
Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP
Professor; Director, Brain Injury Research Program
Locations
- Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Education
MS, Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1991
PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1994
Predoctoral Internship, Clinical Psychology/ Neuropsychology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN, 1993-1994
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Clinical Neuropsychology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, 1994-1996
Biography
Dr. Michael McCrea is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist. He is currently Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology, 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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Positive association between serum quinolinic acid and functional connectivity following concussion.
(Meier TB, España L, Nitta ME, Kent Teague T, Brett BL, Nelson LD, McCrea MA, Savitz J.) Brain Behav Immun. 2021 Jan;91:531-540 PMID: 33176183 PMCID: PMC7769223 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096006725 11/12/2020
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(Harrison AT, McAllister T, McCrea M, Broglio SP, Moore RD, CARE Consortium Investigators.) J Neurotrauma. 2020 Dec 30 PMID: 33280495 12/08/2020
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(Xu LB, Yue JK, Korley F, Puccio AM, Yuh EL, Sun X, Rabinowitz M, Vassar MJ, Taylor SR, Winkler EA, Puffer RC, Deng H, McCrea M, Stein MB, Robertson CS, Levin HS, Dikmen S, Temkin NR, Giacino JT, Mukherjee P, Wang KKW, Okonkwo DO, Markowitz AJ, Jain S, Manley GT, Diaz-Arrastia R, TRACK-TBI Investigators.) J Neurotrauma. 2020 Dec 28 PMID: 33161875 11/10/2020
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Clinical Reaction Time After Concussion: Change From Baseline Versus Normative-Based Cutoff Scores.
(Caccese JB, Eckner JT, Franco-MacKendrick L, Hazzard JB, Ni M, Broglio SP, McAllister T, McCrea M, Pasquina PF, Buckley TA.) J Athl Train. 2020 Dec 22 PMID: 33351902 12/23/2020
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(Lempke LB, Lynall RC, Le RK, McCrea M, McAllister T, Schmidt JD, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Sports Med. 2020 Dec 17 PMID: 33332015 12/18/2020
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(Nencka AS, Arpinar VE, Bhave S, Yang B, Banerjee S, McCrea M, Mickevicius NJ, Muftuler LT, Koch KM.) Magn Reson Med. 2020 Dec 16 PMID: 33331002 12/18/2020
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(Czerniak LL, Liebel SW, Garcia GP, Lavieri MS, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Sports Med. 2020 Dec 14 PMID: 33315231 12/15/2020
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The Relationship between Sport-Related Concussion and Sensation-Seeking.
(Liebel SW, Van Pelt KL, Garcia GP, Czerniak LL, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, On Behalf Of The Care Consortium Investigators.) Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Nov 30;21(23) PMID: 33265913 PMCID: PMC7729784 12/04/2020
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Flying After Concussion and Symptom Recovery in College Athletes and Military Cadets.
(Sharma TL, Kerrigan JM, McArthur DL, Bickart K, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, Giza CC, CARE Consortium Investigators.) JAMA Netw Open. 2020 11 02;3(11):e2025082 PMID: 33175176 PMCID: PMC7658735 11/12/2020
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(Mihalik JP, Chandran A, Powell JR, Roby PR, Guskiewicz KM, Stemper BD, Shah AS, Rowson S, Duma S, Harezlak J, Riggen L, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Nov;48(11):2555-2565 PMID: 33136240 11/03/2020
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(Rowson S, Campolettano ET, Duma SM, Stemper B, Shah A, Harezlak J, Riggen L, Mihalik JP, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Svoboda SJ, Houston MN, McAllister T, Broglio S, McCrea M.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2020 Nov;48(11):2626-2638 PMID: 33113020 10/29/2020
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(Christoforou AN, Armstrong MJ, Bergin MJG, Robbins A, Merillat SA, Erwin P, Getchius TSD, McCrea M, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Giacino JT.) PLoS One. 2020;15(12):e0242811 PMID: 33315925 PMCID: PMC7735614 12/15/2020