Leslie J. Gonzalez-Rothi
Professor |
Location:
University of Florida
Education:
| University of Florida | Ph.D. in Speech Pathology, 1978 | ||
| California State University at Long Beach | M.A. in Speech Pathology, 1974 | ||
| Northern Arizona University | B.S. in Communications, 1971 |
Primary Academic Appointment:
UF Department of Neurology, College of Medicine
Other Appointments:
Brain Rehabilitation Research Center (VA RR&D), Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Research Interests:
Treatments for cognitive disorders induced by neurologic disease or injury
Awards and Recognition:
Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences Honors of the Association, 2000
American Psychological Association Fellow, Division 40 (Neuropsychology), 1991-present
American Speech-Language Hearing Association Fellow, 1990-present
Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas–Houston Health Science Center Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 20th Annual Spencer Memorial Lectureship, October 20, 2006
Department of Veterans Affairs
Rehabilitation Research and Development Service
- Paul B. Magnuson Award, 2006-2007
- Research Career Scientist Award, April 1, 2002- March 31, 2012
Special Recognition for Outstanding Achievement, 2002, 2007, 2008
International Neuropsychological Society, Outstanding Service Award, 2000
University of Florida, The Bob Paul Family Endowed Chair in Neurology, January 2008 to December 2012
University of Florida Foundation Research Professorship Award, 2001-2004
Recent Publications:
Heilman KM, Rothi LJG, Hanna-Pladdy B. 2008. The forelimb apraxias. In Abutalebi J, Marien P, editors. Neuropsychological Research: A Review. Philadelphia: Psychology Press. 161-185.
Nadeau SE, Rothi LJG. Rehabilitation of subcortical aphasia. In Chapey R, ed. Language Intervention Strategies in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders. 5th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008:530-542.
Nadeau SE, Rothi LJG, Rosenbek J. Language rehabilitation from a neural perspective. In Chapey R, ed. Language Intervention Strategies in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders. 5th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008:689-734.
Raymer, A.M., Ciampitti, M. Holliway, B, Singletary, F, Blonder, L.X., Ketterson, T, Heilman, K.M., Rothi, LJG. Lexical-semantic treatment for noun and verb retrieval impairments in aphasia. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2007, 17 (2), 244-270.
Donovan, N.J., Kendall, D.L., Moore, A.B., Rosenbek, J.C., Rothi, L.J.G. Why consider impaired social language usage in corticobasal degeneration? The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2007, 21:190-203.
Malcolm, MP, Triggs, WJ, Light, KE, Shechtman, O, Khandekar, G, Rothi, LJG. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as an adjunct to constraint-induced therapy: an exploratory randomized controlled trial, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2007, 86, 707-15.
Crosson B, Fabrizio K S, Singletary F, Cato MA, Wierenga CE, Parkinson RB, Sherod ME, Bacon Moore A, Ciampitti M, Holiway B, Leon S, Rodriguez A, Kendall DL, Levy IF, Gonzalez Rothi L J. Treatment of naming in nonfluent aphasia through manipulation of intention and attention: A phase 1 comparison of two novel treatments. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2007, 13, 582-594.
Raymer AM, Kohen F, Blonder LX, Douglas E, Sembrat JL, Rothi, LJG. Effects of gesture and semantic-phonologic treatments for noun retrieval in aphasia. Brain and Language, 2007, 103, 219-220.
Wierenga CE, Benjamin M, Gopinath K, Perlstein WM, Leonard CM, Rothi LJ, Conway T, Cato MA, Briggs R, Crosson B. Age-related changes in word retrieval: Role of bilateral frontal and subcortical networks. Neurobiology of Aging, 2008, 29, 436-451.
Dotson VM, Singletary F, Fuller R, Koehler S, Moore AB, Rothi LJG, Crosson B. 2008. Treatment of word-finding deficits in fluent aphasia through the manipulation of spatial attention: Preliminary findings. Aphasiology, 2008, 22(1): 103-113.
Buxbaum LJ, Haaland KY, Hallett M, Wheaton L, Heilman KM, Rodriguez A, Rothi LJG. Treatment of limb apraxia: Moving forward to improved action. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2008, 87, 149-161.
Perrin PB, Heesacker M, Stidham BS, Rittman MR, Rothi LJG. Structural equation modeling of the relationship between caregiver psychosocial variables and functioning of individuals with stroke. Rehabilitation Psychology, 2008, 53, 54-62.
Kendall, DL, Rosenbek, JC, Heilman, KM, Conway, T, Klenberg, K, Rothi, LJG, Nadeau, SN. Phoneme-based rehabilitation of anomia in aphasia. Brain and Language, 2008, 105: 1-17.
Ketterson TU, Glueckauf RL, Blonder LX, Gustafson DJ, Donovan NJ, Rodriquez AD, Pekich D, Ley C, Rothi LJG. Reliability and Validity of the Functional Outcome Questionnaire for Aphasia (FOQ-A). Rehabilitation Psychology, 2008, 53:215-223.
Rothi, LJG, Musson N, Rosenbek JC, Sapienza CM. Neuroplasticity and rehabilitation research for speech/ language, and swallowing disorders. Journal of Speech-Hearing-Language Research, 2008, 51(1):S222-4.
Raymer, AM, Beeson, P, Holland, A, Kendall, D, Maher, LM, Martin, N, Murray, L, Rose, M, Thompson, CK, Turkstra, L, Altmann, L, Boyle, M, Conway, T, Hula, W, Kearns, K, Rapp, B, Simmons-Mackie, N, Rothi, LJG. Translational research in aphasia: From neuroscience to neurorehabilitation. Journal of Speech-Hearing-Language Research, 2008, 51(1):S259-75.
del Toro, C., Altmann, L., Raymer, A., Leon, S., Blonder, L., Rothi, LJG. Changes in aphasic discourse after contrasting treatments for anomia. Aphasiology, 2008, 22(7):881-892.
Smith Hammond, CA, Goldstein LB, Horner, RD, Ying, J, Gray, L., Rothi, LJG, Bolser DC. A comparison of commonly used clinical signs and aerodynamic measures of voluntary cough to predict aspiration in patients with ischemic stroke. Chest, In press.
Meinzer, M, Wilser L., Flaisch T., Eulitz C., Rockstroh B., Rothi L.J.G. , Crosson B. Neural signatures of semantic and phonemic fluency in young and old adults. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, in press.
Contact Information:
VA Brain Rehabilitation Research Center-151a
Bob Paul Family Professor of Neurology, U of Florida
1601 SW Archer Rd
Gainesville, FL 32608
E-mail: gonzalj@neurology.ufl.edu