Alissa M. Butts, PhD, ABPP

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Alissa M. Butts, PhD, ABPP-CN is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology (American Board of Professional Psychology). Dr. Butts is Associate Chair of the Student Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology and has been an item writer for the American Board of Professional Psychology Clinical Neuropsychology Written Examination. Dr. Butts specializes in the assessment of young and older adults with cognitive deficits associated with a variety of neurologic and other medical conditions and conducts intraoperative cognitive evaluations during awake brain tumor surgeries to assist with functional mapping and monitoring. Dr. Butts’ primary research interests include neurocognitive and neuroimaging correlates of neurodegenerative syndromes.

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Neuropsychological Profiles of Patients with Progressive Apraxia of Speech and Aphasia

(Polsinelli AJ, Machulda MM, Martin PR, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Butts AM, Botha H, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA, Utianski RL.) Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 22 May 2022;28(5):441-451 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111019403 05/22/2022
Neuropsychological Profiles of Patients with Progressive Apraxia of Speech and Aphasia.

(Polsinelli AJ, Machulda MM, Martin PR, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Butts AM, Botha H, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA, Utianski RL.) J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2022 05;28(5):441-451 PMID: 34289926 PMCID: PMC8986341 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111019403 07/23/2021
Hippocampal Volumes in Amnestic and Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Types Using Two Common Methods of MCI Classification.

(Emmert NA, Reiter KE, Butts A, Janecek JK, Agarwal M, Franczak M, Reuss J, Klein A, Wang Y, Umfleet LG.) J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2022 04;28(4):391-400 PMID: 34130767 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85108188515 06/17/2021
Hippocampal Volumes in Amnestic and Non-Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Types Using Two Common Methods of MCI Classification

(Emmert NA, Reiter KE, Butts A, Janecek JK, Agarwal M, Franczak M, Reuss J, Klein A, Wang Y, Umfleet LG.) Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 16 April 2022;28(4):391-400 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85108188515 04/16/2022
Neuropsychology trainee concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 2021 follow-up survey.

(Towns SJ, Breting LMG, Butts AM, Brett BL, Leaffer EB, Whiteside DM.) Clin Neuropsychol. 2022 01;36(1):85-104 PMID: 34520321 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114865992 09/15/2021
2020 COVID-19 American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) Student Affairs Committee survey of neuropsychology trainees.

(Guidotti Breting LM, Towns SJ, Butts AM, Brett BL, Leaffer EB, Whiteside DM.) Clin Neuropsychol. 2020 Oct - Nov;34(7-8):1284-1313 PMID: 32842877 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089856225 08/28/2020
Memory Performance and Quantitative Neuroimaging Software in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Concurrent Validity Study.

(Umfleet LG, Butts AM, Janecek JK, Reiter K, Agarwal M, Brett BL, Ryan JJ, Reuss J, Klein A, Correro AN, Franczak M.) J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2020 11;26(10):954-962 PMID: 32340636 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084404896 04/29/2020
Wellness Coaching: An Intervention to Increase Healthy Behavior in Breast Cancer Survivors.

(Stan DL, Cutshall SM, Adams TF, Ghosh K, Clark MM, Wieneke KC, Kebede EB, Donelan Dunlap BJ, Ruddy KJ, Hazelton JK, Butts AM, Jenkins SM, Croghan IT, Bauer BA.) Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2020 06 01;24(3):305-315 PMID: 32441691 PMCID: PMC7486982 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085292665 05/23/2020
Longitudinal flortaucipir ([18F]AV-1451) PET imaging in primary progressive apraxia of speech.

(Utianski RL, Martin PR, Botha H, Schwarz CG, Duffy JR, Petersen RC, Knopman DS, Clark HM, Butts AM, Machulda MM, Jack CR Jr, Lowe VJ, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA.) Cortex. 2020 03;124:33-43 PMID: 31830664 PMCID: PMC7060829 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076018927 12/13/2019
Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of clinically unclassifiable primary progressive aphasia.

(Utianski RL, Botha H, Martin PR, Schwarz CG, Duffy JR, Clark HM, Machulda MM, Butts AM, Lowe VJ, Jack CR Jr, Senjem ML, Spychalla AJ, Whitwell JL, Josephs KA.) Brain Lang. 2019 10;197:104676 PMID: 31419589 PMCID: PMC6726500 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85070652080 08/17/2019
Examiner accuracy in cognitive testing in multisite brain-tumor clinical trials: an analysis from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology.

(Cerhan JH, Anderson SK, Butts AM, Porter AB, Jaeckle K, Galanis E, Brown PD.) Neurooncol Pract. 2019 Jul;6(4):283-288 PMID: 31386061 PMCID: PMC6660817 08/07/2019
Titrating Gene Function in the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans through Poly-Adenosine Tract Insertion.

(Tournu H, Butts A, Palmer GE.) mSphere. 2019 05 22;4(3) PMID: 31118301 PMCID: PMC6531883 05/24/2019

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