Neurocognitive Care Services
Neurocognitive Care Services at the UCSF Brain Tumor Center is a hub of clinical and research excellence committed to improving the quality of life of patients and their loved ones by reducing the impact of tumor and related treatment thinking changes. We partner with our primary brain tumor patients to provide compassionate and holistic care.
Clinic Services
Our expert neurorehabilitation and cognitive support providers in the Neurocognitive Care Clinic focus on how changes in brain function may affect your thought processes, behavior, or emotions. They can help you and your loved ones learn new ways to live well and adjust to those changes.
Your cognitive care may include the following services, depending on your needs:
- Neuropsychological evaluations-measures concentration, learning and other skills to guide treatment planning
- Cognitive rehabilitation therapy-helps with improving and maximizing thinking and understanding skills so that you can live and work as independently as possible. Individual and group visits are available with loved ones being encouraged to participate
- Supportive cognitive care-helps patients and loved ones with practical strategies and support to managing day to day activities
- Psychological care- helps patients cope with and process the emotional side of having a brain tumor in individual and family sessions.
- Health psychology sessions- focuses on patients' well-being, reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression, and building positive coping skills.
- Advocacy and coordinated referral to other local rehabilitation services.
We also offer specialized social work and case management, and have a social worker dedicated to sharing resources and solving problems that are unique to the brain tumor experience. Learn more >
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It was so isolating [before working with the Neurocognitive Care Clinic] and with [their] help I started to feel more control over my body and my life. Things really started looking up when I started working with you.
Cognitive Research
Our Neurocognitive Care team is part of Loglio, a coalition of investigators dedicated to improving diagnosis and treatment for lower grade glioma, including strategies for cognitive rehabilitation.
Research Publications
Röttgering JG, Taylor JW, Brie M, Luks T, Hervey-Jumper SL, Phan S, Bracci PM, Smith E, De Witt Hamer PC, Douw L, Weyer-Jamora C, Klein M. Understanding the association between fatigue and neurocognitive functioning in patients with glioma: A cross-sectional multinational study. Neurooncol Pract. 2024 Feb 9;11(3):284-295. doi: 10.1093/nop/npae011. PMID: 38737609; PMCID: PMC11085845.
Weyer-Jamora C, Brie MS, Luks TL, Smith EM, Hervey-Jumper SL, Taylor JW. Postacute Cognitive Rehabilitation for Adult Brain Tumor Patients. Neurosurgery. 2021 Feb 15:nyaa552. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa552. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33586764.
Weyer-Jamora C, Brie MS, Luks TL, Smith EM, Braunstein SE, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Bracci PM, Chang S, Hervey-Jumper SL, Taylor JW. Cognitive impact of lower-grade gliomas and strategies for rehabilitation. Neurooncol Pract. 2020 Nov 4;8(2):117-128. doi: 10.1093/nop/npaa072. PMID: 33898046; PMCID: PMC8049427.
Taylor J, Weyer-Jamora C, Brie M, Bracci P, Smith E, Luks T, Braunstein S, Villanueva-Meyer J, Gehring K, Aguilera A, Oberheim Bush NA, Clarke J, Butowski N, Chang S, Hervey-Jumper S. NCOG-21. INTERIM RESULTS OF THREE COGNITIVE REHABILITATION STRATEGIES IN PATIENTS WITH LOWER GRADE GLIOMAS. Neuro-Oncology. 2020 Nov; 22(Supplement_2):ii133-ii134. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa215.560.
