Gordon J. Chelune

Gordon J. Chelune, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Neurology

Board Certification

  • American Board of Professional Psychology (Sub: Clinical Neuropsychology)

Dr. Gordon Chelune is a board certified Clinical Neuropsychologist with over 35 years of experience. His clinical interests include behavioral and cognitive disorders associated with neurological conditions such as neurodegenerative disease, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. Dr. Chelune is particularly interested in memory disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease and dementia, as well as deficits of higher executive function.

Dr. Chelune sees patients and performs neuropsychological evaluations in the Cognitive Disorders Clinic, a sub-specialty clinic of the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer's Care, Imaging and Research (CACIR) in the Department of Neurology.

Education History

Undergraduate University of San Francisco
 BA
Doctoral Training University of Nevada, Reno
 PhD
Residency Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System
 Resident
Fellowship University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Hayden KM, Reed BR, Manly JJ, Tommet D, Pietrzak RH, Chelune GJ, Yang FM, Revell AJ, Bennett DA, Jones R (2011). Cognitive decline in the elderly: an analysis of population heterogeneity. Age and ageing, 40(6), 684-689.
  2. Weiner DE, Gaussoin SA, Nord J, Auchus AP, Chelune GJ, Chonchol M, Coker L, et al (2017). Cognitive function and kidney disease: Baseline data from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). American journal of kidney diseases, 70(3), 357-367.
  3. SPRINT Research Group, Wright JT Jr, Williamson JD, Whelton PK, Snyder JK, Sink KM, Rocco MV, Reboussin DM, et a (2017). A randomized trial of intensive versus standard blood-pressure controlé. The New England journal of medicine, Nov 26;373(22), 2103-2116.
  4. Duff K, Chelune G, Dennett (2012). Within-session practice effects in patients referred for suspected dementia. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 33(4), 245-9.
  5. Suchy Y, Chelune G, Franchow EI, Thorgusen S (2012). Confronting patients about insufficient effort: the impact on subsequent symptom validity and memory performance. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 26(8), 1296-311.
  6. Abou-Mrad F, Chelune G, Zamrini E, Tarabey L, Hayek M & Fadel (2018). Screening for dementia in Arabic: normative data from an elderly Lebanese sample. The Clinical neuropsychologist, 31(sup 1), 1-19.

Book Chapter

  1. Chelune GJ, Duff (2012). The Assessment of change: Serial assessments in dementia evaluation. 43-57.