Anthony
Risser
Anthony Risser
- Campus: Online
- Department: Clinical Psychology
- Institution: The Chicago School
- Address: 325 N Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654
Biography
Dr. Risser is a clinical neuropsychologist. His mentors during his doctoral and post-doctoral training were Drs. Otfried Spreen, Louis Costa, Esther Strauss, Kerry DeS. Hamsher, and Charles Cleeland.
He specializes in diagnostic neuropsychological assessment issues and concepts (Bentonian). He has additional specific interests in clinical psychopharmacology, the pharmaceutical clinical trials process and related FDA issues, teaching neuroscience and psychopharmacology. As an adjunct, he teaches here at The Chicago School in the PsyD Clinical Psychology programs at the Chicago Campus, the Washington, DC campus, and the Dallas campus and in the online MSc/MA Clinical Psychopharmacology programs. As an adjunct, he also teaches psychopharmacology at Adler University in their PsyD Clinical Psychology program and statistics for Adler University's online MA/PhD programs in I/O Psychology and Organizational Leadership.
In the past he also has taught for the University of Liverpool's (UK) global online program in Applied Psychology, as a Visiting Associate Professor at Winona State University, and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Houston's PhD program in Clinical Psychology.
Research interests include aphasia, fatigue, and the development of tests that employ poetry interpretation as a representation of highly abstract and rules-free language functioning.
Professional interests include scientific consultation in the clinical trial process for CNS/Neurology and CNS/Psychiatry investigational drugs.
Education History
Degree Institution B.A. Queens College - CUNY , New York City M.A. University of Victoria , Victoria, BC, Canada Ph.D. University of Victoria , Victoria, BC, Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship University of Wisconsin Medical School - Milwaukee Clinical Campus , Milwaukee, WI Senior Fellow University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center , Houston, TX Professional Memberships
Role Organization Member International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Presentations
Title Location Date "Memory in everyday life: Healthy or defective?" CE Program Author Web-Based Continuing Education Program 2014 Community Involvement
Role Organization Member International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Global Engagement Committee Research, Editing, and Consulting Program Director International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Global Engagement Committee Research, Editing, and Consulting Program Areas of Expertise
Area Expertise Clinical Psychology / Mental Health Assessment/Psychological Testing Cognitive Disorders Dementia Psychopharmacology Neuropsychology/Neuroscience Clinical Neuroscience Licenses
Psychologist , New York Publications
Book Spreen, O. & Risser, A. (2003). Assessment of Aphasia. New York: Oxford University Press.
Spreen, O. Risser, A., & Edgell, D. (1995). Developmental Neuropsychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Chapter Risser, A.H. (2019). Katharine McBride, 1935, and “Aphasia”.. In W. Barr and L. Bieliauskas (Eds.) (Ed.) Oxford Handbook of the History of Clinical NeuropsychologyNew York: Oxford University Press.
Risser, A.H., Anderson, K.O., Mendoza, T.R., & Cleeland, C.S. (2005). Symptom Assessment. In A.D. Shaw, A.W. Burton, B. Riedel, and T.W. Feeley (eds.) (Ed.) Acute Care of the Cancer Patient (pp. 991-1004). Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis.
Journal Rozmus, C., White, L. L., Risser, A.H., Hara, R., Golant, M., Mendoza, T., & Cohen, M. Z. (2021). Cancer-related fatigue reported in online discussion groups.. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 45 (5), 452-458.
Doty, R. L., Tourbier, I., Neff, J. K., Silas, J., Turetsky, B., Moberg, P., Kim, T., Pluta, J., French, J., Sharan, A. D., Sperling, M. J., Mirza, N., Risser, A., Baltuch, G., and Detre, D. A. (2018). Influences of temporal lobe epilepsy and temporal lobe resection on olfactory function.. Journal of Neurology, 265 , 1654-1665.
Whyte, J., Hart, T., Vaccaro, M., Grieb-Neff, T., Risser, A., Polansky, M., & Coslett, H.B. (2004). Effects of methylphenidate on attention deficits after traumatic brain injury: A multidimensional, randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83 , 401-420.
Vizzi, F., Angelelli, P., Iaia, M., Risser, A. H., & Marinelli, C. V. (2022). Writing composition ability and spelling competence in deaf subjects: A psycholinguistic analysis of source of difficulties.. Reading and Writing., ,
Professional Skills
Assessment, Psychopharmacology, Neuroscience, Brain-Behavior Relations, CNS Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Geriatric Neuropsychology, Attention and Memory, Executive Functions, Aphasia, Stroke-Base Disorders, Social Media Applications in Psychology, Neuropsychology, and Neuroscience, Traumatic Brain Injury, Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders, Rater-Training and Management in Clinical Trials, Scientific Affairs Consultation in Clinical Trials, Developmental Neuropsychology, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation