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Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP

Professor

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital
  • Neuropsychology - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Neuropsychology

Languages

  • English

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Education

  • PhD
  • ABPP - American Board of Professional Psychology

Biography

Appointments

Professor, Neurosurgery 
Director, Brain Injury Research

Specialty

Neuropsychology
Subspecialties
Adult Neuropsychology
Traumatic Brain Injury

Training

Internship, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University Medical School

Research Interests

Dr. McCrea has been an active researcher in the neurosciences, with numerous scientific publications, book chapters, and national and international lectures on the topic of traumatic brain injury. Dr. McCrea’s research interest focuses primarily on the acute and chronic effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). He is the principal investigator on several studies that use a multitude of modalities to research the natural course of clinical and physiological recovery after TBI. He authored the text Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Postconcussion Syndrome: The New Evidence Base for Diagnosis and Treatment published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the United States Department of Defense Health Board External Advisory Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury advising the Office of the Secretary of Defense on management and research of military related traumatic brain injury. He is the current President of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN).

Publications

  • (Gray S, Amadon G, Temkin N, Darsie M, Giacino JT, Corrigan JD, Korley F, Whyte J, Stein MB, Manley GT, McCrea MA, Nelson LD.) Journal of Emergency Medicine. January 2026;80:211-219 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105023494201 01/01/2026

  • (Muench JR, Sinson GP, Glaeser B, Shah AS, Rowson S, Duma S, Mihalik J, Brooks A, Cameron K, Giza C, Goldman J, McGinty G, Riggen LD, Pasquina PF, Broglio SP, McAllister T, McCrea MA, Harezlak J, Stemper BD.) Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2026 Jan 01;58(1):23-34 PMID: 40778855 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105012983484 08/08/2025

  • (Eagle SR, Simons MU, Barber J, Temkin N, Yue JK, Puccio A, McCrea MA, Giacino J, Manley G, Okonkwo DO, Nelson LD, TRACK‐TBI Investigators.) Obes Sci Pract. 2025 Dec;11(6):e70101 PMID: 41438167 PMCID: PMC12719804 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105025755737 12/24/2025

  • (Syrydiuk RA, Li C, Memmini AK, Boltz AJ, Lempke LB, Ren J, Perkins SM, Harezlak J, Mosesso KM, Pasquina PF, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Broglio SP, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Brain Inj. 2025 Dec;39(14):1338-1347 PMID: 40963225 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105018457347 09/18/2025

  • (Nelson LD, Magnus BE, Yue JK, Balsis S, Patrick CJ, Temkin N, Yuh EL, Diaz-Arrastia R, Ryu E, Maas AIR, Menon DK, Wilson L, Manley GT, TRACK-TBI Investigators, CENTER-TBI Participants and Investigators.) EBioMedicine. 2025 Nov;121:106001 PMID: 41192220 PMCID: PMC12637077 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105021953849 11/06/2025

  • (Cole WR, Brett BL, Lempke LB, Mannix R, DeFreese JD, Echemendia RJ, McCrea M, Guskiewicz KM, Meehan WP 3rd.) Curr Sports Med Rep. 2025 Nov 01;24(11):372-379 PMID: 41182099 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105020774603 11/03/2025

  • (Czerniak LL, Garcia GP, Genthe MW, Xia Y, Lavieri MS, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Pasquina PF, Liebel SW, Broglio SP, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2025 Nov;53(11):3172-3189 PMID: 40813735 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105016653378 08/15/2025

  • (Roberts CJ, Maiga AW, Barber J, Temkin NR, Vala R, Patel MB, Robertson CS, Valadka AB, Yue JK, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Nelson LD, Transforming Clinical Research and Knowledge in TBI (TRACK-TBI) Investigators, Duhaime AC, Foreman B, Grandhi R, Keene CD, Krishnamoorthy V, Mac Donald C, McCrea M, Merchant R, Ngwenya LB, Puccio A, Rodgers RB, Schnyer D, Taylor SR, Zafonte R.) JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Oct 01;8(10):e2537271 PMID: 41071547 PMCID: PMC12514633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105018397976 10/10/2025

  • (Van Essen TA, Yue JK, Barber J, Lingsma HF, Pisica D, den Boogert HF, van Dijck JT, Moojen WA, Hutchinson P, Markowitz AJ, Steyerberg EW, Okonkwo DO, Bodien YG, Valadka AB, Diaz-Arrastia R, Robertson CS, Foreman B, Wang VY, McCrea MA, Giacino JT, Yuh EL, de Ruiter GCW, Temkin NR, Maas AIR, Peul WC, Manley GT, Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) Study Investigators.) JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Oct 01;8(10):e2535200 PMID: 41042512 PMCID: PMC12495496 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105017606016 10/03/2025

  • (Aderman MJ, Roach MH, Ward K, Malvasi SR, Ross JD, Svoboda SJ, Robb J, McGinty G, Jackson J, Brodeur RM, Susmarski A, Broglio SP, McCrea MA, McAllister T, Pasquina PF, Cameron KL.) J Sport Health Sci. 2025 Aug 14:101081 PMID: 40818615 08/17/2025

  • (Schneider ALC, Hunzinger KJ, Brett BL, Sandsmark DK, Jain S, Sun X, Gardner RC, Manley GT, Diaz-Arrastia R, Nelson LD, TRACK-TBI Study Investigators, Belton P, Eagle S, Gopinath S, Grandhi R, Keene CD, Krishnamoorthy V, Mac Donald C, McCrea M, Merchant R, Mukherjee P, Ngwenya LB, Okonkwo D, Robertson C, Schnyer D, Taylor SR, Yue JK, Zafonte R.) JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 01;8(8):e2525719 PMID: 40779268 PMCID: PMC12334961 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105013233906 08/08/2025

  • (Eagle SR, Nelson LD, Giacino JT, McCrea MA, Barber J, Temkin N, Yue JK, Okonkwo DO, Manley GT, Stein MB, TRACK-TBI Investigators.) Neurotrauma Rep. 2025;6(1):944-955 PMID: 41141396 PMCID: PMC12549169 10/27/2025