Elizabeth Letsch, PhD.

Dr. Letsch is a clinical neuropsychologist with rehabilitation psychology
specialty training. She provides psychological assessment and treatment to veterans and active duty personnel with spinal cord injury and disorders admitted into the acute rehabilitation program of the SCI/D and Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers of the James Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa, Florida. She also conducts comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations for persons with SCI emphasizing impact on rehabilitation, independence, and community re-entry. Her research interests include effectiveness of group interventions in SCI rehabilitation, and staff interventions for improving team dynamics and nursing-patient interactions. Dr. Letsch completed her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at the University at Buffalo, and completed fellowships at the University of Washington School of Medicine (Clinical Neuropsychology) and the Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training (Forensic Psychology). She also serves on the Electronic Communications Committee of the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, and actively participates in the training, mentoring, and professional development of interns and postdoctoral residents at the Tampa VAMC.