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Sara J. Swanson, PhD, ABPP

Chief, Professor

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital
  • St. Luke's Medical Center
  • Neuropsychology - Froedtert Hospital
  • Neuroscience Center – Specialty Clinics

Specialties

  • Neuropsychology
  • Epilepsy

Languages

  • English

New Patient Appointments

Education

  • PhD
  • ABPP - American Board of Professional Psychology

Biography

Appointments
Division Chief, Neuropsychology
Director, Neuropsychological Services in Adult Epilepsy

Specialty
Neuropsychology

Subspecialties
Adult Neuropsychology
Epilepsy
Head Trauma
Memory Disorders
Hydrocephalus
Adult Attention Deficit Disorder
Huntington's Disease

Training
Internship, Clinical Psychology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 1989

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Clinical Neuropsychology, 91ɫƵ, Milwaukee, 1990

Honors and Awards

1983 - Association of Research Professors Undergraduate Research Award, Washington State University
1984 - Women of Achievement Award
1989 - Member, American Psychological Association
1990 - Member, Wisconsin Psychological Association
1990 - Member, Midwest Neuropsychology Group
1991 - Member, Division 40 Clinical Neuropsychology
1992 - Member, International Neuropsychological Society
1995 - Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology (ABPP-CN)
1995 - Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology}
1998 - Scientific Program Chair, Midwest Neuropsychology Group
1999 - Member, American Epilepsy Society
1999 - Elected Committee Member, American Epilepsy Society, Clinical Investigators Committee.
2003-2007 - Director, Neuropsychology Special Interest Group, American Epilepsy Society
2004 - International League Against Epilepsy, Diagnostic Methods Neuropsychology Submission
2004 - American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology Board of Directors
2007 - American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology, Oral Examiner
2009 - 91ɫƵ’s Outstanding Teachers for 2008-2009
2011 - American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Board of Directors

Clinical Expertise

  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic
  • Dementia
  • Epilepsy
  • Major Neurocognitive Disorder
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment

Leadership Positions

  • Division Chief, Neuropsychology

Research Interests

Sara J. Swanson, PhD, is a professor of neurology and Division Chief of Neuropsychology. She is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology (American Board of Professional Psychology). She specializes in the clinical evaluation of adults with neurobehavioral disorders, epilepsy, head trauma, memory disorders, and ADHD. She conducts intracarotid sodium amobarbital testing and functional MRI for language mapping. Her research interests involve predictors of cognitive outcome after temporal lobectomy, functional MRI, and the neuropsychology of epilepsy. She has published in these areas, received a Junior Investigator Award from the Epilepsy Foundation of America, and been a co-investigator on NIH studies using fMRI for language mapping.

Sara Swanson is associated with the Center for Imaging Research and the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program.

Publications

  • (Janecek JK, Swanson SJ, Pillay S.) Neurol Clin. 2024 Nov;42(4):849-861 PMID: 39343479 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196037957 09/30/2024

  • (Janecek JK, Swanson SJ, Pillay S.) Neurologic Clinics. November 2024;42(4):849-861 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196037957 11/01/2024

  • (O'Donnell CM, Anderson CT, Oleksy AJ, Swanson SJ.) Brain Sci. 2023 Nov 24;13(12) PMID: 38137076 PMCID: PMC10741568 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85180471648 12/23/2023

  • (Arrotta K, Swanson SJ, Janecek JK, Hamberger MJ, Barr WB, Baxendale S, McDonald CR, Reyes A, Hermann BP, Busch RM.) Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Nov;148:109471 PMID: 37866248 PMCID: PMC11467825 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174676143 10/23/2023

  • (O'Donnell CM, Swanson SJ, Carlson CE, Raghavan M, Pahapill PA, Anderson CT.) Brain Sci. 2023 Feb 14;13(2) PMID: 36831867 PMCID: PMC9954640 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85148880498 02/26/2023

  • (Janecek JK, Brett BL, Pillay S, Murphy H, Binder JR, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy and Behavior. January 2023;138 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143982821 01/01/2023

  • (Janecek JK, Brett BL, Pillay S, Murphy H, Binder JR, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Jan;138:109005 PMID: 36516616 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143982821 12/15/2022

  • (Pillay SB, Gross WL, Janecek JK, Binder JR, Oleksy AJ, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Jan;138:109004 PMID: 36473300 PMCID: PMC9885384 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143541324 12/07/2022

  • (Gross WL, Helfand AI, Swanson SJ, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Busch RM, Allen L, Anderson CT, Carlson CE, Lowe MJ, Langfitt JT, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Loring DW, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski JP, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Vannest J, Binder JR, FMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) Study.) Neurology. 2022 Jun 07;98(23):e2337-e2346 PMID: 35410903 PMCID: PMC9202528 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85131545635 04/13/2022

  • (Janecek JK, Binder JR, Mueller WM, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2021;16:100482 PMID: 34693245 PMCID: PMC8515403 10/26/2021

  • (Binder JR, Tong JQ, Pillay SB, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Busch RM, Allen L, Gross WL, Anderson CT, Carlson CE, Lowe MJ, Langfitt JT, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Loring DW, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski JP, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Vannest J, Swanson SJ, fMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) study.) Epilepsia. 2020 Sep;61(9):1939-1948 PMID: 32780878 PMCID: PMC7722029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089258019 08/12/2020

  • (Swanson SJ, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, LeDoux M, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Allen L, Gross WL, Anderson CT, Carlson CE, Busch RM, Lowe M, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Loring DW, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Szaflarski J, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Phatak V, Vannest J, Binder JR, FMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) study.) Epilepsy Behav. 2020 May;106:106912 PMID: 32179500 PMCID: PMC7195239 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081244333 03/18/2020