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Jeffrey Schaffert, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Schaffert, Ph.D.

Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care

Psychiatry

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Biography

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Education & Training

Graduate School - University of Texas Southwestern (2016-2020), Clinical Psychology
Internship - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2018-2020), Clinical Psychologist
Medical Education - University of Texas Southwestern (2016-2020), Clinical Psychology
Residency - University of Texas Southwestern (2020-2022), Clinical Psychologist
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020-2022), Psychologist
Other - UT Southwestern Medical Center (Ph.D.) (2016-2020), Doctor of Philosophy Psychology
Other - UT Southwestern Medical Center (Ph.D.) (2016-2020), Doctor of Philosophy

Books & Publications

Publications
- Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Survivors of Cardiogenic Shock.
  Hall EJ, Agarwal S, Ayers CR, Canga S, Gavrila EI, Saplicki RJ, Gee EP, Khan M, Zhang J, Dewanjee A, Kim HW, Grubb CS, Hendren NS, Schaffert J, Das SR, Cullum CM, Ely EW, de Lemos JA, Farr MA, JACC. Heart failure 2026 Jul 103229
- Interplay of exercise engagement and emotional functioning on cognition in former college athletes.
  Shurtz L, Sanders GD, Datoc A, Kronenberger OR, Thakkar VJ, Bunt SC, Didehbani N, Schaffert J, LoBue C, Cullum CM, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 2026 Jul 1-10
- Clinical and Neuropsychological Profiles in People With Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Neuropathologic Change: Matched Case-Series Study.
  Schaffert J, Iyengar N, Magill R, LoBue C, Chiang HS, White CL, Hart J, Didehbani N, Cullum CM, Neurology 2025 Dec 105 11 e214368
- The utility of global versus domain-specific neuropsychological test score dispersion as markers of cognitive impairment.
  Fatima H, Schaffert J, Carlew AR, Thakkar VJ, Lacritz L, Rossetti H, Cullum CM, The Clinical neuropsychologist 2025 Nov 1-25
- Adapting the WMS-III Logical Memory Rarely Missing Index (RMI) to the WMS-IV: a study across archived clinical and standardization samples.
  Reese C, Schaffert J, Kronenberger O, Walls B, Lacritz L, Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 2025 Sep 1-10
- Clinical and Neuropsychological Profiles in People With Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Neuropathologic Change: Matched Case-Series Study.
  Schaffert J, Iyengar N, Magill R, LoBue C, Chiang HS, White CL, Hart J, Didehbani N, Cullum CM, Neurology 2025 Sep 105 6 e214012
- Cognitive Impairment and Dementia-Related Diagnoses in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  LoBue C, Bickart KC, Bieniek KF, Brett BL, Cabrera H, Chiang HS, De Los Santos Y, Gonzales MM, Hart J, Hernandez RS, Hromas G, Peters ME, Salter A, Schaffert J, Thakkar VJ, White CL, Cullum CM, Neurology 2025 Aug 105 4 e213934
- Repetitive Head-Impact Exposure and Cognitive and Emotional Symptoms in Older Retired Female Collegiate Athletes.
  Schaffert J, Sanders GD, Wilmoth K, Shurtz L, Driskill T, Wellington E, Magill R, Cullum CM, The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation 2025 Aug
- Prognostic utility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
  Kronenberger OR, Kaser AN, Thakkar VJ, Lacritz LH, Schaffert J, Applied neuropsychology. Adult 2025 Aug 1-9
- A Scoping Review of Clinical Utility from the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Memory Index Score.
  Kronenberger OR, Kaser AN, Schaffert J, Thakkar VJ, Goette W, LoBue C, Lacritz LH, Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2025 Aug 8919887251366698
- The Clinical Value of NeuroQuant Hippocampal Volumes and Hippocampal Occupancy Scores in an Academic Medical Center Memory Clinic.
  Schaffert J, Goette W, Nguyen T, Khera A, Ruchinskas R, Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology 2025 May
- Cognitive Function and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Cardiogenic Shock.
