Specialties and Interests

• Clinical Neuropsychology
• Neuropathology
• Neuroimaging
• Medical Rehabilitation 
• Pediatrics

Courses Taught

•  Neuroanatomy/Neuropathology 
• Biological Bases of Behavior/Neurophysiology
• Neuro-Rehabilitation
• Pediatric Neuropsychology
• Neuropsychological Assessment
• Psychology of Disability
• Research Practicum
• Clinical Practicum

Research: Publications and Presentations

Books in Progress
The Source for TBI in Children and Adolescents (contracted to be completed by April, 2006).
A parent’s guide to traumatic brain injuries in children

Book Chapters:
Ivry, R. and Lebby, P. C.  (1997).  The neurology of consonant perception:  Specialized module or distributed processors? in "Getting it Right: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Right Hemisphere Language Comprehension",  M. Beeman and C. Chiarello (Eds).

Hutchison, T. and Lebby, P. C. (2005).  Traumatic Encephalopathies: in “Child and Adolescent Neurology – Second Edition,” R. David (Ed). Blackwell Publishing.

Other Articles:

Lebby, P. C.  (1994).  Hemispheric asymmetries in auditory processing for normals and temporal lobe patients:  Evidence for a component-based model.  Dissertation. University of California, Berkeley.

Peer Reviewed Articles:

Chicota, C.L., Walker, J.A., Canfield, M., & Lebby, P.C., (2005).  Factors influencing patterns of language laterality as measured by the Wada test.  In progress.

Macaulay, C.M., Batttista M, Lebby, P.C., & Mueller, J., (2003) Geriatric performance on the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (COGNISTAT): What is normal?  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18 (5).

Macaulay, C.M., Lebby, P.C., Batttista M, & Mueller, J., (2000) Geriatric performance on the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (Cognistat): What is normal? Cognistat Manual.

Wuethrich, J., Lebby, P. C., Ammen, S. (2000).  A Normative and Validational Analysis of Child and Adolescent Performance on the COGNISTAT. Cognistat Manual.

Ivry, R. and Lebby, P. C.  (1993).  Hemispheric differences in auditory perception are similar to those found in visual perception.  Psychological Science, 4 (1), 41-45.

Chairperson For Doctoral Dissertation Research

Disorder Specific Case History Form: A Concurrent Validity Study.  Shana J. Asbell.  2006

Norming the Children’s Visual Orientation Test with a Pediatric Brain Injured Population. James Frazee 2005

The Cost of Switching: The Relationship Between Switch Costs and D-KEFS Trails Performance in Healthy Older Adults.  Adam A. Nelson. 2005

The study of the validity and sensitivity of the Brief Test of Attention for children who have sustained moderate and severe traumatic brain injuries.  Alexis M. Valos. 2005.

Cognistat Reference Scores in Alzheimer’s Disease at Different Levels of Severity. Douglas E. Grant. 2005.

Post-operative Verbal Memory and Language Impairment in  Left Anterior Temporal Lobectomy

Patients  with a Reversed  and Expected Wada Memory Asymmetry Score: Examining Reliable Change Indices, Winstanley, F. Scott. 2005.

Post Operative Changes in Langauge Ability as a Function of Wada Test Language Laterality Patterns, Michele Russell. 2003

Development of a Children’s Visual Organization Task: A Normative Study Among Children Ages 6-12. Brett Patterson. 2003. 

Factors influencing patterns of language laterality and localization as measured by the Wada test and interoperative electrical cortical stimulation speech mapping, Cammy Chicota. 2003.

The Anmomia/Amnesia Test:  A Comparison of Alternate Forms and an Evaluation of Performance by Selected Clinical Subgroups, Kirstin Pollock. 2003.

Assessment of cognition and mood following unilateral deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus or subthalamic nucleus in patients with Parkinson's disease: Thomas Van Dillen.  2002.

Childhood neurospsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus : an analysis of neuropsycholoical performance: Jonathan Edward Romain.  2002.

An analysis of gender differences on the Washington psychosocial seizure inventory among surgical candidates with temporal lobe epilepsy: James Russell Decosta.  2001.

Determinants of cognitive performance in epilepsy: focus on medial temporal sclerosis: Michael Peterson.  2001.

The contibution of multiple cognitive factors to concept formation tasks: Scott Wesley Larson.  2001.

Relationship between neuropsychologists' religious experiences and interventions: Dalvida Long.  2001.

Use of the WAIS-III performance scale with deaf adults: Michelle Robin Leutzinger.  2001.

The Wada Test : an analysis of language and memory functioning: Sejal K. Vyas.  2001.

Factors Affecting Language Materialization as measured by the Wada Test.  Heather M.  Hutton. 2000. 

Replication and analysis of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory: the value of psychobehavioral measures to assess chronic pain: Philip J. David.  2000.

The effects of estrogen replacement therapy on the cognitive functioning of women with Alzheimer's Disease: Andrew J. Levine.  2000.

