Bipolar Expert Witnesses

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Psychiatry, Child Abuse - Child sexual abuse, medical malpractice psychiatry, depression, urgent care cases, sexual assault, forensic consultant, bipolar, family practice, Trauma, Sexual assault nurse examiner, betrayal trauma, university sexual assault cases, Psychotherapy, medication management, EMDR, physical abuse

Dr. Charla Watkins is a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health. She is also a Family Nurse Practitioner and a Forensic Nurse Examiner who has conducted approximately 2,000 sexual assault exams of children, adolescents and adults and conducted 1,500 forensic interviews. Dr. Watkins is an experienced clinician and expert witness. She earned her doctorate at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee and her doctoral research is in human sex trafficking. Dr. Watkins is passionate about patient care, forensic case work. She has a private practice in Fayetteville, Arkansas where she specializes in trauma therapy, depression, anxiety, abuse cases, bipolar illness, grief, betrayal trauma and medication management for psychiatry patients across the lifespan. Dr. Watkins has experience in working medical malpractice cases, case consultation and expert testimony. She focuses on being a neutral objective fact finder and keys in on truth and facts i...

Forest Park, Illinois

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - civil, criminal, personal injury, wrongful death, insanity, competencies, fitness, suicide, medical director, PTSD, Bipolar, Depression, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Addiction

Dr. Pesanti did his psychiatry residency at the Cleveland Clinic after which he completed his forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has experience in treating a wide variety of pathologies. He has experience as the inpatient medical director at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he maintained a variety of roles, including running an inpatient team, maintaining and supervising multiple outpatient clinics, chairing the Ethics Committee, as well as sitting on multiple other mental health committees. He also has experience in various correctional settings. Dr. Pesanti has worked forensic cases in both the civil and criminal domains, including wrongful death, suicide, personal injury, malingering, malpractice, immigration asylum, fitness for duty, various competencies, and pre-sentencing mitigation, as well as a variety of other issues. He is experienced in deposition, testimony, and report preparation.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Bipolar, Addiction, Major Depression, Anxiety, IDD, Standard of Care, Injectable Medication (LAI), Policies and Procedures, Assertive Community Treatment, Suicide, Psychopharmacology, Competency Evaluations, NGRI, Medical Malpractice, Capacity for Trial, Habeas Corpus

Robert Davis, MD is a Board Certified Psychiatrist who has been in practice for over 20 years. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with Honors and High Distinction and received his medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine. He completed his psychiatric residency program from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia where he also served as Chief Resident. He has extensive clinical and administrative experience in providing patient care. He is currently the Medical Director for Wesley Family Services in Pittsburgh and has an active clinical practice. He also has extensive experience in forensic psychiatry and as an expert witness. He can be reached by phone (412) 295-6950 or email - [email protected]