Education & Training
Medical School
University of Illinois at Chicago
Residency
Neurology
- University of Virginia
Internal Medicine
- University Of Illinois College Of Medicine At Urbana
Fellowship
Psychiatry & Neurology, Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry
- Florida Hospital-Orlando
Boards
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Insurances
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Academic Information
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
Director, Neurology Residency Program
Research Interests
- Neurocognitive disorders / dementia
- Cognitive/behavioral neurology
- Cognitive/biological psychology
- Higher education
- Advocacy / public speaking on neurocognitive disorders / dementia
Areas of Expertise
- Cognitive psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Behavioral neurology
- Dementia
- Cognitive brain disorders
- Teaching
- Public speaking
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Awards & Honors
Selected Awards and Honors
- 2017, Jane Hickman Teaching Award, School of Medicine, Univ. Missouri
- 2017, Outstanding Clinical Faculty Educator, School of Medicine, Univ. Missouri
- 2016, Alpha Omega Alpha, Faculty Honoree, School of Medicine, Univ. Missouri
- 2015, Excellence in Education – Clinical Faculty, Medical Student Affairs Council, Univ. Missouri
- 2014, Outstanding Pre-Clinical Faculty Educator, School of Medicine, Univ. Missouri
- 2012, Outstanding Teacher, Neurology Residency, School of Medicine, Univ. Missouri
Selected Presentations
- Alzheimer Research Update: Invited keynote, Alzheimer Association Annual Donor Reception, Columbia, MO (March, 2018)
- The Broken Present: Understanding how people experience, and respond to, memory loss and dementia. Invited address. Provision Health Residential Care Facility, Columbia, MO (January, 2018)
- Dementia Diagnosis and Treatment. Invited address. University of Missouri, Annual Neurosciences CME Update (September 2017).
- Dementia, lecture series for Osher Institute, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (March-April 2017)
- Broken Social Brains. Invited keynote. Southwest Psychology Association, San Antonio, TX (April 2017).
- Current Research in Alzheimer Disease. Invited address at Alzheimer’s Hope Forum invited by US Congressional Representative Vicky Hartzler, Sedalia, MO (November, 2016).
- The Spectrum of Parkinsonism. Invited address. Parkinson Disease Support Group, Columbia, MO (August, 2016)
- Eight Big Things to Do About Dementia. Invited address. Provision Health Residential Care Facility, Columbia, MO (August, 2016)
- Past, Current, and Future Treatment of Alzheimer Disease. Invited plenary. 26th Annual Caring for the Frail and Elderly Conference, Family Medicine, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (August, 2016)
- Parkinsonism. Invited address. Parkinson Disease Support Group, Columbia, MO (December, 2015)
- Sight vs. Vision. Invited grand rounds, Family Medicine, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (October, 2015)
- The Eight Big Things to Do About Dementia. Invited address. 25th Annual Caring for the Frail and Elderly Conference, Family Medicine, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (August, 2015)
- Communicating the Alzheimer Disease Diagnosis, Invited grand rounds, Family Medicine, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (July, 2015)
- Stroke Ethics. Invited address. Annual Stroke Review and Update. Boone Hospital Center, Columbia MO (February, 2015).
- What’s New in the Diagnosis & Treatment of Alzheimer Disease? Invited address. 25th Annual Gerontology Clinical Update, Sinclair School of Nursing, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (December, 2014).
- Parkinsonian Memory Loss. Invited address. Parkinson Disease Support Group, Columbia, MO (December, 2014)
- Memory Loss. Invited address. Alzheimer Association, Mid-Missouri Chapter (July, 2014)
- Double Dissociation of Sight vs. Vision in Healthy and Diseased Brains. Neurology grand rounds, School of Medicine, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (May, 2014)
- Brain-Mind-Behavior in 21st Century: A Neurologist’s View on Why We Need Psychology, Invited address, National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL (January, 2014)
- Cognitive Behavioral Neurology and Traumatic Brain Injury, Invited talk, Brain Injury Support Group, Columbia MO (November, 2013)
- The Woman Who Thought My Nose Was a Hand, and Other Cognitive Neurology Syndromes You'll Actually See ... If You Look, Invited grand rounds, Internal Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, OH (October, 2013)
- Memory Loss. Invited address. Alzheimer Association, Mid-Missouri Chapter (April, 2013)
- The Clinical Construct of Alzheimer Disease. Invited Address. Seminars in Translational Neuroscience, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (February, 2013)
- Memory Loss. Invited address. Alzheimer Association, Mid-Missouri Chapter (June, 2012)
- The Differential Diagnosis of Dementia. Invited address, Primary Care Conference, Audrain Medical Center, Mexico, MO (December, 2012)
- Cognitive Deficits in Parkinson Disease. Invited address, Parkinson Disease Association, Columbia, MO (August, 2012)
- Differentiating Dementias. Invited address. 22nd Annual Caring for the Frail and Elderly Conference, Family Medicine, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (August, 2012)
- The Depressed Lady Who Wasn’t: A Behavioral Neurology Live Case Presentation. Neurology grand rounds. School of Medicine, Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO (July, 2012)
- Famous Frequent Frightening Phenotypical Faces of Fickle FTD. Invited address. Boone County Medical Society, Columbia, MO (March, 2012)
- Delivering Bad News. Invited address, Palliative Care Conference, Boone Hospital Center, Columbia, MO (November, 2011)
Publications
- Shenker, J.I. and Singh, G. (2017). Sleep and dementia. Missouri Medicine, 114(4), 299-303.
