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Addiction Medicine Expert Witnesses

The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of addiction medicine expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on addiction medicine and related issues. Addiction medicine expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these addiction medicine expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Addiction Medicine, Overdose, Alcohol, Buprenorphine, Substance Use Disorder, Addiction, Alcohol Use Disorder, Opioids, Psychopharmacology, PTSD, Suboxone, Substance Abuse, Toxicology, Chronic Pain, and Disability.

Kevin M. Passer, MD

Addiction Medicine
Child/Adult Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins Trained

DEA CERTIFIED IN ADDICTION

OPIOD ABUSE CARE
MEDICATION ASSISTED PROGRAM
OBJECTIVE RECORDS REVIEW

Margaret Jarvis, MD, DFASAM

Chief of Addiction Medicine-
Geisinger Health System
30 Years Experience

Mario San Bartolome, MD, FASAM

Addiction Medicine
Standard of Care, Causation +
20 years of experience

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Stephen M Taylor, MD, MPH

Child & adolescent and addiction psychiatrist

Stephen M. Taylor, MD, PC

Vestavia, Alabama

Addiction Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry - Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Sports Psychiatry

Dr. Stephen Taylor is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and addiction medicine. In more than 30 years of practice experience, and as an educator, presenter and advocate, Dr. Taylor’s life’s work has been to help adolescents and adults avoid or overcome addiction disorders and co-occurring general psychiatric disorders. Having served 16 years as the Medical Director of the Player Assistance and Anti-Drug Program of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), Dr. Taylor also serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Pathway Healthcare, a company that has opened and is operating outpatient addiction and mental health treatment offices across several states. Dr. Taylor is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), and he is currently serving as the President and Chair of the Bo...

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Ken Starr, MD FASAM ABAM ABEM

Addiction Medicine/ Substance Abuse Expert

Ken Starr MD Wellness Group

Arroyo Grande, California

Addiction Medicine, Emergency Medicine - Addiction Medicine, Medication Assisted Treatment, Vivitrol, Buprenorphine, Medical Detox, Opiate and Alcohol Detoxification, Drug Withdrawal Management, Medical Direction Substance Abuse Recovery, Overdose

Board Certified in Addiction Medicine and Emergency Medicine. I'm an experienced expert on MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment) with buprenorphine, suboxone, naltrexone, and Vivitrol. Extensive experience managing residential and detoxification patients. Alcohol, Opiate and benzodiazepine withdrawal management Personable, friendly, and extremely capable of explaining complex topics in easy-to-understand ways. Assistant Clinical Professor of Addiction Medicine at California Northstate University. Medical Board of California Expert Reviewer in Addiction Medicine and Emergency Medicine.

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David A Granovetter, MD

Addiction Medicine & Impaired Physician Expert

David Alan Granovetter MD, Inc. A Professional Corporation

San Jose, California

Addiction Medicine - Addiction Medicine, Expert witness, Substance use disorder, Standard of care, MAT, Relapse, Impairment, Impaired practitioner, Fitness for duty, Physician impairment, Safety sensitive professionals, Medical board cases, Licensing matters, Credentialing disputes, Return to work, Alcohol use disorder, Medical Staff matters

David A. Granovetter, MD, FASAM is a board-certified Addiction Medicine physician who provides independent expert witness services and medico-legal consultation in matters involving addiction medicine, substance use disorders, physician impairment, and fitness-for-duty determinations. Dr. Granovetter has over 20 years of experience in Addiction Medicine, including extensive work in physician health, impairment assessment, and physician well-being leadership. His professional background includes clinical addiction medicine practice as well as long-standing leadership roles focused on the evaluation and management of impairment in safety-sensitive professionals, particularly physicians. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (FASAM) and a Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. He is also a Certified Medical Review Officer (MRO). Dr. Granovetter has significant experience applying accepted medical standards to questions of diagnosis, functional i...

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Mario F. San Bartolome, MD, MBA, MRO, FASAM

Addiction Medicine physician

Arete Health

Roseville, California

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioids, opiate, methamphetamine, overdose, alcohol, hallucinogens, cocaine, toxicology, sober living, drugs, illicit, drug rehabilitation, utilization management, drug policy, alcohol and drug treatment, drug intoxication, withdrawal, detoxification, drug testing appropriateness, pain

Dr. Mario San Bartolome is board-certified in Addiction Medicine and Family Medicine and has extensive clinical, administrative, regulatory, and forensic experience in the evaluation and treatment of substance use disorders, co-occurring psychiatric conditions, controlled-substance prescribing, detoxification, withdrawal management, toxicology, and addiction-related standards of care. Dr. San Bartolome has served as a medical director across multiple levels of addiction treatment, including withdrawal management/detoxification, residential treatment, intensive outpatient care, outpatient addiction medicine, and managed care. His experience includes policy development, clinical protocol design, utilization management, peer review, quality oversight, direct patient care, and maintaining patient safety in drug and alcohol treatment programs. He has practiced and consulted in settings that include hospitals, psychiatric units, emergency departments, correctional environments, outpatien...

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Amr Beltagui, MBChB, MD, DFAPA

Expert in Crisis & Emergency Mental Health

Expedient Medicolegal Services

Newport Beach, California

Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine - Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD, Crisis Intervention, Academic Medical Treatment, Functional Capacity, Disability Evaluation, IME, Standard of Care, Suicide Risk Assessment, Fitness for Duty, Severe Mental Health Disorders, Buprenorphine Treatment, Psychopharmacology, Personal Injury, Capacity Eval

Dr. Amr Beltagui is a highly accomplished psychiatrist with a distinguished career in both clinical practice and academia. A Diplomate of Psychiatry through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, he holds the title of Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Beltagui’s medical journey began at the University of Alexandria, where he earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. He furthered his training with a residency in psychiatry at the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Beltagui's professional experience is extensive and diverse. He has served as an emergency psychiatrist with Traditions Behavioral Health and an interventional psychiatrist at Mindful Health Solutions. His roles have also included being a staff psychiatrist at Kern Medical and a core faculty member for the UCLA-Kern psychiatry residency program. Additionally, he has worked at the Norfolk Regional Center in t...

