Psychiatry Expert Witnesses in Maryland

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.

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

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...

Ellicott City, Maryland

Psychiatry - Psychiatric causation, Work-related mental injury, Civil psychiatric IME, Employment-related psychiatric claims, Psychiatric disability evaluation, Psychiatric functional impairment, Record review psychiatric expert, Insurance psychiatric evaluation, Polypharmacy psychiatric effects

Dr. Yang Roby, MD, PhD, is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist with over a decade of clinical experience in adult psychiatry and medico-legal psychiatric evaluation. She is the founder of Innerpeace Psychiatric Services, LLC, where she provides comprehensive psychiatric assessment and treatment for adults with complex psychiatric and neuropsychiatric conditions. Her clinical background includes extensive experience across inpatient, outpatient, emergency, consultation-liaison, geriatric, and dual-diagnosis settings. Dr. Roby’s expert witness and IME work focuses on psychiatric causation, threshold impairment, and differential diagnosis in civil and employment-related matters, with particular emphasis on work-related mental injury and disability determinations. She is frequently retained to evaluate whether reported psychiatric symptoms meet diagnostic and functional thresholds, the presence and role of pre-existing psychiatric vulnerability, and the extent to which workplace or situatio...

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.

Bethesda, Maryland

Pharmaceutical Research, Pharmaceutical Regulation - FDA, Biotechnology, Analgesia, Drug Development, Regulatory, Clinical Research, Neurology, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, Medicine

Christopher D. Breder, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist with extensive experience in both the pharmaceutical industry and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As a former FDA Medical Officer and Lead Medical Officer, he contributed to the review of numerous INDs and multiple NDA/BLA approvals across neurology, anesthesiology, and rare diseases. In industry, he has served in senior clinical development leadership roles at Sunovion, Supernus, and Bristol Myers Squibb, and now consults widely across biotech, investment, and legal sectors. Dr. Breder brings deep expertise in clinical trial design, regulatory strategy, safety assessment, and product development from early-stage programs through approval, and into life cycle management. He has taught drug development, safety analysis, and pharmaceutical project management at the FDA, NIH, and Johns Hopkins University. His dual perspective from within the FDA and as an executive in drug development makes him uniquely valuable as a ...