Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Office - 222 Post Hall
Phone: (610) 660-1804
Email: pschatz@sju.edu
Website: schatz.sju.edu
Education
Drexel University
Biography
Dr. Philip Schatz is a neuropsychologist with research interests in the areas of outcome following traumatic brain injury, assessing and monitoring the effects of concussion in youth and collegiate athletes, and computer-based assessment.
Dr. Schatz received his BS in psychology from Penn State University (1986) and his MS and PhD in Neuropsychology from Drexel University (1995). He completed his pre-doctoral internship at The Toronto Hospital in Canada, and joined the SJU faculty in 1998, where he was tenured in 2004 and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2005.
A technophile, Dr. Schatz serve as webmaster for the Psychology Department and other organizations. He is director of the IT Committee for the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and serves on the Board of the Philadelphia Neuropsychology Society. He is also Chair of the Saint Joseph's University Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research.
Dr. Schatz maintains an active program of research, and more information about his research and publications are available on his personal website.
Publications
Prolonged effects of concussion in youth athletes.
Moser RS, Schatz P. & Jordan, B. (2005). Neurosurgery, 57, 300-306.
Sensitivity and specificity of the ImPACT Test Battery for concussion in athletes.
Schatz P, Pardini JE, Lovell MR, Collins MW, & Podell K. (2006), Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 91-99.
Sex differences in baseline neuropsychological function and concussion symptoms of collegiate athletes.
Covassin T, Swanik CB, Sachs M, Kendrick Z, Schatz P, Zillmer E, Kaminaris C. (2006), British Journal of Sports Medicine, 40, 923-927.
Applications of Computer-based Neuropsychological Assessment
Schatz P, Browndyke J. (2002), Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 17, 395-410.
Links of Interest
National Academy of Neuropsychology
Philadelphia Neuropsychology Society
SJU Institutional Review Board
Vitae
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