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Roberto Contreras II, MD, CLCP

California Life Care Planning Association

Seal Beach, California

Life Care Planning, Internal Medicine - medical billing, life care planner, hospitalist, medical devices, medical management, medical coding, legal medicine, legal nurse consulting, nurse practitioner, obstetrics and gynecology, addiction medicine, family medicine, general practice, gynecology, consultative examinations

The California Life Care Planning Association was created by experts in the field of Life Care Planning, with more than 30 years of experience working in the health care industry. All of our professionals are Certified Life Care Planners, as well as active medical practitioners dedicated to assessing lifetime cost of care for individuals with catastrophic injuries/illness. What sets us apart from many other Life Care Planning organizations and individuals is that all of our Life Care Planners have active direct experience with patient care. We hold ourselves to a higher standard and hold all of our affiliates to that same higher standard. Whether it be plaintiff, defense , or any other client, our methodology is transparent and consistent. Given the healthcare backgrounds of our founders, all Life Care Plans and services are overseen by a Physician. Similar to a hospital setting, many of our services go through "rounding" with senior partners and physicians to make sure we are keep...

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Karl E. Steinberg, MD, CMD, HMDC, HEC-C

Geriatrics, Nursing Homes, Hospice/Palliative

Stone Mountain Medical Associates, Inc.

Oceanside, California

Geriatrics, Nursing Homes - Nursing Home - Skilled Nursing Facility, Hospice - End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, Home Health, Assisted Living, Regulatory, Decubitus, Pressure Ulcers, Falls, Dementia - Alzheimer's, Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care - HMO, Life Care Planning, Personal Injury, Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Bioethics

Experienced Expert, 250+ depositions, 25+ trials. Speedy and Objective Records Reviews (plaintiff/defense); Standard of Care, Causation and Damages Opinions, including Life Expectancy and Future Care Costs, Regulatory Actions; Comprehensive Report Writing. References Available on Request. In clinical practice of post-acute and long-term care medicine, Geriatrics & Hospice in San Diego area since 1992; Chief Medical Officer, Bio-Pacific Admin Services (nursing facility management company); Chief Medical Officer, Beecan Health; Delegate, AMA and California Medical Association House of Delegates; Chair, CMA Council on Ethical, Legal & Judicial Affairs; Chair, CMA Administrative Medicine Forum; Clinical Faculty UCSD School of Medicine and Family Medicine Dept., Affiliate Faculty, California State University's Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care (San Marcos), Past President of CALTCM, Past President of PALTmed (Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Medical Association, previously AMDA,...

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JOSEPH A RODRIGUEZ, MD

Family Medicine, Outpatient & Inpatient

JOSEPH A RODRIGUEZ, MD, PA

PLANTATION, Florida

Family Medicine, Hospitalist - Hospitalist, Outpatient/Ambulatory Medicine, urgent care medicine, addiction medicine, geriatrics, internal medicine, Indian Health Service medicine, Medicare Advantage practitioner

IVY LEAGUE and TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER-HOUSTON-trained, Board-Certified, American Board of Family Medicine (recertified 2015) Broward County Government: Rape and Child Crisis Center, nonCPT Medical Director; Addiction and Recovery Center, Assistant Medical Director; Jessie Trice Federally qualified Comm Health System-Clinic Physician. BLS and ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) certified, Recent Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Hospital Staff member: Cleveland Clinic Florida-Weston (17 years; until 5/25/2018), Memorial Regional, Memorial Regional, Memorial Pembroke and HCA Westside Regional hospitals, Native fluency in English and Spanish (spoken and written), French (can converse and read); Medical Expert to Florida Board of Medicine.

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Melanie H Rosenblatt, MD

Pain Management Strategies

Boca Raton, Florida

Pain Management - Medicine, Addiction Medicine - Pain Management, Interventional Pain Management, Opioid prescribing, Addiction Medicine

Melanie Rosenblatt, MD, provides comprehensive medical and interventional pain treatment at Pain Management Strategies. She is dedicated to helping every person achieve optimal pain relief by identifying and treating the precise source of their pain. Dr. Rosenblatt graduated from SUNY@ Stony Brook School of Medicine in New York, then went on to complete her anesthesia residency and pain training at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, New York. She’s board-certified in anesthesiology, pain management, and addiction medicine. In addition to treating patients at her private practice, Dr. Rosenblatt served as the medical director of pain management for Broward Health North, a Level II trauma center from 2002-2017. She also served as the chairperson of the Credentials and Qualifications Committee from 2007-2016 and was a Medical Executive Board member during that time. Dr. Rosenblatt has worked closely with the DEA, FBI and local law enforcement to crack down on pill mill...

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Alberto Augsten, Pharm.D., M.S.,BCPP, DABAT

Board Certified Toxicologist/Psychopharmacologist

Augsten Consulting, LLC

Hollywood, Florida

Toxicology, Pharmacology- Clinical - Toxicology, Psychopharmacology, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, DUI, Drugs of Abuse, Poisoning, Medication Errors, Overdose, Opioid Overdose, Forensic Toxicology, Drugs of Abuse Testing

Dr. Alberto Augsten, founder of Augsten Consulting, is a consultant and expert witness specializing in psychopharmacology and clinical toxicology. Offering professional, impactful, and strategic consulting services, Dr. Augsten caters to legal, healthcare, and clinical practice development. His expertise encompasses many areas, ensuring clients receive top-notch guidance and insights. Dr. Augsten is the only Dual Board Certified Toxicologist and Psychopharmacologist in the Nation, and has been qualified as an expert in Toxicology in both Criminal and Civil cases. Dr. Augsten thoroughly analyzes environmental substances, including metals, pesticides, toxic gases, solvents, particulates, carcinogens, industrial chemicals, allergens, and natural toxins. Our expertise ensures a comprehensive evaluation of potential exposures and their impact on health. Dr. Augsten specializes in providing tailored consulting services to assist in the development and optimization of clinical practic...