  Hall EJ, Schaffert J, Agarwal S, Ayers CR, Sykes AV, Lacritz LH, Shah AM, Ely EW, Cullum CM, Farr MA, de Lemos JA, Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2025 Mar
- Comparison of the neuropsychological-actuarial and clinical-consensus approaches to diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment in an ethnically diverse sample.
  Carlew AR, Goette W, Schaffert J, Rossetti H, Lacritz LH, The Clinical neuropsychologist 2025 Mar 1-18
- Relationship between self-reported concussion history, cognition, and mood among former collegiate athletes.
  Datoc A, Sanders GD, Tarkenton Allen T, Schaffert J, Didehbani N, Cullum CM, The Clinical neuropsychologist 2024 Dec 1-14
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Incident Dementia: Forensic Applications of Current Research.
  Clem MA, LoBue C, Schaffert J, Cullum CM, Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2024 Nov
- Neuropsychology for Neurologists.
  Cullum CM, Schaffert J, Denney D, Neurologic clinics 2024 Nov 42 4 767-780
- Repetitive head-injury exposure and later-in-life cognitive and emotional outcomes among former collegiate football players: a CLEAATS investigation.
  Schaffert J, Datoc A, Sanders GD, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Cullum CM, International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) 2024 May 36 3 233-242
- Traumatic Brain Injury Characteristics Are Not Related to Neurocognitive Decline in Older Adults: A Nationwide Longitudinal Cohort Study.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, Chiang HS, Peters ME, Hart J, Cullum CM, Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2024 Feb
- A novel speech analysis algorithm to detect cognitive impairment in a Spanish population.
  Kaser AN, Lacritz LH, Winiarski HR, Gabirondo P, Schaffert J, Coca AJ, Jiménez-Raboso J, Rojo T, Zaldua C, Honorato I, Gallego D, Nieves ER, Rosenstein LD, Cullum CM, Frontiers in neurology 2024 15 1342907
- Identification of Factors in Moderate-Severe TBI Related to a Functional Decline in Cognition Decades After Injury.
  LoBue C, Schaffert J, Dams-O'Connor K, Taiwo Z, Sander A, Venkatesan UM, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, Hammond FM, Wilmoth K, Ding K, Bell K, Munro Cullum C, Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2023 May
- History of traumatic brain injury does not alter course of neurocognitive decline in older adults with and without cognitive impairment.
  Schaffert J, Chiang HS, Fatima H, LoBue C, Hart J, Cullum CM, Neuropsychology 2023 Apr
- A Critical Review of Neuropsychological Actuarial Criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment.
  Carlew AR, Kaser A, Schaffert J, Goette W, Lacritz L, Rossetti H, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 91 1 169-182
- The Spectrum of Alzheimer-Type Pathology in Cognitively Normal Individuals.
  Walker JM, Dehkordi SK, Schaffert J, Goette W, White Iii CL, Richardson TE, Zare H, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 91 2 683-695
- No association between age beginning tackle football, or years played and neurocognitive performance later-in-life among older National Football League retirees.
  Schaffert J, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Hart J, Wilmoth K, Cullum CM, Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2022 Dec
- Neurocognitive outcomes of older National Football League retirees.
  Schaffert J, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Hart J, Motes M, Rossetti H, Wilmoth K, Goette W, Lacritz L, Cullum CM, Brain injury 2022 Nov 1-8
- Psychometric Properties of Computerized Cognitive Tools and Standard Neuropsychological Tests Used to Assess Sport Concussion: A Systematic Review.
  Wilmoth K, Brett BL, Emmert NA, Cook CM, Schaffert J, Caze T, Kotsonis T, Cusick M, Solomon G, Resch JE, Cullum CM, Nelson LD, McCrea M, Neuropsychology review 2022 Aug
- Validation of a Bayesian Diagnostic and Inferential Model for Evidence-Based Neuropsychological Practice.
  Goette WF, Carlew AR, Schaffert J, Mokhtari BK, Cullum CM, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS 2022 Apr 1-11
