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CURRICULUM VITAE

Rebecca L. Stilp PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
9000 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
09/1997 - 12/2001 BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
09/2004 - 09/2006 MS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
09/2004 - 08/2011 PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
09/2010 - 08/2011 Predoctoral Pediatric Neuropsychology Intern, Department of Psychology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
09/2011 - 08/2013 Postdoctoral Pediatric Neuropsychology Fellow, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, OH, Division of Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics and Psychology, Cleveland

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
11/2024 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Division of Neuropsychology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
03/2014 - 08/2024 Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute
11/2024 - Present Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Children's Wisconsin, 8915 W. Connell Court, Milwaukee, WI 53226
Norton Children's Hospital, 210 E. Gray Street, Louisville, KY 40202

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
03/2014 - 08/2024 Norton Children's Hospital, 231 E. Chestnut Street, Louisville, KY 40202
11/2024 - Present Children's Wisconsin, 8915 W. Connell Court, Milwaukee, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Psychologist, Commonwealth of Kentucky
129654
12/06/2013
03/06/2026
Psychologist, State of Indiana
20043610A
08/31/2022
08/31/2024
Interjurisdictional Telepsychology
16963
12/01/2023
None
Psychologist, State of Wisconsin
5280-57
10/04/2024
None
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2004 - 2006 National Institute of Mental Health Training Fellowship in Emotion Research, University of Wisconsin
2006 - Present Roderick Menzies Memorial Scholarship, University of Wisconsin
2008 - Present Roderick Menzies Memorial Scholarship, University of Wisconsin
2009 - Present Royalty Research Fellowship, University of Wisconsin
2026 - Present Children's Wisconsin Medical Staff Professional Health Committee Well-Being Grant, $600

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2007 - Present American Psychological Association (APA); Division 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology)
2008 - 2009 Advocacy Coordinating Team, American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) (Campus Representative)
2009 - 2011 International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
2010 - Present International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
2012 - Present American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN)
2014 - 2024 Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA)
2019 - 2023 Early Career Neuropsychologist Committee (ECNPC) Representative for Kentucky
2026 - Present Student & Trainee Affairs Committee (STAC), American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) (Member)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Ad-Hoc Reviewer
2007 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Stilp, R., Mental Health & Epilepsy, ASET: The Neurodiagnostic Society 63rd Annual Conference, Louisville, KY, 08/2022 - Present
 
Regional
Folley, B. & Stilp, R., Neuropsychology for the Non-Neuropsychologist, Continuing Education Course, Kentucky Psychological Association, Louisville, KY, 06/2016 - Present
 
Local
Stilp, R., Measuring Intelligence, Lecturer for Individual Differences in Cognitive Processing course, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 07/2009 - Present
Stilp, R. Pediatric Neuropsychology, Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Norton Neuroscience Institute, Louisville, KY, 03/2014 - Present
Stilp, R. Pediatric Neuropsychology, Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 04/2014 - Present
Stilp, R. The Basis and Evaluation of ADHD, Learning Disabilities, & Neurocognitive Disorders in Children, 12th Annual Pediatric Neurology Update, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY, 08/2014 - Present
Stilp, R. The Role of Pediatric Neuropsychology in Epilepsy Surgery, Child Neurology Didactic Seminar, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 08/2014 - Present
Stilp, R. Pediatric Neuropsychology, Predoctoral Internship Didactic Seminar, Home of the Innocents, Louisville, KY, 05/2016 - Present
Stilp, R. The Role of Pediatric Neuropsychology in Epilepsy Surgery, Child Neurology Resident Didactic Seminar, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 08/2016 - Present
Stilp, R. Neuropsychological Evaluations, Child Neurology Resident Didactic Seminar, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 04/2018 - Present
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Panel member for Updates in Clinical Oncology, Specialty Tumor Boards - Driving Innovations, Norton Cancer Institute, Louisville, KY, 08/2022 - Present
Stilp, R. Pediatric Neuropsychology: Training, Clinical Work, & Research, Psychological Services Center Colloquium Series, University of Louisville, 04/2023 - Present
Stilp, R. Making an Autism Diagnosis, Case Presentation, Facilitator for Medical Student Seminar, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 2012-2013
Stilp, R. Learning Disabilities, Resident Lecture Series, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics & Psychology, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital/University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, 2013
Stilp, R. Pediatric Neuropsychology: Overview & Role in Epilepsy Centers, Norton Developmental Center Practicum Student Didactic Seminar, Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, - 05/2023
Stilp, R. Pediatric Neuropsychology: Overview & Role in Epilepsy Centers, Epilepsy Fellowship Seminar, Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, - 10/2023
Stilp, R. & Mulcahy, K. Neuropsychology of Epilepsy, Norton Developmental Center Practicum Student Didactic Seminar, Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, - 04/2024
Stilp, R. Pediatric Neuropsychology: Overview and Role in Epilepsy Centers, Neurology and Psychiatry Interest Group Lunch & Learn, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, - 05/2025
Heffelfinger, A.K., Park, S.E., & Stilp, R.L. Neuropsychological Referrals, Community Physician Advisory Group (CPAG), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, - 02/2026
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Hospital
05/2025 - Present Provider Well-being Co-Lead, Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children's Wisconsin
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Graduate Student Education
Marquette University, Cognitive Disorders course guest lecturer
- 2014 University of Louisville, Clinical Neuropsychology course guest lecturer
- 2019 University of Louisville, Clinical Neuropsychology course guest lecturer
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
Educational Programs
Student
08/2020 - 08/2024 Developed and executed a predoctoral neuropsychology practicum training program in collaboration with two local universities (Spalding University and University of Louisville)
 