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Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH

Addiction, drug abuse, and jail/prison medicine

Tavares, Florida

Addiction Medicine, Correctional Healthcare - Substance use, Cocaine, Buprenorphine, Detox, Suboxone, Withdrawal, Fentanyl, Intoxication, Overdose, Cannabis, Methadone, Opioid, Addiction, Drug rehab, Toxicology, Methamphetamine, NCCHC, In-custody death, Jail, Prison

Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH brings over 14 years of experience as a physician, including both direct patient care and administrative oversight focused on treating the incarcerated population and patients with addictions. She is board certified in Addiction Medicine and in Preventive Medicine & Public Health, both through the American Board of Preventive Medicine. She is licensed to practice medicine in 41 US states. With over 10 years in correctional medicine, she has served as a corporate-level medical director for two leading providers of correctional healthcare services, offering comprehensive care within prison and jail settings. Beyond correctional settings, she has provided addiction medicine services in various community treatment settings, including SAMHSA-certified opioid treatment programs (OTPs, aka “methadone clinics”), office-based opioid treatment centers, residential treatment facilities, inpatient detox centers, intensive outpatient treatment programs, and via telemedicin...

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Heather L Hinshelwood, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Physician- Afghanistan veteran

Florida

Emergency Medicine - military medicine, sepsis, stroke, trauma, pediatric EM, emergency orthopedic care, geriatric emergency medicine, airway emergencies, critical care medicine, addiction medicine, covid, criminal cases, trained VA disability evaluator, PACT ACT, federal cases, injury pattern review, pain and suffering evaluations

Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Licensed in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Served as a medical officer in the United States Navy, achieving the rank of Commander. Awarded 3 Navy Achievement Medals. Experienced in all settings: from the sands of Afghanistan, the beaches of Okinawa, academic medical centers, all the way to the rural South. Fluent in English and Spanish with formal training in medical Spanish. Well versed in critical care for the spectrum of life: precipitous deliveries, pediatric medicine, trauma, geriatric emergency medicine. Expert in airway emergencies with proficient use of a variety of modalities. Extensive experience in the transfer of patients: both at accepting facilities and rural facilities with limited resources. PADI Rescue Diver. Trained VA disability evaluator. Experienced in both state and federal courts as well as criminal and civil cases. Extensive end of l...

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Heather L Hinshelwood, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Physician- Afghanistan veteran

Georgia

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Sudheer Potru, DO, FASA, FASAM

3X-Certified: Anesthesia, Pain Med, Addiction Med

Atlanta, Georgia

Pain Management - Medicine, Addiction Medicine - opioids, opioid prescribing, overdose, addiction, suboxone, MAT, alcohol, alcohol use disorder, anesthesiology, pain medicine, chronic pain, interventional pain, spinal injections, spinal cord stimulation

Dr. Potru is a former associate professor of anesthesiology at a major academic institution in the Southeast and is triple-board-certified in anesthesiology, interventional pain medicine, and addiction medicine; he is one of less than 25 clinicians across the country with this combination of certifications and has unique expertise as a result. Dr. Potru is a nationally recognized and well-published expert in opioid safety/stewardship as well as the treatment of chronic pain and addiction and perioperative management of the patient with substance use disorders; he sits on and is an active contributor to numerous national anesthesia/pain committees and working groups. Dr. Potru has given invited lectures at multiple national and international conferences, including that of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the International Anesthesia Research Society, as well as multip...

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ALLEN R. DENNIS, MD, JD, MPH

Expert Empathetic Medical Clinician

Heal one Services

Austell , Georgia

Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine - Opiod Overdose and Abuse, Hospitalist, Opiates, Independent Medical Exam, Medication Errors, Nursing home failure, Cancer Screening, Missed Diagnosis, Internal Medicine, Heart Disease, Chronic Lung Disease, Drug Detoxification, Preventive Medicine, Elder Abuse, Wrongful Death

He is board certified in the two specialties of Internal Medicine and General Preventive Medicine/Public Health . He has owned a private practice and is currently active as a Hospitalist. Dr. Dennis is licensed and treating patients in Georgia, Texas and Indiana. He has also received special training and waiver from Dept. of Health and Human Services for Opiod addiction treatment. Dr. Dennis received medical education through Harvard medical school and the Mayo Clinic. He adheres to high ethical standards and will render objective and evidence based opinions. Dr. Dennis is easily accessible with great bedside manners and communication abilities. His legal training makes him uniquely qualified to understand legalese and medical terminology. His exceptional teaching and communication skills enable him to translate both into lay terms easily understood by most. Dr. Dennis has performed chart and utilization reviews for large organizations.

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Heather L Hinshelwood, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Physician- Afghanistan veteran

Illinois

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Gagandeep Goyal, MD

Expert Witness

Chicago, Illinois

Anesthesiology, Addiction Medicine - Medical negligence, Health care fraud, Substandard care, Unprofessional conduct, Addiction Medicine, Practice of medicine, Sexual misconduct, Nursing scope of practice, Personnel injury, Independent medical examiner, Workers compensation, Medical malpractice, Plaintiff expert, Medico legal cases

Administrative and Billing Expertise: ● Medical Billing: Expertise in insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare billing. ● Value-Based Care: Implementing Medicare Advantage and other value-based care models. ● Practice Management: Credentialing, running a medical practice, practice administration. Advocacy and Community Involvement: ● Advocacy: Promoting patient rights, and healthcare policy reform. ● Public Health Relations: Engaging with public health initiatives and education.

