Buprenorphine Expert Witnesses

San Diego , California

Pain Management - Medicine, Pain Management - Medicine - Pain Management, Emergency Medicine, overdose, buprenorphine, addiction, nerve blocks, epidural abscess, infection, acute pain, chronic pain, radiofrequency ablation, epidural steroid injections, spinal cord stimulation, facet joints, trauma, back pain, neck pain. headache, migraine

Dr. Jessica Oswald, MD, MPH is a nationally recognized, board-certified Pain Medicine physician and academic leader with extensive expertise in interventional pain management, medication management, and standards of care related to acute and chronic pain treatment. She serves as an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she maintains an active clinical practice focused exclusively on pain medicine, including spine interventions, fluoroscopy-guided and ultrasound-guided procedures, neuromodulation, and complex pharmacologic management. Dr. Oswald is among a select group of physicians with advanced training across both Pain Medicine and Emergency Medicine, providing her with a uniquely broad perspective on patient evaluation, procedural decision-making, and complications across care settings. Dr. Oswald has national leadership experience in pain policy and clinical standards. She serves in leadership roles with the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...

Arroyo Grande, California

Addiction Medicine, Emergency Medicine - Addiction Medicine, Medication Assisted Treatment, Vivitrol, Buprenorphine, Medical Detox, Opiate and Alcohol Detoxification, Drug Withdrawal Management, Medical Direction Substance Abuse Recovery, Overdose

Board Certified in Addiction Medicine and Emergency Medicine. I'm an experienced expert on MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment) with buprenorphine, suboxone, naltrexone, and Vivitrol. Extensive experience managing residential and detoxification patients. Alcohol, Opiate and benzodiazepine withdrawal management Personable, friendly, and extremely capable of explaining complex topics in easy-to-understand ways. Assistant Clinical Professor of Addiction Medicine at California Northstate University. Medical Board of California Expert Reviewer in Addiction Medicine and Emergency Medicine.

Tavares, Florida

Addiction Medicine, Correctional Healthcare - Substance use, Cocaine, Buprenorphine, Detox, Suboxone, Withdrawal, Fentanyl, Intoxication, Overdose, Cannabis, Methadone, Opioid, Addiction, Drug rehab, Toxicology, Methamphetamine, NCCHC, In-custody death, Jail, Prison

Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH brings over 14 years of experience as a physician, including both direct patient care and administrative oversight focused on treating the incarcerated population and patients with addictions. She is board certified in Addiction Medicine and in Preventive Medicine & Public Health, both through the American Board of Preventive Medicine. She is licensed to practice medicine in 41 US states. With over 10 years in correctional medicine, she has served as a corporate-level medical director for two leading providers of correctional healthcare services, offering comprehensive care within prison and jail settings. Beyond correctional settings, she has provided addiction medicine services in various community treatment settings, including SAMHSA-certified opioid treatment programs (OTPs, aka “methadone clinics”), office-based opioid treatment centers, residential treatment facilities, inpatient detox centers, intensive outpatient treatment programs, and via telemedicin...

Solon, Iowa

Addiction Medicine, Psychiatry - Opioid use disorder, Alcohol use disorder, Medical Cannabis, Suicide Risk, Buprenorphine, Pain, Encephalopathy, Catatonia, Stimulant use disorder, Overdose, Neuroleptic malignancy syndrome

Andrea Weber, MD, is a board-certified internist, psychiatrist, and addiction medicine specialist who cares for patients in clinic and hospital settings. Dr. Weber specializes in caring for people who use drugs, including by not limited to opioids (i.e. heroin, fentanyl), methamphetamine, cocaine, alcohol, tobacco/nicotine, and cannabis. This includes best practices in the use of medications for addiction treatment, such as buprenorphine (Suboxone). Dr. Weber also cares for the physical and mental health of adult patients, specializing in diagnosing and treating conditions that have overlapping psychiatric and physical symptoms, such as catatonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and encephalopathy. Dr. Weber is a distinguished clinician and educator with over 8 years of experience in eastern Iowa. She is an award-winning educator providing dozens of lectures annually and supervising future healthcare workers in clinic and hospital settings. Dr. Weber is an active researcher with n...

