Psychiatric Disability Expert Witnesses
Psychiatric disability 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 psychiatric disability. The psychiatric disability expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Addiction Medicine, Forensic Psychiatry, Medical Management, Neuropsychiatry, Psychiatry, and Risk Management.
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Barbara J. Justice, MD
Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist
Equity Evals
Long Beach, California
Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Psychiatric Disease, Pharmacological Clinical, Competency to Stand Trial, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, Serve Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disability, Emotional Harm, Emotional Distress, Workers' Compensation, Mental Health, Malpractice, Capacity, Sexual Harassment Sexual Abuse and Victimization
Dr. Justice began her career in medicine as a surgeon in New York City. After 20 years as a practicing surgeon, she entered the field of Psychiatry and received training in a Fellowship program at UCLA. She is a Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist with training in all aspects of psychiatry and the law. Dr. Justice has broad experience testifying in criminal and civil cases and has been deposed extensively upwards of 400 times. She has also testified frequently as mental health expert witness for the state of California.
Her unique background in physical medicine, trauma, psychopharmacology and surgery, combined with her psychiatric expertise, gives her an in-depth understanding of the multitude of factors at issue in civil litigation cases. Dr. Justice is currently Attending Forensic Psychiatrist,
Director of Psychiatric Training at the Department of State Hospital in Norwalk California and CEO and Medical Director of the Glaser Forensic Group.
Dr. Justice received her MD and co...
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ALEX R. RODRIGUEZ, M.D.
Expert Witness in Medical Standards and Psychiatry
MEDCON Medical Consulting, LLC
Southbury, Connecticut
Psychiatry, Medical Management
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Child-Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical Quality Management (Utilization, Quality and Risk Management), National Medical and Mental Health Standards of Care, Psychiatric Disability, Medical Disease Management
1. 49 years experience in psychiatric services, standards, and systems; extensive experience in testifying under oath
2. In-depth understanding of national mental health standards of care
3. Extensive consulting experiences with governmental, non-profit, and legal organizations
4. National and state leadership in health care services
5. Led development of national medical and mental health standards for Department of Defense, Blue Cross and Blue Shield National Accounts, Institute of Medicine, NCQA, URAC, National Quality Forum, and Disease Management Association of America
6. Skilled board-certified psychiatrist who has been continuously credentialed by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs since 1973, is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, has several published book chapters and professional journal articles, has served on medical college faculties, is a former president of the American College of Medical Quality, and has served on ...
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GEORGE P KELLY, MD
Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry
George P. Kelly, M D
Fairfield, Connecticut
Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry
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psychiatric malpractice, inappropriate hospital discharge, involuntary hospital admission, wrongful death, suicide, standard of care, psychiatric disability, inadequate supervision, inpatient psychiatry, murder, dangerousness, failure to warn, mood disorders, psychosis, failure to diagnose
Board Certified Psychiatrist.
Member of Impaired Physicians Committee of State of Connecticut, which expanded to involve ALL licensed medical professionals, and Dr. Kelly was its first Program Director. Expert in malpractice issues, standard of care issues, failure to protect, impaired practitioner issues.
Principal psychiatrist and team leader of 17-bed, locked, in-patient Connecticut State Hospital unit for young adults. Expert in hospital liability, wrongful confinement, wrongful discharge, medical malpractice, failure to diagnose, failure to treat, standard of care issues.
Private practice and teaching 30+ years
Voted "Teacher of the Year" by Norwalk Hospital Resident Staff
Please see Dr. Kelly's website for individual case discussions: georgekellymd.com
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Henry M. Storper, MD
Henry Storper M.D.P.A.
Miami, Florida
Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry
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Inpatient Psychiatry, Suicide, Overdose, Wrongful Death, Psychiatric Inappropriate Hospital Admission, Psychiatric Inappropriate Hospital Discharge, Involuntary Hospitalization, Psychiatric Malpractice, Mood Disorders, Psychiatric Disability, Murder, Psychosis, Hospital Psychiatry
Board Certified Psychiatrist.
Medical Director CMHC, Medical Director Crisis Stabilization Unit, Medical Director PHP, Medical Director Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Chief of Staff Deering Hospital. Currently: Outpatient/inpatient private psychiatric practice. Expert in hospital liability, malpractice issues, standard of care issues, litigation, consultations.
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Philip Saragoza, MD
Forensic Psychiatrist - Threat Assessment
Philip Saragoza, MD
ANN ARBOR, Michigan
Forensic Psychiatry, Risk Management
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Behavioral threat assessment, Fitness for duty evaluation, Conservatorship, Violent Extremism, Workplace and campus violence, Undue influence, Medical malpractice, Violence risk assessment, Testamentary capacity, Stalking, Psychiatric disability, Guardianship, Intimate Partner Violence
I am a board certified forensic psychiatrist licensed in MI, CA, TX, IA and IL, and participate in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact. I specialize in behavioral threat assessment, fitness for duty and psychiatric disability in workplace and higher education settings, working as both an evaluator and consultant. I have assisted a wide range of corporations and public/government agencies, including many Fortune 500 companies, as well as colleges and universities across the U.S., working closely with legal counsel. I have published in forensic psychiatry, threat assessment, workplace and campus violence prevention, extremism, and other subjects, and frequently deliver presentations and trainings on these subjects to academic and professional audiences. I have extensive teaching and supervisory experience and hold an adjunct academic appointment at the University of Michigan. In addition, I have served as an expert evaluator and witness in cases concerning questions of incapacita...
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Silvia A Bernardi, MD
Psychiatrist - Columbia Faculty
Columbia University
New York, New York
Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry
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Divorce, IME, Custody, Personality Disorders and Trauma, Malingering, Deception, Intent, Factitious Disorders, Psychiatric Standard of Care, Professional licensing, Suicide, Alienation, Psychiatric Disability, Sexual Harrassment, Emotional Damanges, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Munchausen, Will
Columbia University Faculty Member with two decades of experience in clinical psychiatry and neuroscience research. My practice integrates psychoanalysis and psychopharmacology with advanced probing techniques, including DBS, TMS, and functional neuroimaging (fMRI, PET, DTI). I specialize in the complex differential diagnosis between the effects of trauma and the manifestations of personality disorders, with particular focus on narcissistic and borderline traits.
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Daniel W Bradford, MD, MPH
Board-Certified Psychiatrist & National Leader
Bradford Psychiatric Group, PLLC
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
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Psychotic Disorders, Schizophrenia, Serious Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disability, Functional Impairment, Psychiatric Standard of Care, Psychiatric Medication, Medical Necessity, Self-Harm, Disability Evaluations, Fitness for Duty, Utilization Review, Community Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Substance Use Disorders
Daniel W. Bradford, MD, MPH, is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than 23 years of experience in clinical and academic psychiatry, psychiatric assessment, disability evaluation, medical record review, and complex behavioral health consultation. He is board certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University.
Dr. Bradford has extensive experience evaluating psychiatric diagnoses, functional impairment, disability, psychiatric treatment, and standards of care. His areas of expertise include serious mental illness, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, suicide and self-harm risk assessment, psychiatric medications, treatment-resistant psychiatric illness, co-occurring disorders, and community-based mental health treatment.
For more than two decades, Dr. Bradford has performed psychiatric disability evaluations ...