Neil Pliskin, PhD, ABPP-CN

Dr. Neil Pliskin is a board certified clinical neuropsychologist and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He has worked as a clinical neuropsychologist and directed Clinical Neuropsychology training programs for over 28 years. Pliskin has dedicated his career to clinical education, training graduate students, interns and fellows and has served as the Director of Continuing Education for the International Neuropsychological Society and was a Delegate at The Houston Conference on Specialty Education and Training in Clinical Neuropsychology. He has volunteered his time to APA Division 40 (Education and Practice Advisory Committees, Federal Advocacy Coordinator), National Academy of Neuropsychology (Policy and Planning Committee) and American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (Foundation Board). Dr. Pliskin has strong scientific interests in the neuropsychological sequelae of medical illness (MS, dementia, renal disease) and brain trauma (electrical shock injuries). He is a Fellow of NAN and was recipient of NAN's Distinguished Service Award in 2008. He is a Fellow of the APA's Division of Clinical Neuropsychology and was awarded a Presidential Citation by the American Psychological Association in 2010 for dedicated service to the profession - as an advocate, scientist, educator and practitioner of Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr. Pliskin served as President of APA Division 40 (Society for Clinical Neuropsychology) in 2015. Dr. Pliskin continues to work for the profession as an advisor representing the APA on the American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Panel.

Lynn White, MD (Chair)

Dr. White, a board-certified anesthesiologist and former pediatric emergency medicine physician, will serve as Chair of the company's Scientific Advisory Board. Her primary responsibilities will be to help guide conflu3nce's R&D initiatives, with a primary emphasis on cognitive health applications including the development of an easy-to-use Pre/Post-Operative Cognitive Screening Tool to identify and mitigate risk of cognitive dysfunction following anesthesia administration in high-risk and vulnerable populations. Dr. White holds several medical device patent and most recently was awarded a patent for a catheter assembly unit with distinct inflation and drug delivery channels. She is the co-founder together with Dr. Stanley Rosen of Patient Shield Concepts (PSC), LLC - a Colorado-based patient-centric company committed to ensuring the health and safety of patients and practitioners in hospitals, surgery centers, rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. She currently serves as PSC's Chief Medical Officer. Together with Rosen, they developed PSC's patented SuctionShield suction holster designed specifically to tackle the transmission of increasingly drug-resistant and virulent organisms and the high cost of containment ($40,000 to $80,000/per infection) for the more than 2,000,000 Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) reported annually. She earned her medical degree from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and residency at Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois). Beginning in February 2020 she will joining the Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie Indiana as a Staff Anesthesiologist.