Dr. Fucetola is originally from Annapolis, Maryland. In 1998, he joined the faculty in the Department of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Neurology and a board-certified neuropsychologist in the Stroke and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Section. Dr. Fucetola provides evaluation and treatment to patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury, dementia, attention deficit disorder, and other brain disorders. Dr. Fucetola has a special interest in sports-related concussion, and is the consulting neuropsychologist to the St. Louis Blues.

Dr. Fucetola also directs the Evidence Based Aphasia Clinic (EBAC) with behavioral neurologist Dr. Maurizio Corbetta. The EBAC is a specialty clinic for the evaluation and treatment of patients with aphasia due to stroke or other neurological conditions. Dr. Fucetola is actively involved in research projects involving aphasia and brain injury.

Medical Training

Dr. Fucetola graduated magna cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 1991. He earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with a specialty in neuropsychology, at Washington University in 1997. Dr. Fucetola completed an internship in clinical neuropsychology at the Boston VA Medical Center-Tufts University School of Medicine, and a fellowship in adult neuropsychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Selected Publications

Fucetola, R., Connor, L. T., Perry, J., Leo, P., Tucker, F. M. and Corbetta, M. (in press). Aphasia severity, semantics and depression predict functional communication in acquired aphasia. Aphasiology.

Fucetola, R., Tucker, F., Blank, K. and Corbetta, M. (2005). A process for translating evidence-based aphasia treatment into clinical practice. Aphasiology, 19(3/4/5), 411-422.

Naunheim, R., McGurren, M., Standeven, J., Fucetola, R., Lauryssen, C. and Deibert, E. (2002). Does the use of artificial turf contribute to head injuries? Journal of Trauma, 53(4), 691-694.

Weinstein, C. S., Fucetola, R. and Mollica, R. (2001). Neuropsychological issues in the assessment of refugees and victims of mass violence. Neuropsychology Review, 11(3), 131-141.

Gansler, D. A., Fucetola, R., Krengel, M., Stetson, S., Zimering, R. & Makary, C. (1998). Are there cognitive subtypes in adult attention deficit disorder? Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186(12), 776-781.