Gabor Vari, MD

Psychiatry Expert Witness
Brown, Penn, and UCLA Trained
Army Veteran

Diane J. Weiss, MD, MPH

40 Years' Psychiatry Expertise
Pain & Suffering, Harassment
Psychiatric Injury

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Psychiatry Expert Witnesses in California

The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of psychiatry expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on psychiatry and related issues. Psychiatry 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 psychiatry expert witnesses testify regarding may include: PTSD, Depression, Suicide, Anxiety, Ime, Psychiatry, Capacity, Emotional Distress, Fitness For Duty, Testamentary Capacity, Trauma, Personal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Addiction, and ADHD.

Jessica Chaudhary, MD

Psychiatric Expert
Harvard and Yale trained
Secured telehealth services

Barry H. Roth, MD

+ 4 more Board Certifications
Addiction Psychiatry&Medicine
Geriatric & Forensic Psychiatr

Gabor Vari, MD

Double Ivy + UCLA Trained
Jeopardy! Champion
Army Veteran

George Kelly, MD

Board Certified Psychiatrist
Voted "Teacher of the Year"
30+ Years Experience

Henry M. Storper, MD

Bd. Cert. Psychiatrist
Forensic Psychiatrist
Hospital Psychiatry

Ellika McGuire MD

Double Board Cert Psychiatrist
Child/Adult Forensic Expert
Clinician, Teacher, Supervisor

Maurice Preter, MD

Columbia University
Psychiatry,
Neuropsychiatry, Neurology

Kenneth E. DiNella, MD

Duke Trained
Experienced Expert
229-942-3075

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Tyler E Morrison, M.D., M.A.S.

Adult, Child Psychiatric IME; PTSD, Fire, Wildfire

Morrison MedLegal

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD, Trauma, Fire, Wildfires, Adult & child, Independent medical exam IME, FDIA / Munchausen, Pediatric psychiatry, Case merit review, Natural disasters, Malpractice, Psychedelic therapy, Ketamine, Suicide, Competency, Testamentary capacity, Undue influence, Will contests, Medical decision making

Double-board-certified psychiatrist – adult and child. Active clinical practice. UC San Francisco psychiatry residency, #4-ranked nationally. UC San Diego faculty, teaching clinical and forensic psychiatry. Published author in peer-reviewed medical journals. Medical Board of California–appointed Malpractice Expert Reviewer. Appointed to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Committee on Disaster and Trauma. Experienced expert witness, retained in 40+ state and federal cases.

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Jessica Chaudhary, MD

Mental Health Expert Witness

Psychiatry - Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Relationship Problems, Complicated medical illness, Substance abuse/addiction, ADHD, ADD, attention issues, Eating disorders, bipolar disorder, psychopharmacology, trauma, abuse, medication management, psychosis, dementias, women’s mental health, pregnancy/post partum

I am a Board Certified Harvard and Yale trained psychiatrist treating conditions such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, attention deficit disorders, women's mental health issues, substance use disorders, psychosis, and dementia with behavioral disturbance. I have expertise in caring for those with complex medical and co-morbid psychiatric conditions, and I treat individuals across the life span. I also provide case review and corporate consulting and human resource support, as well as expert testimony in legal, disability, and worker's compensation cases. I am a clinical instructor at Yale, and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Over ten years of experience. MD: University of Washington School of Medicine Internship and Residency: Yale University Fellowship: Harvard University Licenses; TX, CT, FL and CT

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Diane J Weiss, MD, MPH

Expert Witness/Psychiatry IME (40 years)

Psychiatry - Sexual Harassment & Discrimination, PTSD, Employment Law, Harassment, Emotional Distress, Anxiety, Depression, Personal Injury, Personality Disorders, Litigation Support, Psychological Trauma, Psychotherapy, IME, Eggshell Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation, Pain & Suffering