Functional Outcomes and Recovery Trends in Pediatric Brain Injury.  Lori Holmquist. 1999 

The Effects of Acceleration Forces on Recall and Recognition Memory in U.S. Military Fighter Pilots.  Lisa Renee Olsson.  1999.  

Presurgical Wada Memory Test performance and postoperative memory functioning in epilepsy patients undergoing anterior temporal lobectomy: Julianna Ward.  1999.

Comparisons of validity and pain treatment outcome measures in the Multidimensional Pain Inventory and the MMPI-2 in a chronic headache and orofacial pain population: Barbara Ann Hastie.  1999.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: differential diagnosis between hyperactive and inattentive type: Deborah Ann Berberich.  1999.

A psychoanalytic and neuropsychological approach to repression and isolation: Kelly Christine O'Neill.  1999.

Geriatric performance on the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (COGNISTAT): What is normal?  Caitlin Macaulay, 1999

Development and Validation of a Screening Battery for Multiple Sclerosis.  Masha Romero.  1999. 

Evoked Potentials of Learning-Disabled Children, Cynthia Cavazos Gonzales.  1998. 

The influence of depression on verbal memory performance in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy:  Elizabeth Ann Sawyer Scovel.  1998.

An investigation of material-specific memory pre- and postunilateral temporal lobe surgery: statistical versus clinical significance: Carey Elizabeth Gleason.  1998.

Nitrogen-acetylaspartate as a measure of hippocampal function in patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy: Stephen B. Gemmell.  1998.

Pre-morbid health-related risk factors in the development of probable Alzheimer's Disease: David J. Hobbs.  1998.

Test-retest reliability of the Expanded Trail Making Test and its alternate forms: Beth Anne Breece.  1998.

A normative and validational analysis of child and adolescent performance on the Cognistat: Jodi Semrad.  1997.

Visual evoked potential correlates with visual-motor integration as measured by the Bender Gestalt Test: Howard Kelley Harper.  1996.

Professional Activities

Professional Presentations

Invited Presentation:
Lebby, P.C. (2006) Neuroimaging & Clinical Presentation: Pediatric Brain Injury.  Northern California Neuropsychological Forum, Oakland, CA.

Lebby, P.C. (2005) Professional Ethics for Mental Health Professionals. Madera, CA.

Lebby, P.C. (2005) Traumatic Brain Injury due to Non-Accidental Trauma.  5th Annual Day for Children Conference, Madera, CA

Lebby, P.C. (2004) Neuroimaging in Pediatric Brain Injury. National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. 

Lebby, P.C. (2004) Understanding Emotion and Behavior Following Traumatic Brain Injury,
Children’s Hospital Central California, Department of Rehabilitation.

Lebby, P.C. (2003) Functional Neuroanatomy: A Primer – Part II, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Resident Lecture Series.

Lebby, P.C. (2003) The Neurology of Language, Fresno State University, Dept of Linguistics.

Lebby, P.C. (2003) Functional Neuroanatomy: A Primer, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Resident Lecture Series.

Lebby, P.C. (2002) Autistic Disorders, Alliant International University, Health Psychology Program, Fresno, CA.

Lebby, P.C. (2001) Autistic Spectrum Disorders – Clinical Implications, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Resident Lecture Series.

Lebby, P.C. (2001) The transfemoral Intracarotid Sodium Amytal Procedure, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Resident Lecture Series.

Lebby, P. C. (2000).  Cognitive sequalae associated with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.  University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, Resident Lecture Series.

Lebby, P. C. (1997).  Diagnosis of ADHD and Learning Disabilities.  Department of Ecosystemic and Child Psychology – Alliant International University, Fresno. 

Lebby, P.C. (1996). Language Function following Anterior Temporal Lobectomy Surgery. University of California San Francisco, Department of Neurology. Residents’ Lecture Series.

Lebby, P. C. (1995).  Psychosocial Issues faced by Children with Epilepsy.  Department of Ecosystemic and Child Psychology – California School of Prefessional Psychology,  Fresno. 

Lebby, P. C. (1994).  Language Assessment and Function in Patients Undergoing Neurosurgery.  University of California, Berkeley,  Department of Linguistic. 

Lebby, P. C. (1994).  Parenting Issues for Children with Epilepsy.  Marin Civic Auditorium: The Seizure Management Conference, Northern California Coalition and Matrix Parent Network.

Lebby, P. C.  (1992).  Local and global auditory processing following unilateral cerebral infarct.  Invited presentation: 14th Annual Berkeley/Stanford Conference on Cognitive Psychology, Stanford University, CA.

Ivry, R. and Lebby, P. C.  (1991).  Laterality effects in the perception of relativefrequency in audition.  Invited presentation at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, San Francisco, CA.

Ivry, R. and Lebby, P. C.  (1991).  Laterality effects in the processing of high and low auditory frequencies. Invited presentation at the 2nd Annual Recent Advances in the Analysis of Attention Conference, Davis CA.

