Substance Use Disorders Expert Witnesses

Raleigh, North Carolina

Emergency Medical Toxicology, Emergency Medicine - Envenomation, Substance-Related Deaths, Deaths in custody, Critical Care Toxicology, Substance Use Disorders, Environmental Exposures, Forensic Toxicology, Pharmacologic and substance analysis

ERIK S. FISHER, MD Dual Board-Certified in Medical Toxicology & Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program Director & Harrison's Textbook Author EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I am a dual board-certified physician in Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, currently serving as the Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program Director at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center and Clinical Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. My academic pedigree includes an undergraduate degree from Cornell University, a medical doctorate from Weill Cornell, and residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where I was selected as Chief Resident. As the author of the "Disorders Caused by Venomous Snakebites and Marine Animal Exposures" chapters in both the 21st and 22nd editions of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, I am a nationally recognized authority on envenomations. By pairing active, high-acuity clinical practice with elite institutional leadership, I provide attorneys with ...

Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Behavioral and Social Sciences, Hospital Administration - Hospital Operations, Pediatrics, Hospital Executive, Rural healthcare, Womens Healthcare OB/GYN, Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders, Inpatient Psychiatric Units, Behavioral Health Hospital, Behavioral Health Crisis, Neuromodulation, ECT/TMS, Medication Assisted Therapy, Psychotherapy, Telepsychiatry, New construction/design

Doctorally prepared healthcare executive with a proven track record of success in hospital operations across a variety of settings and specialities. Previous roles include Senior Vice President, Hospital President, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. Expertise in behavioral health (mental health and substance use disorders) to include inpatient psychiatry (adults, children and adolescents), residential drug and alcohol, emergency department care, behavioral health urgent care, crisis care, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, individual counseling, psychotherapy, medication assisted therapy, acute care hospital consult liaison program, neuromodulation services and telepsychiatry services. Also experienced in women, infant and children's operations, rural healthcare hospital operations, and new healthcare building designs.

Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina

Forensic Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry - Medical malpractice: plaintiff and defense cases. Trauma-related disorders: PTSD/complex PTSD, dissociative disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, ultra-processed food addiction, obesity, ADHD, OCD, neuropsychiatry and psychopharmacology, mood disorders, PTSD, child-adolescent-adult psychiatry, binge eating

Dr. Brewerton is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Biobehavioral Medicine, at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he has a private practice and conducts research. He is board certified in general, child/adolescent & forensic psychiatry, & addiction medicine. He is: Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry; Founding Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders; Founding member/former president of the Eating Disorders Research Society; author of >200 articles/book chapters and over 450 scientific presentations at local, national and international conferences on many topics in psychiatry, including eating and related disorders, psychopharmacology, neurobiology, posttraumatic stress, dissociation & the effects of childhood sexual/physical abuse; Editor of the Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach (20...