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Michael Schoenberg

Michael Schoenberg, PhD, ABPP

Professor, Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Morsani College of Medicine

Director, Division of Neuropsychology

Professor, Neurology, College of Medicine

Contact Info

Education

  • PHD, Psychology, Wichita State University, 2001
  • PhD, Psychology, Wichita State University, 2001
  • MS, Experimental Psychology, Wichita State University, 1999
  • BS, Psychology, University of Utah, 1995

Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs

  • Neuroscience

Awards/Honors

  • Outstanding Graduate Alumni (Wichita State University - 2016)
  • Fellow (American Epilepsy Society - 2016)
  • Board Certification (American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology - 2005)
  • Travel Award (U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - 2003)
  • Travel Award (U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - 2002)
  • Dr. Jack and Jane Powell Graduate Student Award (Wichita State University - 2000)

Memberships

  • Member (Florida Psychological Association, 2009 - Present)
  • Member (American Academy of Neurology, 2007 - Present)
  • Member (APA Division 40-Neuropsychology, 2006 - Present)
  • Member (American Board of Professional Psychology, 2005 - Present)
  • Member (American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2005 - Present)
  • Member (American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2005 - Present)
  • Member (American Epilepsy Society, 2003 - Present)
  • Member (Ohio State Psychological Association, 2003 - Present)
  • Member (International Neuropsychological Society, 2001 - Present)
  • Member (National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2000 - Present)
  • Member (American Psychological Association, 1997 - Present)

Recent Publications

  • Schoenberg MR, Rum RS, Osborn KE, Werz MA. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study of the effects of levetiracetam on cognition, mood, and balance in healthy older adults. Epilepsia. , 2017.
  • Schoenberg MR, Clifton WE, Sever RW, Vale FL. Neuropsychology Outcomes Following Trephine Epilepsy Surgery: The Inferior Temporal Gyrus Approach for Amygdalohippocampectomy in Medically Refractory Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Neurosurgery. , 2017.
  • Soble JR Osborn KE Mattingly ML Vale FL Benbadis SR Rodgers-Neame NT Schoenberg MR. Utility of Green''s Word Memory Test Free Recall Subtest as a Measure of Verbal Memory: Initial Evidence from a Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Clinical Sample. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 31(1) : 79-87, 2016.
  • Osborn KE Shytle RD Frontera AT Soble JR Schoenberg MR. Addressing potential role of magnesium dyshomeostasis to improve treatment efficacy for epilepsy: A reexamination of the literature. J Clin Pharmacol.. 56(3) : 260-5, 2016.
  • Vale FL Vivas AC Manwaring J Schoenberg MR Benbadis SR. Temporal lobe epilepsy and cavernous malformations: surgical strategies and long-term outcomes. Acta Neurochir (Wien).. 157(11) : 1887-95, 2015.
  • Waseem H Osborn KE Schoenberg MR Kelley V Bozorg A Cabello D Benbadis SR Vale FL. Laser ablation therapy: An alternative treatment for medically resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy after age 50. Epilepsy Behav.. 51: 152-7, 2015.
  • Waseem H Osborn KE Schoenberg MR Kelley V Bozorg AM Benbadis SR Vale FL. Predictors of surgical outcome in medically-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy with bilateral features on pre-operative evaluation. Clin Neurol Neurosurg.. 139: 199-205, 2015.
  • Schoenberg MR, Maddux BN, Riley DE, Whitney CM, Ogrocki PK, Gould D, Maciunas RJ. Five-months-postoperative neuropsychological outcome from a pilot prospective randomized clinical trial of thalamic deep brain stimulation for Tourette syndrome. Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society. 18(2) : 97-104, 2015.
  • Eichstaedt KE, Soble JR, Kamper JE, Bozorg AM, Benbadis SR, Vale FL, Schoenberg MR. Sex differences in lateralization of semantic verbal fluency in temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain and language. 141: 11-5, 2015.
  • Grieco JC Ciarlone SL Gieron-Korthals M Schoenberg MR Smith AG Philpot RM Heussler HS Banko JL Weeber EJ. An open-label pilot trial of minocycline in children as a treatment for Angelman syndrome. BMC Neurol.. 10(14) : 232, 2014.
  • Miller JB, Schoenberg MR, Bilder RM. Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT): considerations for neuropsychological research. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 28(4) : 575-99, 2014.
  • Eichstaedt KE, Clifton WE, Vale FL, Benbadis SR, Bozorg AM, Rodgers-Neame NT, Schoenberg MR. Sensitivity of Green''s Word Memory Test genuine memory impairment profile to temporal pathology: a study in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 28(6) : 941-53, 2014.
  • Soble JR, Eichstaedt KE, Waseem H, Mattingly ML, Benbadis SR, Bozorg AM, Vale FL, Schoenberg MR. Clinical utility of the Wechsler Memory Scale--Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) in predicting laterality of temporal lobe epilepsy among surgical candidates. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B. 41: 232-7, 2014.
  • Rinehardt E, Eichstaedt K, Schinka JA, Loewenstein DA, Mattingly M, Fils J, Duara R, Schoenberg MR. Verbal fluency patterns in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer''s disease. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders. 38(1-2) : 1-9, 2014.
  • Park MS, Nakagawa E, Schoenberg MR, Benbadis SR, Vale FL. Outcome of corpus callosotomy in adults. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B. 28(2) : 181-4, 2013.
  • Vale FL, Bozorg AM, Schoenberg MR, Wong K, Witt TC. Long-term radiosurgery effects in the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of neurosurgery. 117(5) : 962-9, 2012.
  • Vale FL, Bozorg A, Schoenberg MR, Wong K, Witt TC. Long-term radiosurgery effects in the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: A case report and discussion of the histopathology Journal of Neurosurgery(In Press).. , 2012.
  • Schoenberg MR, Marsh PJ, Benbadis SR. Where are somatoform disorders going? An update on the DSM-V. Expert review of neurotherapeutics. 12(12) : 1371-4, 2012.
  • Loewenstein, D.A., Greig, M. T., Schinka, J., Barker, W., Shen, Q., Potter, E., Raj, A., Borenstein, A., Brooks, L., Schoenberg, M.R., Banko, J., Potter, H., Duara, R. An Investigation of PreMCI: Subtypes and Longitudinal Outcomes Alzheimer’s and Dementia.(In Press). , 2012.
  • Schoenberg MR, Rinehardt E, Duff K, Mattingly M, Bharucha KJ, Scott JG. Assessing reliable change using the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status (RBANS) for patients with Parkinson''s Disease undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 26(2) : 255-70, 2012.
  • Loewenstein DA, Greig MT, Schinka JA, Barker W, Shen Q, Potter E, Raj A, Brooks L, Varon D, Schoenberg M, Banko J, Potter H, Duara R. An investigation of PreMCI: subtypes and longitudinal outcomes. Alzheimer''s & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer''s Association. 8(3) : 172-9, 2012.
  • Duara R, Loewenstein DA, Greig MT, Potter E, Barker W, Raj A, Schinka J, Borenstein A, Schoenberg M, Wu Y, Banko J, Potter H. Pre-MCI and MCI: neuropsychological, clinical, and imaging features and progression rates. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 19(11) : 951-60, 2011.
  • Schoenberg MR, Frontera AT, Bozorg A, Hernandez-Frau P, Vale F, Benbadis SR. An update on epilepsy. Expert review of neurotherapeutics. 11(5) : 639-45, 2011.
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Gender differences on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status subtests in older adults: baseline and retest data. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 33(4) : 448-55, 2011.
  • Duara, R., Loewenstein, D.A., Greig, M. T., Potter, E., Barker, W., Raj, A., Schinka, J.A., Borenstein, A., Schoenberg, M.R., Wu, Y., Banko, J.L., & Potter, H. PreMCI and MCI: Neuropsychological, clinical and imaging features and progression rates American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. (11) : 951-960, 2011.
  • Schoenberg MR, Rinehardt, E, Duff, K., Mattingly, M., Bharucha, KG., Scott, JG. Assessing reliable change using the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status for Patients with Parkinson’s disease undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery The Clinical Neuropsychologist. , 2011.
  • Rinehardt E, Duff K, Schoenberg M, Mattingly M, Bharucha K, Scott J. Cognitive change on the repeatable battery of neuropsychological status (RBANS) in Parkinson''s disease with and without bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation surgery. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 24(8) : 1339-54, 2010.
  • Rinehardt, E, Duff, K., Schoenberg MR, Mattingly, M., Bharucha, KG., Scott, JG. Cognitive change on the RBANS in Parkinson’s disease with and without bilateral subthalamic nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation surgery The Clinical Neuropsychologist. (19) : 1-16, 2010.
  • Schinka JA, Loewenstein DA, Raj A, Schoenberg MR, Banko JL, Potter H, Duara R. Defining mild cognitive impairment: impact of varying decision criteria on neuropsychological diagnostic frequencies and correlates. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 18(8) : 684-91, 2010.
  • Caserta MT, Bannon Y, Fernandez F, Giunta B, Schoenberg MR, Tan J. Normal brain aging clinical, immunological, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging features. International review of neurobiology. 84: 1-19, 2009.
  • Duff K, Langbehn DR, Schoenberg MR, Moser DJ, Baade LE, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Normative data on and psychometric properties of Verbal and Visual Indexes of the RBANS in older adults. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 23(1) : 39-50, 2009.
  • Marino SE, Meador KJ, Loring DW, Okun MS, Fernandez HH, Fessler AJ, Kustra RP, Miller JM, Ray PG, Roy A, Schoenberg MR, Vahle VJ, Werz MA. Subjective perception of cognition is related to mood and not performance. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B. 14(3) : 459-64, 2009.
  • Schoenberg MR, Lange RT, Saklofske DH, Suarez M, Brickell TA. Validation of the Child Premorbid Intelligence Estimate method to predict premorbid Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition Full Scale IQ among children with brain injury. Psychological assessment. 20(4) : 377-84, 2008.
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Beglinger LJ, Moser DJ, Bayless JD, Culp KR, Carnahan R, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Premorbid intellect and current RBANS performance: discrepancy scores in three geriatric samples. Applied neuropsychology. 15(4) : 241-9, 2008.
  • Schoenberg MR, Mash KM, Bharucha KJ, Francel PC, Scott JG. Deep brain stimulation parameters associated with neuropsychological changes in subthalamic nucleus stimulation for refractory Parkinson''s disease. Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. 86(6) : 337-44, 2008.
  • Schoenberg MR, Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Moser DJ, Bayless JD, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Retention rates on RBANS memory subtests in elderly adults. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology. 21(1) : 26-33, 2008.
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Patton DE, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Predicting cognitive change across 3 years in community-dwelling elders. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 22(4) : 651-61, 2008.
  • Maciunas RJ, Maddux BN, Riley DE, Whitney CM, Schoenberg MR, Ogrocki PJ, Albert JM, Gould DJ. Prospective randomized double-blind trial of bilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation in adults with Tourette syndrome. Journal of neurosurgery. 107(5) : 1004-14, 2007.
  • Schoenberg MR, Lange RT, Brickell TA, Saklofske DH. Estimating premorbid general cognitive functioning for children and adolescents using the American Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition: demographic and current performance approaches. Journal of child neurology. 22(4) : 379-88, 2007.
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL. Normative and retest data on the RBANS cortical/subcortical index in older adults. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 29(8) : 854-9, 2007.
  • Schoenberg MR, Lange RT, Saklofske DH. A proposed method to estimate premorbid full scale intelligence quotient (FSIQ) for the Canadian Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) using demographic and combined estimation procedures. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 29(8) : 867-78, 2007.
  • Lange RT, Schoenberg MR, Saklofske DH, Woodward TS, Brickell TA. Expanding the WAIS-III Estimate of Premorbid Ability for Canadians (EPAC). Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 28(5) : 773-89, 2006.
  • Schoenberg MR, Lange RT, Iverson GL, Chelune GJ, Scott JG, Adams RL. Clinical validation of the General Ability Index--Estimate (GAI-E): estimating premorbid GAI. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 20(3) : 365-81, 2006.