- Roberts, M.H. & Shenker, J.I. (2016). Non-optic vision: Beyond synesthesia. Brain & Cognition, 107, 24-29. doi: 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.05.007
- Shenker, J.I. & Roberts, M.H. (2016). Simultanagnosia: When all you can see are trees, the forest still rules. Neurocase, 22(3), 289-293. doi 10.1080/13554794.2015.1137949
- Ghacibeh, G., Shenker, J.I., Winter, K.H., Triggs, W. J., & Heilman, K.M. (2007). Dissociation of neglect subtypes with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neurology, 69(11), 1122-1127. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000276950.77470.50
- Ghacibeh, G.A., Shenker, J.I., Shenal, B., Uthman, B.M., & Heilman, K.M. (2006). The influence of vagus nerve stimulation on memory. Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology, 19(3), 119-122. doi: 10.1097/01.wnn.0000213908.34278.7d
- Ghacibeh, G.A., Shenker, J.I., Shenal, B., Uthman, B. & Heilman, K.M. (2006). Effect of vagus nerve stimulation on creativity and cognitive flexibility. Epilepsy & Behavior, 8(4), 720-725. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.03.008
- Shenker, J.I. (2005, Epub). Teaching biology in a psychology class: How to use Case Stories and Other Methods to Delight Yourself and Your Students. American Psychological Society Teaching Tips (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/tips)
- Shenker, J.I., Wylie, S.A., Fuchs, K., Manning, C.A., & Heilman, K.M. (2004). Online anosognosia: Unawareness for chorea in real time but not on videotape delay. Neurology, 63 (1), 159-160.
- Banich, M.T., Milham, M.P., Atchley, R., Cohen, N.J., Webb, A., Wszalek, T., Kramer, A.F., Liang, Z.-P., Wright, A., Shenker, J., & Magin, R. (2000). fMRI studies of Stroop tasks reveal unique roles of anterior and posterior brain systems in attentional selection. J. Cog. Neurosci., 12 (6), 988-1000.
- Gabriel, M., Cuppernell, C., Shenker, J.I., Kubota, Y., Henzi, V., & Swanson, D. (1995). Mammillothalamic tract transection blocks anterior thalamic training-induced neuronal plasticity and impairs discriminative avoidance behavior in rabbits. J. Neurosci., 15(2), 1437-1445.
- Banich, M.T. & Shenker, J.I. (1994b). Dissociations in memory for item identity and item frequency: Evidence from hemispheric processing. Neuropsychologia, 32(10), 1179-1194.
- Banich, M.T. & Shenker, J.I. (1994a). Investigations of interhemispheric processing: Methodological considerations. Neuropsychology, 8(2), 263-277.
- Fridlund, A.J., Sabini, J.P., Hedlund, L.E., Schaut, J.A., Shenker, J.I., & Knauer, M.J. (1990). Audience effects on solitary faces during imagery: Displaying to the people in your head. J. Nonverbal Behavior, 14, 113-137.
- Rozin, P. & Shenker, J. (1989). Liking oral cold and hot irritant sensations: Specificity to type of irritant and locus of stimulation. Chemical Senses, 14(6), 771-779.
- Lawless, H., Rozin, P. & Shenker, J. (1985). Effects of oral capsaicin on gustatory, olfactory and irritant sensations and flavor identification in humans who regularly or rarely consume chili pepper. Chemical Senses, 10(4), 579-589.