Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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I am a board-certified psychiatrist, a member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), and a court-appointed forensic psychiatrist for Pennsylvania’s Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS). I have submitted expert opinions in over 150 cases and have testified as a qualified expert in both state and federal courts. My independent medical/psychiatric evaluations (IMEs) incorporate structured diagnostic tools to support clear, evidence-based forensic opinions. My practice has a specialized focus on forensic evaluations involving complex trauma, dissociation, and contested mental states. I routinely assess individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to childhood physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, including presentations in vulnerable populations such as individuals with autism, intellectual disability, or dementia. I have particular expertise in dissociative phenomena—including dissociative subtypes of PTSD, functional neurological symptoms, amnesia, depersonalization, derealization, and identity disturbance (e.g., DID)—and in evaluating conditions affecting memory reliability, volitional control, and suggestibility. I am frequently retained to assess malingering, factitious disorder, and the influence of altered states of consciousness, including those related to therapeutic interventions (e.g., EMDR) or suggestive experiences (e.g., hypnotically induced false memories). I have extensive experience across a broad range of criminal and civil matters. My criminal forensic work includes trial competency and criminal responsibility evaluations in cases involving charges such as homicide, sexual offenses, assault, arson, robbery, weapons violations, and impaired driving. On the civil side, I have conducted evaluations in cases involving psychological injury due to sexual violence, medical trauma, institutional abuse, and whistleblower retaliation. I am particularly attuned to psychiatric presentations where trauma, volition, and credibility intersect.