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Richard S Goldberg, MD

Forest Park, Illinois

Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine - 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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DARRIN MANGIACARNE, DO, MPH, DFASAM, DFAOAAM

National Expert in Addiction Medicine

Fishers, Indiana

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioid Cases, Wrongful Death, Overdose Litigation, Criminal Defense, Causation Analysis, Malpractice, Addiction Medicine, Rehabilitation Protocols, Medical Records Review, Osteopathic Medicine, Impaired Physicians, Chronic Pain, Detoxification Standards, Pain Management, Standard of Care, Toxicology Analysis, Expert Testimony, DUI

Dr. Darrin Mangiacarne has been retained on 31 legal cases including malpractice, wrongful death, disability, as well as national opioid litigation. Dr. Mangiacarne has experience working with plaintiffs on 21 cases and defense attorneys on 10 cases. Dr. Mangiacarne has been deposed 4 times and has never been the subject of a Daubert challenge. Dr. Mangiacarne is the acting President of the American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Mangiacarne is the Chief Medical Officer for Banyan Treatment Centers supervising the medical treatment in 18 facilities across 8 states. Dr. Mangiacarne is a licensed physician in 18 states. Dr. Mangiacarne is board certified in family medicine from the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (AOBFP) and addiction medicine from the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) and (AOBFP). Dr. Mangiacarne is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (DFASAM) and a Distinguished Fellow of the America...

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Andrea Weber, MD, MME, FASAM, FACP

Addiction Medicine Physician - Expert Witness

Positive Change Consulting, LLC

Solon, Iowa

Addiction Medicine, Psychiatry - Opioid use disorder, Alcohol use disorder, Medical Cannabis, Suicide Risk, Buprenorphine, Pain, Encephalopathy, Catatonia, Stimulant use disorder, Overdose, Neuroleptic malignancy syndrome

Andrea Weber, MD, is a board-certified internist, psychiatrist, and addiction medicine specialist who cares for patients in clinic and hospital settings. Dr. Weber specializes in caring for people who use drugs, including by not limited to opioids (i.e. heroin, fentanyl), methamphetamine, cocaine, alcohol, tobacco/nicotine, and cannabis. This includes best practices in the use of medications for addiction treatment, such as buprenorphine (Suboxone). Dr. Weber also cares for the physical and mental health of adult patients, specializing in diagnosing and treating conditions that have overlapping psychiatric and physical symptoms, such as catatonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and encephalopathy. Dr. Weber is a distinguished clinician and educator with over 8 years of experience in eastern Iowa. She is an award-winning educator providing dozens of lectures annually and supervising future healthcare workers in clinic and hospital settings. Dr. Weber is an active researcher with n...

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James P Murphy, MD, MMM, DFASAM

Pain, Addiction, Anesthesia and Prescribing Expert

Murphy Pain Center

Louisville, Kentucky

Pain Management - Medicine, Addiction Medicine - Chronic pain, Pain Management, addiction, opioids, substance abuse, Suboxone, MAT, MOUD, prescribing, controlled substance, DEA, medical board, regulations, overdose, preventive medicine, standards, harm reduction, anesthesiology, interventional pain, naloxone

James Patrick Murphy, MD, MMM, DFASAM is a nationally recognized physician leader and expert in Pain Management, Addiction Medicine and controlled substances prescribing. He is a Past President of the Kentucky Society of Addiction Medicine and is the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s representative on the influential American Medical Association Substance Use & Pain Care Task Force. Dr. Murphy is also the Southeastern United States Regional Director (Region X) for the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Murphy is founder & CEO of Murphy Pain Center, located in New Albany, Indiana. Additionally, he teaches medical students, residents, and colleagues as an Assistant Clinical Professor on faculty at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Dr. Murphy is a past president of the Greater Louisville Medical Society and currently serves on the board of directors of the Greater Louisville Medical Society Foundation. He also the Co-director and medical prescriptiv...

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Eric Anderson, MD, MBA

Eric Anderson MD, LLC

Annapolis, Maryland

Psychiatry - Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Psychopharmacology, Medication Management, Psychosis, Women’s Mental Health, Pregnancy/Post Partum, Suicide, Emergency Psychiatry, Inpatient Psychiatry, Mood Disorders, Recidivism

Board Certified Psychiatrist in active clinical practice. Johns Hopkins trained in general psychiatry. Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at George Washington University. 20+ years medical experience, 15+ years in psychiatry. Colonel in the United States Air Force and Chief of Aerospace Medicine. 20+ years of military service including combat deployment. Numerous awards, to include “Top Doc” for the Annapolis area, U.S. Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal with Combat Device, and U.S. Navy Commendation Medal. Well-experienced public speaker.

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Barry H. Roth, MD

ACES Psychiatry, Addictions, Geriatric, Forensic

Program in Psychiatry & the Law Harvard Medical School

Brookline , Massachusetts

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Adult Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Geriatric Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Malpractice, Standard of Care, Liability, Will Contests, Testamentary Capacity, Undue Influence, Competence, Trauma, PTSD, Emotional Injury, IME's, Disability, Fitness for Duty, Immigration, Civil & Criminal: Defense or Pltf/Prosecutor

My Forensic Psychiatric Expertise arises from six decades of education, training, knowledge, skill & experience; including patient care through 2021. I am uniquely qualified, clear and effective when complex fact patterns require opinions that encompass multiple psychiatric or addiction medicine domains. I maintain 5 Active American Board of Medical Specialties Certifications: Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Certifications in Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry & Forensic Psychiatry; Diplomate, American Board of Preventive Medicine with Certification in Addiction Medicine. I have provided a very broad range of Forensic Psychiatric Expert opinions, reports, depositions, and trial testimony in civil and criminal in municipal, state, and federal courts. I have been retained by plaintiffs, defendants, and prosecutors in California, District of Columbia New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York State, New Jersey, Maryla...

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Justin (Chih Chao) Yang, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, FASAM

Triple Board Certified Harvard Occ Med Professor

Harvard TH Chan Shool of Public Health

Boston, Massachusetts

Occupational Medicine, Addiction Medicine - Fitness for Duty, Return to Work, Workers' Compensation, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Causation, Exposure Assessment, Toxic Exposure, Chemical Exposure, Infectious Disease Exposure, IME, Work-Relatedness, Disability, Impairment, Drug Testing, Substance Abuse, Alcohol Use Disorder, Workplace Burnout, COVID-19, Chronic Pain

Justin Yang, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, FASAM, is an academic occupational and environmental medicine physician with faculty and leadership appointments at Harvard and Boston University. He serves as Associate Program Director of the Harvard Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program and as Adjunct Assistant Professor in Environmental Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Yang brings a distinctive combination of academic medicine, clinical practice, occupational health leadership, and public-health expertise. He completed his MPH at Harvard, internal medicine residency at Boston Medical Center- Brighton and occupational and environmental medicine residency at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is triple board certified in Occupational Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Addiction Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American Co...

