Associate Professor of Neurology

Professional Background: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Louisiana State Univ, 1995
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Office: CIRC 312, 1719 6th Ave S, Birmingham AL 35294-0021

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Personal Info:
Dr. Martin obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree (1984) and Masters in Science degree (1987) in psychology from Augusta College. He received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology in 1995 from Louisiana State University, and completed clinical internship and postdoctoral specialization in clinical neuropsychology from West Virginia University-Morgantown School of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry.

Dr. Martin has been the Director of Neuropsychology Services for the UAB Comprehensive Epilepsy Program since 1995. He provides comprehensive pre- and post-operative neuropsychological assessments for the center's epilepsy surgery program. Other clinical activities include assessment of speech lateralization using the Intracarotid Amytal procedure, inpatient diagnostic assessment of pseudoseizure patients, and outpatient psychotherapy services for patients with epilepsy.

Specialty / Interests
Adult neuropsychological assessment pre- and post-operative for epilepsy surgery program, assessment of speech lateralization, inpatient diagnostic assessment of pseudoseizure patients, and outpatient psychotherapy services for patients with epilepsy.

Publications

Dr. Martin has published several peer-reviewed articles and abstracts in the field of neuropsychology, including research investigating the cognitive sequelae following temporal lobectomy in patients with intractable epilepsy, and the neuropsychological identification and classification of the malingering/dissimulating patient. For a complete listing, you can contact his office at 205-975-6255.

Griffith HR, Martin R, Andrews S, Paige AL, Ware J, Faught E, Welty T. The Safety and Tolerability of Galantamine in Patients with Epilepsy and Memory Difficulties. Epilepsy & Behavior 2008; In Press.

Martin R, Okonkwo O, Hill J, Griffith HR, Triebel K, Bartolucci A, Nicholas A, Watts R, Stover N, Harrell L, Clark D, Marson D. Medical decision-making capacity in cognitively impaired Parkinson’s disease patients without dementia. Movement Disorders 2008; In Press.

Stewart C, Okonkwo O, Martin R, Knowlton R, Richardson E, Hermann B, Seidenberg M, Griffith H. Contributions of volumetrics of the hippocampus and thalamus to verbal memory in temporal lobe epilepsy patients. Brain & Cognition; In Press.

Martin R, Griffith HR, Belue K, Harrell L, Zamrini E, Anderson B, Marson D. Declining financial capacity in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease: A one-year longitudinal study. Am J Ger Psychiatry 2008; 16: 209-219.

McConley R, Martin R, Palmer C, Kuzniecky R, Knowlton R, Faught E. Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test Spatial & Figural scoring: Relations to Seizure Focus and Hippocampal Pathology in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients. Epilepsy & Behavior 2008; 13: 174-177.

Bambara J, Griffith HR, Martin R, Faught E, Wadley V, Marson D. Medical decision-making abilities in older adults with chronic partial epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior 2007; 11: 63-68.

Gilliam FG, Maton BM, Martin RC, Sawrie SM, Faught E, Hugg JW, Viikinsalo M, Kuzniecky R. Hippocampal 1H-MRS correlates with severity of depression symptoms in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 2007; 68: 364-368.

Griffith HR, Martin R, Bambara J, Faught E, Vogtle L, Marson D. Cognitive functioning over 3 years in a community dwelling older adults with chronic partial epilepsy. Epilepsy Research 2007; 74: 91-96.

Richarson EJ, Griffith HR, Martin RC, Paige AL, Stewart CC, Jones J, Hermann BP, Seidenberg M. Structural and functional neuroimaging correlates of depression in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior 2007; 10: 242-249.

Vogtle L, Martin R, Foushee HR, Faught E. A comparison of physician’s attitudes and beliefs regarding driving for persons with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior 2007; 10: 55-62.

Burneo J, Black L, Martin R, Devinsky O, Pacia S, Faught E, Basquez B, Knowlton R, Luciano D, Doyle W, Najjar S, Kuzniecky R. Race/ethnicity, sex and socieoeconomic status as predictors of outcome after surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy. Arch Neurol 2006; 63: 1106-1110.

Griffith HR, Martin RC, Bambara JK, Marson DC, Faught E. Older adults with epilepsy demonstrate cognitive impairments compared to patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment. Epilepsy & Behavior 2006; 8: 161-168.

