Pliskin, N.H., Bolanos, J., Hamer, D., Kos, S. and Spire, J.P. P300 and Neuropsychological Performance in Multiple Sclerosis. Society for Psychophysiological Research, Chicago. Psychophysiology, 28, 1991.

15. Pliskin, N.H., Acharya, A., Luchins, D., Towle, V.L., Prager, J., Rye, D. and Hamer, D. New Onset Visual Hallucinations in the Elderly. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Neuropsychology Group. Rochester, 1992.

16. Stanford, L., Murphy, S., Meyer, G., Zelko, F., and Pliskin, N. Perceptual- Organizational Skills in Learning Disabled Children: The Use of Rorschach Inkblots in Neuropsychological Assessment. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Neuropsychology Group. Rochester, 1992.

17. Pliskin, N.H., Johnson, M., Metz, J. and Luchins, D.L. Reexamination of
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Performance in Schizophrenia. 100th Annual
American Psychological Association Convention, Washington, D.C. The
Clinical Neuropsychologist, 6 (3), 332, 1992.

18. Jacob, S., Heller, W. and Pliskin, N.H. Hemispheric Asymmetries in Attention on a Lateralized Continuous Performance Task. Twentieth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, San Diego. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 14 (1), 90, 1992.

19. Henry, G.K., Heilbronner, R.L., Landre, N. and Pliskin, N. Verbal fluency in neurologic and psychiatric patients. Twentieth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, San Diego. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 15 (1), 1993.

20. Pliskin, N.H., Richards, J., Jacob, S., Cunningham, J., Ramming, K., Cassisi, J. and Vogelzang, N. The Neuropsychological Effects of Concomitantly Administered Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and alpha-Interferon (INF). Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research, 33, 258, 1992.

21. Rosengarten, G., Pliskin, N. and Stein, M. The utility of neuropsychological evaluation in the discrimination of ADHD adults. CHADD, 4th Annual Conference, Chicago, 1992.

22. Pliskin, N.H., Noronha, A., Towle, V.L., Kiolbasa, T. Prager, J. and Luchins,D.J. Visual hallucinations in the elderly are associated with neuropsychologic and ophthalmologic abnormalities. 54th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, New York. Neurology, 43 (4), 241, 1993.

23. Pliskin, N.H., Heilbronner, R.L., Roeuche, J.R., Dolske, M.C. and Meyer, G.J. Emotional Disturbance Resulting From Electrical Injury. 101st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, 1993. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 7 (3), 351, 1993.

24. Dolske, M.C., Law, R., Yeoh, L., Remer-Osborne, J., Hamer, D., Ferman, T., Nettz, S., Heilbronner, R.L. and Pliskin, N.H. Utility of the Satz-Mogel WAIS-R Across Clinical Populations. 101st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 7 (3), 1993.

25. Meyer, G.J., Murphy, S.G., Kiolbasa, T., Stanford, L.D., Pliskin, N.H. and Zelko, F. A.J. Rorschach Performance in Verbal and Nonverbal Learning Disabled Children. Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, San Francisco, 1993.

26. Pliskin, N.H., Hamer, D., Towle, V.L., Pietro, S.T., Arnason, B.G.W. and Reder, A.T. The Effects of Interferon Beta on Neuropsychological Function in Multiple Sclerosis. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Neuropsychology Group. Chicago, IL, 1993.

27. Zacharewicz, M., Pliskin, N.H. and Berent, S. The utility of premorbid IQ estimation across mild and moderate dementia populations. Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Cincinnati, OH. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1 (4), 353,1994.

28. Bares, K.K., Pliskin, N.H., Heilbronner, R.L., Primeau, M., Meyer, G.M., Kelley, K.M. and Lee, R.C. Nature of memory deficits in electrical injury patients. Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Cincinnati, OH. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1 (4), 377, 1994.

29. Pliskin, N.H., Yurk, H., Ho, L.T., Shochet, S.B. and Umans, J.G. Neuropsychological function in chronic stable hemodialysis patients. Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Cincinnati, OH. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1 (4), 347, 1994.

30. Zelko, F. A.J., Stanford, L.D., Murphy, S.G., Pliskin, N.H., Kim, M.J., Sivan, A.B. and Capruso, D.X. Error analysis of the Benton Judgement of Line Orientation test. Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Cincinnati, OH. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1 (4), 354, 1994.

31. Lacy, M., Hamer, D., Ferman, T., and Pliskin, N. Letter and category fluency across clinical populations. Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Cincinnati, OH. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1 (4), 354, 1994.

32. Pliskin, N.H., Towle, V.L., Hamer, D.P., Reder, A.T., Noronha, A., Pietro, S. and Arnason, B.G.W. The effects of Interferon-Beta on cognitive function in multiple sclerosis. 119th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association, San Francisco. Annals of Neurology, 36 (2), 326, 1994.

33. Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Kelley, K.M., Pliskin, N.H., Lawler, M., Smith J., Rupani, G., Abramov, A., Tinsley, E., Boddie, A., Hawe, L., Lisack, J., Ingratta, G., Aarsvold, J., Law, R., Bares, K., and Lee, R.C. Neurological and psychological sequelae of electrical and lightning injury. Lightning and Mountains Medical Symposium, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, June 1994.

34. Pliskin, N.H., Law, R., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Kelley, K. and Lee, R.C. Neuropsychological and emotional changes in electrical injury. Symposium on Electrical Injury. 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS. Baltimore, Maryland, November 1994.

35. Ho, L.T., Pliskin, N.H., Yurk, H. and Umans, J.G. Neurocognitive function in well dialysed chronic hemodialysis patients. 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, Orlando. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 5, 453, 1994.

36. Mercury, M., Azrin, R., Goldstein, D. and Pliskin, N.H. Cautionary note on the Boston Naming Test: Cultural considerations in interpretation. Illinois Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois, 1994.

37. Tsoutsouris, J., Hamer, D., and Pliskin, N.H. The acute effects of Interferon-beta in Multiple Sclerosis. Illinois Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois, 1994.

38. Pliskin, N.H., Kelly, K.M., Law, R., Bares, K., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M. and Lee, R. The neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric effects of electrical injury: new insights. 27th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association, Albuquerque, N.M., 1995.

39. Pliskin, N.H., Hamer, D.P., Goldstein, D.S., Towle, V.L., Reder, A.T., Noronha, A. and Arnason, G.W. Interferon therapy and neuropsychological function in Multiple Sclerosis. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Neuropsychology Group. St. Paul, MN, 1995.

40. Azrin, R.L., Mercury, M.G., Millsaps, C., Goldstein, D., Trejo, T., and Pliskin, N.H. Cautionary note on the Boston Naming Test: Cultural considerations in interpretation. National Academy of Neuropsychology. San Francisco, CA, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 11, 365-366, 1995.

41. Yurk, H.M, Pliskin, N, Ho, T., & Umans, J. Interaction of Neuropsychological and Psychological Functioning In End Stage Renal Patients. Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Chicago, IL, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,2(1) 1996.

42. Pliskin, N.H. and Heilbronner, R.L. The neuropsychologist’s guide to electrical injury. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Neuropsychology Group. Chicago, IL, 1996.

43. Ferman, T.J., Wood, K., and Pliskin, N.H. Caution on attributing trail making performance to frontal lobe dysfunction. 104th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 10 (3), 1996.

44. Lacy, M.A., Mercury, M., & Pliskin, N.H. Understanding Letter Fluency Performance In Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. 104th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 10 (3),1996.

45. Pliskin, N.H., Yurk, H. and Umans, J.G. Attention and mental processing speed in chronic hemodialysis. Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Orlando, FL., Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 3, 1997.

46. Harris, T., Mercury, M., Dunaway, L., Ferman, T., Sheeler, G., Taylor, J., Daly, M., Wood, K., Malina, A., Dawson, N., and Pliskin, N. Recognition Memory Paradigm for the Wechsler Memory Scale: Normative Data. Twenty- Fifth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Orlando, FL., Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 3, 1997.

