Diagnosis Expert Witnesses
Diagnosis expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on diagnosis. The diagnosis expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Addiction Medicine, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Child Abuse, Dentist, Emergency Medicine, Forensic Psychology, Geriatrics, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Medical Management, Mental Health, Nursing Homes, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychology.
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Matthew G Checketts, DO
Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician
Checketts Medical Consulting, PLLC
Mesa, Arizona
Internal Medicine, Medical Management
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Primary Care, medical negligence, Outpatient internal medicine, diagnosis, Adult medicine, Hypertension, Diabetes, standard of care expert, diagnosing dementia, IME, internal medicine do, Medical malpractice, Malpractice, medical chart review doctor, IM doctor, primary care negligence expert, medical management, tort, Medicine
Hi! I am Dr. Matthew Checketts. Please call me on my cell phone at 480-735-9283.
Matthew G. Checketts, DO, is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with over seven years of clinical practice experience encompassing adult primary care, rural outpatient medicine, hospice leadership, and medical quality oversight.
He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from A.T. Still University – School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona and completed his residency training at Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency program in Boca Raton, Florida.
Dr. Checketts brings valuable expertise from his roles as Medical Director of Diabetes Education and Nutrition and medical director of Quality Management, where he participated with interdisciplinary teams in evaluating healthcare quality standards and protocols. His clinical experience includes managing complex chronic diseases in diverse patient populations, particularly Medica...
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Leslie Dobson, BS, MS, MA, PsyD
Forensic Psychologist, monetary damage assessment
Dr. Leslie Dobson
Huntington Beach, California
Forensic Psychology, Psychology
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Damage assessment, mental health, trauma, therapy, prognosis, diagnosis, evaluation, personality cognitive testing, first responders, sexual abuse, sexual offenders, severe mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, depression, suicidal, homicidal, self-harm
The primary focus of my practice is to evaluate individuals who are struggling with negative emotions or cognitions after a traumatic incident (i.e., sexual assault, car accident, physician abuse, neglect). If appropriate, I will complete a report to include diagnosis, prognosis, and a monetary damage amount for future mental health care. I require a retainer prior to beginning documentation review, evaluation, report writing, deposition or trial.
Prior Experience:
Criminal:
Expert Testimony
Consultation with attorneys: Over 65 cases from Department of State Hospitals
Violence Risk Assessments: Over 1000 Short Term Risk Assessments, <50 Long Term Violence Risk Assessments, > 20 Sexual Violence Risk Assessments
Main Disorders Assessed and/or Treated: Schizophrenia, Psychopathy, Bipolar, Depression, OCD, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder
Familiarity with Penal Codes: Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, Incompetent to Stand Trial, Mentally Ill Inmate...
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Andre Kumar, MD, MEd
Board-Certified Hospitalist at Stanford University
Stanford, California
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
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Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Anticoagulation, Prophylaxis, Inpatient, Diagnosis, Management, Procedure, Restraints, Pressure Wound, Sepsis, Respiratory Failure, Low Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Infections, Pneumonia, Systems, Nursing
I am a board-certified internal medicine physician and academic hospitalist at Stanford University with national expertise in adult inpatient standards of care, diagnostic reasoning, and hospital systems. I have been practicing hospital medicine at Stanford for a decade, where I have several leadership roles related to teaching junior physicians and medical students. I currently serve as the Director of Clinical Reasoning at Stanford University School of Medicine. As a faculty member with a Master's in Education who has received over 25 teaching awards over my career, I aim to provide clear communication of complex medical issues to legal teams, clients, and juries. I have greater than 5 years experience reviewing medical negligence cases involving hospitalized adults for both plaintiffs and defenses. I am a recognized expert in clinical decision-making and failure to recognize or treat scenarios among hospitalized adults seen in urgent care, emergency department, acute care, and cr...
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Thomas W Miller, MD
Hospital Medicine Physician
Innovel Health Initiatives, LLC
Longmont, Colorado
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist
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hospitalist, internist, perioperative, diagnosis, consultant, informed consent, advance directive, CPR, administrative, communication, community, DNR
Dr. Miller has over 25 years as a practicing hospitalist, including 11 years as medical director overseeing teams as large as 80 hospitalists. His practice experience is in hospitals ranging from 50 to over 500 beds. He has extensive experience in leading quality improvement, detailed and objective evaluation of physicians’ performance as well as developing standards of practice and communication between hospitalists, specialists and non-physician staff. He also has facility with verbal presentations ranging from physicians to laypersons and is happy to provide reviews in either defense or plaintiff cases.
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Chris L Moore, MD
Yale University
Madison, Connecticut
Emergency Medicine, Ultrasound
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ultrasound, imaging, CT, diagnosis, pulmonary embolism, PE, aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm, myocardial infarction, infection, shock, trauma
I am a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and a Board Certified and practitioner of emergency physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven CT where I have practiced for the last 20+ years. I completed my medical degree at the University of Virginia, my residency in emergency medicine at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte NC, and an emergency ultrasound fellowship at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago IL.
