With more than 45 years of clinical and forensic psychiatric experience, this child and adolescent psychiatrist evaluates developmental, behavioral, and family dynamics within legal and clinical contexts. This child and adolescent psychiatry expert witness, M.D., C.M., F.R.C.P.(C), has more than 45 years of experience in general and child and adolescent psychiatry. Board certified in Psychiatry in 1969 and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 1973, he has provided forensic psychiatric services for more than 40 years, including consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in family law and related matters. He has held senior academic and clinical leadership roles within departments of psychiatry, including divisional and research leadership positions within child and adolescent psychiatry programs. His work has included clinical oversight, research participation, teaching, and program administration within large academic medical systems.

His areas of expertise include adolescent development, life cycle transitions, belief systems and high-control groups, peer group dynamics, resilience, substance use disorders, and psychological and social factors influencing youth behavior. He has conducted research and published on adolescent psychopathology, youth violence, resilience, and the role of the mental health expert witness in family law disputes. His clinical practice has included individual psychotherapy across the lifespan, couple and family therapy, forensic psychiatric consultation, and second-opinion evaluations. He is a Fellow of a national college of physicians and surgeons and holds active medical licensure in multiple North American jurisdictions.