Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Biosketch
Carlos Oliveira, PsyD, is a clinical neuropsychologist. He is a graduate of the American Psychological Association (APA) accredited clinical psychology doctoral program at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. He completed an APA-accredited internship with specialization in neuropsychology at the Sierra Nevada Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Other training activities included work in a skilled nursing facility at the medical center and an outpatient clinic serving Veterans with severe mental illness. After internship, he completed a two-year APA and Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN) accredited residency in clinical neuropsychology at the Battle Creek Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is currently a clinical neuropsychologist at Bronson Methodist Hospital in the Bronson Neuroscience Center and the Bronson Neurobehavioral Lakeview outpatient clinics in Kalamazoo and Paw Paw, respectively. His clinical, teaching, and research interests include but not limited to the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, neuroanatomical correlates and neurocognitive tests, cognitive impairment due to medical conditions, functional neurological disorder, and cognitive dysfunction in post-traumatic stress disorder and severe mental illness.
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Education and Training
- Residency 2024, Clinical Neuropsychology, Battle Creek VA Medical Center
- Internship 2022, Veterans Affairs - Sierra Nevada Medical Center
- PsyD 2022, Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University
- MA 2018, Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University
- MA 2012, Counseling Psychology, National University
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Research
- evidence-based psychotherapy
- clinical neuropsychology
- Psychological Assessment
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Publications
Ramezani A., Tigranyan S., Alvani S.R., Ramezani A., Oliveira C. Neuropsychological Evaluation of the Afghan, Dari-Persian (Dari-Farsi) Speaking Individual: Clinical and Forensic Considerations Cultural Diversity in Neuropsychological Assessment: Developing Understanding through Global Case Studies. 2022:548-564.
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Presentations
- Groups differences on the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) during 2nd level TBI evaluations. Oliveira, C.G., Kliewer, A., Bottoms, J.M., Pope, B., American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) 21st Annual Meeting, Washington DC, Washington DC, 06/2023
- The impact of object relations, personality, and cognitive functioning on changes in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Oliveira, C.G., Miller, A., Ackerman, S., Baity, M., Division 39 Spring Conference, New York, NY, 04/2023
- A review of the current literature on the limitations of the use of teleneuropsychological assessment and proposal for best practices. Montero, M.S., Oliveira, C.G., Rasmussen, C.J., Timm, J.R., Zamora, E.A., Ramezani, A., Brain Tech Project Virtual Summit,, virtual, virtual, 06/2020
- A review of teleneuropsychology amid COVID-19. Oliveira, C.G., Rasmussen, C.J., Soledad, M.M., Ramezani, A., Timm, J.R., Zamora, E.A., Brain Tech Project Virtual Summit, virtual, virtual, 06/2020
- A review of the current literature on the limitations of the use of teleneuropsychological assessment. Rasmussen, C.J., Oliveira, C.G., Soledad, M.M., Timm, J.R., Zamora, E.A., Ramezani, A., Brain Tech Project Virtual Summit, virtual, virtual, 06/2020
- A proposal for an integrated behavioral health continuity of care model in neuropsychological assessment and treatment. Oliveira, C.G, Anderson, G., Crimmins, C., International Neuropsychological Society, Denver, CO, 02/2020
- Neuroanatomical correlates of the Weschler intelligence scales. Tigranyan, S., Hicks, A., Oliveira, C.G, & Balaban, J., Ramezani, A., Sacramento Valley Psychological Association, Sacramento, CA, 05/2019
- Parental behaviors of overprotectiveness and warmth, perceived attachment, and the relationship to identity. Oliveira, C.G, Sacramento Valley Psychological Association, Sacramento, CA, 05/2019