I am Chief of the Section of Emergency Ultrasound in the Yale Department of Emergency Medicine. My research interests include ultrasound imaging, diagnosis, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, kidney stones, CT imaging, and incidental findings.
My clinical practice includes the main YNHH hospital as well as the Saint Raphael's Emergency Department and the freestanding Shoreline Medical Center in Guilford CT.
I have done expert reviews for the last 10 years including depositions and trial. I typically review about 10 cases per year, and w...
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Michael J DiTomasso, PhD
Forensic Psychologist: Criminal and Civil
Michael J. DiTomasso, Ph.D., P.A.
Miami, Florida
Forensic Psychology, Substance Abuse
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Forensic Psychological Evaluations, Mitigation, Downward Departure, Substance Abuse, Trauma, PTSD, Psychosexual, MDSO, Competency to Proceed, Competency Waive Miranda, Coerced Confession, Parenting, Parental Alienation, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, False Allegations, Malingering, Diagnosis
I, Dr. Michael J. DiTomasso, am a PhD level Forensic Psychologist. I specialize in Forensic Psychological Evaluations and trial consulting in Criminal and Sexual Offence cases, Juvenile Delinquency, and Child Abuse matters. I do a lot of work in the basic forensic functions such as psychological evaluations for mitigation and downward departure, competency to proceed, competency to waive Miranda, competency to testify relevantly, etc. In regard to these kinds of cases, I supply expert opinion as to mental health diagnoses, treatment needs, appropriate level of care, and prognosis. I have expertise and experience with all the major diagnostic categories such as schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar, anxiety, depression, PTSD, substance abuse disorders, psychopathy and other personality disorders. I am a member of the Association for Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and evaluation of dangerousness and risk is often an integral part of the work I do. I have testified at se...
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Timothy Scott Beck, MD
Third Opinion MD, LLC
Clayton, Georgia
Nursing Homes, Geriatrics
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Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Failure to Diagnose, Infection, Out Patient Medicine, General Practice, Nursing Homes, Diagnosis, Standard of Care, Long Term Care, Internist, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Malpractice, Elder Abuse, Prescribing Errors nursing home neglect
Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Full-time practicing physician in General Internal Medicine since 2004. Licensed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Past Medical Director for Multi-State Ambulatory Laboratory Services and Medical Director for Regional Geriatric Home Health Care Agency. Experienced Hospitalist. Assistant Clinical Professor Georgia Regents University Education.
He specializes in nursing home abuse and neglect. He has opined on nearly 300 cases. He has over 10 years of experience as an expert witness in cases involving falls and wounds at skilled nursing facilities, failure to diagnose, medical malpractice, personal injury, prescribing errors, elder abuse and deviations from standard of care.
He is available for medical records review, case disposition analysis, depositions and court testimonies.
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Richard S Goldberg, MD
Forest Park, Illinois
Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
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Hospital, liability, dual diagnosis, involuntary, psychosis, suicide, workers comp, fitness for duty, malingering, sexual contact, disability, diagnosis, psychotropic medication, detox, inpatient, guardianship, violence
I am a board-certified psychiatrist with 33 years experience working in psychiatric hospitals, chemical dependency treatment facilities, nursing homes, community mental health centers, and office-based private practice of adolescents and adults with a wide range of psychiatric illnesses and addiction issues. I am currently in active practice.
I have a unique ability to perform completely private evaluations in security-sensitive circumstances. I am routinely contacted directly to arrange and coordinate independent evaluations, meet with clients without involving others, and can perform evaluations in anonymous locations when necessary. Reports are completed offline without involving any third party in the process (without answering services, recording devices, third party testing, EMR, secretarial/support staff or coordinators, transcriptionists, etc.) ensuring complete privacy throughout the IME process.
Board Certified Psychiatrist
Certified in Addiction Medicine
Hospital Clin...
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Mark J Chyna, M.D.
Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Libertyville, Illinois
Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine
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diagnosis, disease management, disease treatment, specialty referrals, patient care plans, medication management, wellness, prevention, electronic medical records, outpatient clinic, inpatient care, concierge medicine
I am board-certified in Internal Medicine with over 30 years of continuous clinical patient experience, including extensive previous inpatient hospital care management. I have spent over 19 continuous years on the hospital's multidisciplinary quality peer review committee, reviewing adverse and unexpected medical outcomes along with regular evaluation of medical staff performance and outcomes. I have been in concierge outpatient internal medicine practice with MDVIP since 2008. I spent several years as an XM Radio medical newscaster and interviewer, and I am able to use this experience in both public speaking and educating my patients.
