Leo J. Shea III, Ph.D. is Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Rusk Institute, a division of the New York University Medical Center. Prior to his present work with tick-borne and immunological disorders, he was Assistant Director of the NYU Brain Injury Day Treatment Program. Dr. Shea has served as an organizational consultant to national and international corporations on human resources, administrative and executive training and development, trauma response and health care issues. His clients have included both political and public institutions such as the United Nations.
He maintains a private practice both in New York and Massachusetts focusing on traumatic brain injury, tick-borne diseases, neurological injury/illness, chronic illness, trauma and loss, contingency and disaster management and provides psychotherapy and cognitive remediation to individuals and groups.
Dr. Shea holds an Ed.M. in Counseling Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an M.A. in Hispanic Pastoral Ministry from Barry University and an M.S. in Clinical Psychology and a Ph.D. with a dual specialty in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology from the Miami Institute of Psychology.
Apart from his academic degrees, he is a graduate of the Organizational Development and Consultation Program at the William Alanson White Institute for Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry and Psychology and is a member of both the Institute's Organizational Work Group and its Trauma Response Training Committee. His trauma work during the 9/11 disaster has been cited in "When the Worst is Over."
Dr. Shea is presently the National Chairman of the National Research Fund for Tick-borne Diseases, Inc. which funds scientific research at major medical and academic institutions in the United States. He also serves on the National Board of Directors of the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society and the New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury.
Leo J. Shea III, Ph.D.
