Penne Sims, PhD

Contact Info

• 3500 E. Fletcher Ave
  Suite 100
  Tampa FL 33613
• Academic Email: psims31@usf.edu

Education

Biography

Dr. Sims is a neuropsychologist with the Morsani College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Division of Neuropsychology. She received her doctorate at the University of Houston in 1994 and has specialized in Adult and Geriatric Neuropsychology throughout her career. Specifically, Dr. Sims evaluates for possible dementia, cognitive, and memory disorders associated with various acquired or neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease, Essential tremor, Alzheimer's disease, seizure disorder, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Frontotemporal dementia, Pick’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, hypoxia, and other cognitive disorders due to medical illness. She also evaluates patients for candidacy for Deep Brain Stimulation surgery (DBS) and Focused Ultrasound Stimulation (FUS).

Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs

• Neuroscience

Recent Publications

• Pirozzolo FJ, Inbody SB, Sims PA, Strittmatter WJ, Baskin D. Neuropathological and neuropsychological changes in Alzheimer's disease. Clin Geriatr Med. 3: 425-440, 1989.
• Meyer JS, McClintic KL, Rogers RL, Sims P, Mortel KF Aetiological considerations and risk factors for multi-infarct dementia . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 51(12) : 1489-1497, 1988.
• Meyer JS, Rogers RL, Judd BW, Mortel KF, Sims P Cognition and cerebral blood flow fluctuate together in multi-infarct dementia Stroke. 19(2) : 163-169, 1988.
• Mortel KF, Meyer JS, Sims PA, McClintic K. Diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for stroke South Med J. 83(8) : 904-911, 1990.