John Goff Email & Phone Number

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Private practice of clinical psychology and neuropsychology including neuropsychological assessment and disability analysis. • Consulting relationships are maintained with numerous community and governmental agencies including: - Mississippi Office of Capital Defense Counsel - Disability Determination Service, - The Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (Psychologist Consultant to the Tuscaloosa Region Department of Rehabilitation Services) - Social Security Administration Office of Disability Adjudication and Review.• Consultations are also provided to attorneys and physicians. • Expert testimony has been accepted by state courts in Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, and the federal courts.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Responsible for the development and operation of a comprehensive neuropsychology laboratory and consultation service which was designed to serve three facilities in the Tuscaloosa area:- Bryce Hospital – a psychiatric facility- Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility – a forensic psychiatric hospital- Partlow State School and Hospital – a facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities• Supervisory responsibility for all neuropsychological assessments and consultations. • Responsibility for classification of individuals with intellectual disabilities, and other special needs patients at Bryce Hospital. • Prepared training activities related to neurologically impaired psychiatric patients.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Principal responsibility for professional, ethical, and administrative activities of a 40-member psychology staff in a 1200-bed psychiatric facility.• Professional/ethical activities included oversight of professional standards via coordination of peer review activities and staff supervision, planning and development of training programs, and monitoring staff privileges. • Provided psychological assessment services, neuropsychological consultation, and patient classification. • Coordinated psychology staff in its internal and external affairs, including participation in clinical staff policy development and implementation. This included the duties of: - Representation of the psychology staff on hospital and clinical staff committees dealing with quality assurance- Utilization review of policies and procedures- Medical records- Professional bylaws • System responsibilities included representation of Bryce Hospital and the Mental Illness Division for the autism project development study group and liaison activities with the Mental Retardation Division.

Memphis, Tennessee

• Advanced from Research Assistant to Assistant Member of Division of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Social Services. • Developed and directed the Neuropsychology Laboratory, including the acquisition of funding support.• Research conducted in the Neuropsychology Laboratory included studies of: 1) The Neuropsychology of Leukemia and its Treatment2) The Neuropsychological Effects of Stroke Associated with Hemoglobin Sickle-Cell disease3) The Effects of Nutritional Supplementation/Environmental Stimulation program on Neuropsychological development• Recruited and supervised three full-time laboratory research assistants and doctoral students. • Developed data collection and analysis systems. • Collaborated with other faculty members on research projects regarding emotional and learning difficulties. Designed educational programs to compensate for learning deficits.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Clinical Psychology

Master’S Degree, Clinical Psychology

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology