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Jay Paul (Jack) Ginsberg

Shirley L. Buchanan Neuroscience Lab

WJB Dorn VA Medical Center

(803) 776-4000, ext. 6634

Education and Training

• H.S., Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 1970.

• B.S. cum laude, Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1974.

• M.A., Anthropology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1982.

• M.A., Psychology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1991.

• Ph.D., Psychology (Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology Training Program), The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 1997. Dissertation: "Residual Memory Deficits after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Dissociation of Priming of Perceptual Identification from Recognition of Word Stimuli" Note: This program is accredited by APA Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology)/International Neuropsychological Society Guidelines for Neuropsychology Education and Training, and by the Division 40/National Academy of Neuropsychology listing of Doctoral Training Programs

• Internship in Clinical Psychology, Wm. S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, SC, 1996-97.

Employment

Bryan Psychiatric Hospital, SC Department of Mental Health, Columbia, SC.

Psychologist, 11/97 - 3/04.

Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, SC. Contract Physician (Psychologist), 2/98 - 3/04.

Disability Determination Division, SC Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Columbia, SC. Consultative Medical Examiner (Psychology), 5/00 - present.

Independent Medical Examiner (at request of medical network consultants,

insurers and third party payers, and attorneys). 5/00 - present

Social Security Administration, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Columbia, SC. Medical Expert (Psychology), 8/00 – 12/04.

Associate Investigator, Dorn VAMC Buchanan Neuroscience Laboratory, Columbia, SC. 3/04 - present.

Appointments and Affiliations

Clinical Assistant Professor, USC School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (5/99 – present)

Neuroscience Focus Faculty, USC School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience (5/99 – present) (www.med.sc.edu/PPN/Neuroscience/jginsberg.htm)

Neuropsychology Central Editorial Board, Neuromedical Links Section (2/01-present) (www.neuropsychologycentral.com)

Board of Commentators, Brain and Behavior Sciences. (7/02 – present)

Research Associate WOC, Dorn VAMC Buchanan Neuroscience Laboratory, Columbia, SC. 8/03 - 3/04.

Consultant, Dorn VAMC TBI/SCI Registry, Columbia, SC. 10/03 - present

DVAMC Basic Science Research Assistant Professor, USC School of Medicine, Dept of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience 8/04 – present

Teaching

Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Boston College, Spring, 1988: Psychological Assessment of the Individual

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, Boston College, Fall, 1989: Statistics for Psychology; Spring, 1990: Psychological Assessment of the Individual

William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, November, 1998; Seminar in Neuropsychology

Onsite Supervision of USC Clinical Psychology graduate students in assessment practicum (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)

Inservice, Bryan Psychiatric Hospital: “The Practice of Clinical Neuropsychology in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting" (6/9/00, 1/30/02)

Reporting on Mental Illness Fairly, Objectively, and Sensitively," presentation to various South Carolina colleges and universities. Journalism classes as part of a South Carolina Department of Mental Health anti-stigma program (2001, 2002)

Publications

Carey, R., Garske, J., & Ginsberg, J.P. (1986). The prediction of adjustment to prison by means of an MMPI-based classification. Criminal Justice and Behavior 13 (4), 347-365.

Ginsberg, J.P. (accepted for publication). Residual anterograde amnesia after recovery from severe traumatic brain injury: Glutamate excitotoxicity in the hippocampus. Neuropsychology Review.

Ginsberg, J.P. (2003). Book and Test Reviews: The Wechsler Test of Adult Reading. Applied Neuropsvchology 10,3: 182-184.

Ginsberg, J.P. (2003). Setting Domain Boundaries for Convergence of Biological and Psychological Perspectives on Cognitive Coordination in Schizophrenia. Behavioral and Brain Science 26,1: 88-89.

Ginsberg, J.P. (2002). Book and Test Reviews: The Brief Neuropsychological Cognitive Exam. Applied Neuropsychology 9,4: 246-248.

Ginsberg, J.P., Ayers, E.D., Burriss, L., & Powell, D.A. Early life stress predicts adult post-traumatic stress disorder. (manuscript submitted for publication).

Ginsberg, J.P., Klesges, R.C., Johnson, K.C., Eck, L., Movers, A., & Winders, S.E. (1997). The relationship between a history of depression and adherence to a multicomponent smoking cessation program. Addictive Behaviors 22 (6) 783-787.

Perlmuter, L.C., Hakami, M.K., Hodgson-Harrington, C., Ginsberg, J.P., Katz, J., Singer, D. E., & Nathan, D.M. (1984). Decreased cognitive function in aging non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients. American Journal of Medicine 77, 1043-1048.

Published Abstracts

Ginsberg, J.P. (1998). Residual memory deficits after recovery from severe traumatic brain injury: Dissociation of priming of perceptual identification from recognition of word stimuli. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 13 (1), 136-137.

Ginsberg, J.P., Kibby, M.Y., & Long, C.J. (1996). Ecological validity of neuropsychological test data in vocational rehabilitation. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 11 (5), 394-395.