With over 40 years' experience in psychiatry, including decades providing expert witness litigation support, IMEs regarding psychiatric aspects of harassment (sexual/gender-based/racial), employment law, and/or injuries/accidents related to Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation issues, Dr. Weiss is well known for her comprehensive, fact-based, persuasive reports. (Please note: Dr. Weiss is an adult psychiatrist, and would not be the appropriate specialist to opine about children. Dr. Weiss does work on pro per cases.) Dr. Weiss' unique ability to establish exceptional rapport with clients allows for thoughtful, thorough examinations, leaving no stone unturned. As everything affects the psyche, her keen attention to detail with complex medical-legal records enables her to integrate highly complex psychiatric histories and concepts, coming to evidence-based opinions, and providing high-caliber, usable medical-legal reporting and testimony. Dr. Weiss has decades of diverse expe...

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Matthew J Steiner, M.D., Q.M.E.

Expedient Medicolegal Services

Encino, California

Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry - IME, testamentary capacity, fitness for duty, capacity to refuse treatment, medical malpractice, suicide, negligence, psychiatrist malpractice, PTSD, emotional distress, psychiatric disability, emotional harm, wrongful termination, stalking, malingering, threat assessment, security clearance, trauma

Dr. Steiner is dual-board certified in Adult Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Addiction Medicine. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Steiner is founder and director of Expedient Medicolegal Services (www.expevals.com), where he mentors a group of 40+ physicians in multiple medical specialties in their own medicolegal practices. In his current position, Dr. Steiner has provided critical review on thousands of medicolegal cases and is versed in all aspects of how to be an optimal expert witness. Dr. Steiner is published in the fields of health psychology, immunological function and its effects on mental disorders and addiction. He accepts civil forensic and corporate/university threat assessment cases nationally, with focus on the following areas: Independent Medical Evaluations (IMEs) Civil Capacities: Testamentary Capacity (Ability to Make a Legally-Enforceable Will) Capacity to Consent to (or R...

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Meghan Jain, M.D.

Expedient Medicolegal Services

Santa Monica, California

Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Traumatic Injury, Abuse, Standard of Care, Residential Treatment, Addiction, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Disability, Suicide Risk Evaluation, Self Harm, Capacity, Impulse Control, Executive Functioning, Panic Disorder, Intellectual Disability

Dr. Jain’s interest in psychiatry began as an undergraduate at USC where she majored in Neuroscience and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She then went onto Medical School at SUNY Downstate followed by a psychiatry residency at UCLA San Fernando Valley. She then went on to become Chief Resident while completing her fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA. She is currently double board certified in Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She has further gone on to become a certified Buprenorphine prescriber, a PEERS certified provider (to provide social skills training to patients on the Autism Spectrum) and a certified psychedelic assisted therapist. Dr. Jain currently works at Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders in Los Angeles; sees patients in Imperial County via telemedicine; and has co-founded Ocean Bay Psychiatry in Santa Monica and treats children, adolescents, and adults. Her practice includes, but is not limited to; the treatment of Adjustment Disorder, A...

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Barbara J. Justice, MD

Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist

Equity Evals

Long Beach, California

Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Psychiatric Disease, Pharmacological Clinical, Competency to Stand Trial, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, Serve Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disability, Emotional Harm, Emotional Distress, Workers' Compensation, Mental Health, Malpractice, Capacity, Sexual Harassment Sexual Abuse and Victimization

Dr. Justice began her career in medicine as a surgeon in New York City. After 20 years as a practicing surgeon, she entered the field of Psychiatry and received training in a Fellowship program at UCLA. She is a Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist with training in all aspects of psychiatry and the law. Dr. Justice has broad experience testifying in criminal and civil cases and has been deposed extensively upwards of 400 times. She has also testified frequently as mental health expert witness for the state of California. Her unique background in physical medicine, trauma, psychopharmacology and surgery, combined with her psychiatric expertise, gives her an in-depth understanding of the multitude of factors at issue in civil litigation cases. Dr. Justice is currently Attending Forensic Psychiatrist, Director of Psychiatric Training at the Department of State Hospital in Norwalk California and CEO and Medical Director of the Glaser Forensic Group. Dr. Justice received her MD and co...

