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Shelli Kesler, PhD

Assistant Professor (Research), Psychiatry & Behavioral Science - Interdis Brain Science Research
Member, Bio-X
Member, Cancer Center

Contact Information

Clinical Offices

401 Quarry Rd RM 1365 MC 5795 Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone Work (650) 723-5511 Fax (650) 724-4794
Academic Offices

Personal Information
Email skesler@stanford.edu Tel (650) 723-0058

Administrative Contact
Tel Work Fax: 650-433-5402

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Clinical Focus

Neuropsychology
Psychology

Honors and Awards

K07 Career Development Award, NCI (2009)
Director's Innovator Award, NIH (2008)

Professional Education

Brigham Young University (2003) UT
Adolescent Residential Treatment & Evaluation Center (2001) UT
University of Utah Medical Center (2000) UT
PhD, BYU Clinical Neuropsychology (2000)

Research Interests

Assessment and treatment of cognitive deficits related to medical problems, particularly cancer. Multi-level research involving neuropsychology, neuroimaging and genetics. Measurement and enhancement of neuroplasticity mechanisms through targeted interventions.

Clinical Trials

Assessment and Rehabilitation of Cognitive Impairments in Pediatric Survivors of Cancer Recruiting
Intellectual Impairment in Women With Breast Cancer Not yet recruiting

Publications

Regional brain activation during verbal declarative memory in metastatic breast cancer. Kesler SR, Bennett FC, Mahaffey ML, Spiegel D. Clin Cancer Res. 2009; 15 (21): 6665-73
The impact of spermine synthase (SMS) mutations on brain morphology. Kesler SR, Schwartz C, Stevenson RE, Reiss AL. Neurogenetics. 2009; 10 (4): 299-305
Longitudinal brain volume changes in preterm and term control subjects during late childhood and adolescence. Ment LR, Kesler S, Vohr B, Katz KH, Baumgartner H, Schneider KC, Delancy S, Silbereis J, Duncan CC, Constable RT, Makuch RW, Reiss AL. Pediatrics. 2009; 123 (2): 503-11
Alterations in functional connectivity for language in prematurely born adolescents. Schafer RJ, Lacadie C, Vohr B, Kesler SR, Katz KH, Schneider KC, Pugh KR, Makuch RW, Reiss AL, Constable RT, Ment LR. Brain. 2009; 132 (Pt 3): 661-70
Cholinergic dysfunction in fragile X syndrome and potential intervention: a preliminary 1H MRS study. Kesler SR, Lightbody AA, Reiss AL. Am J Med Genet A. 2009; 149A (3): 403-7
Prematurely born children demonstrate white matter microstructural differences at 12 years of age, relative to term control subjects: an investigation of group and gender effects. Constable RT, Ment LR, Vohr BR, Kesler SR, Fulbright RK, Lacadie C, Delancy S, Katz KH, Schneider KC, Schafer RJ, Makuch RW, Reiss AR. Pediatrics. 2008; 121 (2): 306-16
Gender differences in the mesocorticolimbic system during computer game-play. Hoeft F, Watson CL, Kesler SR, Bettinger KE, Reiss AL. J Psychiatr Res. 2008; 42 (4): 253-8
Brain volume reductions within multiple cognitive systems in male preterm children at age twelve. Kesler SR, Reiss AL, Vohr B, Watson C, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Maller-Kesselman J, Silbereis J, Constable RT, Makuch RW, Ment LR. J Pediatr. 2008; 152 (4): 513-20, 520.e1
Altered neurodevelopment associated with mutations of RSK2: a morphometric MRI study of Coffin-Lowry syndrome. Kesler SR, Simensen RJ, Voeller K, Abidi F, Stevenson RE, Schwartz CE, Reiss AL. Neurogenetics. 2007; 8 (2): 143-7
Turner syndrome. Kesler SR, Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2007; 16 (3): 709-22
Craniofacioskeletal syndrome: an X-linked dominant disorder with early lethality in males. Stevenson RE, Brasington CK, Skinner C, Simensen RJ, Spence JE, Kesler S, Reiss AL, Schwartz CE. Am J Med Genet A. 2007; 143A (19): 2321-9
Selective alterations of white matter associated with visuospatial and sensorimotor dysfunction in turner syndrome. Holzapfel M, Barnea-Goraly N, Eckert MA, Kesler SR, Reiss AL. J Neurosci. 2006; 26 (26): 7007-13
Neuro-functional differences associated with arithmetic processing in Turner syndrome. Kesler SR, Menon V, Reiss AL. Cereb Cortex. 2006; 16 (6): 849-56
Increased temporal lobe gyrification in preterm children. Kesler SR, Vohr B, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Makuch RW, Reiss AL, Ment LR. Neuropsychologia. 2006; 44 (3): 445-53
A volumetric study of parietal lobe subregions in Turner syndrome. Brown WE, Kesler SR, Eliez S, Warsofsky IS, Haberecht M, Reiss AL. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2004; 46 (9): 607-9
Functional neuroanatomy of spatial orientation processing in Turner syndrome. Kesler SR, Haberecht MF, Menon V, Warsofsky IS, Dyer-Friedman J, Neely EK, Reiss AL. Cereb Cortex. 2004; 14 (2): 174-80
Volumetric analysis of regional cerebral development in preterm children. Kesler SR, Ment LR, Vohr B, Pajot SK, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Ebbitt TB, Duncan CC, Makuch RW, Reiss AL. Pediatr Neurol. 2004; 31 (5): 318-25
Amygdala and hippocampal volumes in Turner syndrome: a high-resolution MRI study of X-monosomy. Kesler SR, Garrett A, Bender B, Yankowitz J, Zeng SM, Reiss AL. Neuropsychologia. 2004; 42 (14): 1971-8
Sex differences in cerebral volumes of 8-year-olds born preterm. Reiss AL, Kesler SR, Vohr B, Duncan CC, Katz KH, Pajot S, Schneider KC, Makuch RW, Ment LR. J Pediatr. 2004; 145 (2): 242-9
An experiment of nature: brain anatomy parallels cognition and behavior in Williams syndrome. Reiss AL, Eckert MA, Rose FE, Karchemskiy A, Kesler S, Chang M, Reynolds MF, Kwon H, Galaburda A. J Neurosci. 2004; 24 (21): 5009-15
Premorbid intellectual functioning, education, and brain size in traumatic brain injury: an investigation of the cognitive reserve hypothesis. Kesler SR, Adams HF, Blasey CM, Bigler ED. Appl Neuropsychol. 2003; 10 (3): 153-62
Effects of X-monosomy and X-linked imprinting on superior temporal gyrus morphology in Turner syndrome. Kesler SR, Blasey CM, Brown WE, Yankowitz J, Zeng SM, Bender BG, Reiss AL. Biol Psychiatry. 2003; 54 (6): 636-46
Brain development in Turner syndrome: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Brown WE, Kesler SR, Eliez S, Warsofsky IS, Haberecht M, Patwardhan A, Ross JL, Neely EK, Zeng SM, Yankowitz J, Reiss AL. Psychiatry Res. 2002; 116 (3): 187-96
Verbal memory deficits associated with fornix atrophy in carbon monoxide poisoning. Kesler SR, Hopkins RO, Blatter DD, Edge-Booth H, Bigler ED. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2001; 7 (5): 640-6
SPECT, MR and quantitative MR imaging: correlates with neuropsychological and psychological outcome in traumatic brain injury. Kesler SR, Adams HF, Bigler ED. Brain Inj. 2000; 14 (10): 851-7