Addiction Medicine Expert Witnesses in New Mexico

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...

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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...