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Daniel L Overbeek, MD

Toxicology / Addiction / Emergency Harvard Trained

J.S. Held

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Emergency Medical Toxicology, Toxicology - Kratom, Dram Shop & Alcohol Services, Drug Testing, Alcohol, Intoxication, Vaping, Overdose, Drugs, Methanol, Emergency Medicine, Urine Drug Screen, Fentanyl, Dram Shop, Toxic Tort, Marijuana, Mitragynine, Addiction, Ethanol, Substance Abuse, Addiction Medicine

"Good to hear from you! You were honestly one of my favorite experts to work with - not just on that case, but thus far in my career. " - Partner at National Law Firm Dr. Daniel Overbeek is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Overbeek was trained at the Harvard Medical Toxicology Fellowship after completing the University of Michigan Emergency Medicine residency in Ann Arbor, MI. He is also published on a variety of medical toxicology topics, including drug testing, alcohol and methanol, kratom / mitragynine, cannabis, vaping and electronic cigarettes. At J.S. Held, Dr. Overbeek provides medical toxicology and human health risk consulting services to attorneys, corporations, and public entities. His work includes medical record review, exposure and dose reconstruction, adverse event analysis, regulatory and safety evaluation, expert report preparation, deposition support, and trial testimony in high stakes matters. Dr. Overbeek ...

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Dominic A Borgialli, DO, MPH

University of Michigan

Haslett, Michigan

Emergency Medicine, Addiction Medicine - Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Head Injury, PECARN, Trauma, Child Abuse, Opiate Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Suboxone, Addiction Medicine

I am a board certified (ABEM) emergency physician with over 22 years of post-graduate clinical experience working full-time in a Level I Trauma Center. I work half of my clinical time in our high acuity Pediatric Emergency Department. Academically, I train PA's, medical students, residents and fellows from multiple disciplines. I have been active in our specialty as an urgent care director, Board examiner (ABEM), and high-level clinical researcher. Prior to medical school I worked as an epidemiologist which gives me the skill set to critically assess the literature and apply it to legal cases. I have over 10 years of experience as an expert witness and completed SEAK expert witness training courses. I am board certified (AOA) in addiction medicine and work clinically as the medical director at two addiction clinics. I have extensive experience with the treatment of opiate use disorder as well as all other addictions. I have served as an expert for both defense and plaintiff ...

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Kevin M Passer, M.D. FAPA, FASAM, FABPM

Addiction Medicine Expert Triple Boarded

Kevin M. Passer, MD, PA

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Addiction Medicine, Psychiatry - General Adult Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Drug addiction, Alcohol Use Disorder, Standards of Care, Opiate Abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suboxone buprenorphine, Schizophrenia Psychosis, Psychopharmacology, Suicide, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Tobacco Use Disorder

Kevin M. Passer, M.D., LFAPA, FASAM, FABPM, FAACAP Addiction Medicine Expert Witness Website: www.AddictionTeleMD.com Email: info@addictiontelemd.com Phone: 844-835-3631 Dr. Kevin Passer is a Johns Hopkins–trained, triple board-certified physician in Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, and Adolescent Psychiatry with over 30 years of experience. He provides expert witness services in civil, criminal, and administrative cases involving addiction, prescribing practices, and psychiatric care. His expert opinions are clear, timely, and grounded in decades of clinical and forensic experience. Dr. Passer is the founder of Addiction TeleMD, a nationwide telemedicine addiction treatment practice. He also founded and directed The Drug and Alcohol Detox Clinic of South Mississippi for nearly 20 years, providing outpatient detox and Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) services. Areas of Expertise: • • Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Suboxone treatment • • Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) protocol...

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Cynthia Paul, MD/JD

Expert Witness Psychiatry in Nebraska and Iowa

Omaha, Nebraska

Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine - PTSD, Workers Compensation, Toxic work environment, age discrimination, post mortem will, guardianship of mentally ill adults, substance use disorder, depression, anxiety, sexual discrimination

Dr. Paul is Board Certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. She has 15 years of experience taking care of patients in community mental health, inpatient addiction facilities and private practice. As the founder of an insurance based private practice, she has 8 years experience dealing with challenges in the insurance industry. As Dr. Paul is also a Juris Doctor, she has unique perspective and a depth of understanding of legal analysis, and nexus between medicine and law. She started doing Forensic Psychiatry work 10 years ago and has recently focused on issues in Workers Compensation.

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Caitlin Bonney, MD, FACEP

Correctional Addiction Medicine Toxicologist

Nevada

Emergency Medical Toxicology, Addiction Medicine - carceral medicine, correctional medicine, emergency medicine, opioid use disorder, overdose, intoxication, detoxification, withdrawal, substance use disorder, drug of abuse, fentanyl, alcohol, jail and prison medicine, marijuana, cannabis, hyperactive/excited delirium, buprenorphine, methadone, drug-facilitated sexual assault

Dr. Caitlin Bonney, MD, FACEP, brings over 11 years of experience as a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, Medical Toxicologist, and Addiction Medicine specialist with extensive experience providing and leading substance use disorder care in carceral settings. She currently serves as the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine for a large metropolitan detention center, where she oversees a comprehensive jail-based addiction treatment program serving hundreds of incarcerated individuals. Dr. Bonney’s work in correctional health focuses on the clinical, operational, and regulatory aspects of delivering evidence-based addiction care in jails and prisons. Her experience includes program development and scale-up, including development of an opioid treatment program (OTP or “methadone clinic”); intake screening and withdrawal management protocols; implementation and oversight of medications for opioid use disorder, including buprenorphine and methadone; coordination with custo...

