With over 30 years of experience as a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist, Dr. Qualls brings a deep, science-driven approach to optimizing human performance at the highest levels. His career spans elite sports, corporate leadership, and academic medicine, marked by a relentless commitment to helping individuals and teams unlock their full mental performance potential while bolstering resilience. He is a lifelong learner and a passionate consumer of adaptive leadership theory. 

Dr. Qualls has worked extensively with Big Four business service firms, professional athletes, including NFL teams, and Division I college programs, guiding them through the pressures of high-stakes performance environments. His work blends evidence-based psychological strategies with the latest insights from neuroscience to enhance leadership skills, focus, resilience, decision-making, and recovery.

A respected educator, Dr. Qualls has held roles as an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and Clinical Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he taught and mentored the next generation of clinicians. He continues to teach, train, and consult in clinical settings, bringing real-world expertise and mentorship to both seasoned professionals and trainees.

Beyond his professional work, Dr. Qualls is an avid outdoorsman with a passion for hiking, fly fishing, training retrievers, and Napoli style wood-fired oven pizza. He is based in Nashville, TN.