Neuropsychology is a specialty that focuses on how brain disorders and diseases affect thinking skills or cognition and behavior.

Dr. Bauer has been a practicing neuropsychologist for over twenty years and currently sees adults eighteen years of age through the lifespan. He completed his neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2001. He earned his Ph.D. at the California School of Professional Psychology with an emphasis in neuropsychology in 1999.

Dr. Bauer has worked in various settings over the years, including private practice, the VA Healthcare System and the neurology section of UCSF-Fresno. He continues to hold an academic appointment with the UCSF School of Medicine. Previously, he held an academic appointment with the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He is board-certified in neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology.

Dr. Bauer was raised in Norman, Oklahoma and has been a lifelong Oklahoma football fan. His hobbies include playing drums and exercising. He loves spending time with his daughter and wife, Cyndi, a Fresno area realtor.