Dr Arthur Shores

Clinical

Neuropsychological

Assessments

 

 

Dr Arthur Shores

BA (Hons) Natal MA (Hons) Melbourne PhD Sydney FAPS MCCN CPsychol AFBPsS

Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University

Dr Arthur Shores trained as a Clinical Neuropsychologist at the University of Melbourne and has a PhD in Medicine from the University of Sydney. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at Macquarie University where he was previously the Director of the Postgraduate Neuropsychology Programs (1996-2011).

 

He is a past National Chair of the Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Neuropsychologists. He was made a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society in 2006 and in 2007 received the Award of Distinction from the College of Clinical Neuropsychologists. In terms of international recognition he is a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (USA).

 

Dr Shores has a long-term interest in the assessment of severity of traumatic brain injury. The Westmead PTA Scale, of which he is the senior developer, is widely used in Australasian hospitals and increasingly in other parts of the world. He is also the senior developer of the Abbreviated Westmead PTA Scale for use in Emergency Departments. He has contributed to over 100 articles, national and international presentations and sets of government and professional guidelines in relation to brain impairment and assessment.

 

His work has been cited on more than 2500 occasions in the scientific literature. He holds an appointment as an MAA Medical Assessor (Treatment Disputes). He has completed training in the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (Nervous System) conducted by the MAA. He was a member of the NSW MAA working party that revised the "Guidelines for Neuropsychological Assessment" for the NSW CTP Scheme and the LTCS Scheme, 2013.

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