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Walter E. B. Sipe, MD

Walter E B Sipe MD

Oakland, California

Psychiatry, Pediatrics - Traumatic Stress Disorders, PTSD, Neurobiology of Trauma, Memory, Child Development, Somatic Symptom Disorders, Functional Pain, Psychological Impact of Medical Illness, Capacity, Mitigation, Sentencing, Sex Abuse, Medical Complications

Holds a joint appointment as an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics. Board Certified in general psychiatry and pediatrics, with additional training in pediatric gastroenterology. Teaching physician at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, with specific interests in somatic manifestations of stress and long-term impacts of traumatic events on basic brain processes.

Gabor Vari, MD

Psychiatry Expert Witness
Brown, Penn, and UCLA Trained
Army Veteran

Diane J. Weiss, MD, MPH

40 Years' Psychiatry Expertise
Pain & Suffering, Harassment
Psychiatric Injury

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Tyler E Morrison, M.D., M.A.S.

Adult, Child Psychiatric IME; PTSD, Fire, Wildfire

Morrison MedLegal

San Diego, California

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Todd P Hill, DO

Dr. Todd Hill: Expert Witness in Psychiatry

Executive Psychiatric Services, LLC

Calabasas, California

Psychiatry - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Chronic Pain, Traumatic Brain Injury, Suicide, First Responders, Health Care Employees, Boarding School Abuse, Assault, Motor Vehicle Accident, Consultation-Liasion Psychiatry

With over two decades of experience as a Board-Certified psychiatrist, I have dedicated my career to understanding and addressing the complexities of mental health. Over the course of 22 years, I have honed my expertise across a variety of settings, including hospitals and clinics, ensuring a comprehensive and multifaceted approach to patient care. Having worked as a consulting psychiatrist in medical-surgical hospitals for 20 years, I also have extensive knowledge of patients who are medically as well as psychiatrically complicated. I have also worked in academia while serving as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry for the Osteopathic Medical School in Kansas City, Missouri. Additonally, I have served as Medical Director with extensive expertise in leading inpatient psychiatric hospitals and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) delivering exceptional care and innovative program management. For the past 18 years, I have specialized in providing expert witness opinions in legal mat...

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Gabor Vari, MD

Army Veteran Psychiatry Expert Witness

Los Angeles, California

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, ADD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, adderall, Ritalin, trauma, PTSD, suicide, addiction, substance abuse, IME, personal injury, fitness for duty, medical malpractice, disability evaluation, telepsychiatry

NOTE: I exclusively work with attorneys, employers, and insurance carriers. I do not work with self represented plaintiffs / plaintiffs in pro per. I am an Army veteran, double Ivy League trained, and two-time Jeopardy champion general adult psychiatrist with over 15 years experience in the pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment of a broad spectrum of psychiatric illnesses. I have served as an expert in medical-legal matters over 100 times and have testified dozens of times. I maintain an active practice in Los Angeles. I look forward to hearing from you soon! Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Residency: UCLA - Chief Resident of Bipolar Disorders Clinic Medical School: University of Pennsylvania - Appel Award for Most Outstanding Student Entering Field of Psychiatry Undergrad: Brown University - Bachelor of Science in Biology with Honors

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Diane J Weiss, MD, MPH

Expert Witness/Psychiatry IME (40 years)

Beverly Hills , California

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Ani Behrouzi, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatry-Specialized in PTSD & Trauma

Ani Behrouzi Psychiatric Nursing Corp

Folsom, California

Psychiatry, Mental Health - PTSD, Psychiatry Standard of Care, Workplace Psychological Injury, Emotional Distress, Failure to Diagnose Psychiatric Conditions, Psychological Damages, Medication Mismanagement / Psychopharmacology, Personal Injury Psychiatric Injury, Fitness for Duty Evaluations, Stress Claims, Trauma and Stress Related Disorders

Ani Behrouzi, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and founder of Trauma Recovery Psychiatry Center. She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of PTSD, trauma-related disorders, anxiety, depression, and complex psychiatric conditions across the lifespan. Ms. Behrouzi has extensive clinical experience across emergency, inpatient, crisis stabilization, and outpatient psychiatric settings, working with high-acuity patients, including those with co-occurring substance use disorders, eating disorders, and severe mental illness. Her background provides a strong foundation for assessing psychiatric symptoms, functional impairment, and the real-world impact of trauma. Her clinical practice focuses on comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and psychopharmacology, with particular strength in identifying trauma-related pathology and assessing causation. She is experienced in reviewing medical records, conducting detailed psychiatric assessments, and ...

