Jeff Schaffert, Ph.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Endowed Title Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care Schools Medical School | Graduate School Departments Psychiatry Graduate Programs Clinical Psychology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dr. Jeff Schaffert is a neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a dementia specialist and evaluates patients in the outpatient neuropsychology clinic, and serves as the primary neuropsychologist within the interdisciplinary Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) Clinic, providing comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation to inform differential diagnosis, guide neurosurgical decision-making, and support collaborative treatment planning across neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. Dr. Schaffert’s research program centers on advancing the understanding of cognitive decline and recovery mechanisms through two primary lines of investigation: (1) idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), focusing on cognitive, neurobiological, and pathophysiological processes that shape impairment and postoperative recovery; and (2) long-term cognitive impairment and dementia following traumatic brain injury (TBI), with emphasis on identifying factors associated with persistent deficits, accelerated cognitive aging, and later-life neurodegenerative outcomes. Education Other Post Graduate Training UT Southwestern Medical Center (Ph.D.) (2020), Psychology Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2022), Neuropsychology Research Interest Cognitive Symptoms and Recovery in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Dementia and Dementia Biomarkers Long-term Outcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury and Repetitive Head Impacts Publications Featured Publications 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, Clin Neuropsychol 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, J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2025 Sep 1-10 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 Prognostic utility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Kronenberger OR, Kaser AN, Thakkar VJ, Lacritz LH, Schaffert J, Appl Neuropsychol 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, J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2025 Aug 8919887251366698 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, J Head Trauma Rehabil 2025 Aug 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, Cogn Behav Neurol 2025 May 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, Clin Neuropsychol 2025 Mar 1-18 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, J Am Coll Cardiol 2025 Mar Results 1-10 of 39 1 2 3 4 Next Last Honors & Awards Cary Council DocStar (2025) Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care (2025) Professional Associations/Affiliations Dallas-Fort Worth Neuropsychological Association (2022) Hydocephalus Association Network for Discovery Science (2024) International Neuropsychological Society (2016) National Academy of Neuropsychology (2016) Sports Neuropsychology Society (2019)
