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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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An expert may compare the pattern and progression of cognitive changes with neurological examinations, cognitive testing, daily functioning, medical history, imaging, laboratory findings, and Alzheimer-related biomarkers when appropriate. Other neurodegenerative disorders, psychiatric conditions, medication effects, systemic illness, and mixed disease processes can produce overlapping symptoms. The complete clinical record can help determine whether Alzheimer’s disease, another condition, or more than one disease process best explains the cognitive decline.
CT and MRI can show structural brain changes and help identify other possible causes of cognitive impairment, while amyloid or tau PET imaging can provide evidence of Alzheimer-associated pathology. Cerebrospinal fluid testing and appropriately validated blood-based biomarkers may also provide information about amyloid or tau abnormalities. These findings should be interpreted together with cognitive symptoms, functional changes, medical history, and other clinical evidence because the presence of Alzheimer-related pathology does not by itself establish that it caused every reported cognitive impairment.
A geriatric psychiatry expert witness may be appropriate when the disputed issues involve depression, anxiety, agitation, psychosis, behavioral changes, psychiatric medication management, decision-making capacity, or another mental health condition occurring alongside cognitive decline. Additional psychiatric expertise should be based on the specific clinical questions in dispute rather than the patient’s age or Alzheimer’s diagnosis alone.
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
