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
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 Medical College of Wisconsin 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
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(D'Lauro C, Register-Mihalik JK, Meier TB, Kerr ZY, Knight K, Broglio SP, Leeds D, Lynall RC, Kroshus E, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Schmidt JD, CARE Consortium Investigators:, Master C, McGinty G, Jackson JC, Cameron KL, Buckley T, Kaminski T, Mihalik JP.) Am J Sports Med. 2024 Mar;52(3):801-810 PMID: 38340366 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185104883 02/10/2024
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(Roberts CJ, Barber J, Temkin NR, Dong A, Robertson CS, Valadka AB, Yue JK, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Nelson LD, Transforming Clinical Research and Knowledge in TBI (TRACK-TBI) Investigators, Badjatia N, Diaz-Arrastia R, Duhaime AC, Feeser VR, Gopinath S, Grandhi R, Jha R, Keene CD, Madden C, McCrea M, Merchant R, Ngwenya LB, Rodgers RB, Schnyer D, Taylor SR, Zafonte R.) JAMA Surg. 2024 Mar 01;159(3):248-259 PMID: 38091011 PMCID: PMC10719833 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181026868 12/13/2023
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(Meier TB, Huber DL, Goeckner BD, Gill JM, Pasquina P, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, Harezlak J, McCrea MA, for CARE Consortium Investigators.) Neurology. 2024 Jan 23;102(2):e207991 PMID: 38165315 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181764488 01/02/2024
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(McAllister TW, Kenny R, Harezlak J, Harland J, McCrea MA, Pasquina P, Broglio SP.) Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185668495 01/01/2024
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(Memmini AK, Snedden TR, Boltz AJ, Benson BA, Margolin E, Pasquina PF, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Broglio SP.) Sports Medicine. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185943043 01/01/2024
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Pediatric Sport-Related Concussion: Recommendations From the Amsterdam Consensus Statement 2023.
(Davis GA, Schneider KJ, Anderson V, Babl FE, Barlow KM, Blauwet CA, Bressan S, Broglio SP, Emery CA, Echemendia RJ, Gagnon I, Gioia GA, Giza CC, Leddy JJ, Master CL, McCrea M, McNamee MJ, Meehan WP 3rd, Purcell L, Putukian M, Moser RS, Takagi M, Yeates KO, Zemek R, Patricios JS.) Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 01;153(1) PMID: 38044802 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181395773 12/04/2023
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(Caccese JB, Master CL, Buckley TA, Chrisman SPD, Clugston JR, Eckner JT, Ermer E, Harcum S, Hunt TN, Jain D, Kelly LA, Langford TD, Lempke LB, McDevitt J, Memmini AK, Mozel AE, Perkins SM, Putukian M, Roby PR, Susmarski A, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, Pasquina PF, Esopenko C, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Sports Med. 2023 Dec 22 PMID: 38133787 12/22/2023
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(Bryant AM, Rose NB, Temkin NR, Barber JK, Manley GT, McCrea MA, Nelson LD, TRACK-TBI Investigators, Badjatia N, Gopinath S, Keene CD, Madden C, Ngwenya LB, Puccio A, Robertson C, Schnyer D, Taylor SR, Yue JK.) JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 01;6(12):e2349118 PMID: 38147333 PMCID: PMC10751593 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181038532 12/26/2023
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(Coffman CA, Gunn BS, Pasquina PF, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, Moore RD, Pontifex MB.) J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2023 Dec 01;45(6):337-346 PMID: 38061352 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179904777 12/08/2023
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(Tritt A, Yue JK, Ferguson AR, Torres Espin A, Nelson LD, Yuh EL, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Bouchard KE, TRACK-TBI Investigators.) Sci Rep. 2023 Dec 01;13(1):21200 PMID: 38040784 PMCID: PMC10692236 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178213950 12/02/2023
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(Eagle SR, Jain S, Sun X, Preszler J, McCrea MA, Giacino JT, Manley GT, Okonkwo DO, Nelson LD, TRACK-TBI Investigators.) Front Neurol. 2023;14:1308540 PMID: 38148980 PMCID: PMC10750770 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85180654624 12/27/2023
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(Garcia GGP, Czerniak LL, Lavieri MS, Liebel SW, Van Pelt KL, Pasquina PF, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Broglio SP, Kelly LA, Ortega JD, Cameron KL, Goldman JT, Benjamin HJ, Buckley T, Kaminski TW, Clugston JR, Schmidt J, Feigenbaum LA, Eckner JT, Mihalik JP, Anderson SA, Master CL, Kontos AP, Chrismas S, Brooks A, Miles C.) Sports Medicine. December 2023;53(12):2513-2528 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168628280 12/01/2023