Huthwaite J, Martin R, Griffith HR, Anderson B, Harrell L, Marson D. Declining medical decision-making capacity in mild AD: A two-year longitudinal study. Behavioral Sciences and the Law 2006; 24: 453-463.

LaFrance C, Alper K, Babcock D, Barry J, Benbadis S, Caplan R, Gates J, Jacobs M, Kanner A, Martin R, Rundhaugen L, Stewart R, Vert C (for the NES Treatment Workshop participants). Nonepileptic seizures treatment workshop summary. Epilepsy & Behavior 8:451-461, 2006.

Martin R, Sawrie S, Deakle M, Knowlton R, Faught E. Determining empirically-based self-reported cognitive change: Development of reliable change indices and standardized regression-based change norms for the Multiple Abilities Self-report Questionnaire (MASQ) in an epilepsy sample. Epilepsy & Behavior 8:239-245, 2006.

McConley R, Martin R, Banos J, Blanton P, Faught E. Global/local scoring modifications for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure: Relation to unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy patients. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 12:383-390, 2006.

LoGalbo A, Sawrie S, Roth D, Kuzniecky R, Knowlton R, Faught E, Martin R. Verbal memory outcome in patients with normal preoperative verbal memory and left mesial temporal sclerosis. Epilepsy & Behavior 6:337-341, 2005.

Martin R, Griffith HR, Faught E, Gilliam F, Mackey M, Vogtle L. Cognitive functioning in community dwelling older adults with chronic partial epilepsy. Epilepsia 46:298-303, 2005.

Martin R, Vogtle L, Gilliam F, Faught E. What are the concerns of older adults living with epilepsy? Epilepsy & Behavior 7:297-300, 2005.

Banos J, LaGory J, Sawrie S, Faught E, Knowlton R, Prasad A, Kuzniecky R, Martin R. Self-report of cognitive abilities in temporal lobe epilepsy: cognitive, psychosocial, and emotional factors. Epilepsy & Behavior 5:575-579, 2004.

Banos J, Roth D, Palmer C, Morawetz R, Knowlton R, Faught E, Kuzniecky R, Bilir E, Martin R. Confirmatory factor analysis of the California Verbal Learning Test in epilepsy patients: Relationship to clinical and neuropathological markers of temporal lobe epilepsy. Neuropsychology 18:60-68, 2004.

Burneo J, Knowlton R, Faught E, Martin R, Sawrie S, Kuzniecky R. Chronic temporal lobe epilepsy: spatial extent and degree of metabolic dysfunction studied with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Epilepsy Research 62:119-124, 2004.

Burneo J, Martin R. Reporting race/ethnicity in epilepsy clinical trials. Epilepsy & Behavior 5:743-745, 2004.

Lawn N, Laich E, Ho S, Martin R, Faught E, Knowlton R, Morawetz R, Kuzniecky R. Eclampsia, hippocampal sclerosis, and temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 62:1352-1356, 2004.

Snead K, Ackerson A, Bailey K, Schmitt MM, Madan-Swain A, Martin RC. Taking charge of epilepsy: the development of a structured psychoeducational group intervention for adolescents with epilepsy and their parents. Epilepsy & Behavior 5:547-556, 2004.

Martin R, Burneo J, Powell T, Faught E, Knowlton R, Prasad A, Mendez M, Kuzniecky R. Frequency of epilepsy in patients with psychogenic seizures monitored by video/EEG. Neurology 61:1791-1792, 2003.

Martin R, Kretzmer T, Palmer C, Sawrie S, Knowlton R, Faught E, Morawetz R, Kuzniecky R. Risk to verbal memory following anterior temporal lobectomy in patients with severe left hippocampal sclerosis. Arch Neurol 59:1895-1901, 2002.

Martin R, Sawrie S, Gilliam F, Mackey M, Faught E, Knowlton R, Kuzniecky R. Determining reliable cognitive change following epilepsy surgery: Development of reliable change indices and standardized regression-based change norms for the WMS-3 and WAIS-3. Epilepsia 43:1551-1558, 2002.

Martin R, Sawrie S, Knowlton R, Bilir E, Gilliam F, Faught E, Kuzniecky R. Bilateral hippocampal atrophy: Consequences to verbal memory following temporal lobectomy. Neurology 57:597-604, 2001.

Martin R, Kuzniecky R, Ho S, Hetherington H, Pan J, Sinclair K, Gilliam F, Faught E. Cognitive effects of topiramate, gabapentin, and lamotrigine in healthy young adults. Neurology 52:321-327, 1999.