Lebby, P. C.  (1991).  Differential processing of high and low frequency auditory stimuli by the right and left cerebral hemispheres. Invited presentation at the 15th Annual University of California, Santa Barbara, Cognitive Convention.

Other Presentations:
Nelson, A., Battista, M., Lebby, P., & Canfield, M.  The Cost of Switching: The Relationship Between Switch Costs and D-KEFS Trails Performance in Healthy Older Adults.  International Neuropsychological Society Conference, 2005.

Lebby, P.C., Functional Neuroanatomy – Primer.  National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference, 2003, Dallas. 

Chicota, C. L., Canfield, M., Lebby, P. C., & Walker, J. A., Predicting Language Laterality From Epilepsy Patient Demographics.  National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference, 2003, Dallas.

Chicota, C. L., Canfield, M., Hoo, K. S., Wong, S. T., Lebby, P. C., & Walker, J. A., How Well Can we Predict Language Laterality from Patient Characteristics?  American Epilepsy Society Annual Conference 2003, Boston.

Romain, J., Lebby, P.C., & Henrickson, M., Neuropsychological Performance in Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus vs. JRA Controls.  American College of Rheumatology Annual Conference, 2002.

Vyas, S.K., Walker, J. A., Lebby, P.C., Tanner, T. D.,  Wada Test Recognition Memory Scores Are
Influenced by Language Laterality, National Academy of Neuropsycology Annual Conference, 2002.

Holmquist, L. A.,  Lebby, P.C., Roberts, S., Hutchinson, H.T.,  Functional Outcomes and Recovery Trends in Pediatric Brain Injury.  Presented at the 108th Annual APA Converntion, Washington, D.C. (2000).

Gleason, C., Lebby, P.C., Walker, J., & Canfield (2000). Material Specific Memory Changes Following Unilateral Temporal Lobectomy: Statistical Versus Clinical Significance.  Presented at the annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology,  Orlando, Florida.

Lebby, P. C., Gleason, C., Aronowitz, J. and Sawyer-Scovel, E.  (1996).  Language deficits following temporal lobectomy:  Do they really exist?.  Presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Meeting.  San Jose, CA.

DeCosta, J. R., Hobbs, D. J., Tremaine, M. J., Bunn, C. C., Ruhsenberger, L. R., Macaulay, C. E., Stanczak, D. E. and Lebby, P. C.  (1996).  Factor Analysis of Nine Neuropsychological Tests.  Presented at the 16th annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.  New Orleans, LA.

Lebby, P. C., Ivry, R. and Walker, J. A.  (1993).  Auditory processing following unilateral temporal lobe surgery.  Presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.

Lebby, P. C., Ivry, R. and Robertson, L.  (1991).  Hemispheric differences in auditory perception.  Presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

Lebby, P. C. and Hardyck, C.  (1988).  The effects of inter-hemispheric transfer on the processing of a visual rotation task:  Across the great divide.  Presented at the Western Psychological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Professional Activities

• Board of Trustees - Alliant International University 
• Past President -  Epilepsy Foundation of Central California 
• Board of Directors - Epilepsy Foundation of Central California 
• Member Institutional Review Board - Children’s Hospital Central California

Professional Appointments and Privileges

• Associate Professor of Neuropsychology – CSPP at Alliant International University
• Director, Department of Neuropsychology, CSPP at Alliant International University
• Medical Staff, Department of Neuropsychology and Medical Rehabilitation - Children’s Hospital Central California
• Medical Staff, Department of Neurology – University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center
• Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)- School of Medicine
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)- School of Medicine
• Board of Trustees – Alliant International University
• Member of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
• Past President- Board of Directors, Epilepsy Foundation of Central California
• Founding member – Kiwanis Valley Children’s Hospital Chapter

Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors

• University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center,
  Department of Neurology.
  Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsycholgy
• University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center,
  Department of Neurology.
  Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Neuropsycholgy
• 1990-94 University of California, Berkeley.
    Ph.D.  Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology).
• 1983-87 University of California, Berkeley.
    B.A.  Psychology with High Honors

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Clinical Psychologist - California License #PSY14779 
• Diplomat, American Board of Psychological Specialties - Forensic Neuropsychology
• Panel approved to provide services for the State of California Children’s Services (CCS)

Honors

Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with High Honors

• Graduate Honors
• University of California, Berkeley - Psychology Dept.  - Teaching Fellowship
• University of California, Berkeley - Psychology Dept.  - Research Fellowship
• University of California, Berkeley - Psychology Dept.  - Nominated Outstanding Teacher 
• Undergraduate Honors
• The University of California, Berkeley, Honor Society
• The Golden Key National Honor Society
• Psi Chi, The National Honor Society for Psychology
• Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society

Professional and Honorary Memberships

• National Academy of Neuropsychology
• American Psychological Association
• American College of Forensic Examiners
• Epilepsy Foundation of Central California
• Association for Play Therapy

Community Service

No Fee Client Services for low income children and adults