Dr. David M. Mahalick, Ph.D., ABPN

Board-Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist

Specializing in Pediatric & Adult Clinical Neuropsychology

1-888-402-7246

(Toll-free outside metro New York)

 

Phone: (973) 313-9393   Facsimile: (973) 376-1666   e-mail: braindoc1@patmedia.net

 

 

                                                                             

Brief Biography

 

Dr. David Mahalick is a Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist. He specializes in both Pediatric and Adult  Clinical Neuropsychology. He is currently in private practice and is the former Director of Neuropsychology for the Departments of Neurosurgery, as well as Psychiatry at  New Jersey Medical School. He previously served as the Director of the Department of Neuropsychology/Psychology at Children's Specialized Hospital-Mountainside, New Jersey. He is an Associate Professor of Applied Psychology at New York University, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery & Pediatrics at New Jersey Medical School and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He has served as a grant reviewer for the National Institute of Health.

 

Dr. Mahalick completed his Internships in  both Pediatric and Adult Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of California- San Diego in the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurology. He conducted his Residency training in the Department of Neurology at Hahnemann University Hospital-Philadelphia, PA.

 

Dr. Mahalick is the author of numerous publications concerning traumatic brain injury, arteriovenous malformations, and psychopharmacology. He has participated as an invited speaker at national and international academic meetings involving neurobehavioral dysfunction. He has served as a member of Board of Trustees for both the NJ Academy of Psychology and the NJ Neuropsychological Society. He maintains memberships in numerous professional/academic societies serving patients with neurologic impairment.

 

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Mahalick dedicates a portion of his time to medicolegal work compromised of equal amounts of plaintiff, defense and criminal cases. He has offices in Midtown Manhattan, as well as New Jersey offices in: Maplewood, Somerville, and Cherry Hill. He is a co-principal of the Neurobehavioral Institute of NJ, an outpatient neurotrauma rehabilitation center located in Somerville, NJ. He holds attending staff privileges at various hospitals in the metropolitan New York area.  He has been a guest on Court TV providing expert commentary on matters involving brain trauma.

 

 

 

Main Office: 2066 Millburn Avenue, Maplewood, NJ 07040

 

   

 

 ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

 

 

Northern New Jersey Office:

                                  

ALL CORRESPONDENCE (Maplewood):

                                                                                              

2066 Millburn Avenue                  

Second Floor                                                        

Maplewood, NJ 07040                                            

 

Central New Jersey Office:  

 

Neurobehavioral Institute of NJ                                   

626 North Thompson Street                           

Raritan, NJ 08869                                   

                                                                                                   

 

Southern New Jersey Office:

      

1771 Springdale Avenue

Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003

(Route 70 & Springdale Avenue)

 

New York Offices: 

      

180 Central Park South                                                      30 West 44th Street

New York, New York, 10019                                               New York, New York 10036

(Corner of 7th Ave. & Central Park South)

                                  

 

 SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING:

 

  a.             Residency:

 

        6/86 - 7/88 Hahnemann University Hospital

                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

                        Pediatric & Adult Neuropsychology Fellowship/Residency

 

 

  b.             Internships:

 

      7/85 - 7/86 University of California-San Diego

                        Division of Pediatric Neurology

                        Clinic San Diego, California

                        Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychology Internship

 

      7/84 - 6/85 University of California-San Diego

                        Department of Neurological Surgery           

                        San Diego, California

                       Clinical Neuropsychology Internship

     

      7/83 - 6/84 Escondido Community Mental Health Center

                        San Diego County Mental Health

                        Clinical Psychology Internship

 

EDUCATION:

   

        1978-1982 Alfred University

                       Alfred, New York

                       Magna Cum Laude

                       Minor - Philosophy

                       B.A. - Psychology

 

      1982-1987 California School of Professional Psychology

                       San Diego, California

                       Ph.D. - Clinical Psychology

 

      6/86 - 7/88 Hahnemann University Hospital

                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

                        Clinical Neuropsychology Fellowship/Residency

 

LICENSURE: 

 

        New York  License    #013948

                       

      New Jersey License # SI 02582

 

CERTIFICATION:

 

      a.               Diplomate, American Board of Professional Neuropsychology

 

      b.               Fellow, American Academy of Profession Neuropsychology

 

      b.               Fellow, American Board of Forensic Examiners

 

      c.               Fellow, American Board of Forensic Medicine

 

UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS:

 

      a.              Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

                       Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

 

       b.              Assistant Clinical Professor Neurosurgery and Pediatrics

                        UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

     

 c.              National Institute of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human                         

                        Development Special Emphasis Panel ZHD1 DSR-L 24R, Scientific Reviewer

 

       d.              Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, New York University.

