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Training > Psychology Training Faculty > MUSC Internship faculty - Dr. Mark T. Wagner 

Mark T. Wagner, Ph.D.    
[Neuropsychology Assessment Clinic - MUSC]

Dr. Wagner received his B.A. degree from Metropolitan State University in Denver, Colorado.  He has a M.S. degree in Experimental Psychology from University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.  He received a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a subspecialization in Clinical Neuropsychology from Memphis University in Tennessee.  His internship was at Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry/Psychology.  He joined the faculty at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine with a dual appointment in the Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology.  He has been at the Medical University of South Carolina in the Department of Neurology since 1992 and directs the Neuropsychology Section.  Relevant to Neuropsychology, he is a member of APA Division 40, INS and NAN and holds a fellowship membership in the latter.

Research Interests: Alzheimer disease and related dementias, nonepileptic seizure, neurosurgical options for treatment of epilepsy and Parkinson disease, Wada procedure, multiple sclerosis, organ transplant listing and post-surgical complications, closed head injury,  forensic neuropsychology, medical psychology

Selected Publications:

  • Wagner, MT, Marion, SD, Judson, MA  (In Press). The effects of fatigue and treatment with methylphenidate on sustained attention in pulmonary sarcoidosis. Chest.
  • Wagner, M.T., Wymer, J.H., Wagner, M.T., Topping, K.B., & Pritchard, P.B.  (2005). Use of the Personality Assessment Inventory as an efficacious and cost effective diagnostic tool for nonepileptic seizures.  Epilepsy and Behavior, 301-304.
  • Wagner, MT, Wymer, JH, Teichner, G, Bachman, DL (2004).  Diagnostic challenges of using CSF assay of tau and beta-amyloid1-42 in atypical degenerative dementias and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) of the Alzheimer type.  Dementia, 4, 25-26.
  • Wagner, MT, Teichner, G., Bachman, DL (2004), Diagnostic Challenges of Using CSF assay of tau and beta amyloid42 in Atypical Degenerative Dementias of the Alzheimer's Type. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.
  • Wymer, JH, Rayls, K, & Wagner, MT (2004). Utility of a Clinically Derived Abbreviated Form of the WAIS-III. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.
  • Teichner, G., & Wagner, M.T. (2004).  The Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM): Normative Data from Cognitively Intact, Cognitively Impaired, and Geriatric Patients with Dementia. Clinical Neuropsychology.
  • Pritchard, PB, Topping, K, Wagner, MT: Utility of SPECT scans in nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsia 44:84, Suppl. 9, 2003.
  • Varon, D, Pritchard, PB, Wagner, MT, Topping, K (2003).  Transient Kluver-Bucy Syndrome following partial complex status epilepticus.  Epilepsy & Behavior, 4, 348-351.
  • Haight, B.K., Bachman, D.L., Hendrix, S., Wagner, M.T., Meeks, J., & Johnson, J. (2003).  Life review: Treating the dyadic family unit with dementia.  Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 10:3.
  • Wagner CL, Eicher DJ, Wagner MT, Tribble LA.  (2001). Cord blood TGF varies with gestation.  Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine, 6:227-233.
  • Bachman, DL, Wagner, MT, DePalma, M, Spangenberg, KB, Hendrix, SA, Perlman, DJ. (2000).  Caregiver attitudes about patients told they have Alzheimer disease after truth disclosure. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 6, 309-313.
  • Wagner CL, Wagner MT. Factors Influencing a Mother's Decision to Breastfeed. Short and long term effects of breast feeding on child health.   In: Koletzko B. (ed), Plenum Publishing Company, London, 2000: 435-436.

Curriculum Vitae  (09/2005) (Requires Adobe® Reader to view)

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