- Impact of word properties on list learning: An explanatory item analysis.
  Goette WF, Schaffert J, Carlew A, Rossetti H, Lacritz LH, De Boeck P, Cullum CM, Neuropsychology 2022 Apr
- Predictors of Life Expectancy in Autopsy-Confirmed Alzheimer's Disease.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, Hynan LS, Hart J, Rossetti H, Carlew AR, Lacritz L, White CL, Cullum CM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 86 1 271-281
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Is Related to Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau in Alzheimer's Disease Dementia.
  LoBue C, Kelley BJ, Hart J, Helphrey J, Schaffert J, Cullum CM, Peters ME, Douglas PM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 87 4 1491-1496
- Frequency and Predictors of Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Prospective Cohort of Retired Professional Athletes.
  Schaffert J, Didehbani N, LoBue C, Hart J, Rossetti H, Lacritz L, Cullum CM, Frontiers in neurology 2021 12 617526
- Clinical and neuropsychological profile of patients with dementia and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
  LoBue C, Schaffert J, Cullum CM, Peters ME, Didehbani N, Hart J, White CL, Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2020 Jun 91 6 586-592
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: understanding the facts and debate.
  LoBue C, Schaffert J, Cullum CM, Current opinion in psychiatry 2020 Mar 33 2 130-135
- Risk factors for earlier dementia onset in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease, mixed Alzheimer's with Lewy bodies, and pure Lewy body disease.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, White CL, Wilmoth K, Didehbani N, Lacritz L, Nguyen T, Peters ME, Fields L, Li C, Cullum CM, Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2020 Feb
- Associations of Race-Ethnicity and History of Traumatic Brain Injury With Age at Onset of Alzheimer's Disease.
  Bailey KC, Burmaster SA, Schaffert J, LoBue C, Vela D, Rossetti H, Cullum CM, The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2019 Oct appineuropsych19010002
- Neuropsychological functioning in ageing retired NFL players: a critical review.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, Fields L, Wilmoth K, Didehbani N, Hart J, Cullum CM, International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) 2019 Oct 1-18
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Long-Term Brain Changes, Accumulation of Pathological Markers, and Developing Dementia: A Review.
  LoBue C, Munro C, Schaffert J, Didehbani N, Hart J, Batjer H, Cullum CM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2019 Jul
- Traumatic brain injury history is associated with an earlier age of dementia onset in autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer's disease.
  Schaffert J, LoBue C, White CL, Chiang HS, Didehbani N, Lacritz L, Rossetti H, Dieppa M, Hart J, Cullum CM, Neuropsychology 2018 May 32 4 410-416
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Age of Onset of Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
  Nguyen TP, Schaffert J, LoBue C, Womack KB, Hart J, Cullum CM, Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018 66 2 717-723
- Visuomotor adaptability in older adults with mild cognitive decline.
  Schaffert J, Lee CM, Neill R, Bo J, Acta psychologica 2017 Feb 173 106-115
- Examining the relationship between motor assessments and handwriting consistency in children with and without probable developmental coordination disorder.
  Bo J, Colbert A, Lee CM, Schaffert J, Oswald K, Neill R, Research in developmental disabilities 2014 Sep 35 9 2035-43

Articles by Dr. Schaffert

‘Miracles do happen!’ Rare case of normal pressure hydrocephalus successfully treated

Brain; Patient Stories

‘Miracles do happen!’ Rare case of normal pressure hydrocephalus successfully treated

Padraig O'Suilleabhain, M.D.
Jon White, M.D.
Jeffrey Schaffert, Ph.D.

February 10, 2026

NPH: A misunderstood form of dementia that can be reversed

NPH: A misunderstood form of dementia that can be reversed

Padraig O'Suilleabhain, M.D.
Jon White, M.D.
Jeffrey Schaffert, Ph.D.

May 23, 2025