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Ellika McGuire, MD

Experienced Child and Adult Psychiatry Expert

Ellika McGuire MD PLLC

California

Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Child, Adolescent, Adult, Trauma, Emotional Damage, PTSD, Self Harm, Suicidal Ideation/Suicide, Physical and Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, LGBTQ+, Transgender, Divorce, and More

Double board-certified, child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, with 10+ years of clinical experience evaluating and treating patients with a broad range of psychiatric disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, psychosis, autism spectrum disorder, personality disorders, ADHD, PTSD, self harm, suicidal ideation, and more. Experience evaluating and consulting on personal injury, emotional injury, causation, standard of care, medical malpractice, disability, child abuse, and family law related litigation. Retained evenly by prosecution and defense. Unique expertise in work with LGBTQ+ youth and families, including work with transgender and gender non-conforming youth. Clinical Instructor and Supervisor in the University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry where I give lectures on psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, while supervising child psychiatry fellows. Thorough and efficient work, clear and well o...

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Edward L. Spencer, M.D.

UCLA-trained Adult Psychiatrist

Beverly Hills, California

Psychiatry - Disability, IME, Personality Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Work injury, causation, medical board, standard of care

I am a UCLA-trained general adult psychiatrist with experience in the pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treating all types of psychiatric illnesses. I have a special clinical interest and additional training in personality disorders. I am familiar with the detailed assessment of these conditions and their interplay with other psychiatric disorders, as well as contemporary psychotherapeutic treatment approaches for these conditions. I have extensive experience conducting independent medical evaluations of injured workers in California. I am available to conduct file reviews and have experience in utilization review in the Worker's Compensation and commercial insurance environments. I have also served as an expert evaluator of physicians facing disciplinary action before the Board the Medical Board of California. In this area I assess physicians for impairment and provide written opinions on standard of care matters, and served as a practice monitor for physicians on probationary...

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Hisla Bates, M.D.

Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric/Adult Psychiatrist

Expedient Medicolegal Services

California

Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Inpatient Treatment, Standard of Care, Risk Assessment, PTSD, Mood Disorders, Adolescent Psychopharmacology, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Competency, Traumatic Injury, Capacity, Disability Evaluation, Attachment Disorders, Conduct Disorders

Dr. Hisla Bates, MD, Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric and Adult psychiatrist. After completing an internship in primary care internal medicine at Yale, her general psychiatry training was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She continued on to her Child and Adolescent psychiatry Fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s, Massachusetts General Hospital/ McLean’s program. She went on to complete a 12 month Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry in 2020. She is board certified in both Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She uses Mindfulness, Positive Psychology/Psychiatry, and the Expressive and Creative Arts working with children and adults. Dr. Bates is also the Co-Chair of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Art Committee and the Assistant Arts Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). She is a Parsons School of Design graduate, an illustrator, printmaker, speaker and...

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JOYCE C BROWN, MD

Prison Psychiatrist. Highly Experienced

SAN FRANCISCO, California

Psychiatry, Jails & Prisons - Prison, Psychiatry, Chronic Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Forensic settings, Jail, State Hospitals, Psychotropic Medications, Impulsive Violence, Involuntary Treatment, Danger to Self, Grave Disability, Danger to Others, Evidence Based Treatment, Hospitalization, Long Term Treatment

I am a licensed psychiatrist practicing in California for over 25 years. The majority of my professional experience has been in adult male correctional institutions (prisons, jails, state hospitals), with extensive experience in crisis and acute hospital settings. I specialize in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of serious mental illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, antisocial and borderline personality disorders, PTSD, and major depression. I have considerable knowledge of evidence-based medical practices for the symptoms and behaviors of these disorders, including psychosis, mania, depression, impulsive violence, suicidal behavior, and chronic self-injury. I excel at comprehensive legal and health record review, research, and investigation. I have a substantial history of well-documented report writing and expert witness testimony. Medical Doctorate: Georgetown University College of Medicine Internship: University of Southern California Residency and Fel...