47. Wood, K., Ferman, T.J. and Pliskin, N.H. Validation of a Brief Verbal Fluency Paradigm. Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Orlando, FL., Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 3, 1997.

48. Cunningham, J.M., Pliskin, N.H. and Cassisi, J.E Predicting Confabulation With Measures of Memory and Executive Function. Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Orlando, FL., Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 3, 73, 1997.

49. Ferman, T.J., Primeau, M., Pliskin, N.H. and Shah, R. Long Term Outcome of
Right Parietal and Temporal Tumor Resection on Higher Order Visual Processing. 49th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Boston MA, Archives of Neurology, 1997.

50. Pliskin, N.H., Malina, A., Kelley, K., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Heilbronner, R.,
Law, R. and Lee, R.C. Neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric aspects of electrical injury. 105th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 11(3), 332, 1997.

51. Stacy, G., Pliskin, N.H., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Kelley, K., Lee, R.C. and Cooper, M.C. Cerebral and cerebellar perfusion asymmetry in electrical injury. 105th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 11(3), 332, 1997.

52. Pliskin, N.H., VanLoo, D.B., Anam, S. and Stein, M. Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and driving ability. 105th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, 1997.

53. Heilbronner, R.L. and Pliskin, N.H.Psychological Treatment and Neurorehabilitation of Electrical Injuries. 105th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 11(3), 331, 1997.

54. Stacy, G., Pliskin, N.H., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Lee, R.C., and Cooper, M.
Cerebral Perfusion Changes in Electro-Injury Patients. 83rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 1997.

55. Malina, A., Pliskin, N.H., Mitchell, M.E., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M. And Udstuen, D. The neurocognitive effects of electrical trauma. 106th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, California. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 12(2), 287, 1998.

56. Pliskin, N.H., Fink, J., Malina, A., Moran, S., Kelley, K., Capelli- Schellpfeffer, M. and Lee, R.C. The neuropsychological effects of
electrical injury: New insights. International Conference on Electrical Injury & Safety, October 26 - 28, 1998, Shanghai, China.

57. Tkachenko, T., Kelley, K., Pliskin, N.H., Fink, J. and Lee, R.C. Electricians’ attitudes towards electrical injury. International Conference on Electrical Injury & Safety, October 26 - 28, 1998, Shanghai, China.

58. Kelley, K., Tkachenko, T., Pliskin, N., Fink, J. and Lee, R. Life after electrical injury: Psychiatric and psychosocial sequelae. International Conference on Electrical Injury & Safety, October 26 - 28, 1998, Shanghai, China.

59. Fink, J.W., Pliskin, N. H., Moran, S., Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M., Kelley, K., & Lee, R. Longitudinal follow-up of electrically injured patients: Neuropsychological and injury parameters as predictors of later psychosocial adjustment. Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Boston, MA., 1999. Journal of
the International Neuropsychological Society.

60. Kelley, K., Tkachenko, T., Pliskin, N., Fink, J. and Lee, R. Risk factors for psychiatric sequelae post electrical injury. 31st Annual
Meeting of the American Burn Association. Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 1999.

61. Goldstein, D., Mercury, M., Azrin, R., Millsaps, C., Ventura, T., Pliskin, N. Cultural considerations on the Boston Naming Test: The effects of race and geographic region. Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society. Denver, CO., 2000. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society.

62. Weitlauf, J., Conway, A., Fink, J., & Pliskin, N. Intraindividual consistency in cognitive abilities in individuals with ADHD. 29th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Chicago, Illinois. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7(2), 2001.

63. Pliskin, N.H. Assessing Cognitive Impairment in the Older Adult. 109th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago 2001.

64. Ammar, A., Pliskin, N.H., Crawford, I. and Bryant, F. Memory and Attentional Functioning in Electrically Injured Patients With and Without PTSD Symptomology. 30th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 8(2), 226, 2002.

