About

Dr. Shelley Leininger is board certified in clinical neuropsychology and is a licensed psychologist in both North Carolina and South Carolina. She completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at Central Michigan University, and specialized in clinical neuropsychology during internship at the University of Florida/Shands Hospital and fellowship at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, all of which are APA-accredited sites.

Dr. Leininger has worked with young and older adults presenting with dementia variants (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, etc.), movement disorders (e.g., Parkinson’s disease), epilepsy, brain tumors, HIV, and psychiatric disorders, as well as children and adults presenting with ADHD and learning disabilities.

She has extensive neuropsychological assessment experience with individuals who have sustained traumatic brain injuries and concussions. She has also provided treatment in an interdisciplinary concussion clinic and has published research on factors impacting recovery following concussion treatment.

In conducting and interpreting assessments, Dr. Leininger relies on evidence-based practices from research in the field of neuropsychology. She has also been involved in research addressing a variety of topics, such as research methodology, factors impacting testing validity, and Parkinson’s disease.

Here is a research sample of published journal articles, books, and abstracts:

Janosky, J. E., Leininger, S. L., Hoerger, M. P, & Libkuman, T. M. (2009). Single subject designs in biomedicine. New York: Springer Publishing Company. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789048124435

Leininger, S., & Skeel, R. L. (2012). Cortisol and self-report measures of anxiety as predictors of neuropsychological performance. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 318-328. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22440335

Leininger, S., Strong, C.A., & Donders, J. (2014). Predictors of outcome following treatment for mild traumatic brain injury: A pilot study. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 29(2), 109-116. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23474883

Leininger, S., Freedland, A., Umfleet, L., Schwab, N., Ward, J., Coronado, N., Tanner, J., Nguyen, P., Okun, M. S., Bowers, D., Libon, D. J., Price, C. C. (2012, February). Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure flowchart organizational approach as a measure of executive functioning in Parkinson’s disease patients. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 18(S1), 182. DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712000537

Niemeier, J. P., Leininger, S. L., Whitney, M. P., Newman, M. A., Hirsch, M. A., Evans, S. L., Sing, R. F., Huynh, T. T., & Guerrier, T. D. (2016). Does history of substance use disorder predict acute traumatic brain injury rehabilitation outcomes? NeuroRehabilitation, 38(4), 371-383. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27061165