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Richard D Frishman, MD

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Frishman Forensics & Psychiatric, LLC

Napa, California

Psychiatry - traumatic brain injury, seizures, impaired cognition, malingering, feigned psychosis, dementia, incompetent to stand trial, forensic psychiatry

EDUCATION AND EXPERTISE: - Dual residency in both neurology and psychiatry. - Over 30 years of experience to include 5 years in private practice in both general neurology and general psychiatry, 5 years CA Dept. of Corrections, psychiatry, 20 years in CA Dept. of State Hospitals, psychiatry. - Comprehensive neuropsychiatric and neurobehavioral knowledge across the broad scope of mental disorders, treatment modalities, and diagnostic criteria. CLEAR COMMUNICATION SKILLS: - Ability to explain complex psychiatric concepts in clear, non-technical language suitable for judges, juries, and attorneys. ANALYTIC AND CRITICAL THINKING: - Ability to analyze medical records, psychological test, and collateral information. - Critical evaluation of evidence to form well-supported opinions. - Skilled in writing detailed coherent reports that address specific legal questions. - Ability to assess and evaluate mental health conditions accurately. - Familiarity of forensic psychiatry and underst...

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Elizabeth Ferguson, MD

Hogan and Associates Licensed in AL, CA, GA, CO, FL

California

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - hospital, malpractice, will contest, corrections, psychiatry, psychology, suicide, mental health, behavioral health, CMO, administrative, correctional psychiatry, litigation, JCAHO, law enforcement, telepsychiatry, business development, forensic psychiatry, fitness for duty, police

Dr. Ferguson, a board-certified Harvard trained forensic psychiatrist, is a respected active leader and experienced expert in the field of mental health litigation consultation. She is recognized by her peers for her administrative expertise in behavioral health organizations and has held many senior positions in national professional organizations for two decades. She has led or served on numerous community and national committees at the interface of law and psychiatry. At the earliest stage possible in her career, she was recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. As a forensic psychiatrist, chief medical officer, director of telepsychiatry behavioral health business development, and forensic psychiatry fellowship director she has a record of proven leadership in the clinical, educational, research, and public policy forums of psychiatric and telepsychiatric services. She greatly enjoys teaching psychiatrists how to testify and was the foundin...

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Rohit Aiyer, M.D

Expert in Interventional Pain and Psychiatry

Mind and Brain Link

Manhattan Beach, California

Pain Management - Medicine, Psychiatry - Pain Management, Interventonal Pain, Minimally Invasive, Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Neuromodulation, Mood Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Pain Psychiatry, PTSD, ADHD, Insomnia, Arthritis, Ketamine

I am a Double Board-Certified Interventional Pain Management Physician and Psychiatrist and Founder of Mind and Brain Link and MindPain Relief Institute. I started his academic path by completing a 4 Year BSc. Honors Degree in Life Sciences at the prestigious Queen’s University in Canada. I then received his Medical Doctorate degree at one of the top medical schools in the United Kingdom, University of Birmingham in England. I then went on to complete his Psychiatry residency at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City. I then completed his Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College, and shortly after became double board certified in both pain medicine and psychiatry. After my training, I worked at Henry Ford Health System in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Perioperative Surgery, and was also on Faculty at Wayne State School of Medicine as Assistant Professor. I...

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Alan Chen, M.D.

Forensic Psychiatrist, USC Faculty

Alan Chen, M.D. P.C.

Pasadena, California

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Trauma, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD, Psychotherapy, Competency, Capacity, State of Mind, Insanity Defense, Mental Health Diversion, Criminal Intent, Mitigation, Undue Influence, Standard of Care, Case Merit Review, Diagnosis, Psychopharmacology, Personality Disorders, Psychoanalysis

Faculty at the University of Southern California training programs for General Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. Lecturer and clinical supervisor at multiple institutions for psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and psychotherapy. Consultant to the Los Angeles County Superior Court and Mental Health Court (Approved Panel of Psychiatrists). Balanced, detailed, and trusted reports for issues including mental health diversion, insanity defense, mitigation, standard of care, testamentary capacity, undue influence. Clinical practice with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, serving medically and psychiatrically complex patients. General and Forensic Psychiatry, Board Certified (ABPN). Out-of-state consultation available, also licensed in the State of Ohio.

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CHRISTY A COTNER, DNP, FNPc, PMHNP-BC

NP Expert Witness – Psychiatry & Primary Care

WELLNESS REIMAGINED, LLC

Corona, California

Psychiatry, Family Medicine - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Scope of practice, Internal Medicine, Standard of care, Polypharmacy and monitoring failures, Failure to assess suicide risk, Psychiatric care in residential hospital IOP or SNF environments, telepsychiatry, Controlled substance, Obesity, NP education

Christy Cotner, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC Psychiatric and Family Practice Expert Witness 25+ Years Clinical Experience | Dual Board-Certified NP | DNP-Prepared Professional Summary: I am a dual board-certified Family and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with more than 25 years of direct clinical experience in primary care, internal medicine, urgent care, pediatrics, and outpatient psychiatry. I hold a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and currently serve as Director of the PMHNP graduate program at Western University of Health Sciences. My clinical background includes acute and chronic disease management, preventive care, triage and escalation of illness, crisis assessment, psychiatric evaluation, and medication management across the lifespan. As an expert witness, I provide clear, objective, and evidence-based opinions for both plaintiff and defense in cases involving primary care standards of care, psychiatric medication management, delayed or missed diagnosis, pres...

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Elliott M. Stein, MD

Geriatric Psychiatrist - Estates/UI, NH/ALF Cases

Mill Valley, California

Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry - Contested wills and trusts, Testamentary capacity, Undue Influence, Geriatric Psychiatry, Elders & Elderly, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Medicare, Geriatric decision making capacity competency, Medical Documentation and Coding, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Psychosis

Providing legal and forensic consultation on legal issues pertaining to the elderly and their mental, emotional, behavioral and cognitive functioning, including contested inheritance, undue influence and financial elder abuse, and dementia and related issues in nursing homes, memory care and assisted living facilities. Clinical Professor (Voluntary), Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco; Psychiatric Consultant, San Francisco Towers life care community 2021- Present. Consultant in Geriatric Psychiatry, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center 2021 - 2023. Previously, Director of Psychiatry, Jewish Home of San Francisco, 2010 – 2020. Previously in private practice of Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry, 1977 – 2010, in Miami and Miami Beach, Florida. Board Certified, Geriatric Psychiatry and General Psychiatry, by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association. Distinguished Fellow, American A...

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Jeff Victoroff, M.D.

University of Southern California

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Brain Injury Medicine, Neurology - Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, traumatic brain injury, brain injury, concussion, stroke, epilepsy, PTSD, dementia, competency to stand trial, testamentary capacity, criminal, homicide

Dr. Victoroff is a Harvard trained, triple board certified neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and psychiatrist. He serves as Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. He is the author of many peer-reviewed scientific articles, and the principal author and editor of Concussion and Traumatic Encephalopathy (Cambridge University Press, 2019). He was selected by the Surgeon General to be one of the founding neurologists of the NFL Neurologic Care Program. Dr. Victoroff has served as an expert witness for 25 years, testifying in 45 depositions and 19 trials. He has been qualified by Municipal, State, and Federal courts to testify in all aspects of neurology and psychiatry. His subspecialty expertise is in traumatic brain injury, although he has also testified in cases of dementia, stroke, epilepsy, neurorehabilitation, PTSD, aggression and violence, testamentary capacity, competence to stand trial, undue in...

