About
About Dr. Considine
Board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, Vanderbilt Associate Professor, and forensic and aeromedical consultant.
Ciaran M. Considine, PhD, ABPP-CN is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor of Neurology, with a secondary appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He directs the Brain Health Clinic at Vanderbilt Health and maintains an active forensic and aeromedical consultation practice through NeuropsyConsulting, LLC. His work spans clinical care, federally funded research, and medico-legal consultation, with subspecialty focus on neurodegenerative disease, neuropsychiatric presentations, and the application of neuropsychological science to legal and regulatory questions.
Appointments and roles
- Associate Professor of Neurology, with a secondary appointment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Clinical Neuropsychologist, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt Health
- Director, Brain Health Clinic
- Owner and Consultant, NeuropsyConsulting, LLC
Board certification and licensure
- Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology (ABPP-CN), Certification No. 9197
- Licensed Psychologist, Tennessee Board of Examiners of Psychology, License No. 3484
- FAA-listed Aeromedical Neuropsychologist
National leadership
- Board of Directors, American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN)
- Chair, Early Career Committee, AACN
- Chair, Neuropsychology Working Group, American Neuropsychiatric Association (ANPA)
- Co-Chair and Chair-Elect, Clinical Advisory Council, Huntington Study Group
- Publications Committee, International Neuropsychological Society
Education and training
- Resident Fellow, Milwaukee VA Medical Center; Visiting Fellow, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Internship, Detroit VA Medical Center
- PhD, Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology track), University of Windsor
- BA with High Honors, Psychology, University of Michigan
Research and scholarship
Dr. Considine has authored more than 35 peer-reviewed publications, with work appearing in journals including Nature Reviews Neurology, Nature Aging, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Annals of Neurology, Neurology, and Alzheimer's and Dementia. His research program addresses sleep-circadian disruption and neurofluid (glymphatic) function in neurodegenerative disease, neuropsychiatric and cognitive phenotyping in Huntington disease and frontotemporal dementia, and the development of practice guidance for clinical and forensic applications of neuropsychology. He has held the role of Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on multiple federally and industry-funded studies.
Selected forensic and medico-legal scholarship
This scholarship includes neuropsychological practice guidance and interdisciplinary work supporting the development of forensic neurology as a subspecialty, contributed from the neuropsychology side of that collaboration.
- Darby, R.R., Considine, C.M., Weinstock, R., and Darby, W.C. (2024). Forensic neurology: a distinct subspecialty at the intersection of neurology, neuroscience and law. Nature Reviews Neurology.
- Darby, W.C., Considine, C.M., and Darby, R.R. (2024). Forensic neurology and the role of neurologists in forensic evaluations. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 52(2), 139 to 148.
- Zheng, D., Considine, C.M., Weinstock, R., Darby, W., and Darby, R.R. (2024). Forensic neurology: practice considerations and training opportunities. Neurology, 103(1), e209560.
- Considine, C.M., Finlayson, R., and Baron, M. (2025). Fitness for duty. In Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (3rd ed.). Academic Press.
- Considine, C.M., et al. (2024). Practice guidance and policy suggestions for neuropsychological aspects of Long COVID. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.
- Considine, C.M., et al. (2023). Huntington Study Group's Neuropsychology Working Group: best practice recommendations for the clinical neuropsychological evaluation of patients with Huntington disease. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.