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Michael McCrea

Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP

The Shekar N. Kurpad, MD, PhD, Chair in Neurosurgery; Professor; Vice Chair of Research; Co-director, Neurotrauma Research Center; Director, Brain Injury Research Program

Locations

  • Neurosurgery
    8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
    Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Clinical Neuropsychology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1994-1996
Predoctoral Internship, Clinical Psychology/ Neuropsychology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, 1993-1994
PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1994
MS, Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1991
BA, Psychology & Sociology, Loras College, Dubuque, IA, 1988

Biography

Dr. Michael McCrea is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist. He is currently The Shekar N. Kurpad, MD, PhD, Chair in Neurosurgery; Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology; Vice Chair of Research; Co-director of the Center for Neurotrauma Research; and Director of Brain Injury Research at the Ϲ in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. McCrea earned his doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, then completed his internship training in neuropsychology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University Medical School.

He is a past President of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN). 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. 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.

Research Interests

The acute clinical and neurophysiological effects of traumatic brain injury in civilians, athletes and military personnel.

Publications

  • (Eagle SR, Temkin N, Barber JK, McCrea M, Giacino JT, Okonkwo D, Manley GT, Nelson L, TRACK-TBI Investigators.) Neurology. 2025 Apr 22;104(8):e213427 PMID: 40168631 PMCID: PMC11966525 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105002821584 04/01/2025

  • (Goeckner BD, Huber DL, VAN Bortel K, Gill JM, Mannix R, Master CL, Brett BL, Pasquina PF, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, Harezlak J, McCrea MA, Meier TB, CARE CONSORTIUM INVESTIGATORS.) Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2025 Mar 01;57(3):524-534 PMID: 39501473 PMCID: PMC11828682 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85209088291 11/06/2024

  • (Harris M, Yue JK, Jain S, Sun X, Puccio AM, Gardner RC, Wang KKW, Okonkwo DO, Yuh EL, Mukherjee P, Nelson LD, Taylor SR, Markowitz AJ, Diaz-Arrastia R, Manley GT, Korley FK, TRACK‐TBI Investigators.) Acad Emerg Med. 2025 Feb 18 PMID: 39967286 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85219212820 02/19/2025

  • (Rooks LT, Bertò G, Pasquina PF, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Pestilli F, Port NL, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Sports Med. 2025 Jan 19 PMID: 39828869 01/20/2025

  • (Brett BL, Sullivan ME, Asken BM, Terry DP, Meier TB, McCrea MA.) Clin Neuropsychol. 2025 Jan 11:1-29 PMID: 39797596 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85214670242 01/11/2025

  • (Eagle SR, Gardner RC, Jain S, Sun X, Puccio A, Brent D, Nelson LD, McCrea MA, Giacino JT, Okonkwo DO, Yue JK, Manley GT, Stein MB, TRACK-TBI Investigators .) Brain Commun. 2025;7(2):fcaf123 PMID: 40190352 PMCID: PMC11968334 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105002234323 04/07/2025

  • (Defreese JD, Weight EA, Lempke LB, Walton SR, Kerr ZY, Brett BL, Chandran A, Mannix R, Echemendia RJ, McCrea MA, Meehan WP, Guskiewicz KM.) Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. Mar 2025;19(1):78-96 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-86000285903 03/01/2025

  • (Syrydiuk RA, Boltz AJ, Lempke LB, van Pelt K, Balendran V, Scott K, Vesia M, Giordani B, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Res Sports Med. 2025;33(3):254-265 PMID: 39841534 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105002492119 01/22/2025

  • (Pandey HS, Lahijanian B, Schmidt JD, Lynall RC, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Pasquina PF, Garcia GP, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Am J Sports Med. 2025 Jan;53(1):181-191 PMID: 39741470 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85213986863 01/01/2025

  • (Eagle SR, Barber J, Temkin N, McCrea MA, Giacino JT, Okonkwo DO, Madhok D, Yue JK, Zerbato JM, Manley GT, Nelson LD, Keene CD, Krishnamoorthy V, Mac Donald C, Merchant R, Mukherjee P, Ngwenya LB, Puccio A, Robertson C, Rodgers RB, Taylor SR, Zafonte R.) Frontiers in Neurology. 2025;16 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105003374076 01/01/2025

  • (Jain D, Caccese JB, Boltz AJ, Buckley T, Cameron KL, Chrisman SPD, Clugston JR, Eckner JT, Ermer E, Scott FG, Harcum S, Hunt TN, Jannace KC, Kelly LA, Lempke LB, McDevitt J, Memmini A, Mozel A, Putukian M, Robb JB, Susmarski AJ, Syrydiuk RA, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Pasquina PF, Master CL, Esopenko C.) Mil Med. 2024 Dec 10 PMID: 39658275 12/11/2024

  • (Kals M, Wilson L, Levey DF, Parodi L, Steyerberg EW, Richardson S, He F, Sun X, Jain S, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Rosand J, Manley GT, Maas AIR, Stein MB, Menon DK, Ackerlund C, Adams H, Amrein K, Andelic N, Andreassen L, Anke A, Antoni A, Audibert G, Azouvi P, Azzolini ML, Bartels R, Barzó P, Beauvais R, Beer R, Bellander BM, Belli A, Benali H, Berardino M, Beretta L, Blaabjerg M, Bragge P, Brazinova A, Brinck V, Brooker J, Brorsson C, Buki A, Bullinger M, Cabeleira M, Caccioppola A, Calappi E, Calvi MR, Cameron P, Lozano GC, Carbonara M, Castaño-León AM, Cavallo S, Chevallard G, Chieregato A, Citerio G, Clusmann H, Coburn MS, Coles J, Cooper JD, Correia M, Čović A, Curry N, Czeiter E, Czosnyka M, Dahyot-Fizelier C, Dark P, Dawes H, De Keyser V, Degos V, Della Corte F, Boogert Hd, Depreitere B, Đilvesi Đ, Dixit A, Donoghue E, Dreier J, Dulière GL, Ercole A, Esser P, Ezer E, Fabricius M, Feigin VL, Foks K, Frisvold S, Furmanov A, Gagliardo P, Galanaud D, Gantner D, Gao G, George P, Ghuysen A, Giga L, Glocker B, Golubović J, Gomez PA, Gratz J, Gravesteijn B, Grossi F, Gruen RL, Gupta D.) eClinicalMedicine. December 2024;78 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85211046835 12/01/2024