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ALLEN R. DENNIS, MD, JD, MPH

Expert Empathetic Medical Clinician

Heal one Services

New Jersey

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Nathaniel R. Evans, II, M.D., FACEP

Delanco , New Jersey

Occupational Medicine, Correctional Healthcare - Addiction Medicine, Emergency Medicine, General Practice, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Disability Evaluation, Jail Medicine, Dram Shop Litigation Issues

Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine) and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Previous positions include: -Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rancocas Hospital, Willingboro, N.J. -President and Medical Director, Burlington Medical Center, Wilingboro, N.J. -Medical Director Burlington County (New Jersey) Department of Corrections -Physician, Virtua at Work -Medical Director, Concentra of Northeast Philadelphia Provide litigation support in Correctional/Jail Medicine related cases.

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Caitlin Bonney, MD, FACEP

Correctional Addiction Medicine Toxicologist

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Jordan J Cohen, MD

Chief of Emergency Medicine, Rural/Native Health

Fort Defiance Indian Hospital

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Emergency Medicine, Addiction Medicine - Board Certified Emergency Medicine, Board Certified Addiction Medicine, Rural Medicine, Leadership, Chief of Emergency Medicine, Indian Health Service

Dr. Cohen is a highly regarded board-certified physician specializing in Emergency Medicine and Addiction Medicine. With extensive clinical experience, he has dedicated much of his career to providing exceptional healthcare in underserved communities, particularly as a key healthcare provider at a native health facility on the Navajo reservation. For the past three years, Dr. Cohen has served as the Chief of the Emergency Department at Fort Defiance Indian Hospital, where he has demonstrated exceptional leadership and a commitment to improving patient outcomes. His role involves monthly reviews of all 72-hour bounce backs, ensuring that the highest standards of care are upheld and contributing to root cause analysis for various cases within the hospital. Dr. Cohen is actively involved in the continuous improvement of hospital policies and practices, having developed guidelines for best practices and protocols tailored specifically for the emergency department. His comprehensive u...

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Aleksander Shalshin, MD

Pulmonary Critical Care Physician

Self Employed - working with a large health system

Syosset, New York

Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Addiction Medicine - hospice medicine, palliative medicine, occupational medicine, medical ethics

Dr. Aleksander Shalshin is an accomplished Pulmonary Critical Care physician with a distinguished career spanning clinical practice, administrative leadership, and public service. With extensive expertise in managing complex respiratory and critical illnesses, Dr. Shalshin also possesses a deep commitment to patient comfort and dignity, demonstrated by his experience in Palliative Care, Hospice Medicine and Bioethics. Dr. Shalshin is board-certified in Addiction Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Palliative and Hospice Medicine, and Pulmonary Medicine. In administrative capacities, Dr. Shalshin has held significant leadership roles, including Director of Medicine at Syosset Hospital, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Plainview Hospital, Northwell Health and Deputy Director of Correctional Health Services for the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where he played a pivotal role in overseeing healthcare operations and improving patient outcomes wit...

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Shannon C. Miller, MD, DFASAM, DLFAPA

Addiction Medicine

Forensic Addiction & Psychiatric Services, LLC

Cincinnati, Ohio

Addiction Medicine, Psychiatry - Alcohol, Gambling, Heroin, Opiate, Fentanyl, Nicotine, Vaping, e-cigarette, Cannabis, Marijuana, Sedative, Phenibut, Xylazine, GHB, LSD, DMT, MDMA, Dextromethorphan, PCP, Ketamine

“FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION. Updated CV available at www.forensicaddictions.com. Consultation on issues relating to alcohol/drug use, addiction, gambling, etc. Active clinical practice for 3 decades in Addiction Medicine, broadly experienced. Direct clinical experience specializing in addictions, including government and private practice, both inpatient and outpatient withdrawal management, rehabilitation, co-occurring psychiatric disorders, corrections, methadone, buprenorphine, chronic pain, drug testing, impaired providers, gambling, and a wide array of addiction-related disorders. Board Certified in Addiction Medicine, Board Certified in Psychiatry. Distinguished Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Editor of largest and perhaps most read Addiction Medicine textbook worldwide, and for 4 editions over a 20-year span. Previously served 10 years as co-founding Co-Editor of a leading addiction medicine...

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Robert A. Campbell, MD, FACS, FASAM

Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry-Columbus Ohio

Dublin, Ohio

Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine - Addiction, Addiction psychiatry, Medical ethics, PTSD, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, psychosomatic medicine, psychological effects of injuries, care of first responder PTSD, Behavioral addictions, operating room fires, criminal defense of psychiatric patients, The interface of psychiatry and other medical specialtie

Former Board certified cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon Currently Board certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine (FASAM) Fellow, American College of Surgeons I reviewed over 350 malpractice cases in a 35 year career of providing testimony I have testified by deposition approximately 150 times and testified in both state and federal court approximately 80 times I have reviewed over 65 cases of operating room fires both for plaintiff and defense. I have reviewed approximately a dozen cases resulting in PTSD for the victim of operating room fires both for plaintiff and defense. I have been a member of arbitration and settlement teams I have spoken at a national conference (AALNC) on medical malpractice I am on the Clinical Faculty at 5 medical schools and/or psychiatric programs I am frequently lecture on the topics of General and Addiction Psychiatry I have been teach medical ethics for over 30 years and been on numero...

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Carla J. Kinslow, Ph.D.

Toxicology and Food Safety Expert

Rimkus

Portland, Oregon

Toxicology - Alcohol Drug & DUI Testing, Chemicals, Food Safety, Hazardous Materials, Industrial Hygiene & Mold, Wrongful Death, Biology, Pesticides, Veterinary, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, Biotechnology, Aerosols, Agricultural, Addiction Medicine, Allergy & Immunology, Mass Torts, Personal Injury, Medical Toxicology, DNA

Dr. Carla Kinslow holds a doctorate in Biomedical Sciences, Cell Biology/Molecular Toxicology with over 35 years of biomedical, regulatory, and environmental experience. She has expertise in inhalation and oral toxicology; derivation of regulatory screening values for oral and inhalation exposure, toxicogenomics; toxicological risk assessment and communication of such risk to diverse stakeholders; human health impacts analysis from emission events; air, soil, and water monitoring data; modeling data related to ambient air and drinking water quality; water contamination from oil and gas operations; and stakeholder communication. She specializes in risk-based evaluation of air, soil, and groundwater toxicology under the USEPA, as well as state and federal guidelines. She has served as manager for various regulatory projects where she helped design and implement air monitoring networks, groundwater monitoring projects, and remediation scopes, with subsequent assessment and commun...