 

 HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

 

        9/01-present      Overlook Hospital

                                99 Beauvoir Avenue

                                P.O. Box 220

                                Summit, NJ 07902-0220

 

      9/98-present      Morristown Memorial Hospital

                                100 Madison Avenue

                                Morristown, NJ 08962

 

      12/97-present    Somerset Medical Center

                                110 Rehill Avenue

                                Somerville, NJ 08876-2598

 

      10/97-present    Muhlenburg Regional Medical Center

                                Plainfield, NJ

                                Psychiatry

                                Limited License Practitioner

     

      6/96-present      Clara Maas Medical Center

                                Belleville, New Jersey

                                Psychiatry

                                Professional Staff

 

      12/90-present    UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center

                                New Brunswick, New Jersey

                                Department of Pediatrics

                        

      6/91 - present    UMDNJ-University Hospital

                                Department of Neurological Surgery           

                                Newark, New Jersey

 

      9/89 - 8/95         Children's Hospital of New Jersey

                                Newark, New Jersey

                                Division of Neurosurgery

                                Clinical Staff   

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND MAJOR VISITING APPOINTMENTS:

 

       1999- present       President & CEO, Isabel & David Mahalick Foundation 

 

3/00- present     National Institute of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human  Development

                           Special Emphasis Panel ZHD1 DSR-L 24R, Scientific Reviewer.

 

      1/00- present     President and CEO, Neurobehavioral Institute of New Jersey

                                Raritan, NJ

 

 AWARDS AND HONORS:

 

     1982-         Phi Beta Kappa

    

      1991-         Distinguished Service Award, NJ Head Injury Association

    

1994-                          Recognition Award NJ Academy of Psychologists

 

2004-                          Recognition Award, New York Brain Injury Association

                          

BOARDS OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES:

 

        Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Society of  Neuropsychologists (past)             

     

      Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Academy of Psychology (past)

     

      Board of Trustees of Perspectives Network  Spring, Texas, (past)

 

MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

 

     Membership Committee of the N.J. Society of Neuropsychologists (past)  

 

      Chairman,  Steering Committee for the Professional Council of the New Jersey Head

     Injury Association, Inc., Member (past)  

 

      National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

      Special Emphasis Panel ZHD1 DSR-L 24R, Scientific Reviewer.

 

MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

    

     1)   International Neuropsychological Society

     2)   National Academy of Neuropsychologists

     3)   New Jersey Neuropsychological Society

     4)   National Head Injury Association

     5)   New Jersey Head Injury Association

     6)   American Psychological Association

     7)   Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology of the APA)

     8)   New Jersey Psychological Association

     9)   New York Academy of the Sciences (past)

    10)  New Jersey Academy of Psychologists

    11)  American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

                                                                                   

ARTICLES:

 

        Mahalick, D.M., Savage, J. (1990) Neuropsychological Assessment of the Pediatric Population. NJ Psychologist Vol.  40. pg 14.

     

Mahalick, D. M., Ruff, R.M., U, H.S. (1991) Neuropsychological Sequelae of Arteriovenous Malformations. Neurosurgery 29: 351-357.

 

     Mahalick, D. M. (1991) Pediatric Brain Injury. The Perspective  Network IV:18-19.

    

     Mahalick, D.M., Ruff R.M., U, H.S., Heary, RF (1993) Pre-operative versus Postoperative Neuropsychological Sequelae of Arteriovenous Malformations.

      Neurosurgery Vol. 33:4 pp. 563-572

 

      Mahalick DM, McDonough M, Levitt J. (1995) Head Injuries in adults and children. Trauma 37:4 pp. 27-38.

 

      Mahalick DM, Koller CJ, Pleim ET. Pediatric trauma and head injury. Trauma 38:1 pp. 39-56 April 1996.

     

      Mahalick DM & Hohn G. Cognitive sequelae of electroconvulsive therapy.  Trauma 38:5  pp.45-50 February 1998.

 

      Mahalick DM, Carmel, PW Molofsky W, Heary RF, Greenberg JP, (1999). Psychopharmacological Treatment of Pediatric Brain Injury. Pediatric

      Neurosurgery;  29: 121-126.

 

Schulder M, Sernas TA, Adler RJ, Mahalick DM, Cook S: Thalamic stimulation in patients with multiple sclerosis. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 72:

196-201, 1999.

 

BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS, AND CHAPTERS:

 

        Mahalick, D.M. (1989) The Neuropsychological Sequelae of  Arteriovenous  Malformations.  Ann Arbor: UMI

 

     Mahalick, D.M. & Ryan, T.V. (Eds) Pediatric Brain Injury: Diagnosis and Rehabilitation. San Diego: Singular Publishing (in prep)

                      

Behrens, F., Schwappach, Swan, K., Levy, A., Barbieri, R. Forster, R. Mahalick, D., Chowchuvech, G. Injury and Repair (chap.1.7.1 viz., Head injuries-presentations and outcomes) in Buckwalter, J., Bustrode, C., Carr, A., Fairbank, J., Marsh, L. Wilson-MacDonald, L. (Eds.) Oxford Textbook of Orthopedics

and Trauma. Oxford University Press. 2003

 

ABSTRACTS: 

 

        Mahalick, D.M., Ruff R.M., U, H.S., Heary, R.F. (1994) Pre-versus Postsurgical Sequelae of Arteriovenous Malformations. Abstracts of the 13th Annual Meeting.

      Archives of Neuropsychology Vol. 9:2 pp. 159-160.

 

      Mahalick DM, Molofsky W, Bartlett JA, (1996). Psychopharmacological treatment of Children with Attention Disorders Secondary to Brain Injury. Vol.

       9:2 pp. 159-160. Abstracts of the Ninteenth Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Conference. J International Neuropsychological Vol 2:3 pp 208

 

Mahalick DM, McDonough M, Greenberg JP, (1996). Psychopharmacological treatment of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury  Abstract of the Twenty-Fifth

Annual International Neuropsychological Society Conference. J International Neuropsychological Vol 3:1 pp 63

 

Mahalick DM, McDonough M, Greenberg JP, (1997) Malingering on neuropsychological assessment is more often a case of individual presentation than a litigation group phenomena. Abstracts of the 17th Annual Meeting. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. Vol.13, Number 1 : pp. 60.

 

Mahalick DM, Hohn GE, Hunt CD, Schulder M, Carmel PW (1997): IntracarotidSodium Amytal Testing on Patients With AVM’s: Its Utility a Function of the Size and Shunt Value of the AVM. Abstracts of the 17th Annual Meeting. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. Vol.13, Number 1 : pp. 60-61.

 

Mahalick DM, Carmel, PW Molofsky W, Bartlett JA, McDonough M, Greenberg JP, (1998). Psychopharmacological Treatment of Pediatric Brain Injury. Abstracts of  the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. J Neurosurgery.  Vol. 88:2 pp. 412A.

 

Mahalick DM, Greenberg JP, McGinley J (2003) Neuropsychological and Neurological Sequelae of Toxic Anhydrous Ammonia. Abstracts of the 23rd Annual Meeting. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. Vol. 18: pp. 727.

 

 

REPORTS:

 

        Mahalick, D.M., Yalamanchi, K., Ruzicka, P.O., Bowen, M. "Spontaneous Recovery Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury" Presented at the National Head

      Injury Foundation's Annual Conference, November, 1990, New Orleans, LA.

    

      Mahalick, D. M. & Yalamanchi, K. "Neuropsychological and Medical Recovery Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain  Injury" Symposia Presentation presented

      at the NJ Head Injury Association's Annual Conference. November 1990   

 

      Mahalick, D. M., Ruff, R.M., U, H.S. "Neuropsychological Sequelae of Arteriovenous Malformations" Presented at the annual meeting of the International

      Neuropsychological Society. February 1991. San Antonio, Texas.