  • Schoenberg MR, Duff K, Scott JG, Patton D, Adams RL. Prediction errors of the Oklahoma Premorbid Intelligence Estimate-3 (OPIE-3) stratified by 13 age groups. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 21(5) : 469-75, 2006.
  • Schoenberg MR, Dawson KA, Duff K, Patton D, Scott JG, Adams RL. Test performance and classification statistics for the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test in selected clinical samples. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 21(7) : 693-703, 2006.
  • Duff K, Langbehn DR, Schoenberg MR, Moser DJ, Baade LE, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Examining the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status: factor analytic studies in an elderly sample. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 14(11) : 976-9, 2006.
  • Patton DE, Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. RBANS index discrepancies: base rates for older adults. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 21(2) : 151-60, 2006.
  • Werz MA, Schoenberg MR, Meador KJ, Loring DW, Ray PG, Kaul-Gupta R, Ogrocki P. Subjective preference for lamotrigine or topiramate in healthy volunteers: relationship to cognitive and behavioral functioning. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B. 8(1) : 181-91, 2006.
  • Duff K, Beglinger LJ, Schoenberg MR, Patton DE, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Test-retest stability and practice effects of the RBANS in a community dwelling elderly sample. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 27(5) : 565-75, 2005.
  • Lange RT, Schoenberg MR, Woodward TS, Brickell TA. Development of the WAIS-III estimate of premorbid ability for Canadians (EPAC). Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 20(8) : 1009-24, 2005.
  • Patton DE, Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Base rates of longitudinal RBANS discrepancies at one- and two-year intervals in community-dwelling older adults. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 19(1) : 27-44, 2005.
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Patton D, Paulsen JS, Bayless JD, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Regression-based formulas for predicting change in RBANS subtests with older adults. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 20(3) : 281-90, 2005.
  • Lange RT, Schoenberg MR, Chelune GJ, Scott JG, Adams RL. Development of the WAIS-III general ability index estimate (GAI-E). The Clinical neuropsychologist. 19(1) : 73-86, 2005.
  • Meador KJ, Loring DW, Vahle VJ, Ray PG, Werz MA, Fessler AJ, Ogrocki P, Schoenberg MR, Miller JM, Kustra RP. Cognitive and behavioral effects of lamotrigine and topiramate in healthy volunteers. Neurology. 64(12) : 2108-14, 2005.
  • Baade LE, Schoenberg MR. A proposed method to estimate premorbid intelligence utilizing group achievement measures from school records. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 19(2) : 227-43, 2004.
  • Schoenberg MR, Scott JG, Ruwe W, Patton D, Adams RL. Assumptions that underlie predicting premorbid IQ: a comment on the "evaluation of the accuracy of two regression-based methods for estimating premorbid IQ". Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 19(8) : 1103-6, 2004.
  • Schoenberg MR, Dorr D, Morgan CD, Burke M. A comparison of the MCMI-III personality disorder and modifier indices with the MMPI-2 clinical and validity scales. Journal of personality assessment. 82(3) : 273-80, 2004.
  • Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Patton D, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Predicting change with the RBANS in a community dwelling elderly sample. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS. 10(6) : 828-34, 2004.
  • Schoenberg MR, Duff K, Dorfman K, Adams RL. Differential estimation of verbal intelligence and performance intelligence scores from combined performance and demographic variables: the OPIE-3 verbal and performance algorithms. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 18(2) : 266-76, 2004.
  • Schoenberg MR, Duff K, Scott JG, Adams RL. An evaluation of the clinical utility of the OPIE-3 as an estimate of premorbid WAIS-III FSIQ. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 17(3) : 308-21, 2003.
  • Duff K, Patton D, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Age- and education-corrected independent normative data for the RBANS in a community dwelling elderly sample. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 17(3) : 351-66, 2003.
  • Patton DE, Duff K, Schoenberg MR, Mold J, Scott JG, Adams RL. Performance of cognitively normal African Americans on the RBANS in community dwelling older adults. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 17(4) : 515-30, 2003.
  • Schoenberg MR, Dorr D, Morgan CD. The ability of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory--Third Edition to detect malingering. Psychological assessment. 15(2) : 198-204, 2003.
  • Schoenberg MR, Scott JG, Duff K, Adams RL. Estimation of WAIS-III intelligence from combined performance and demographic variables: development of the OPIE-3. The Clinical neuropsychologist. 16(4) : 426-37, 2002.
  • Morgan CD, Schoenberg MR, Dorr D, Burke MJ. Overreport on the MCMI-III: concurrent validation with the MMPI-2 using a psychiatric inpatient sample. Journal of personality assessment. 78(2) : 288-300, 2002.
  • Shepherd, M., Schoenberg, M. R., Slavich, S., Warren, M., & Meissen, G. J. The continuum of professional involvement in self-help groups Journal of Community Psychology. (23) : 36-51, 1999.