Clinical Psychiatrist and Expert Witness (NC)

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Dr. Furrh is a general psychiatrist licensed in North Carolina and currently practicing both at the VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC and in private practice. He is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of an extensive range of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders and populations and has experience in the legal setting testifying as an expert witness. Dr. Furrh's clinical background includes experience working in the inpatient, outpatient, and intensive community-based settings. The focus of Dr. Furrh's current position is severe mental illness diagnoses, geriatric psychiatry (including dementia and associated issues), addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (veteran population), sleep disorders, and personality disorders. He possesses expertise in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy, and extensive knowledge regarding other "somatic" treatments (ECT, TMS, ketamine, psychedelics, etc). As a result of his unique clinical background, he has additionally developed a strong knowledge base on the intersection of traditional medicine and psychiatry. Dr. Furrh leads two multidisciplinary outpatient-based treatment teams in his current role. Dr. Furrh's forensic experience includes routine testimony as treating psychiatrist (dual agency) for involuntary commitment proceedings, and all the steps in that process (preparing himself and other providers for court, delivering testimony including under cross-examination, and negotiating the outcome). He is fortunate to have assisted others with or testified personally in an estimated 75+ individual involuntary commitment hearings. He also has experience working with the incarcerated population and writing legal letters on behalf of patients and for guardianship referrals to adult protective services, and is very familiar with what psychiatric disability looks like. In addition to the above, Dr. Furrh has been published, given academic presentations, served in a variety of teaching and leadership roles including in administration, and worked in multidisciplinary treatment settings. Dr. Furrh is board-certified by the ABPN and licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina. He is a member of the AMA, APA, and NCPA.