Addiction Medicine Expert Witnesses in Washington

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.

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...