Troy Alan Webber

Troy Alan Webber, Ph.D., ABPP

Staff Psychologist

Email

troy.webber@bcm.edu

Positions

Staff Psychologist: Mental Health Care Line
Behavioral Health Program
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC)

Assistant Professor: Psychiatry & Behav Sciences
Psychology
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Adjunct Faculty: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Psychology
University of Houston

Education

PhD from University of South Florida: Tampa; Clinical Psychology

Clinical Fellowship at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center: Houston; Clinical Neuropsychology

Internship at South Texas VA Healthcare System: San Antonio; Clinical Neuropsychology

MA from University of South Florida: Tampa; Clinical Psychology

BA from Michigan State University: East Lansing; Psychology Major, Philosophy Minor

Certifications

Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology: #9526; American Board of Professional Psychology/American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology

Licensed Psychologist: #PSY.0005107; Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies

Honors & Awards

Early Career Psychologist Award: ��vlog�� of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Psychology Division

Early Career Research Award: ��vlog�� of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Psychology Division

Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care: ��vlog�� of Medicine

Professional Interests

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Neuropsychological Assessment Feedback
Neurocognitive Dispersion
Response Validity

Professional Statement

I am a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, with extensive experience conducting neuropsychological assessments for adult US military Veterans. I am also an active independent researcher and study/publish on various neuropsychological topics, including novel methods of detecting cognitive/functional decline, response validity, and neuropsychological assessment feedback.

Selected Publications

Webber, T.A., Sullivan-Baca, E., Modiano, Y.A., Taiwo, Z., Grabyan, J.M.. " Validity of Informant Report Interpretations: Role of Examinee Performance and Symptom Invalidity. " Psychological Assessment. 2022 ; 34 (2)
Webber, T.A., Kiselica, A.M., Mikula, C.N., Woods, S.P.. " Dispersion-based Cognitive Intraindividual Variability in Dementia with Lewy Bodies.. " Neuropsychology. 2022 ; 36 (8)
Webber, T.A., Lorkiewicz, S.A., Kiselica, A.K., Woods, S.P.. " Ecological Validity of Cognitive Fluctuations in Dementia with Lewy Bodies.. " Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2023 ; 35 (1) : 35-46.
Webber, T. A., Lorkiewicz, S., Woods, S. P., Miller, B., & Soble, J. R.. " Does neuropsychological intraindividual variability index cognitive dysfunction, an invalid presentation, or both? Preliminary findings from a mixed clinical older adult veteran sample.. " Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2024 ;
Kiselica, A. M., Kaser, A. N., Weitzner, D., Mikula, C. M., Boone, A., Woods, S. P., Wolf, T. J., & Webber, T. A.. " Development and Validity of Norms for Cognitive Dispersion on the Uniform Data Set 3.0 Neuropsychological Battery.. " Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2024 ;
Webber, T. A., Woods, S. P., Lorkiewicz, S. A., Yazbeck, H. W., Schultz, E. R., & Kiselica, A. M.. " Cognitive dispersion and its functional relevance in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and prodromal behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.. " Neuropsychology. 2024 ;
Marder, M.A., Kent, W., Abalos, S.A., Springer, J.G., Kukla, T.J., Sharp, D.W., Cerny, B.M., Phillips, M.S., Webber, T.A., Soble., J.R.. " Dispersion and inconsistency based intraindividual variability in neuropsychological test performance accurately identify performance invalidity among adults referred for ADHD evaluation.. " The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2025 ;
Leese, M. I., Marder, M. A., Finley, J. C. A., Kent., G. W., Patel, H. K., Wood, A., Fisher, E. P., Bianco, J. M., Cerny, B. M., Phillips, M. S., Webber, T. A., Schroeder, R. W., & Soble, J. R.. " Examining intraindividual variability in neuropsychological test performance: Implications for identifying cognitive impairment and tracers of invalidity.. " Psychological Assessment. 2026 ;
Del Bene, V., Aita, S., Fonesca, L., Borgogna, N., Buccholz, A., Woods, S.P., Schretlen, D.J., Kiselica, A.M., Webber, T.A... & Hill, B.. " Cognitive intra-individual variability as an emerging measure of neuropsychological inference: A narrative review of its history, methodology, empirical support, future directions, and recommendations for best practices.. " The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2026 ;
Lorkiewicz, S.A., Webber, T.A., Sober, J.D., Kiselica, A.M., Woods, S.P.. " Self-Perceived Cognitive Fluctuations and Their Relationship to Everyday Functioning in Older Adults with and without HIV Disease.. " The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2024 ;
Webber, T.A., Critchfield, E.A., Soble, J.R.. " Convergent, Discriminant, and Concurrent Validity of Non-memory-based Performance Validity Tests.. " Assessment. 2020 ; 27 (7) : 1399-1415.
Choudhury, T. K., Christensen, A. A., Miller, B. I., & Webber, T. A.. " Cross-validation and classification accuracy of informant report via the Dementia Severity Rating Scale (DSRS) for identifying examinee-generated performance and symptom invalidity.. " Psychology & Neuroscience. 2023 ; 16 (2)
Weitzner, D. S., Miller, B. I., & Webber, T. A.. " Embedded cognitive and emotional/affective self-reported symptom validity indices on the patient competency rating scale.. " Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2022 ; 44 (8) : 533-549.
Modiano, Y. A., Taiwo, Z., Pastorek, N. J., & Webber, T. A.. " The Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology Amnestic Disorders Scale (SIMS-AM) is insensitive to cognitive impairment while accurately identifying invalid cognitive symptom reporting.. " Psychological Injury & Law. 2021 ; 14 (4) : 232-247.
Do, C., Milam, A. Soble, J.R., Webber, T.A.. " Validating the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition-Short Form Forced Choice Trial as an Embedded Performance Validity Indicator.. " Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2025 ;
Combs, H.L., Henry, S.K., Webber, T.A., Sober, J.D., York, M.K.. " Cognitive Functioning and Intra-Individual Variability in Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease: A Comparative Study.. " The Clinical Neuropsychologist. ;
Penheiro, R., Webber, T.A., Kiselica, A.M., Woods, S.P.. " Executive Functions are Independently Associated with Cognitive Dispersion in HIV Disease.. " Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2024 ;
Kiselica, A. M., Webber, T. A., & Benge, J. F.. " Using multivariate base rates of low scores to understand early cognitive declines on the uniform data set 3.0 Neuropsychological Battery.. " Neuropsychology. 2020 ; 34 (6)
Webber, T.A., Marceaux, J.C., Critchfield, E.A., Soble, J.R.. " Relative Impacts of Mild and Major Neurocognitive Disorder on Rate of Verbal Learning Acquisition.. " Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 2019 ; 34 (6) : 803-808.
Thompson, J. L., Woods, S. P., Medina, L. D., & Webber, T. A.. " Combined effects of older age and HIV disease on changes in everyday functioning over one year.. " Journal of NeuroVirology. 2022 ;
Webber, T. A., Soder, H. E., Potts, G. F., & Bornovalova, M. A.. " Preliminary evidence that digit length ratio (2D: 4D) predicts neural response to delivery of motivational stimuli.. " Biological Psychology. 2018 ; 132 : 91-95.

Memberships

American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology

National Academy of Neuropsychology

Funding

Neuropsychological Assessment Feedback: Does Spaced Retrieval Practice Enhance Recall Of And Adherence To Recommendations In Black Veterans?: $14,993.00 (10/01/2022 - 09/30/2025); Grant funding from National Academy of Neuropsychology/Clinical Research Grant Program

Skills

Adult Neuropsychological Assessment

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