Psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry form the core of his work as an expert witness, supported by more than 15 years of experience in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. He has more than 5 years of expert witness experience involving consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony in matters involving disability, workers’ compensation, civil and criminal cases, competency, custody, personal injury, divorce, and malpractice. His background includes an M.D., a Bachelor of Arts in History, psychiatry residency training, and fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry, including chief fellow experience. He is licensed to practice medicine in Florida and is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

His professional experience includes medical director responsibilities in psychiatric treatment settings and child and adolescent inpatient and partial hospitalization programs, psychiatric consultant work, clinical investigator work, and academic psychiatry appointments. His clinical investigation experience includes psychopharmacology, pediatric bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder. His professional involvement includes the American Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South Florida Regional Council, and Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee “C.”

His psychiatric treatment experience includes inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization treatment of mood disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks, pervasive developmental disorders, and attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. His forensic evaluations include disability status evaluations, competency evaluations, child custody evaluations, return-to-duty evaluations, appeals for denial of benefits, and civil and criminal cases. His testimony experience includes court and/or deposition testimony involving civil competency, custody, criminal defense, personal injury, divorce, malpractice, and related psychiatric matters.