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Nima Sarani, MD
Emergency Medicine Expert Witness
Kansas City, Kansas
Emergency Medicine, Ultrasound
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Sepsis, Infection, Diagnosis, Myocardial Infarction, Cerebral Vascular Accidents, Shock, Neurological emergencies, Trauma, Cardiovascular emergencies, Severe Sepsis, Septic Shock, Critical Care, Ultrasound, Stroke, Biomarkers
Board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine with over a decade of experience practicing in both community and academic emergency departments. My clinical expertise includes high-acuity emergency care and resuscitation of critically ill patients, sepsis recognition and management, neurological and cardiovascular emergencies, trauma, and the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to support timely diagnosis and clinical decision-making.
Since 2020, I have served as Director of Sepsis Quality Improvement, leading institutional initiatives focused on improving sepsis recognition, treatment, and outcomes. In this role, I routinely perform detailed retrospective case reviews and root-cause analyses, evaluating adherence to emergency medicine standards of care and evidence-based sepsis management. This work has strengthened my expertise in identifying early clinical indicators of infection and sepsis, and in assessing the timeliness and appr...
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Richard B Balaban, MD
Internal Medicine Physician - Harvard Faculty
Brookline, Massachusetts
Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine, Outpatient / Ambulatory Medicine, Transitions of Care, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Hypertension, COPD, Diabetes, Geriatrics, Alcohol Use Disorder, Geriatrics
Dr. Balaban is Harvard-trained and board-certified in Internal Medicine. He has practiced outpatient Internal Medicine for more than 25 years, and previously concurrently practiced Hospital Medicine for 10 years. Dr. Balaban has extensive administrative experience as a Medical Director in a range of venues, including Primary Care, and programs in Care Transitions, High Risk Patients, and a Cancer-Screening program in which he has developed expertise in the screening of colon, lung, prostate, breast and cervical cancers. Dr. Balaban is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has provided expert consultation for plaintiff and defense attorneys. To contact by email, please send to: rbbalaban@gmail.com.
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Mohammad A Hussain, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Emergency Medicine
dearborn, Michigan
Emergency Medicine, Child Abuse
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stroke, trauma, heart attack, sepsis, intubate, critical care, diagnosis, chest pain, airway, emergency, ultrasound, sedation, procedure, pulmonary embolism, clot, orthopedic
Emergency Medicine physician actively practicing in high-volume emergency departments in the United States. Experienced in the evaluation and management of a broad spectrum of acute medical, surgical, and traumatic conditions, including cardiac emergencies, stroke, sepsis, respiratory failure, trauma, orthopedic injuries, and critical illness.
Extensive procedural experience including endotracheal intubation, procedural sedation, central venous catheter placement, chest tube thoracostomy, laceration repair, fracture and dislocation reduction, point-of-care ultrasound (including FAST examinations), and emergency resuscitation. Regularly responsible for rapid triage, diagnosis, stabilization, and disposition decisions in high-acuity settings.
Familiar with current Emergency Medicine standards of care, clinical protocols, documentation practices, and risk stratification in both community and high-acuity emergency department environments. Experience working with diverse patient populati...
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Richard F F Koup, DMD
Richard F. Koup, DMD & Assoc.
Paoli, Pennsylvania
Dentist
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Diagnosis, Radiology, Treatment Planning, Crown & Bridge, Operative, Restorative, Local Anesthesia, Removable Prosthodontics
Continuing Dental Education is critical to maintaining strong clinical skills. It has been my pleasure to lead one of the oldest dental study clubs in the Philadelphia, PA area for 6 years.
Giving back to my profession has been fulfilling teaching restorative dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine for profession's future.
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Dr. Richard J Stride, MBA, Psy.D., LPC, LMHC, LPC
Behavior Health Expert-Over 25 Years of Experience
Dr. Stride Forensic Services
Olympia, Washington
Mental Health, Behavioral and Social Sciences
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Developmental Disabilities, Accidental Death, Child Custody, Competency, Jury Selection, Child Abuse, Ethics, Licensure & Practice, Professional Conduct, Memory, Diminished Capacity, Stand of Care, Abuse, Depression, Anxiety PTSD, Suicide, Diagnosis, Law Enforcement, Fitness for duty, Licensed in WA CO and TX
I am licensed at the doctoral level in Mental Health Counseling, Colorado (LPC), Washington (LMHC) and Texas (LPC). I and also licensed as a Private Investigator in Washington and Texas. I have been providing forensic mental health services to law enforcement, attorneys and courts since 1996. I have been an expert witness and/or consulted in numerous cases. I provide precise, factual, influential, and professionally articulated services. I have experience in working with jury's and in countering other expert witnesses testimonies.
I have been an expert and or consulted on cases related to child custody, competency, criminal behavior, developmental disability and work place harassment. I can, and have, created custom reports, issue specific professional reviews, and case specific consultations.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado, Licensed Private Investigator, and a Licensed Mental health Counselor in Washington State
I have been a Therapist, Clinical Operations ...