The University of Arizona Department of Neurology: faculty

Department of Neurology - Faculty

Steven Rapcsak, MD Steven Z. Rapcsak, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychology
Director, Neurogeriatric Unit,
Chief of Neurology, Tucson Veterans Administration Medical Center

Education/Training:

MD: Medical School of Szeged, Hungary, 1978

Residency (Psychiatry): Beth Israel Hospital / Mt. Sinai Medical School, 1979-82

Residency (Neurology): Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1982-85

Fellowship (Behavioral Neurology): University of Florida at Gainesville, 1985-86

Board Certification: Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Clinical/Research Interests: Behavioral Neurology; Hemispatial Neglect; Aphasia, Apraxia, and Agnosia

Selected Publications:

Rapcsak SZ, Verfaellie M, Fleet WS, Heilman KM. Selective attention in hemispatial neglect. Archives of Neurology, 1989, 46, 178-182.
Rapcsak SZ, Croswell S, Rubens AB. Apraxia in Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 1989, 39, 664-668.
Rapcsak SZ, Rubens AB, Laguna JF. From letters to words: Procedures for word recognition in letter-by-letter reading. Brain and Language, 1990, 38, 504-514.
Rapcsak SZ, Beeson PM, Rubens AB. Writing with the right hemisphere. Brain and Language, 1991, 41, 510-530.
Rapcsak SZ, Comer JF, Rubens AB. Anomia for facial expressions: Neuropsychological mechanisms and anatomical correlates. Brain and Language, 1993, 45, 233-252.
Rapcsak SZ, Ochipa C, Beeson PM, Rubens AB. Praxis and the right hemisphere. Brain and Cognition, 1993, 23, 181-202.
Rapcsak SZ, Polster MR, Comer JF, Rubens AB. False recognition and misidentification of faces following right hemisphere damage. Cortex, 1994, 30, 565-583.
Rapcsak SZ, Rubens AB. Localization of lesions in transcortical aphasia. In Localization in Neuropsychology, 2nd Edition, A Kertesz (ed.). New York: Academic Press, 1994. pp. 298-329.