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Sara J. Swanson, PhD, ABPP

Chief, Professor

Location

  • Neuropsychology - Froedtert Hospital
  • 900 N. 92nd St.
  • Milwaukee, WI 53226

Specialties

  • Neuropsychology
  • Epilepsy

New Patient Appointments

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

  • Concussion
  • Dementia
  • Epilepsy
  • Huntington's Disease
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Mild Cognitive Impairment
  • Post Acute COVID Syndrome

Treatments and Services

  • Virtual Visit

Patients Ages Seen

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Senior

Languages

  • English

Hospital Affiliations

  • Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
  • St. Luke's Medical Center – Milwaukee

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Neuropsychology

Clinic Locations

map of clinics' locations

Biography

Sara J. Swanson, PhD, is a Professor of Neurology and Division Chief of Neuropsychology. She is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology (American Board of Professional Psychology). She specializes in the clinical evaluation of adults with neurobehavioral disorders, epilepsy, head trauma, and memory disorders. She conducts intracarotid sodium amobarbital testing and functional MRI for language mapping. Her research interests involve predictors of cognitive outcome after temporal lobectomy, functional MRI, and the neuropsychology of epilepsy. She has published in these areas, and been a co-investigator on NIH studies using fMRI for language mapping.

Sara Swanson is associated with the Functional Imaging Research Center and the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program.

Education and Training

Doctor of Philosophy - Washington State University - Pullman, WA (1989)
Internship in Clinical Psychology - University of Washington School of Medicine - Seattle, WA (1989)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology - 91΄σΟγ½Ά - Milwaukee, WI (1990)

Publications

  • (Janecek JK, Swanson SJ, Pillay S.) Neurologic Clinics. 2024 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85196037957 01/01/2024

  • (O'Donnell CM, Anderson CT, Oleksy AJ, Swanson SJ.) Brain Sci. 2023 Nov 24;13(12) PMID: 38137076 PMCID: PMC10741568 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85180471648 12/23/2023

  • (Arrotta K, Swanson SJ, Janecek JK, Hamberger MJ, Barr WB, Baxendale S, McDonald CR, Reyes A, Hermann BP, Busch RM.) Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Nov;148:109471 PMID: 37866248 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174676143 10/23/2023

  • (O'Donnell CM, Swanson SJ, Carlson CE, Raghavan M, Pahapill PA, Anderson CT.) Brain Sci. 2023 Feb 14;13(2) PMID: 36831867 PMCID: PMC9954640 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85148880498 02/26/2023

  • (Janecek JK, Brett BL, Pillay S, Murphy H, Binder JR, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy and Behavior. January 2023;138 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143982821 01/01/2023

  • (Janecek JK, Brett BL, Pillay S, Murphy H, Binder JR, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Jan;138:109005 PMID: 36516616 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143982821 12/15/2022

  • (Pillay SB, Gross WL, Janecek JK, Binder JR, Oleksy AJ, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav. 2023 Jan;138:109004 PMID: 36473300 PMCID: PMC9885384 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143541324 12/07/2022

  • (Gross WL, Helfand AI, Swanson SJ, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Busch RM, Allen L, Anderson CT, Carlson CE, Lowe MJ, Langfitt JT, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Loring DW, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski JP, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Vannest J, Binder JR, FMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) Study.) Neurology. 2022 Jun 07;98(23):e2337-e2346 PMID: 35410903 PMCID: PMC9202528 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85131545635 04/13/2022

  • (Janecek JK, Binder JR, Mueller WM, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2021;16:100482 PMID: 34693245 PMCID: PMC8515403 10/26/2021

  • (Binder JR, Tong JQ, Pillay SB, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Busch RM, Allen L, Gross WL, Anderson CT, Carlson CE, Lowe MJ, Langfitt JT, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Loring DW, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Allendorfer JB, Szaflarski JP, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Vannest J, Swanson SJ, fMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) study.) Epilepsia. 2020 Sep;61(9):1939-1948 PMID: 32780878 PMCID: PMC7722029 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089258019 08/12/2020

  • (Swanson SJ, Conant LL, Humphries CJ, LeDoux M, Raghavan M, Mueller WM, Allen L, Gross WL, Anderson CT, Carlson CE, Busch RM, Lowe M, Tivarus ME, Drane DL, Loring DW, Jacobs M, Morgan VL, Szaflarski J, Bonilha L, Bookheimer S, Grabowski T, Phatak V, Vannest J, Binder JR, FMRI in Anterior Temporal Epilepsy Surgery (FATES) study.) Epilepsy Behav. 2020 May;106:106912 PMID: 32179500 PMCID: PMC7195239 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081244333 03/18/2020

  • (Elverman KH, Resch ZJ, Quasney EE, Sabsevitz DS, Binder JR, Swanson SJ.) Epilepsy Behav. 2019 Jul;96:61-68 PMID: 31077942 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065233741 05/12/2019

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