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Curriculum Vitae
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Fellow, Clinical Neuropsychologist
Postdoctoral specialty training in neuropsychology consistent with the Houston conference guidelines. Eligible for board certification.
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Doctor of Philosophy in clinical psychology (APA accredited)
Dissertation: A Study of the Rey Complex Figure Copy and Cerebral Perfusion
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Master of Science in clinical psychology
Thesis: Rumination as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Neuroticism and Both Seasonality and Depression
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Bachelor of Arts in psychology; cum laude
Research Presentations
December 2006
Dual Congress of the International Congress of Neuropsychiatry and the Mediterranean Regional Congress of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, Athens, Greece
Symposium: Beyond the Monoamine Theory of Depression: Novel Theories and Approaches
Presentation: Converging Brain and Behavioral Abnormalities as Tools to Subtyping Depression
July 2006
International Neuropsychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland
Symposium: Using Neuropsychological, QEEG, and SPECT Data to Direct Pharmacological and Neurosurgical Treatment in Refractory Psychiatric Disorders
October 2004
Dual Congress of the International Congress of Neuropsychiatry and the Mediterranean Regional Congress of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, Athens, Greece
Symposium: Utility of QEEG in Diagnosing and Treating Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
Presentation: Brain Activity and Perfusion Findings Associated with the Rey Complex Figure Copy
May 2004
Midwest Neuropsychology Group, Evanston, IL
Student Presentation: The Relationship Between the Rey Complex Figure Copy and Cerebral Blood Flow
March 2004
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Il
Guest Lecturer at Neuroscience Rounds: When Analysis Backfires
November 2003
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Il
Guest Lecturer to Pharmacology Doctorial Students: Neuropsychology and Pharmacology
September 2003
Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurosciences Society, Houston, TX
Student Presentation: QEEG and SPECT Measures in an Acute Tryptophan Depletion Trial
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Blodgett Dycus, C.J., Primeau, M., & Prabhu, V. From brain to behavior: Neuropsychological profiles of gliomas. In preparation.
Blodgett Dycus, C.J., O’Donnell, K.B., Shirazi, P. & Konopka, L.M. Planning impairments on the Rey Complex Figure copy and cerebral perfusion. Submitted.
Benedict, W.J., Primeau, M., Blodgett Dycus, C.J., Thulborn, K.R., & Prabhu, V.C. (2006). Cortical mapping in the resection of gliomas. Contemporary Neurosurgery, 28(26).
Goforth, H.W., Konopka, L.M., Patel, R., Blodgett, C.J., O’Donnell, K.B., Shirazi, P., Primeau, M., & Rao, M. (2004). Quantitative electroencephalography in frontotemporal dementia with methylphenidate response: A case study. Clinical EEG.
Young, M.A., Blodgett, C.J., & Reardon, A. (2003). Measuring seasonality: Psychometric properties of the SPAQ and ISV. Psychiatry Research, 117(1), 75-83.
Published Abstracts
Primeau, M., Blodgett Dycus, C.J., Sivarajan, G., Barton, K., Brown, H., Melian, E., & Prabhu, V. (2008). Does preoperative cognition discriminate among primary CNS tumor types? Journal of the International Society, 14(2), 41.
Blodgett Dycus, CJ, Primeau, M., & Prabhu, V. (2007). From brain to behavior: Neuropsychological profiles of gliomas. Society for Neuro-Oncology.
Blodgett Dycus, CJ, Kennerly R., & LePage, D. (2005). The Rey complex figure and computed tomography. Canadian Psychological Association.
Blodgett Dycus, C.J., Goforth, H.W., Kramer, M.K., & Konopka, L.M. (2004). Executive Functioning Improvement with Methylphenidate Intervention in Patients with Vascular Depression. The Clinical Neuropyshcologist.
Blodgett Dycus, C.J., O’Donnell, K.B., Shirazi, P., & Konopka, L.M. (2004). Qualitative Impairments on the Rey Complex Figure Copy and Cerebral Perfusion. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 18(2), 190-191.
Kramer, M.K., Blodgett Dycus, C.J., Goforth, H.W., O’Donnell, K.B., & Konopka, L.M. (2004). Neurophysiological correlates of impaired perseverative responses on WCST-64 as measured by SPECT. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 18(2).
Poprawski, T.J., Konopka, L.M., Blodgett, C.J., Kramer, M.K., Patel, R., & Shirazi, P. (2003). Assessing local brain function with QEEG and conventional EEG in patients with cerebral infarction in correlation with SPECT scans. Clinical EEG, 34(3), 168.
Patel, R., O’Donnell, K.B., Konopka, L.M., Goforth, H.W., Poprawski, T.J., Blodgett, C.J., Kramer, M.K., & Shirazi, P. (2003). Neurocognitive decline following liver transplant: A case study. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18(7), 730-731.
Patel, R., Konopka, L.M., Blodgett, C.J., Kramer, M.K., Proprawski, T.J., & Shirazi, P. (2003). Assessing brain function with combined QEEG, SPECT, and neurophysiological measures in clinical populations. Clinical EEG, 34(3), 168.
Kramer, M.K., Konopka, L.M., Goforth, H.W., Blodgett, C.J., Patel, R., Poprawski, T.J., & Shirazi, P. (2003). QEEG and brain SPECT measures in adult psychiatric patients acutely challenged with methylphenidate. Clinical EEG, 34(3), 162.
Blodgett, C.J., O’Donnell, K.B., Poprawski, T.J., Konopka, L.M., Kramer, M.K., Patel, R., & Shirazi, P. (2003). QEEG and SPECT abnormalities of patients with impaired Rey Complex Figure copies. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18(7), 773.
Blodgett, C.J., Konopka, L.M., Poprawski, T.J., Patel, R., Kramer, M.K., Shirazi, P., Pergadia, M., & Spring, B. (2003). QEEG and SPECT measures in acute tryptophan depletion trial. Clinical EEG, 34(3), 160.
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