Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Randolph B. Schiffer, M.D.

Dr. Schiffer is Chair of the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at Texas Tech University School of Medicine, and holds the Vernon and Elizabeth Haggerton Chair in Neurology in that Department. He has committed much of his professional life in medicine to the study and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Under his leadership, the Department of neuropsychiatry has established a Memory Disorders Clinic at the main Texas Tech campus, and has initiated a variety of medical research projects having to do with the disorders of cognition. The Memory Shoppe programs evolved from these traditional medical treatment enterprises, to fill the gaps created by the absence of non-drug treatments in most modern medical centers.

Ben Williams, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Williams is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Williams was born in Texas and graduated from the University of Texas in Austin. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. While doing his neurology residency rotation in San Diego, California, he met and married his wife Kate. After completing his residency rotation, he and his wife started their family and practice in San Luis Obispo, California. Dr. Williams and his family moved back to Lubbock in 1997 where they've been since. Dr. Williams enjoys projects around the house and traveling.

 

Sid O'Bryant, Ph.D.

Dr. O'Bryant is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Director of the Division of Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. Much of his professional career has been devoted to understanding how ethnic and cultural variables influence thinking and behavior. His clinical and research interests are in understanding the role that ethnic, environmental, and biological factors exert on thinking during the aging process. To that aim, Dr. O'Bryant and colleagues from the Departments of Neuropsychiatry, Nursing, Family and Community Medicine, as well as the Garrison Institute on Aging have begun the Cochran County Aging Studies to understand how these factors impact aging in rural West Texas. He is also in the beginning stages of several research projects specifically aimed at understanding thinking and memory problems associated with aging among the local Mexican American community.

Dr. O'Bryant completed his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University, his Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with emphasis in neuropsychology, at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His clinical neuropsychology internship was completed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center / Jackson VA consortium and residency at the New Orleans VA Medical Center.

 

David Stroud

David Stroud is a psychometrician and research technician at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. He has been assessing memory and other cognitive functions under the supervision of Dr. Robin Hilsabeck for over 2 years and enjoys working with persons of all ages. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree in psychology at Texas A&M University in 2002 and plans to pursue a graduate degree in counseling psychology. David was a track and field decathlete at Texas A&M and enjoys playing classical guitar.

 

Donna Ogle

Donna Ogle is The Memory Shoppe Office Manager. Donna has extensive healthcare office management experience. In addition to her office experience, Donna has also assisted in initial patient interviews. She is very active in her church community; and, being a member in the choir is one of her primary activities. Donna's greatest passion is being a grandmother to her eighteen grandchildren and spending as much time with them as possible. She is proud to boast that she is a Red Raider basketball fan. Donna loves reading, arts, and crafts, and travel.