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William Santoro, MD

Addiction Medicine

Medicorum Veritas, LLC

Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Methadone Treatment, Buprenorpphine (Suboxone) Treatment, Naltrexone (Vivitrol), Dual Diagnosis Pain/Addiction. Detoxification, Substance use disorder, Drug Overdose, Fentanyl abuse, Alcohol use disorder, Opioid use disorder, Medication for opioid use disorder MOUD, Medication assisted treatment MAT, LAI buprenorphine

I serve as the Associate Medical Director for Addiction Services at St. Luke’s University Health Network, within the Section of Addiction Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry—a position I have held since October 2024. Prior to this, I was the founding Chief of Addiction Medicine at Tower Health System, where I led the section from its inception in 2014 through 2024. I am actively involved in the education and training of future physicians. I teach medical students, interns, residents, and fellows through multiple academic affiliations, including Drexel University College of Medicine and its clinical partner, Tower Health. I also serve as faculty for the Caron Foundation Addiction Medicine Fellowship, as well as the Addiction Medicine and Pain Management Fellowship programs at St. Luke’s University Health Network. In addition to my administrative and teaching responsibilities, I continue to treat patients directly in an outpatient setting. I collaborate closely with providers a...

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April Vukelic, D.O.

mold illness, addiction medicine & impairment MVAs

Recover From Mold

Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - environmental medicine, sick building syndrome, dual diagnosis, disability, family medicine, mold toxicity, opioid addiction, medication assisted treatment, low back disorders, impaired drivers, wrongful death, mycotoxin illness, chronic pain, motor vehicle accidents, hospitalist/ hospital medicine, chronic illness, sciatica

April Vukelic, D.O., FMCP-M McGill Certified Physician |ReCODE 2.0 Certified Physician Dr. April Vukelic is a quadruple board-certified physician — American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine), American Board of Addiction Medicine, and Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP). In 2022, she was appointed Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Vukelic is available to consult, review records, and provide expert testimony in the following areas: Biotoxin & Mold-Related Illness Dr. Vukelic practices in the field of biotoxin illness, including Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) and mold illness caused by water-damaged buildings. She is Shoemaker Protocol certified, a founding member of CIRS Academy, and a member of ISEAI and ILADS. She authored one and co-authored seven textbook chapters with Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker, Dr. Andrew Heyman, and Larry Schwartz...

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Margaret Jarvis, MD; DFASAM

Tunkhannock , Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry - ASAM Criteria, drug testing, clinical policies, professionalism, board certification, Suboxone, buprenorphine, opiates, alcohol, toxicology, drug screening, addiction treatment, drug treatment, alcohol treatment, overdose, stigma, medical director, addiction medicine, methamphetamine

Dr. Jarvis has been holding leadership positions in addiction medicine for decades, in clinical, academic and policy positions. She has led clinical teams at ASAM levels 3.7 (medically managed inpatient) and 1.7 (medically managed outpatient). She has designed clinical programs and overseen their implementation and maintenance. The programs she has designed and worked with include both medication management and counseling therapies. She has taught at all levels of medical education, helping to start an addiction medicine fellowship program that was in the first groups to receive accreditation from the American Board of Addiction Medicine and the American College of Graduate Medical Education. She has served on the committee that has written the Addiction Medicine certifying board examination since 2000. She has held numerous leadership positions with the American Society of Addiction Medicine, serving both as a member of the board and as an officer of the board. She has long...

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Joseph M Valdez, MD, MPH, FASAM

Experienced Addiction Medicine Expert and Educator

STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioids, Alcohol, Addiction Medications, Withdrawal Management, Detoxification, Methamphetamine, DUI, Drug Testing, Toxicology, ASAM Criteria, Buprenorphine, Overdose, Impaired Physicians, Standards of Care, Residential Care, Cannabis, Gambling & Behavioral Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Treatment, Addiction Treatment, Naltrexone

Dr. Joseph Valdez is a board-certified physician in both Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine with over a decade of clinical, academic, and leadership experience. He currently serves as Program Director of the ACGME-accredited Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Geisinger Health System and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Dr. Valdez has extensive experience in outpatient addiction treatment, medication-assisted therapy, and the integration of addiction services into primary care. He has led clinical teams at ASAM levels 3.7 (medically managed inpatient), 2.5 (partial hospitalization program) and 1.7 (medically managed outpatient). His expertise spans the evaluation and treatment of substance use disorders, opioid & alcohol pharmacology, withdrawal management, and the neurobiology of addiction. He has served in leadership roles across multiple institutions, developed curricula, and contributed to national conversations on addiction ...

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Heather L Hinshelwood, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Physician- Afghanistan veteran

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

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Jeffrey w Buncher, MD

Family Medicine Addiction Medicine Pain Medicine

Charleston Pain and Rehabilitation Center/Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine

Charleston, South Carolina

Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine - Pain Medicine, workman's comp, Malpractice, Disability, personal injury, Insurance disputes, Peer review, Administrative/regulatory

Dr. Buncher has been practicing medicine for 34 years. He is in private practice, and is Board-certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Buncher's practice has a diversity of patients; including Personal Injury, Workmen's Compensation, Primary Care, Addiction Medicine, and Family Medicine. His practice is multidisciplinary, and includes Physical Therapy, Acupuncture, and Rehabilitative Medicine. Dr. Buncher has a Bachelor's of Science degree from Point Park University in Business and Finance, Computer and Information Science. He attended the University Pittsburgh and has a degree in Library and Information Science. He has Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. He attended the Medical University of South Carolina for his MD. He did a residency in Family Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina. He has been Board-certified and recertified 4 times, He is currently Board-certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Buncher's b...

