Dr. Drexler is a neuropsychologist in group practice and Adjunct Professor at AIU. He is also an Associate Professor at Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, California, where he serves as Director of Academic and Student Affairs, and teaches such courses as Lifespan Development, Cross-Cultural Issues, Clinical Assessment & Treatment Planning, Dying, Death, & Bereavement, and Gerontology Focus courses. He is also Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches Individual & Systems Assessment, Individual & Family Psychopathology, and Research Methods, and is Volunteer Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at UCSF, where he teaches in the Brain, Mind, and Behavior course series.
Dr. Drexler worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) from 2021 through 2023. While with DVA, he served in a number of capacities including as the VA Sierra Nevada Network (VISN 21) Director of Organizational Development and Wellness and Chief Wellbeing Officer and VA VISN 21 Chief Mental Health Officer, and at San Francisco VA Health Care System as Neuropsychologist, Local Psychosocial Rehabilitation Coordinator, Clinical Director of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center, Workplace Violence Prevention Coordinator, Manager for Mental Health Compensation and Pension, Director or Telemental Health, and Geropsychologist. Furthermore, he worked for the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), Geriatric Services of San Francisco, Telecare Corporation, and Letterman Army Medical Center. He worked in hospice with VA and DPH.
Dr. Drexler completed his Postdoctoral Residency/Fellowship (focusing on neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology) at Laurel Grove Rehabilitation Hospital (Eden Hospital) in Hayward, California, and his internship at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. He received his doctorate from the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University, Berkeley, in 1988.
- Neuropsychology of normal and pathological aging processes
- Memory
- Cross-cultural neuropsychology
- Environmental interventions with dementia syndromes
- Schizophrenia
- Brain trauma
- Telemedicine applications
- Workplace safety.
- Ph.D.
- CPRP (Board Certification by the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association)
- Fellow, National Academy of Neuropsychology.
- PSY85550 Neuropsychology: Foundations--Study of functional neuroanatomy, neuropathology, neuropsychological syndromes, and neuropsychological assessment. Focus on developing the foundational knowledge needed to understand the process and results of neuropsychological evaluations.
- PSY85560 Neuropsychology: Advanced--The study of neuropsychological theory, testing methods and interpretation. Focus on developing clinical approach to neuropsychological evaluation, teaching specific assessment skills, consultation in a variety of settings, and writing neuropsychological reports.
- PSY61092/PSY61170 Human Development/Lifespan--The study of developmental theories, constructs and research methods as they contribute to an understanding of normative human development and as they guide intervention strategies. Includes: childhood, adolescence, adult development, family life cycle, middle age, aging and women’s life span development. Includes concepts related to death, dying, bereavement, and work in palliative and hospice care.
- Bush, S., & Drexler, M.L. (Eds.) (2002). Ethics in neuropsychology. Swets & Zeitlinger.
- Drexler, M.L. (2014). Psychological assessment of veterans in long-term care. In S.S. Bush (Ed.), Psychological assessment of veterans. Oxford. (Chap 3).
- Drexler, M.L. & Walker, W. (2003). Geropsychology: Emerging practice and training. In M.B. Kenkel, L. Winfrey, L. Collins, & J. Yalof (Program Committee), NCSPP pre-conference book of readings (cited on-line at NCSPP website). APA.
- Glezerman, A., & Drexler, M.L. (2001, November). The Russian Adaptation of the CERAD Battery (CERAD-RA). Presented at the Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, San Francisco, California.
- Harrison, M., Haney-Chambers K., Drexler, M., Lyon-Bramhall, A., & McQuaid, J. (2020, July). Lessons learned from a service-wide transition to telemental health. VA Section Newsletter, APA Division 18, Psychologists in Public Service.
- Karlin, B.E., Teri, L., Shealy-McGee, J.S, Sutherland, E.S., Asghar-Ali, A., Crocker, S.M., Smith, T.L., Curyto, K., Drexler, M. & Karel, M. (2017). STAR-VA Intervention for managing challenging behaviors in VA Community Living Center residents with dementia: Manual for STAR VA behavioral coordinators and nursing champions. Community Living Center Mental Health Providers.
- Purcell, N., Shovein, E., JD; Hebenstreit, C., & Drexler, M. (2017). Violence in a U.S. Veterans Affairs healthcare system: Worker Perspectives on prevalence, causes, and contributors. Policy and Practice in Health & Safety, DOI: 10.1080/14773996.2016.1266439.
- Spaminato, L., Drexler, M.L., & Tanno, C. (September, 2023). Neuropsychological Constructs: Factor Structure of a Standard Battery Revisited. Presented at the Annual CPA Conference, San Diego, California.
- Wortman, K.M., & Drexler, M.L. (2018, June). Describing Personality in Mild TBI using the NEO Inventories: Results and Implications. Presented at the Neuroscience Forum, Stanford School of Med., Palo Alto, California.