65. Pliskin, N. Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease. In a symposium entitled Clinical Neuropsychology and Cost Outcome Research. 22nd Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Miami, Florida, 2002.

66. Pliskin, N. Teaching and Learning in Neuropsychology. 4th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychiatric Association. Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2002.

67. Pliskin, N. Neuropsychological and Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Electrical Trauma. 4th Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychiatric Association. Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2002.

68. E.K. Hill, S. Llanes-Macy, A. Ammar, J. Fink, R. Lee, K. Kelley, & N. Pliskin. Effects of Litigation on Neuropsychological Functioning in Electrical Injury. 31st Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9(2), 280, 2003.

69. A. Ammar, N. Pliskin, J. Fink, A. Peterson, K. Kelley, R. Lee and A. Malina Subjective and Objective Evidence of Impaired Learning Following Electrical Injury. 31st Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9(2), 308, 2003.

70. Garcia, C., Pliskin, N., Gaviria, M. and Misra S. Outreaching to Hispanic Populations in a Vascular Dementia Clinic in the US. 1st Congress of the International Society for Vascular Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2003.

71. Miller, J. and Pliskin, N. Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Longitudinal Investigation. Poster presentation at the 32nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 2004.

72. Melissa S. Marquart, M., Young, M. and Pliskin, N. Metamemory in Electrical Injury Patients: Impact of Depressive Symptoms and Executive Function. Poster presentation at the 32nd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 2004.

73. Pliskin, N. Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2004.

74. Rana, S., Hibbard, J., Lindheimer, M. and Pliskin, N. The effects of magnesium sulfate therapy on neuropsychological status in preclamptic women. Paper presented at the 14th World Congress of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, Vienna, Austria, 2004.

75. Ramati, A., Ammar, A. Fink, J., Kelley, K., Lee, R., and Pliskin, N. The Relationships Between Components of PTSD Symptomatology and Cognitive Functioning in Electrical Injury Survivors. Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Seattle, Washington, 2004.

76. Donnell, A., Maki, P. Pliskin, N. and Kraus, M. Clustering and switching on verbal fluency in traumatic brain injury. Poster presentation at the 24th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Seattle, Washington, 2004.

77. Rana, S., Hibbard, J., Lindheimer, M. And Pliskin, N. The Effects Of Magnesium Sulfate On Neuropsychological Performance In Women With Preeclampsia.", Poster Presentation At The Society For Gynecologic Investigation 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, 2005.

78. Pliskin, N. The Future of Neuropsychological Assessment in Treatment Investigations: Need for a Paradigm Shift. Paper presentation at 33rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, Missouri, 2005.

79. Wicklund, A., Ammar, A., Weitlauf, J., Heilbronner, R., Fink, J., Lee, R., Kelley, K. and Pliskin, N. MMPI-2 Patterns in Electrical Injury: A Controlled Investigation. Poster presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, St. Louis, Missouri, 2005.

80. Donnell, A.J., Holdnack, J., Pliskin, N. H., Axelrod, B., Drodzdick, L., & Randolph, C. Validity of the WAIS-III Short-Form for elderly clinical samples. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006.

81. Renteria, L., Li, S.T. and Pliskin, N.H. Validation of the Spanish Language Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Third Edition (WAIS-III, TEA Version) in a Sample of Urban Mexican Americans. A poster presented at the 34th International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February 2006.

82. Renteria, L., Li, S. T., & Pliskin, N. H. The Influence of Acculturation, Education, and Language Proficiency on the Neuropsychological Test Performance of Urban Mexican Americans. A poster presented at the 34th International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA, February 2006.

83. Renteria, L. & Pliskin, N.H. (2006). The Impact of Education and Acculturation on Non-verbal Ability Tests in a Sample of Urban Spanish Speakers. A poster to be presented at the Midwest Neuropsychology Group Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 2006.



 
UIC Home > Psych Home > Faculty/Staff > Web Pages > Pliskin, Neil