Bethesda, Maryland

Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Addiction, narcotic, opioid, overdose, pain, back, spine, opioid abuse, low back, neck, radiculopathy, headache, oxycodone, suboxone, pain management, CRPS, buprenorphine, opioid addiction, fibromyalgia, migraine

I'm a physician in the Washington, DC area specializing in Pain Management and addiction medicine, with a parent specialty in Physical Medicine and Rhabilitation. I'm board certified in both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine, and have over 28 years of experience in both specialties. I am known in the entire Washington, DC area as the "go to guy" for intractable chronic pain cases. In fact, most of my referrals come from other pain management doctors who send me their most challenging and complex patients. I have been listed as a Top Doctor in Washingtonian Magazine 7 times, including the most recent 2018 edition. Besides being an expert in the medical management of pain, I am also an expert in the treatment of opioid addiction. I'm certified by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency in the management of opioid addiction using buprenorphine. I have provided independent medical evaluations for many agencies over the years, and I have a long history of pro...

Nevada

Emergency Medical Toxicology, Addiction Medicine - carceral medicine, correctional medicine, emergency medicine, opioid use disorder, overdose, intoxication, detoxification, withdrawal, substance use disorder, drug of abuse, fentanyl, alcohol, jail and prison medicine, marijuana, cannabis, hyperactive/excited delirium, buprenorphine, methadone, drug-facilitated sexual assault

Dr. Caitlin Bonney, MD, FACEP, brings over 11 years of experience as a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, Medical Toxicologist, and Addiction Medicine specialist with extensive experience providing and leading substance use disorder care in carceral settings. She currently serves as the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine for a large metropolitan detention center, where she oversees a comprehensive jail-based addiction treatment program serving hundreds of incarcerated individuals. Dr. Bonney’s work in correctional health focuses on the clinical, operational, and regulatory aspects of delivering evidence-based addiction care in jails and prisons. Her experience includes program development and scale-up, including development of an opioid treatment program (OTP or “methadone clinic”); intake screening and withdrawal management protocols; implementation and oversight of medications for opioid use disorder, including buprenorphine and methadone; coordination with custo...

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Emergency Medical Toxicology, Addiction Medicine - carceral medicine, correctional medicine, emergency medicine, opioid use disorder, overdose, intoxication, detoxification, withdrawal, substance use disorder, drug of abuse, fentanyl, alcohol, jail and prison medicine, marijuana, cannabis, hyperactive/excited delirium, buprenorphine, methadone, drug-facilitated sexual assault

Dr. Caitlin Bonney, MD, FACEP, brings over 11 years of experience as a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, Medical Toxicologist, and Addiction Medicine specialist with extensive experience providing and leading substance use disorder care in carceral settings. She currently serves as the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine for a large metropolitan detention center, where she oversees a comprehensive jail-based addiction treatment program serving hundreds of incarcerated individuals. Dr. Bonney’s work in correctional health focuses on the clinical, operational, and regulatory aspects of delivering evidence-based addiction care in jails and prisons. Her experience includes program development and scale-up, including development of an opioid treatment program (OTP or “methadone clinic”); intake screening and withdrawal management protocols; implementation and oversight of medications for opioid use disorder, including buprenorphine and methadone; coordination with custo...

Victor, New York

Pain Management - Medicine - Opioids, Buprenorphine, Interventional, Nerve blocks, Palliative care, Opioid, Morphine, CRPS, Epidural injections, Spinal hematoma, Narcotic, Methadone, Spinal cord stimulation, Overdose, hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Fentanyl, Intrathecal drug delivery, RSD, Nerve injury

Primary area of expertise: Pain Medicine Expert consulting experience: • Authored over 50 expert case reports • Participated in over 25 depositions • Testimony experience in civil trials and professional hearings • Provides litigation support and expert testimony in plaintiff and defense cases Professional experience: • Over 25 years of experience in Pain Medicine • Triple Board Certified • Practice Director of University Multi-Disciplinary Pain Management Practices from 1998 to 2017 • Program Director of a Multi-Disciplinary Pain Management Fellowship Training Programs from 1998 to 2015 • Professor of Anesthesiology, Palliative Care, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at University of Rochester School of Medicine • Lectures extensively and published Profile: Dr. Kent is an expert in all realms of Pain Medicine and has focused expertise in the prescribing and oversight of opioid analgesics. His specialties include acute and chronic pain management, opioid analgesics, inte...

Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioid Prescribing, MOUD, Alcohol Withdrawal, Primary Care, Opioid Use Disorder, MAT, Opioid Withdrawal, Naloxone (Narcan), Buprenorphine, Overdose, Urine Drug Testing (UDS), Detoxification, Suboxone, Benzodiazepines, Chronic Pain, Gambling Disorder, Methadone, Alcohol use disorder, Opioid Tapering, Standard of Care

Dr. Lee Radosh is a fellowship-trained, dual board-certified physician in Addiction Medicine and Family Medicine who combines frontline clinical leadership, national physician education, and advanced medical communication expertise. He serves as Chief of Addiction Medicine at Reading Hospital/Tower Health and Medical Director of the Reading Hospital Center of Excellence for Opioid Use Disorder. Dr. Radosh is a national educator and speaker in addiction medicine. He serves as Subject Matter Expert and Substance Use Disorder Course Director for the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), an organization representing approximately 130,000 members, and as a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Annual Conference Planning Committee. He also teaches physicians how to communicate complex medical information clearly and effectively, drawing on his background in television, radio, public education, and national CME teaching. Professional Value: Dr. Radosh is rec...

STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioids, Alcohol, Addiction Medications, Withdrawal Management, Detoxification, Methamphetamine, DUI, Drug Testing, Toxicology, ASAM Criteria, Buprenorphine, Overdose, Impaired Physicians, Standards of Care, Residential Care, Cannabis, Gambling & Behavioral Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Treatment, Addiction Treatment, Naltrexone

Dr. Joseph Valdez is a board-certified physician in both Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine with over a decade of clinical, academic, and leadership experience. He currently serves as Program Director of the ACGME-accredited Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Geisinger Health System and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Dr. Valdez has extensive experience in outpatient addiction treatment, medication-assisted therapy, and the integration of addiction services into primary care. He has led clinical teams at ASAM levels 3.7 (medically managed inpatient), 2.5 (partial hospitalization program) and 1.7 (medically managed outpatient). His expertise spans the evaluation and treatment of substance use disorders, opioid & alcohol pharmacology, withdrawal management, and the neurobiology of addiction. He has served in leadership roles across multiple institutions, developed curricula, and contributed to national conversations on addiction ...

Tunkhannock , Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry - ASAM Criteria, drug testing, clinical policies, professionalism, board certification, Suboxone, buprenorphine, opiates, alcohol, toxicology, drug screening, addiction treatment, drug treatment, alcohol treatment, overdose, stigma, medical director, addiction medicine, methamphetamine

Dr. Jarvis has been holding leadership positions in addiction medicine for decades, in clinical, academic and policy positions. She has led clinical teams at ASAM levels 3.7 (medically managed inpatient) and 1.7 (medically managed outpatient). She has designed clinical programs and overseen their implementation and maintenance. The programs she has designed and worked with include both medication management and counseling therapies. She has taught at all levels of medical education, helping to start an addiction medicine fellowship program that was in the first groups to receive accreditation from the American Board of Addiction Medicine and the American College of Graduate Medical Education. She has served on the committee that has written the Addiction Medicine certifying board examination since 2000. She has held numerous leadership positions with the American Society of Addiction Medicine, serving both as a member of the board and as an officer of the board. She has long...

Seattle, Washington

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioid Use Disorder, Controlled Substance, Suboxone, Standard of Care – Addiction, Buprenorphine, Substance Use Disorder (SUD, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Methadone, Urine Drug Screens (UDS), Diversion Risk, OTP Compliance (Opioid Treatment Programs), Non-testifying Chart Review, Opioid Prescribing

Board-certified addiction medicine physician with a background in family medicine. I provide informal, non-testifying documentation review in cases involving opioid use disorder, buprenorphine/Suboxone treatment, methadone, urine drug screening, diversion risk, and compliance with OTP and MAT standards of care. I serve as Medical Director of multiple opioid treatment programs in Washington and Oregon. My experience includes peer review, protocol development, and clinical compliance evaluation. I also advise on documentation workflows and UDS interpretation for patients with complex SUD and co-occurring conditions. Available for behind-the-scenes record review, early case screening, and internal feedback on standard of care. I do not provide testimony or signed expert reports at this time. Licensed in WA and OR.