Ginsberg, J.P. & Long, C.J. (1993). Independent factors affecting reaction time and neuropsychological impairment following head trauma. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 8 (3), 227-228.

Ginsberg. J.P. & Long, C.J. (1995). Proposed structural brain system underlying pattern of memory deficit after closed-head injury. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 10 (4), 331-332.

Ginsberg, J.P., & Long, C.J. (1997). Acceleration of age-related decline in neuropsychological test performance after recovery from severe traumatic brain injury. Archives of Clinical Neuropsvchology 12 (4), 323.

Ginsberg, J.P., Tucker, K.A., & Long, C.J. (1995). Classification of mild and severe head injury with the Impairment Index. Archives of Clinical Neuropsvchology 10 (4), 332.

King, L., Ginsberg, J.P., & Long, C.J. (1994). Neuropsychological test rankings used to differentiate head-injured and non-head-injured neurologically impaired patients. Archives of Clinical Neuropsvchology 9 (2), 151.

Van Hegewaid, W.M., Ginsberg, J.P., Long, C.J., & Collins, L.F. (1996). Within-subject variability of reaction time as an indication of impairment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsvchology 11 (5), 460.

Poster Presentations

Ginsberg, J.P., Long, C.J., Collins, L.F., & van Hegewaid, W. (1995). Classification of traumatic brain injury using reaction time variability and the Impairment Index. Reitan Society, National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Ginsberg, J.P., & Powell, D.A. (2003). Neuronal output of medial prefrontal cells that are reactive to conditioning stimuli are affected by sympathetic blockade. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

*Ginsberg, J.P., & Powell, D.A. (2004). Single unit recordings of medial prefrontal neuronal output during conditioning are differentially affected by peripheral sympathetic blockade 20th Annual South East Nerve Net, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA

Ginsberg, J.P., Tucker, K.A., & Long, C.J. (1994). Impairment, stress, and emotionality following closed-head injury. Reitan Society, National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Ginsberg, J.P. (2002). Dissociation of Implicit Priming from Explicit Memory in Survivors of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Southeast Neuroscience Network, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

Presentations

USC School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology: "Residual Memory Deficits after Traumatic Brain Injury: Glutamate Excitotoxicity in the Hippocampus" (5/6/98, Columbia, SC)

USC School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology: "Brain, Mind, and Mental Illness: Neuropsychological Impairment in Schizophrenics is Disconnection of Neural Circuits" (4/14/99, Columbia, SC)

South Carolina Psychological Association: "Neuroanatomical Abnormalities and Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Schizophrenia" (4/8/00, Myrtle Beach, SC)

South Carolina Psychological Association: "Update of Neuropathology and Cognition in Mental Illness" (4/7/01, Myrtle Beach, SC)

South Carolina Psychological Association: Symposium Chair - "Attention Deficit – Hyperactivity Disorder in Adulthood" (4/12/02, Myrtle Beach, SC)

New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury: "Induction of Neuropathology by Traumatic Stress: Corticotropin Releasing Factor Receptor Gene Deficiency?" (4/12/03, Fordham University, New York, NY)

USC School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology: "Induction of Neuropathology by Traumatic Stress: The Role of Amygdaloid GABA-a Receptors" (5/15/03, Columbia, SC)

USC School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience: "Early Life Stress is Related to adult PTSD" (11/12/04, Columbia, SC)

USC School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience: "The Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone in Predicting Vulnerability to PTSD" (12/16/04, Columbia, SC)

New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury: “Evaluation of Functional Neuroimaging Results in PTSD” (scheduled 4/23//04, St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY)

Professional Associations

Coalition of Clinical Practitioners in Neuropsychology

National Academy of Neuropsychology

New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury (www.nyacadtbi/members.htm)

The Reitan Society

Society for Neuroscience

South Carolina Psychological Association

Service

Member, Board of Directors (elected), New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury (4/03 - present)

Member, Education Committee (Neuroscience Curriculum), New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury (1/02 - present)

*Member, Research and Grants Committee (Chairman, Small Grants Subcommittee), SC Department of Mental Health (4/02 - 7/03)

*Member, Impaired Psychologist Committee, SC Psychological Association (7/03 - present)

Credentialing

SC License in Clinical Psychology #732 (issued 1/22/99, EPPP score 87%, )

National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology #44819

Certificate

American College of Advanced Practice Psychologists

Business Information

Columbia Neuropsychology Service LLC

TIN: 57-1096215

Business License: Richland County, SC

DUNS# 008674249

Central Contractor Registration, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE): 3J9T1; North American Industrial Classification System: 221112 - Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists; Specialized Industrial Class (SIC): 8093 - Specialty Outpatient Clinics, NEC

Provider Enrollments: MedicaidPS0291; Medicare S769020281; Champus/Tricare

Contact:

6 Viking Court

Columbia, SC 29229

Voice: 803.865.2024

FAX: 775.703.5483

Email: jpginsbergphd@neuropsychologycentral.com

Website: www.neuropsychologyservice.com