Contact

Antonio E. Puente Ph.D.
Teaching Laboratory Rm 2086
UNCW, 601 College Road,
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 962-3812

Office Location

Teaching Laboratory Rm 2086.

Lab location

Teaching Laboratory Rm 3108

Antonio E. Puente, Ph.D.

Service

Cape Fear Clinic

National Academy of Practice

Current Procedural Terminology

Consultantships:

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•  Northeast Florida Arthritis and Connective Tissue DiseaseTreatment Center (1981-1982)
• Vocational Rehabilitation of Florida (1981)
• New Hanover Regional Medical Center (1982-present)
• Vocational Rehabilitation of North Carolina (1982-present)
• Disability Determination Services of the Social Security Administration (1982-present)
• Legal Aid Services of the Lower Cape Fear (1982-present)
• Wilmington Cardiovascular Rehabilitation (1983-1998)
• Industrial Commission of North Carolina (1984-present)
• Social Security Administration- Office for Hearings and Appeals and Federal Appeal’s Council (1986-present)
• Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Baltimore - Research Committee (1988)                     
• Association for the Study and Development of Community (2001)
• National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (1988-present)  
• American Psychological Association- Professional Practice Directorate (1992-present)                      
• University of Pittsburgh (1992-1993)
• The Psychological Corporation (1991-1998; 2002)
• American Medical Association- Current Procedural Terminology Advisory Committee (1992-present)
• Educational Testing Service- Advanced Placement Program in Psychology (1992-1996)
• United States Department of Health & Human Services- Office for Civil Rights (1992)
• Pro-Ed Publishers (Test of Memory and Learning-TOMAL) (1991)
• North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance (1992)
• Brigham Young University (1992)*
• University of California-Los Angeles (1993; 2003)*
• Harvard University (1993)*
• National Institute of Mental Health (1993)
• The Psychological Corporation- External Project Director, Spanish Translation of Wechsler Tests (1994-1998)
• Health Care Financing Administration -Psychology Work Group (1996)
• Blue Cross-Blue Shield Grievance Committee (1996-97)
• Florida International University (1998 & 2000)*
• Medicare: Hearing and Appeals (1998 & 2000)
• National Hockey League- Carolina Hurricanes (1997-99)
• Florida Atlantic University (1998)*
• Drew University of Medicine and Science (1998 & 2000)*
• Health Care Financing Administration/ Center for Medicare and   
• Medicaid Services/Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (1999-2005)
• University of South Africa – External Thesis Reviewer and  Supervisor (1998)
• Federal Bureau of Prisons (2000)
• Office of the Inspector General – Fraud and Abuse Section (2000-present)
• Association for the Study and Development of Communities  (2000-2004)
• National Institute of Health – Grant Reviewer (2001)
• National Academy of Neuropsychology- Professional Affairs And Information Office (2002-present)
• University of Pittsburgh (2002)*
• Northeastern University (2002)*
• Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis (2003)*
• University of Georgia (2003)*
• Dartmouth College School of Medicine (2003)
• St. Theresa’s Catholic Church (2004-present)
• University of Toronto (2004)*
• University of California at Los Angeles (2004)*
• Universidad de los Andes (2004)
• Moscow State University (2005-2006)
• Fordham University (2006)*
• Simon Fraser University (2007)*
• Boston University (2008)*
• National Board of Medical Examiners (2008)
• North Carolina Psychological Association (2008)
• Alzheimer’s Association- Awards & Grants Office (2009)
• University of Toronto*(2011)
• East Carolina University*(2011)
• Estonian Science Foundation (2011)

(* = academic tenure and/or promotion invited external reviews)

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Committees/Boards:        

Ethnic-Minority-

• Ethnic- Minority Liaison, Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology)
• American Psychological Association (Chair, 1987-1990)          
• Minority Fellowship Program Committee, American Psychological
• Association (Chair, Awards Committee, 1988-1991)
• Ethnic- Minority Liaison, Division 2 Teaching of Psychology,
• American Psychological Association (1988-1990)
• Committee for International and Minority Affairs
  
• Neuropsychological Society (1990-1993)
• Hispanic Neuropsychological Society (2000-present; President, 2005-06)

Professional -       

• Task Force on Psychopharmacology (Prescription Privileges),
• American Psychological Association (1991-1994)
• Fellows Committee, Division 2 Teaching of Psychology,
• American Psychological Association (Chair; 1991)
• American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology
• Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee (1993-2008)
• AMA CPT Editorial Panel (2008); 
• Co-Chair, Excision & Debridement Workgroup
• Co-Chair, Skin Substitute Workgroup
• Fellows Committee, Division 6 Behavioral Neuroscience and  
• Comparative Psychology, American Psychological Association (2000)
• Fellows Committee, Division 40 Neuropsychology, American
• Psychological Association (1988 – 1990)
• North Carolina Psychological Association’s Practicing
• Psychologist Licensing Act Task Force (1997-98)
• Richard Suinn’s APA President’s Cabinet, American
• Psychological Association (1998-1999)
• Practicing Psychologist Licensing Act Task Force, North Carolina Psychological Association (1998)
• American Psychological Association’s Policy & Planning Board (1999-2004)
• American Psychological Association’s Committee for Psychological Testing and Assessment (2005-2008; Chair)
• National Academies of Practice- Policy; Bylaws; Finance; Public Policy; Co-Chair, Psychology Academy (2007-08),
• Chair, Psychology Academy (2009-10)
• Joint Committee for the Revision of Standards for Educational And Psychological Testing (2008-present)
• American Psychological Association’s Presidential Summit on The Future of the Practice of Psychology (2009)
• American Psychological Association, Ethics Committee (Associate) (2011-present)
• American Psychological Association, Presidential Task Force on Immigration (TFI), TFI Advisory Committee (2011-present)

Educational-        

• Committee for Undergraduate Education, American Psychological Association (1985-1986; Chair, 1987)
• Undergraduate and Secondary Education Committee, Division 2      
• Teaching of Psychology of the American Psychological Association (1990)
• APA National Conference on Enhancing the Quality of                    
• The Quality of Undergraduate Education in Psychology, St. Mary’s College (1991)
• North Carolina Psychological Foundation (Founding President, 1991-1992)
• Advisory Panel of the BEA Task Force on Undergraduate    
• Psychology Major Competencies (2000-02)
• Fulbright Society’s North Carolina Chapter (Founding Member, 1998-present; President, 2001-02)
• Education Committee, National Academy of Neuropsychology(2004-05)
• APA National Conference on Undergraduate Psychology,University of Puget Sound (2008)
• Fellows Committee, Division 1 of the American Psychological Association/Society for General Psychology (Chair; 2008)
• Dissertation Research Award Selection Committee, American Psychological Association (1997; 2008)
• Chancellor Search Committee, University of North Carolina Wilmington (2010-11)
• Scholars Council, University of North Carolina Wilmington (2011)
• Public Service-     
• Centro Latino- Amigos Internacional (2003-2005; Board Chair)
• Tileston Outreach Health Clinic (2002- present; Board Member, 2004-present; Founder & Director, Mental Health Section, 2005-present; President, Board of Directors, 2010-present)
• Charles Mosee Foundation for Neuropsychological Research Board member (2007-2011)
• North Carolina Psychological Association, Long Range Advisory Committee (2007-present)

Editorial Activities
Editor:

• Neuropsychology Review, Plenum (1996-present; Associate Editor 1990-1996; 2006-2009)
• Critical Issues in Neuropsychology, Kluwer/Plenum – Book Series (1984 - 2005; 33 books published; several in press)
• Handbook of Human Brain Function, Plenum 4 Volumes (1995-1998)
• Russian Clinical Neuropsychology, Kluwer/Plenum – Book Series (1996-2005; 3 books)
• Foundations of Psychology, Percheron Press- Book Series (2003-2005; 2 books)
• Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Care, NAP (founding editor; 2011-present)

Editorial Board:                  

• Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (1988-present)
• Practitioners Resource Series (1988-1990) (5 books published)
• Neuropsychology (1992-1996)
• Ansiedad y Estres (1996-present)
• Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (1993-present)
• Psicologia Conductual (1992-1997)
• Teaching of Psychology (1994-2002)
• Revista Neuropsicologia, Neuropsciquiatria, y Neurosciencia (1999 -present)
• The American Journal of Pharmacopsychology (1998 – 2001)
• Journal of the Interamerican Society of Psychology (1999-2008)
• Revista Espanola de Motivacion y Emocion (2000-present)
• Percheson Press (2003-present)
• Avances en Psicología Clinica Latinoamericana (2004-present)
• Clinica y Salúd (2010).
• Applied Neuropsychology (2011-present)     

Editor Search Committee:

• Neuropsychology (1999 - 2000)

Program /Convention and Continuing Education Committees:           

• North Carolina Psychological Association (1982, 1984-1988;Chair, 1985-1988; 2000-2001; 2002-2003; 2007)
• National Academy of Neuropsychology (1983-1990; Co-Chair, 1985-1986, Chair, 1987-1988)
• American Psychological Association - Division 2 (1986-1990) Southeastern Psychological Association (1986-1987)
• Continuing Education Committee of the American Psychological Association (1988-1989; Chair, 1990)
• Board of Convention Affairs, American Psychological Association (1991; Chair, 1992-1993)
• Luria Neuropsychology Bi-Annual Conference (Governing Body, 1998 – present)
• North Carolina Chapter of the Fulbright Association (1998-99)
• International Neuropsychological Society (2001-2005)
• World Congress on Pediatric Neuropsychology (2000-2001)
• National Academies of Practice (Chair of Poster Sessions 2010-present)

Reviewer:

• Hospital and Community Psychiatry (1982-1994)
• International Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology (1983-present)
• Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1984-present)
• Journal of Clinical Psychology (19842001)
• Contemporary Psychology (1984-present)
• Teaching of Psychology (1985-present)
• American Psychologist (1987-present)
• Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1987-present)
• Professional Psychology: Theory and Practice (1988-present)
• Neuropsychology (1988-present)
• The Clinical Neuropsychologist (1988-present)
• Journal of Gerontology (1994-present)
• Psychiatric Services (1995-present)
• Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (1995-present)
• Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences (1998)
• Journal of Forensic Psychology (2000)
• Contemporary Psychology (2002)
• Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (2004-present)
• Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing Company (1983-2004)
• Prentice-Hall Publishing Company (1984-1990)
• American Psychological Association (1985-present)
• Holt, Rinehart & Winston Publishing Company (1985-1991)
• John Wiley Publishing Company (1988)
• William and Wilkins Publishing Company (1988)
• Oxford University Publishing Company (1989)
• International Neuropsychological Society Dictionary (1990)
• Academic Press (1998)
• Applied Neuropsychology (2000-present)
• Brain and Language (2005)
• Psychology, Public Policy and the Law (2007)
• Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2007-08)
• Assessment (2008)
• Psychological Services (2008)
• Journal of Interprofessional Care (2011)