William Stiers, PhD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Neuropsychology
Psychology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About William Stiers
Professional Titles
Co-director, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Background
Dr. Williams Stiers is an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a fellowship-trained rehabilitation psychologist and neuropsychologist who specializes in the clinical evaluation and treatment of persons with brain injuries and physical disabilities. He is a licensed psychologist.
Patients are referred to Dr. Stiers for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of brain-related injury or illness, including cognitive problems and difficulty with thinking and memory, emotional problems and adjustment issues, difficulty with daily function/activities, and problems with behavior and self management.
Dr. Stiers completed his doctoral degree in counseling psychology at Northwestern University, and then worked as a Senior Research Health Scientist in Health Services Research at the Department of Veterans Affairs. His work there involved health services outcomes research, program evaluation and multisite clinical trials. He later completed a two-year post-doctoral clinical fellowship in Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology at the University of Michigan, and then served in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
His research interests include the education and training of rehabilitation professionals and measurement of training program outcomes.
He has published 27 journal manuscripts, nine book chapters, one book, 16 refereed national conference presentations and 13 invited national and international conference presentations. He has also received more than $4.5 million in grant funding.
Dr. Stiers served on the Institute of Medicine study group Gulf War and Health, Volume 7: Long-term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury. He has served as a grant reviewer and study section member for the Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development and the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research. He has served as an editorial board member for Rehabilitation Psychology and The Clinical Neuropsychologist, and as an ad-hoc manuscript reviewer for Archives of Physical Medicine, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation and Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. He was an item writer for the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology. He was selected as a Fulbright Senior Specialist.
He has served as President of the American Psychological Association Division 22 Rehabilitation Psychology, President of the Council of Specialties in Professional Psychology, Inaugural Chair of the Council of Rehabilitation Psychology Postdoctoral Training Programs, and Chair of the Rehabilitation Psychology Specialty Council. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Research Interests
Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Measurement of training outcomes, Neuropsychology, Rehabilitation Psychology
Selected Publications
Stiers W, Barisa M, Stucky K, Pawlowski C, Van Tubbergen M, Turner A, Hibbard M, Caplan B. Guidelines for Competency Development and Measurement in Rehabilitation Psychology Postdoctoral Training. Rehabilitation Psychology, 2015;60(2):111-122
Stiers W, Hanson S, Turner A, Stucky K, Barisa M, Brownsberger M, Van Tubbergen M, Ashman T, Kuemmel A. Guidelines for Postdoctoral Training in Rehabilitation Psychology. Rehabilitation Psychology. 2012;57(4):267–279
Stiers W, Stucky K. A survey of postdoctoral training in rehabilitation psychology in the United States and Canada: 2019. Rehabilitation Psychology, 2022;67(3):251-261
Stiers W, Stucky K. A survey of training in rehabilitation psychology practice in the United States and Canada: 2007. Rehabilitation Psychology. 2008; 53(4):536-543
Stiers W. Teaching the foundational principles of rehabilitation psychology. Rehabilitation Psychology, 2016;61(1):54-64
Honors
- President, Council of Specialties in Professional Psychology
- Chair, Rehabilitation Psychology Specialty Council
- Chair, Council of Rehabilitation Psychology Postdoctoral Training Programs
- Fellow, American Psychological Association
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, American Psychological Association Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, 2/27/17
- President, American Psychological Association Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, 1/1/10
- Approved for candidacy on the Fulbright Specialists Roster, 1/1/09
Memberships
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- APA Division of Neuropsychology
- APA Division of Rehabilitation Psychology
- National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
Professional Activities
- American Board of Professional Psychology, Board Certified in Rehabilitation Psychology, 1/1/01
- Division of Rehabilitation Psychology, President, 1/1/07 - 1/1/08
- Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology, Item writer, 1/1/99
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
- phone: 410-550-0100
- fax: 410-550-0101
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
University of Michigan Medicine
Fellowship, 1993Northwestern University
Graduate School, PhD, 1988Board Certifications
Clinical Neuropsychology
American Board of Professional Psychology, 2018Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)