Clinical Neuropsychologist
Memphis VA Medical Center/UT College of Medicine
MEMPHIS, Tennessee
Dr. Roper is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist who directs the Neuropsychology Fellowship Program at the Memphis VA Medical Center and is an Associate Professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He has served as an officer or on committees/workgroups in multiple training organizations, including the American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation (CoA), Association for Internship Training in Clinical Neuropsychology (AITCN), Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN), Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC), Clinical Neuropsychology Specialty Council (CNS), Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN), and the Department of Veterans Affairs Psychology Training Council (VAPTC). He organized and collaborated with other organizations to develop the Clinical Neuropsychology Training Taxonomy. Along with Celiane Rey-Casserly and Rus Bauer, he coauthored a 2012 article that frames Houston Conference Guidelines from a modern competency perspective. Years later, he led an interorganizational effort to develop consensus-based entry-level competencies for clinical neuropsychology practice that was approved by all member organizations of the CNS (Smith, 2018). He also served as Member of the Practicum Guidelines Workgroup from 2013-2015 within the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. More recently, through the CNS, he Cochaired the Postdoctoral Competencies Workgroup (2017-2021). Most recently, he has served as Executive Committee Chair of the Houston Conference Guidelines Revision Planning Commission and is a part of the Expert Panel for the Minnesota 2022 Update Conference.
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