Expertise Description
I have over 40 years experience in psychiatry with private practice, staff psychiatry, and corporate psychiatric consulting. My expertise includes employment and workplace topics (wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, employee stress mitigation, etc.); Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); aviation events; personal injury cases; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); neurology; grieving processes; recovered memory syndrome; standards of care; head / brain trauma; geriatric delirium; wrongful death; and the psychiatric aspects of physical trauma / medical treatments. I have more than 25 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.Areas of Expertise
Expert Witness
My expert witness experience includes forensic psychiatric evaluations of clients and cases.
Consulting Experience
My consulting experience includes: hospital internship; Residency in Psychiatry, California Department of Mental Hygiene; Private practice in psychiatry, specializing in consultations / liaison psychiatry; psychiatry liaison to chronic renal dialysis unit, cardiovascular services, high risk obstetrics program, burn unit; Instructor in university Department of Psychology.
Education
| Degree | Subject | Institution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.B. | Social Relations | Harvard University | ||
| M.D. | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | |||
Licenses Certifications
| Diplomate |
| National Board of Medical Examiners |
| Medical License |
| California |
| Diplomate |
| American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology |
Awards & Affiliation
| Distinguished Teaching Award |
| Health and Medical Sciences Program |
| Westinghouse National Science Scholarship |
Primary Affiliation
American Psychiatric Association
Partial List of Consulting Expert Witness Cases
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