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Ph.D., 1972 City University of New York. Neuropsychology. M.A., 1965 Mount Holyoke College. Biological Sciences. B.A., 1964 University of Vermont. Psychology. Other: Yeshiva University (1965-1966; transferred to City University of New York); Hofstra University (Spring, 1966; visiting student); University of Rhode Island (Summer, 1982); Rhode Island College (1982-1983). |
Psi Chi (National Psychology Honorary), 1968. Society of the Sigma Xi (National Research Honorary), 1970. Certificate of Recognition. Psi Chi, 1974. Listed in:
Hartford Salute Award, 1979. Psi Chi Distinguished Lecturer, EPA, 1980. Psychological Association of Northern New York Distinguished Lecturer, 1989. |
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingstown & Providence, Rhode Island, 1980-1984. Assistant Professor, Brown University Program in Medicine (psychiatry) Providence, Rhode Island, 1979-1982. Assistant Professor, School of Medicine (psychiatry), University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, 1977-1979; Assistant Project Coordinator, National Alchohol Research Center, 1978-1979. Assistant Professor, School of Medicine and the Graduate School, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1974-1976. Instructor in Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, 1972-1974. Fellow, Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, 1971-1972. Assistant Professor (part-time), St. Francis College, 1972-1973. Lecturer (part-time) and Summer School Instructor (psychology) Queens College, City University of New York, 1970-1971. Instructor (psychology), C.W. Post College (evening division), 1968-1969. Research Assistant, Laboratory of Biophysics, National Institutes of Health Laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Summer, 1966. |
Director, Neuropsychological Assessment & Treatment Center, Center for Neurological Services, 1983 - 1990 Allied Medical Staff, North Beach Hospital, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 1984 - 1986. Private Practice, 480 Hope Street, Providence, RI, 1981-1983 Consultant, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1980-1981. Consultant, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, RI, 1980-1981. Neuropsychologist, Butler Hospital, 1979-1982 (on leave 1981-1982). Consultant, Fuller Memorial Hospital, 1979-1981. Allied Medical Staff, University of Connecticut Health Center,1978-1979. Psychologist IV (temporary). Chester Mental Health Center (Illinois' Maximum Security Hospital, demonstration project), Summer, 1976. Clinical Neuropsychologist, Cooperative Clinical Center, Southern Illinois University, 1974-1976. Consulting Psychologist and Faculty Advisor, The Go-Out Team, 1974-1976. Training Consultant, AEON (an alternative counseling service), 1974-1976. Research Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, Summer, 1967. |
CONNECTICUT: civil & criminal FLORIDA: civil, criminal, probate, worker's compensation GEORGIA: competency to die; co-author, Brief of Amici Curiae for the American Psychological Association in Morris vs. Chandler, 1990. INDIANA: civil ILLINOIS: criminal & civil IOWA: civil LOUISIANA: civil & criminal MASSACHUSETTS: civil & criminal MICHIGAN: civil NEW YORK: civil & criminal NORTH CAROLINA: author of Brief of Amici Curiae for the American Psychological Association and the North Carolina Psychological Association in Horne v. Goodson, North Carolina Court of Appeals, Docket No. I-1608 (1986); Reversed and remanded (October 24, 1986); [this brief argued that the trial court's finding that neuropsychological testimony was incompetent to establish brain damage was erroneous] PENNSYLVANIA: civil RHODE ISLAND: civil, criminal, probate, family court, worker's compensation SOUTH CAROLINA: civil TENNESSEE: civil TEXAS: civil (including toxic torts) WASHINGTON: civil WISCONSIN: civil FEDERAL: civil, criminal, social security. |
City University of New York Dissertation Fellow, 1969-1970 NIMH Predoctoral Research Fellow, 1967-1970. City University of New York Fellow, 1967-1968. USPHS Training Fellow, 1966-1967. Research Assistant, Yeshiva University, 1965-1966. Department Assistant, Mount Holyoke College, 1964-1965. National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participant, University of Vermont, 1963-1964. Trainee, NASA/UVa Bio-Space Technology Training Program, Wallops Island, Virginia, Summer, 1968. |
New York Academy of Sciences Psychology Advisory Committee, 1973-1975. Psi Chi (National Honorary in Psychology) Distinguished Lecturer, EPA, 1980. Graduate School Advising Program, 1973-1977. American Psychological Association
American College of Forensic Examiners, Life Member, 1995. Association for the Advancement of Psychology Psychologists for Legislative Action Now Eastern Psychological Association
Connecticut Psychological Association
Society of the Sigma Xi (National Research Honorary) Rhode Island Psychological Association Association for Women in Psychology
American Association of University Professors
Midwestern Psychological Association American Association for the Advancement of Science Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (auxiliary) |
Mayor's Crime Commission, City of Lauderhill, FL, 1988 - 1989. Secretary, February, 1989 - December, 1989. Sojourner House, Providence, Rhode Island, Board of Directors, 1979-1981. Hartford Interval House, Hartford, Connecticut Board of Directors, 1978-1979. Combined Hospital Alcoholism Program, Hartford, Connecticut, Board of Directors, 1978. FDR Democratic Club, Nassau County, New York Board of Directors, 1969-1971. Student Steering Committee, New England Psychological Association, 1964-1965. Chairman of the Board, Billings Center, University of Vermont, 1963-1964. International Area Chairman, District I, District First Vice President and Member, International Executive Committee, B'nai Brith Youth Organization (BBG), 1960-1961. |
Host of weekly medical news/talk show "What's Ahead" Sponsored by the Center for Neurological Services; WFTL (1400 AM),1986-1987. Subject of "Unlocking the secrets of the mind", Living Today Section, Miami Herald, February 20, 1987. Guest, Jack Cole Show, WJNO, West Palm Beach, March 9, 1987. |
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| United States Women's Army Corp School, United States Women's Army Corps Reserve, Ft. McClellan, Alabama. College Junior Course VII. 1963 (ACDUTRA). Honorable Discharge, 1964. |
Appel, A.R. Geriatric evaluation: getting away from old myths. Butler Review. 1981, 1, 7-8. Appel, A.R. Briefly noted. Contemporary Psychology, 1982, 27, 997. Janati, A. and Appel, A.R. Psychiatric aspects of progressive supranuclear palsy. J. of Nervous and Mental Diseases. 1984, 172, 85-89. Appel, A.R. Neuropsychology aids in proper diagnosis. CNS Neuroletter, 1984. Janati, A. and Appel, A.R. Psychiatric aspects of progressive supranuclear palsy. Int. Med. News Group, 1984 (May), abstract. Janati, A. and Appel, A.R. Psychiatric aspects of progressive supranuclear palsy. Psychiatry Digest, 1984, abstract. Appel, A.R. Neuropsychological Evaluation in Cases of Closed Head Injury. In Smith, L. Head and Neck Injury Handbook. Colorado Springs : Shepard's/ McGraw Hill, 1990. Appel, A.R. Neuropsychological Evaluation in Cases of Closed Head Injury. In Smith,L. Head and Neck Injury Handbook. Colorado Springs : Shepard's/ McGraw Hill, 1995 Suppl. |
Appel, A.R. An electromyographic investigation of response inhibition and perceptual defense. Eastern Psychological Association, 1965. Appel, A.R. A re-examination of the belongingness phenomenon. Eastern Psychological Association, 1967. Appel, A.R. Stability of human visual fixation. Connecticut College, Drexel University, Oakland University & Reed College, 1972. Appel, A.R. Stability of human visual fixation with and without feedback. Eastern Psychological Association, 1973. Appel, A.R. The problem of misdiagnosis in psychiatric populations. (Invited colloquium). University of North Dakota, 1974. Appel, A.R. Women's choices and challenges, today and tomorrow. Keynote Address, Women's Day. Southern Illinois University, 1975. Appel, A.R. On medical ethics. Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, 1975. Appel, A.R. Physical and psychological differences between the sexes. University Open Forum, Southern Illinois University, 1975. Appel, A.R. Effect of EEO laws and regulations on faculty composition at US medical schools founded after the effective date of said laws. An invited presentation. New York Academy of Sciences, November, 1975. Appel, A.R. Psi Chi Symposium on Graduate School Admissions. American Psychological Association, 1973-1977 and Eastern Psychological Association, 1975-1977. Appel, A.R. On determining organicity in clients presenting for counseling. Colloquium, Queens College Counseling Center, 1976. Appel, A.R. Organic disease as an etiological agent in the psychopathology of geriatric patients. Keynote Address. Connecticut Department of Mental Health Region III Conference on Geriatrics. March, 1977. Appel, A.R. On spooks and ghosts and goblins: some random thoughts on neuropsychology (a Halloween colloquium). University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1977. Appel, A.R. Indicators of organic disease as differentiated from functional illness in patients under psychiatric care: a mini course presented to the Department of Social Work, Connecticut Valley Hospital, 1977. Appel, A.R. Neuropsychological evaluation of children. Newington Children's Hospital, 1977. Appel, A.R. Misdiagnosis of organic disease in patients admitted for inpatient psychotherapy. Connecticut Valley Hospital, 1977 and 1978. Appel, A.R. ERA: Must psychologists as psychologists preserve and protect human rights ? Invited symposium, American Psychological Association, 1978. Appel, A.R. Introduction to neuropsychology. Rhode Island Hospital, 1979. Appel, A.R. Does research impact treatment ? Keynote Speaker, First Annual Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Abuse Conference. October, 1979. Appel, A.R. Brain tumors in psychiatric patients, an invited lecture. University of Rhode Island, 1980. Appel, A.R. Old age is not a pathological condition - but dementia is! An invited presentation. International Council of Psychologists, Bergen, Norway, 1980. Appel, A.R. Masking disease: Introduction to a concept. An Invited presentation. ICP/XXII International Congress of Psychology, Leipzig, East Germany, 1980. Appel, A.R. Brain tumors in psychiatric hospital autopsies: a Direct measure of antemortem diagnostic accuracy. NATO Conference on Neuropsychology. Augusta, Georgia, 1980 (withdrawn due to scheduling changes). Appel, A.R. Diagnostic strategies, a reassessment. Sargent Rehabilitation Center for Communication Disorders, 1980. Appel, A.R. Psychological assessment from the point of view of a neuropsychologist. Psi Chi Invited Address. Eastern Psychological Association,1980. Appel, A.R. Brain tumors in psychiatric patients, some very recent data. St. John's University, 1980. Appel, A.R. The causes and consequences of masking disease. An invited address. New York Academy of Sciences, October, 1980. Appel, A.R. Sex bias in psychiatric diagnosis. Women in Medicine course invited lecture at both the University of Rhode Island and Brown University, 1980. Appel, A.R. Polypharmacy and psychiatric symptomatology. BCC Course, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1982. Appel, A.R. Neuropsychology aids in proper diagnosis. Broward County Trial Lawyers Association, 1983. Appel, A.R. Neuropathology of closed head injuries: forensic applications. Justice Lodge, B'nai B'rith, Ft. Lauderdale, 1985. Appel, A.R. Neuropsychological Assessment, an invited colloquium. Nova University School of Psychology, 1985. Appel, A.R. Mechanics in and proof of Neurological Damages. A presentation at Representing the Plaintiff: Soft Tissue Injury and Closed Head Trauma. New Orleans, 1987. Appel, A.R. Neuropathology of Closed Head Injury. Southern Trial Lawyers First Annual Mardi Gras Meeting, New Orleans, 1988. Appel, A.R. Some not so random thoughts on closed head injuries. Southern Trial Lawyers Second Annual Mardi Gras Meeting, New Orleans, 1989. Appel, A.R. Neuropsychological Assessment in Closed Head Injuries, a workshop presented to the Psychological Association of Northern New York, April 1989. Appel, A.R. Some not so random thoughts on neuropsychology. 1989 PANNY Distinguished Lecture, Albany, New York, 1989. Appel, A.R. The neuropsychological evaluation of closed head injuries. Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Tampa, 1990. Appel, A.R. Competency to stand trial. Invited lecture, Nova University, 1991. Appel, A.R. The prediction of dangerousness in people with brain injuries. Core faculty, Mental Health & Law Conference, University of Miami School of Law & The Florida Psychological Association, Miami, 1992. Appel, A.R. The prediction of dangerousness in acute and Chronic alcohol and drug abusers. Core faculty, Mental Health & Law Conference, University of Miami School of Law & The Florida Psychological Association, Miami, 1992. Appel, A.R. The neuropsychological aspects of a closed head injury. Focus on Litigation: Traumatic Brain Injury Cases. Association of Trial Lawyers of America Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., July, 1992. Appel, A.R. Focus on Litigation: Traumatic Brain Injury Cases. Workshop Faculty. ATLA, Washington, D.C. July 28, 1992. Appel, A. R. On the distinction between skeletons & straw men. Workshop Faculty, ATLA, San Francisco, 1993. Appel, A. R. Recognizing closed head injuries: What neuropsychology can tell you. ATLA Closed Head Injury Conference, Houston, April, 1994. Appel, A. R. Gender Bias in Medicine and the Law. ATLA, Chicago, Illinois, 1994. Appel, A. R. The effect of brain organization on concordance of MRI, Brainmap, and Neuropsychological Findings. ATLA, Chicago, Illinois, 1994. Appel, A. R. Closed Head Injuries. Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers, Miami, Florida, October, 1994. Appel, A. R. Closed head injuries: Chestnut and its progeny. Public Defender's Life Over Death Conference, October, 1994. Appel, A. R. Recognizing closed head injuries. National Head Injury Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1994. Appel, A. R. Neuropsychological Assessment. Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, New Orleans, LA, February, 1995. Appel, A. R. Mock trial (expert). ATLA, New York, 1995. Appel, A. R. Thingamajigs: Neurotechnology in the New Millennium. Traumatic Brain Injury in the Whiplash Case - Identifying the Catastrophic Component of the Seemingly Routine Injury. A Seminar presented for the Benefit of theBrain Injury Association of Wisconsin. January, 1996. Appel, A. R. One plus one does not equal two. ATLA, Boston, 1996. Appel, A. R. Neuropsychological data as the sole evidence of traumatic brain injury. Lorman seminar. New Orleans, 1996. Appel, A. R. Microscopic markers of traumatic brain injury. Southern Trial Lawyers, New Orleans, LA, 1997. Appel, A. R. Core Faculty, Brain Injury Seminar (for the benefit of the Wisconsin Brain Injury Association), 1997. |
Appel, A.R. Invention report: eye movement monitor and stimulus abort system. Filed with the Office of the Surgeon General, USPHS, pursuant to regulations governing NIMH Predoctoral Fellowships , June, 1970. |
Jaffe, J. and Appel, A.R. The role of Blue Hills Hospital and its related programs in the treatment of alcoholism and drug dependence in the Hartford area: Some options for the future. A report prepared at the request of Eric Plaut, M.D., Commissioner of Mental Health, for submission to the legislature, 1978-1979. Appel, A.R. The development and implementation of a record keeping and data acquisition system for Blue Hills Hospital. A report prepared at the request of Eric Plaut, M.D., Commissioner of Mental Health, 1979. Appel, A.R. Micromanipulator control, mobile option and noise abatement system in the EYE-TRAC. A report prepared at the request of NARCO Biosystems, Inc., 1974-1975. |
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Revised application, National Alcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1977 (funded). Primary author, Training grant application. National Alcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1978 (funded). Primary author, annual report, National Alcohol Research Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 1979. Comprehensive study of the ethical, social, and legal implications of advances in biomedical and behavioral research and technology for the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. Senior Co-Investigator and Author, Southern Illinois University, 1975 (not funded) |
Faculty short-course grant. Univ. of Connecticut Research Foundation. 1978 Faculty travel awards. University of Connecticut Research Foundation. 1977, 1978, and 1979. NIAAA National Alcohol Research Center Grant, co-investigator, 1978 NIAAA National Alcohol Research Center Postdoctoral Training Program Grant. Principal author: program was funded Brown University Faculty Travel Grant, June 1980. |
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