Renee L. Madathil, Ph.D.

About Me

Dr. Madathil currently serves as a Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist on the Burn Service at URMC's Kessler Trauma Center. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The University of Montana and went on to complete her residency and post-doctoral fellowship in both Rehabilitation Psycholo...

Dr. Madathil currently serves as a Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist on the Burn Service at URMC's Kessler Trauma Center. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The University of Montana and went on to complete her residency and post-doctoral fellowship in both Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology at The University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Trauma Center. In addition, she completed a one-year research fellowship at the Seattle VA examining the effects of repeated, blast-related mTBI in OEF/OIF/OND Veterans.

Dr. Madathil provides psychological services with the goal of increasing function and quality of life for persons living with chronic illness, injury, and/or disability. Her current clinical practice focuses on assisting individuals and their support systems in coping with, and adapting to, the effects of injury or illness during and after hospitalization. She also specializes in brain-behavior relationships, and the neuropsychological assessment and treatment of neurological disorders.

Her approaches are biopsychosocial and interdisciplinary in nature, and most often include brief, solution focused therapy, non-pharmacological pain management, mindfulness, cognitive rehabilitation, and neuropsychological evaluation.

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry - Department of Psychiatry, Psychology (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (SMD) - Joint

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery - Department of Surgery (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship:
Mental Health and Clinical Center (MIRECC)
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, WA

Postdoctoral Clinical Fellowship (APA-accredited):
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Concentrations: Rehabilitation Psychology & Neuropsychology

Education

PhD | University of Montana. Clinical Psychology. 2014

MA | University of Montana. Clinical Psychology. 2010

BA | SUNY, College at Geneseo. Psychology. 2005

Research

Prior to joining the URMC faculty, Dr. Madathil helped run two NIH funded studies examining the effects of blast-related injuries through the Seattle VA. During this time, her research also included how treatable conditions, such as PTSD, may affect the recovery of veterans with repeated blast-relat...

Prior to joining the URMC faculty, Dr. Madathil helped run two NIH funded studies examining the effects of blast-related injuries through the Seattle VA. During this time, her research also included how treatable conditions, such as PTSD, may affect the recovery of veterans with repeated blast-related concussion.

Dr. Madathil's prior work has examined the utility of brief and computerized tools for cognitive assessment across multiple conditions (e.g., concussion, multiple sclerosis) to promote increased uptake of assessment with the aims of intervening upon cognitive impairments, and improving people’s recovery processes.

As a clinical psychologist trained in rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology, she continues to use skills from these fields to inform her work to improve functional and psychological outcomes among individuals with chronic illness, injury, and disability. Current research includes the development of a tool for assessing psychological and behavioral factors as barriers and facilitators to participation in therapies, with the ultimate goal of informing team-based discussions and targeted interventions to improve functional outcomes post-hospitalization. She is also the Primary Investigator on a study examining disability identity development in new SCI/D, funded by a Psychosocial Pilot Grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.

Publications

Journal Articles

iCAMS: Assessing the Reliability of a Brief International Cognitive Assessment for Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS) Tablet Application.

Beier M, Alschuler K, Amtmann D, Hughes A, Madathil R, Ehde D

International journal of MS care.. 2020 22 (2):67-74. Epub 1900 01 01.

Retrospective and Prospective Memory Among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans With a Self-Reported History of Blast-Related mTBI.

Pagulayan KF, Rau H, Madathil R, Werhane M, Millard SP, Petrie EC, Parmenter B, Peterson S, Sorg S, Hendrickson R, Mayer C, Meabon JS, Huber BR, Raskind M, Cook DG, Peskind ER

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS.. 2018 April 24 (4):324-334. Epub 12/29/2017.

Proposed cut scores for tests of the Brief International Cognitive Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (BICAMS).

Beier M, Gromisch ES, Hughes AJ, Alschuler KN, Madathil R, Chiaravalloti N, Foley FW

Journal of the neurological sciences.. 2017 October 15381 :110-116. Epub 08/16/2017.

Evaluation of Cognitive Symptoms Following Concussion.

Goldberg M, Madathil R

Current pain and headache reports.. 2015 September 19 (9):45. Epub 1900 01 01.

Assessment of the relationship between the use of birth control pill and the characteristics of mate selection.

Gori A, Giannini M, Craparo G, Caretti V, Nannini I, Madathil R, Schuldberg D

The journal of sexual medicine.. 2014 September 11 (9):2181-7. Epub 05/19/2014.

Do peritraumatic emotions differentially predict PTSD symptom clusters? Initial evidence for emotion specificity.

Dewey D, Schuldberg D, Madathil R