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James C Ballenger, MD

Low Country Forensic Consultation

Charleston, South Carolina

Forensic Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry - Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder, Alcohol Blood Levels, Addiction Medicine, Psychopharmacology, Panic Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Post Traumatic Stress, Suicide, Depression, Traumatic Brain Injury, Malpractice (Psychiatry)

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Heather L Hinshelwood, MD, FACEP

Emergency Medicine Physician- Afghanistan veteran

Tennessee

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ALLEN R. DENNIS, MD, JD, MPH

Expert Empathetic Medical Clinician

Heal one Services

Tennessee

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George S. Glass, MD

George S. Glass, MD, PA

Houston, Texas

Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine - Medical Director of Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals. Consultant to Medical Board, Bar Association, FAA

Board Certified, Psychiatry; Board Certified, Addiction; Distinguished Life Fellow American Psychiatric Association; Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas, Baylor College of Medicine, Cornell Weill

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Austin De La Cruz, PharmD, BCPP

Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist

Precise Psychiatry, PLLC

Houston, Texas

Pharmacist, Psychiatry - psychopharmacology, psychiatric pharmacy, neuropharmacology, Neurology, Pharmacology, Mental health, Medication errors, Addiction Medicine, Drug interactions, addiction psychiatry, Medication management, polypharmacy, adverse drug reactions, Substance use disorder, sleep medications, depression, neuropsychopharmacology, suicide, ADHD

Dr. Austin De La Cruz, PharmD, BCPP is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. He is also a practicing prescriber with extensive experience in pharmacology, psychiatry, neurology, and safe prescribing practices. He currently provides direct patient care at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas, where he specializes in the treatment of mental health disorders in veterans. He is actively involved in training healthcare professionals and precepting pharmacy students and psychiatric pharmacy residents within a primary care mental health clinic. In addition to his primary academic role, Dr. De La Cruz holds adjunct and instructor positions at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, and the University of St. Thomas. His areas of expertise include psychopharmacology, medication safety, drug-drug interact...

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Benjamin T Thatcher, DO

Intermountain Psychiatry and Law

Kaysville, Utah

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Addiction Medicine. Urine drug testing. Malpractice. Boundary violations

I am triple board certified in general psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and addiction medicine. I am also a Certified Medical Review Officer for urine drug testing.

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Akhtar Purvez, MD

Industry Thought Leader, Author and Physician

PAIN & SPINE CENTER OF CHARLOTTESVILLE

Charlottesville, Virginia

Pain Management - Medicine, Independent Medical Examinations - Interventional Pain Management, Sports Medicine, Workman's Compensation Cases, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Orthopedic-Non Surgical, Disability Evaluation, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehab, Addiction Medicine, Clinical Trials, Medical Research, Lifestyle Medicine

Dr. Purvez is a highly qualified and experienced interventional pain physician, industry thought leader, keynote speaker, author, and researcher who trained in head & neck surgery in India, in anesthesiology at Boston University, and in pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Purvez is certified by the American Board of Pain Medicine, the American Board of Anesthesiology in Pain Medicine, and the American Board of Disability Analysts. He has been in pain practice since 2002. He is a clinical adjunct professor at Lincoln Memorial University. He has been a member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), Spine Intervention Society (SIS), American Medical Association (AMA), and American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA). He has authored numerous articles and a book chapter on pain in the American College of Physicians (ACP) Manual of Critical Care. He also wrote a chapter on pain management in the book titled 'Care of the Older A...

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Dan Danila, MD, FACP

Internal Medicine/Hospitalist/Addiction Medicine

Arlington, Virginia

Hospitalist, Addiction Medicine - Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Addiction Medicine

I have been licensed as an Internal Medicine physician with a focus on Hospital Medicine for 15 years. I have been licensed as an Addiction Medicine specialist for the past 16 years. I am Board Certified in both specialties. I have an extensive previous experience by working at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Mayo Clinic affiliated hospitals. I have given speeches at the American College of Physicians, DC chapter and Johns Hopkins Medicine physician education days.

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Jennifer E Souders, MD

Souders Independent Medical Consultations PLLC

Seattle, Washington

Pain Management - Medicine, Addiction Medicine - toxicology, impairment, prescription, drugs, opioids, cannabis/marijuana, alcohol, criminal, DUI/DWI, felony, civil, personal injury, dram shop, overdose

I am a physician (M.D.) who is Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, and Addiction Medicine. As a consultant in forensic/legal cases, my main area of focus involves the clinical toxicology of prescription medications, recreational drugs and substances of abuse, marijuana/cannabis, and alcohol. My training and education include the interpretation of clinical and forensic toxicology test results in multiple matrices, including blood, urine, serum, hair, and nails. In addition, my training and education include safe opioid prescribing procedures, interpretation of prescribing records, assessment of patient responses to prescribed opioids, and overdose prevention education and practices. Unlike non-physicians who review toxicology test results in forensic cases, as a clinician I am able to read, interpret, and testify on the contents of medical records. I understand that the presence of a positive test result does not necessarily constitute the presence of impairment or obs...

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Angelo Williams

Addiction Medicine Physician – Chart Review Expert

Seattle, Washington

Addiction Medicine, Family Medicine - Opioid Use Disorder, Controlled Substance, Suboxone, Standard of Care – Addiction, Buprenorphine, Substance Use Disorder (SUD, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Methadone, Urine Drug Screens (UDS), Diversion Risk, OTP Compliance (Opioid Treatment Programs), Non-testifying Chart Review, Opioid Prescribing

Board-certified addiction medicine physician with a background in family medicine. I provide informal, non-testifying documentation review in cases involving opioid use disorder, buprenorphine/Suboxone treatment, methadone, urine drug screening, diversion risk, and compliance with OTP and MAT standards of care. I serve as Medical Director of multiple opioid treatment programs in Washington and Oregon. My experience includes peer review, protocol development, and clinical compliance evaluation. I also advise on documentation workflows and UDS interpretation for patients with complex SUD and co-occurring conditions. Available for behind-the-scenes record review, early case screening, and internal feedback on standard of care. I do not provide testimony or signed expert reports at this time. Licensed in WA and OR.

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