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Jeff Sugar, MD

JeffSugarMD

El Segundo, California

Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry - Institutional Sexual Abuse, Effects of Trauma and Adversity on Child Development, Workplace Psychological Abuse, Internet Seduction, Post-traumatic Loss Grief and Depression, Psychological Effects of Injury to Body or Brain, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Chronic Emotional Abuse

A practicing psychiatrist 30+ years, Dr. Sugar is board certified both in child and general psychiatry. He is Past President of the Southern California Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at USC, and has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA. As the Founding Director of Research at Hathaway Children and Family Services he led a study of the long-term effects of child trauma. Currently, he is Director, Child Psychiatry Trauma Program and Attending Psychiatrist, Child and Adult Outpatient Clinics, supervising trainees in child and general psychiatry at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. At USC he sees patients, teaches psychiatry and performs research. Plaintiff and Defense Forensic experience includes reports and/or testimony in both child & adult cases involving: *Institutional Sexual Abuse/Institutional Betrayal Trauma * Effects of Trauma and Adversity on Child Developm...

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Robert Scott Johnson, MD, JD, LLM

San Francisco Psychiatry

San Francisco, California

Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry - employment litigation, workplace harassment, PTSD, depression, cognitive impairment, testamentary capacity, stalking, medical malpractice, negligence

Dr. Scott Johnson, MD, JD, LLM is a Harvard/Mass General-trained civil forensic psychiatrist licensed in CA, TX and MA. He is board certified in both Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. He has 20 peer-reviewed publications, 2 book chapters, and 12 psychiatric awards. He accepts civil forensic cases with a specialization on the following areas: 1. Employment/workplace litigation Sexual harassment Workplace accidents/negligence Alleged PTSD, Depression or Cognitive Impairment 2. Testamentary Capacity 3. Medical Malpractice/Boundary Violations Psychiatrist standard of care Works with CA Medical Board to assess psychiatrist negligence 4. Stalking Has published and testified on stalking of physicians Certified Threat Manager qualification (ATAP 2017 to present) Trained in use of HCR-20 threat assessment instrument

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Sarah Lowenthal, MD, CEDS-C

Eating Disorder and Mental Health Expert

Mill Valley, California

Family Medicine, Psychiatry - Eating Disorders, Anorexia, Adolescent Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Anorexia Nervosa, Social Media Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, Suicide, Bulimia, Depression, Self Harm, Binge Eating Diorder, Malnutrition, OCD, Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, Starvation, Malnutrition, Residential Treatment, PHP/IOP

Dr. Sarah Lowenthal is a UCSF-trained and board-certified eating disorder expert with over 20 years of clinical experience. She provides specialized medical care for children, adolescents and adults with eating disorders and co-occurring mental health diagnoses (e.g. Anxiety, Depression, OCD, ADHD, and others). Dr. Lowenthal is one of the few physicians nationwide holding a designation as a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Consultant(CEDS-C) by the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP). As a former Board Member of the IAEDP SF Bay Area Chapter and a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders, Dr. Lowenthal provides supervision and education to other physicians in the field. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and licensed in multiple states. Dr. Lowenthal received a medical degree from the University of Chicago, and completed residency at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She was named "Top Doctor" by Marin Magazine...

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Salma S. Khan, M.D.

Forensic Psychiatrist

Salma S. Khan, M.D.

San Francisco, California

Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry - Jail, Suicide, Prison, Forensic, Malpractice, Medication error, IME, Addiction, incarceration, Fitness for duty, Use of force, Chart Review, Standard of Care, Continuity of care, Schizophrenia, Post Traumatic Stress disorder, Emotional Distress

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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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Gabor Vari, MD

Psychiatry Expert Witness
Brown, Penn, and UCLA Trained
Army Veteran

Diane J. Weiss, MD, MPH

40 Years' Psychiatry Expertise
Pain & Suffering, Harassment
Psychiatric Injury