Brandon Kopald
Neuro Psychologist
Neurology
Chancellor/EVC/FAS
Brandon E. Kopald, Psy.D., ABPP-CN is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology at UCSF. He received his BA in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University. He completed a pre-doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship, specializing in Neuropsychology, at Northshore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Cohen Children's Medical Center.
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He followed with a two-year fellowship in neuropsychology and clinical magnetoencephalography evaluations for presurgical epilepsy patients at the University of New Mexico Epilepsy Center and the Mind Research Network. He co-directed the neuropsychology clinic and training program at Highland General Hospital before joining the faculty in Neurology at UCSF.
Dr. Kopald performs neuropsychological and WADA evaluations for patients in the Epilepsy Center and assists in surgical planning. His clinical and research interests focus on identifying cognitive, psychological, and biological factors that impact treatment outcomes. He is also interested in understanding the impact of preoperative language mapping on post-surgical outcomes. He continues to also focus on investigating the differences in treatment outcomes (surgical and pharmacological) for patients with epilepsy and co-morbid neurodevelopmental disorders, with a particular focus on individuals on the Autism Spectrum. Lastly, he takes an active role in training the next generation of clinical neuropsychologists.
Publications (8)
Top publication keywords:
MemorySchizophreniaAuditory PerceptionExecutive FunctionSocial PerceptionAutism Spectrum DisorderLinguisticsMemory, EpisodicIntelligenceDrug Resistant EpilepsyEpilepsyMemory DisordersNeuropsychological TestsWechsler ScalesLogic
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Interictal epileptiform discharges contribute to word-finding difficulty in epilepsy through multiple cognitive mechanisms.
Epilepsia 2023 Silva AB, Leonard MK, Oganian Y, D'Esopo E, Krish D, Kopald B, Tran EB, Chang EF, Kleen JK -
Associations between rapid auditory processing of speech sounds and specific verbal communication skills in autism.
Frontiers in psychology 2023 Demopoulos C, Skiba SA, Kopald BE, Bangera N, Paulson K, Lewine JD -
Language Abilities are Associated with Both Verbal and Nonverbal Intelligence in Children on the Autism Spectrum.
Developmental neuropsychology 2023 Faerman A, Sakallah A, Skiba S, Kansara S, Kopald BE, Lewine JD, Demopoulos C -
Rapid auditory processing of puretones is associated with basic components of language in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
Brain and language 2023 Demopoulos C, Kopald BE, Bangera N, Paulson K, David Lewine J -
Development of a core outcome set for quality of life for adults with drug-resistant epilepsy: A multistakeholder Delphi consensus study.
Epilepsia 2022 Chiang S, Moss R, Stern JM, Hughes I, Josephson SA, Pearce JR, Kopald BE, Patel AD, Rao VR -
Deficits in auditory processing contribute to impairments in vocal affect recognition in autism spectrum disorders: A MEG study.
Neuropsychology 2015 Demopoulos C, Hopkins J, Kopald BE, Paulson K, Doyle L, Andrews WE, Lewine JD -
Development of alternate paragraphs for the Logical Memory subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV.
Applied neuropsychology. Adult 2013 Morris J, Swier-Vosnos A, Woodworth C, Umfleet LG, Czipri S, Kopald B -
Magnitude of impact of executive functioning and IQ on episodic memory in Schizophrenia.
Biological psychiatry 2012 Kopald BE, Mirra KM, Egan MF, Weinberger DR, Goldberg TE