 
 
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Barton, J.J.S., Cherkasova, M.V., Hefter, R., Cox, T.A., O'Connor, M. & Manoach, D.S. (2004). Are patients with social developmental disorders prosopagnosic? Perceptual heterogeneity in the Asperger and socio-emotional processing disorders. Brain, 127, 1706-1716.
2. Barton, J.J.S., Cherkasova, M.V. & Hefter, R. (2004). The covert priming effect of faces in prosopagnosia. Neurology, 63, 2062-2068.
3. Hefter, R.L., Manoach, D.S. & Barton, J.J.S. (2005). Perception of facial expression and facial identity in subjects with social developmental disorders. Neurology, 65, 1620-1625.
4. Barton, J.J.S., Greenzang, C., Hefter, R., Edelman, J. & Manoach, D.S. (2006). Switching, plasticity, and prediction in a saccadic task-switch paradigm. Experimental Brain Research, 168, 76-87.
5. Barton, J.J.S., Malcolm, G.L. & Hefter, R.L. (2007). Spatial processing in Bálint syndrome and prosopagnosia: a study of three patients. Journal of NeuroOphthalmology, 27, 268-74.
6. Barton, J.J.S., Hefter, R.L., Cherkasova, M.V. & Manoach, D.S. (2007). Investigations of face expertise in the social developmental disorders. Neurology, 69, 860-870.
7. Hefter, R.L., Jerskey, B.A. & Barton, J.J.S. (2008). The biasing of figure-ground assignment by shading cues for objects and faces in prosopagnosia. Perception, 37, 1412-25.
8. Stilp, R.L., Gernsbacher, M.A., Schweigert, E.K., Arneson, C.L. & Goldsmith, H.H. (2010). Genetic variance for autism screening items in an unselected sample of toddler-age twins. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, 269-278.
9. Taylor, H.G., Klein, N., Espy, K.A., Schluchter, M., Minich, N., Stilp, R., & Hack, M. (2018). Effects of extreme prematurity and kindergarten neuropsychological skills on early academic progress. Neuropsychology, 32(7), 809-821.
10. Berl, M.M., Koop, J.I., Ailion, A., ... Stilp, R.L.H., Wilkening, G.N., Zaccariello, M., Zelko, F., Perry, S., & the PERC Epilepsy Surgery Database Project. (2023). Initial success and impact of a pediatric epilepsy surgery collaborative among neuropsychologists. Epilepsia, Jun;64(6), 1554-1567.
11. Kuruvilla, A., Sadle, C.J., Mutchnick, I., Karia, S., Sah, J., Stilp, R., Dashti, S., & Karakas, C. (2024). Super-selective Wada test for pre-surgical leg motor function assessment: A case report. Child's Nervous System, 40, 1631-1636.
12. Cadle, C.J., Mutchnick, I., Karia, S., Stilp, R., Nascimento, F., & Karakas, C. (2024). Deja-vu sensation induced by cortical stimulation of the posterior cingulate cortex. Neurocase, 30(6), 241-245.
13. Brothers, S.B., Wolfe-Christensen, C., Loblein, H.J., Kimbley, H., Patrick, K.E., ...Stilp, R.L., ...The Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (PERC) Surgery Workgroup. (2025). Depressive symptoms in youth with refractory epilepsy: exploration of seizure, sociodemographic and cognitive factors. Epilepsy & Behavior, 171, 110608.
14. Berl MM, Wagner J, Caraway A, Loblein H, Novotny EJ, Patrick K, Ostendorf AP, Alexander AL, Eschbach KL, Depositario-Cabacar DF, Vu TA, Oluigbo C, Karia SR, Karakas C, Wong-Kisiel LC, Romanowski EF, McNamara NA, Bolton J, Ailion A, Tatachar P, Pichon PD, Shrey DW, Singh RK, Coryell J, Lin JJ, Koop J, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Auguste K, Bernardo D, Ciliberto MA, Reddy SB, Ganesh A, Arredondo K, Grinspan Z, Nangia S, Samanta D, Marashly A, Armstrong D, Perry MS, PERC Surgery Workgroup. Disparities across the pediatric epilepsy surgery journey: Referral, recommendation, and completion from a national consortium. Epilepsia. 2026 Apr;67(4):1601-1613.
 
Abstracts
1. Hefter, R. & Jerskey, B. (2003, June). Personality differences in acquired and developmental prosopagnosia. Poster presented at the 12th annual Massachusetts Neuropsychological Symposium, Boston, MA.
2. Kees, E.K., Hefter, R.L., Klaver, J., Schweigert, S.A., Arneson, C., Gernsbacher, M.A. & Goldsmith, H.H. (2005, June). Twin concordance for the autism spectrum based on community diagnoses and screening of a birth cohort. Behavior Genetics, 35, 809. (abstract).
3. Hefter, R.L. (2005, September). Development of an autism screening device. Paper presented at the 20th annual First Year Project Symposium, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI.
4. Hefter, R.L., Kees, E.K., Arneson, C.L., Gernsbacher, M.A. & Goldsmith, H.H. (2006, June). Determining the heritability of early autism markers: Genetic analyses of the MCHAT6. Paper presented at the 5th annual International Meeting for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.
5. Frymiare, J.L., Hefter, R.L., Goldsmith, H.H. & Gernsbacher, M.A. (2006, June). Does amygdala size differ in individuals on the autism spectrum compared to typically developing individuals?: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 5th annual International Meeting for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.
6. Goldsmith, H.H., Schweigert, E.K., Hefter, R.L., Gottesman, I.I. & Gernsbacher, M.A. (2009, April). Twin concordance for autism: Analyses using multiple diagnostic criteria in a population-based twin study. Paper presented at the 2009 biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
7. Hefter, R.L., Gernsbacher, M.A., Schweigert, E.K. & Goldsmith, H.H. (2009, May). Two-stage autism screening. Poster presented at the 8th annual International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, IL.
8. Schweigert, E.K., Gernsbacher, M.A., Hefter, R.L., Gottesman, I.I. & Goldsmith, H.H. (2009, May). Twin concordance for autism: A comparison of multiple diagnostic criteria in a population-based twin study. Paper presented at the 8th annual International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, IL.
9. Stevenson, J.L., Schweigert, E.K., Hefter, R.L., Goldsmith, H.H. & Gernsbacher, M.A. (2009, June). Role of praxis in assessing social-communication ability in autism. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
10. Stilp, R.L., Taylor, H., Minich, N., Espy, K.A., & Hack, M. (2012, June). Neuropsychological predictors of early learning progress in extremely preterm children. Poster presented at the 10th annual meeting for the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Seattle, WA.
11. Tangen, R.B. & Stilp, R. (2012, November). Adaptive and executive function deficits in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Nashville, TN.
12. Stilp, R.L., Minich, N., & Taylor, H.G. (2013, June). Early School-Age Cognitive Development in Extremely Preterm Children. Poster presented at the 11th annual meeting for the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Chicago, IL.
13. Berl, M., Carney, A., Koop, J., ... Stilp, R.L., Wilkening, G.N., Zaccariello, M., Zelko, F. (2021, December). Initial success and impact of building a collaborative among pediatric neuropsychologists. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the American Epilepsy Society, Chicago, IL.
14. McLaughlin, K., Patrick, K., Novotny, E., ... Stilp, R.L.H., Wilkening, G.N., Zaccariello, M., Zelko, F., & the PERC Epilepsy Surgery Database Project. (2022, December). Not all neuropsychological tests are created equal: Memory performance differences in patients with pediatric epilepsy. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the American Epilepsy Society, Nashville, TN.
15. Maiman, M., Berl, M., Koop, J. ... Stilp, R.L.H., ... Bolton, J. & Ailion, A. (2023, February). Pediatric frontal lobe epilepsy: Fine motor skills are associated with executive dysfunction and ADHD symptomatology. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting for the International Neuropsychological Society, San Diego, CA.
16. Almy, B., Scimeca, L., Marshall, D., ... Stilp, R.L.H., Wilkening, G.N., Zaccariello, M., Zelko, F., & the PERC Epilepsy Surgery Database Project. (2023, February). Assessing differences in academic achievement among a national sample of children with epilepsy before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting for the International Neuropsychological Society, San Diego, CA.
17. Almy, B., Scimeca, L., Marshall, D., ... Stilp, R.L.H., Wilkening, G.N., Zaccariello, M., Zelko, F., & the PERC Epilepsy Surgery Database Project (2023, February). The importance of executive functioning for academic achievement among a national sample of children with epilepsy. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting for the International Neuropsychological Society, San Diego, CA.
18. Berl, M.M., Kaseda, E.T., Koop, J.I., ... Stilp, R.L.H., Wilkening, G.N., Zaccariello, M., Zelko, F., & PERC Epilepsy Surgery Database Project. (2023, February) Latent Wechsler profiles in presurgical pediatric epilepsy. Paper presented at the 51st annual meeting for the International Neuropsychological Society, San Diego, CA.
19. Stilp, R.L.H., Hotz, I., Stilp, C.E., & Heffelfinger, A. (2026, June) Consistency in cognition and adaptive skills from preschool to older school-age in a neuropsychology clinic. Poster to be presented at the 24th annual meeting for the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Baltimore, MD.