Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP

Professor; Director, Brain Injury Research Program

Locations

Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

BA, Psychology & Sociology, Loras College, Dubuque, IA, 1988
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.

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Research Interests

The acute clinical and neurophysiological effects of traumatic brain injury in civilians, athletes and military personnel.

Acute Sport Concussion Assessment Optimization: A Prospective Assessment from the CARE Consortium.

(Broglio SP, Harezlak J, Katz B, Zhao S, McAllister T, McCrea M, CARE Consortium Investigators.) Sports Med. 2019 Dec;49(12):1977-1987.
Effect of Routine Sport Participation on Short-Term Clinical Neurological Outcomes: A Comparison of Non-Contact, Contact, and Collision Sport Athletes.

(Eckner JT, Wang J, Nelson LD, Bancroft R, Pohorence M, He X, Broglio SP, Giza CC, Guskiewicz KM, Kutcher JS, McCrea M.) Sports Med. 2019 Oct 21.
King-Devick Test Reliability in National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletes: A National Collegiate Athletic Association-Department of Defense Concussion Assessment, Research and Education Report.

(Breedlove KM, Ortega JD, Kaminski TW, Harmon KG, Schmidt JD, Kontos AP, Clugston JR, Chrisman SP, McCrea M, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, Buckley TA.) J Athl Train. 2019 Oct 16.
Relationship Between the King-Devick Test and Commonly Used Concussion Tests at Baseline.

(Clugston JR, Houck ZM, Asken BM, Boone JK, Kontos AP, Buckley TA, Schmidt JD, Chrisman SPD, Hoffman NL, Harmon KG, Kaminski TW, Collins MW, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Broglio SP, Ortega JD.) J Athl Train. 2019 Oct 04.
Repetitive Head Impact Exposure in College Football Following an NCAA Rule Change to Eliminate Two-A-Day Preseason Practices: A Study from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium.

(Stemper BD, Shah AS, Harezlak J, Rowson S, Duma S, Mihalik JP, Riggen LD, Brooks A, Cameron KL, Giza CC, Houston MN, Jackson J, Posner MA, McGinty G, DiFiori J, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, McCrea M, And the CARE Consortium Investigators.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2019 Oct;47(10):2073-2085.
Accounting for Variance in Concussion Tolerance Between Individuals: Comparing Head Accelerations Between Concussed and Physically Matched Control Subjects.

(Rowson S, Campolettano ET, Duma SM, Stemper B, Shah A, Harezlak J, Riggen L, Mihalik JP, Guskiewicz KM, Giza C, Brooks A, Cameron K, McAllister T, Broglio SP, McCrea M.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2019 Oct;47(10):2048-2056.
Multivariate Base Rates of Low Scores and Reliable Decline on ImPACT in Healthy Collegiate Athletes Using CARE Consortium Norms.

(Houck ZM, Asken BM, Bauer RM, Kontos AP, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, Clugston JR, Care Consortium Investigators.) J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 Oct;25(9):961-971.
Academic aptitude mediates the relationship between socioeconomic status and race in predicting ImPACT scores in college athletes.

(Houck ZM, Asken BM, Bauer RM, Caccese JB, Buckley TA, McCrea MA, McAllister TW, Broglio SP, Clugston JR, Care,Consortium Investigators.) Clin Neuropsychol. 2019 Sep 24:1-19.
Estimated Age of First Exposure to Contact Sports Is Not Associated with Greater Symptoms or Worse Cognitive Functioning in Male U.S. Service Academy Athletes.

(Caccese JB, Iverson GL, Cameron KL, Houston MN, McGinty GT, Jackson JC, O'Donnell P, Pasquina PF, Broglio SP, McCrea M, McAllister T, Buckley TA.) J Neurotrauma. 2019 Sep 20.
Resting-State fMRI Metrics in Acute Sport-Related Concussion and Their Association with Clinical Recovery: A Study from the NCAA-DOD CARE Consortium.

(Meier TB, Giraldo-Chica M, España LY, Mayer AR, Harezlak J, Nencka AS, Wang Y, Koch KM, Wu YC, Saykin AJ, Giza CC, Goldman J, DiFiori JP, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, Brooks A, Broglio SP, McAllister T, McCrea MA.) J Neurotrauma. 2019 Sep 18.
Frequency of Primary Neck Pain in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion Patients.

(King JA, McCrea MA, Nelson LD.) Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019 Sep 04.
Quantifying Activity Levels After Sport-Related Concussion Using Actigraph and Mobile (mHealth) Technologies.

(Huber DL, Thomas DG, Danduran M, Meier TB, McCrea MA, Nelson LD.) J Athl Train. 2019 Sep;54(9):929-938.

Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP