Disability Evaluation Expert Witnesses in Virginia

Fairfax Station, Virginia

Psychology, Disability Evaluation - Emotional Damages, Psychological Damages, Forensic Psychological Evaluation, Independent Psychological Evaluation (IPE), Independent Medical Examination (IME), Civil Litigation Psychology, PTSD / Trauma-Related Disorders, DSM-5-TR Diagnostic Clarification, Functional Impairment Assessment, Occupational Impairment

Richard P. Fleitas, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in psychological assessment, trauma evaluation, disability analysis, and consultation. Licensed in Washington DC and Virginia, his forensic work focuses on civil emotional damages, psychological injury, diagnostic clarification under DSM-5-TR and ICD-10 criteria. Dr. Fleitas is an expert in trauma-related disorders, and functional and occupational impairment. He provides independent psychological evaluations for both plaintiff and defense counsel in complex litigation matters. Dr. Fleitas conducts comprehensive evaluations incorporating structured clinical interview, detailed records review, psychometric testing when indicated, and formal analysis of causation, nexus, symptom credibility, and degree of impairment. He is frequently retained in matters involving significant alleged psychological injury, complex comorbidity, employment-related emotional distress, long-term disability claims...

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...

Arlington, Virginia

Family Medicine, General Practice - Primary Care, Urgent Care, Standard of Care, Medical Malpractice, Medico-Legal Case Analysis, Peer Review, Disability Evaluation, COVID-19 Management, Clinical Quality Review, Preceptor of residents, Supervison of NP/PA, Acute/Chronic Back pain, MSK injuries, Depression, Anxiety, Women's Health, Preventative Medicine, Asthma/Allergy

Wendy E. Handler, MD, CIME, is a board-certified Family Medicine physician and Certified Independent Medical Examiner with more than 31 years of clinical experience across primary care, urgent care, telemedicine, and academic medicine. Her broad clinical background includes extensive management of both acute and chronic medical conditions, providing a well-rounded perspective on patient care, functional assessment, and accepted standards of care. She also has substantial, ongoing experience in COVID-19 diagnosis and management, including antiviral treatment selection, triage of patients to urgent or emergency care, and application of evolving national evidence-based guidelines. In addition to her active clinical and academic roles, Dr. Handler provides comprehensive medico-legal consulting services, including Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), disability and functional capacity evaluations, standard-of-care and malpractice case reviews, peer review, medical necessity determin...

Blacksburg, Virginia

Disability Evaluation, Orthopedics - Non-Surgical - Pain Management, CRPS, IME, Impairment Ratings, Occupational Injury, Worker's Compensation, Post-Accident Injury Assessment, Brain Injury, Concussion, Post Concussion Syndrome, Spinal Cord Injury

PRACTICE FOCUS: I have long focused my private outpatient medical practice of PM&R on the direct physician evaluation & treatment of patients who suffer the physical & psychological effects of musculo-skeletal, neurological, brain injury/concussion & pain centered physical/medical conditions which are often the result of trauma. I emphasize conservative treatments & principles of medical care in effort to limit the physical & psychological disability which is often associated with these sometimes chronic/incurable conditions. My longstanding special interest has been treating patients who have been injured by occupational accidents/exposures & other trauma. In effort to improve daily functional abilities & quality of daily life. I work to assist my patients to recover as fully as is possible while also limiting, to the degree possible, the physical & psychological disabling effects of their more permanent conditions. Following my residency training & board certification by The...