Addiction Expert Witnesses

This highly qualified expert has over 40 years of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities as an administrator of health, education, and human services agencies. He earned his BS and MS in special education from Arkansas State University and a PhD in psychology and special education from St. Louis University. He is active in his field as a member of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and has published 15 articles and presented across the nation on performance management for residential centers serving individuals with disabilities. He formerly served as the director of special education at multiple state hospitals and the CEO of a community-based residential program for persons with developmental disabilities. Currently, this expert is an associate professor at a university in Arizona.

This highly-qualified social worker has more than 20 years of experience in her field, working in various settings such as residential treatment centers, psychiatric hospitals, domestic violence shelters, and outpatient mental health clinics. She earned her BS in social work from Northern Arizona University before earning her MS in social work from the University of Southern California. This expert is a licensed clinical social worker and is active in her field as a member of the International Association of Trauma Professionals. Formerly, she served as a therapist at Optimist Youth Homes and Family Services before working in multiple roles in the psychiatry department of Kaiser Permanente. This expert is currently a social working in private practice in California, where she specializes in several areas related to women's health, including maternal mental health and PTSD.

This expert has nearly 20 years of experience in the epidemiology and behavioral science field, specializing in foodborne outbreaks, worksite health, workplace behaviors, consumer retail behavior, and, most recently, the impact of COVID-19 on human behavior. She earned a BA in math and psychology from Bradley University, an MS in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of South Florida, and a PhD in public and community health from the University of Maryland. Formerly, this expert served as an adjunct professor in public health at Montgomery College. She then went on to serve as a program analyst for behavioral and social research programs at the National Institute of Aging and National Cancer Institute, along with serving as a deputy director of strategic and innovative programs at the National Institutes of Health. This expert was also the founder and director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, as well as principal epidemiologist and global vice president of research and corporate services at Sodexo. Currently, she is the CEO of an epidemiology and behavioral science consulting firm in Maryland.

This highly-qualified applied behavior analysis expert has 20 years of experience in her field, specializing in autism, developmental disabilities, and early intervention. She earned her BA in clinical psychology from Lock Haven University and her MA in applied behavior analysis from Penn State University. She is a board-certified behavior analyst and certified as a Competent Learner Model coach. This expert is active in her field as a member of the Association for Professional Behavior Analysis and as an author of several peer-reviewed publications. She formerly served as a behavior analyst for Keystone Human Services, a clinical adjunct of psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine, and the clinical director, chief clinical officer, and CEO of Vista Autism Service & The Vista School. Currently, this expert owns a private practice and serves as an ABA business and clinical consultant.

This former health and human services worker of 10+ years is the current proprietor of a behavioral health services private practice. She a certified clinical social worker in several states,and is a member of such prestigious societies as the Health Care Compliance Association and the National Association of Social Workers. Her specialty includes treatment of sexual offenders and survivors of sexual abuse, as well as in the development sexual abuse treatment programs. This expert also is a subject matter expert in the provision of behavioral health services and the documentation of medical necessity of these services to ensure appropriate Medicaid billing. She assists behavioral health agencies in the identification of areas of compliance risk and provides consultation and staff/board training to mitigate those risks. She has assisted agencies in becoming nationally accredited. She is also an independent representative of Measure of Success Tracking (MOST), which is a compliance tool that allows agencies to measure both quantitative and qualitative data to improve compliance and quality of care.

This expert gained his MD from the University of South Florida College of Medicine and completed his residency in neurology at Brown University. He completed an additional fellowship in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. This expert is board certified in neurology. Currently he is an assistant professor of neurology of a university's memory and aging center and an attending at a neurology clinic.

This expert is a well qualified and experienced drug and alcohol treatment professional. He completed his BA at SUNY, and his MS in clinical mental health counseling and MBA at UNLV. He is a certified addictionologist and a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. He is also active in the field as a member of the State of Nevada Association for Addiction Professionals and serves on the Governor’s Substance Abuse Working Group. He previously was the president and chief operating officer of Sierra Health Services, and was the president and co-founder of an addiction treatment facility called Resolutions. He currently is the regional vice president for a residential drug treatment company in Nevada.

This qualified expert has extensive experience with residential treatment centers, group homes, and the administration of non-profit behavioral health organizations. He earned his BA from Brown University before earning his MEd in teaching and counseling methods from Newton College and his EdD from the Harvard University. This expert began his career as the director of the Full Circle School, an alternative school serving delinquents and the socially disadvantaged. He then was the assistant principal of the Groton-Dunstable Regional Secondary School before he joined Germaine Lawrence Incorporated, where he spent over 30 years. As the executive director of a non-profit residential school and treatment center for adolescent girls, this expert gained extensive experience in the field of special education and mental health services. Currently, he serves as a consultant with a private consulting group in Vermont.

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 15 years of experience in the field of psychiatry, specializing in forensic psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, and addiction medicine. He earned his BS in biology from the University of Virginia before earning his MD from Tulane University. He subsequently completed an internship at Georgetown University Hospital, a residency at Johns Hopkins University, and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at the University of California at Davis. This expert is board-certified in general psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and addiction medicine. He spent 4 years working with San Quentin State Prison, where he developed the prison's first telepsychiatry program and served as both the medical director of the Correctional Treatment Center and a senior psychiatrist supervisor. Additionally, he served as the chief psychiatrist at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility and as both the statewide chief of telepsychiatry and the co-founder of the statewide medication assisted treatment program for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. This expert currently serves as the CEO and founder of the forensic division for a psychiatry-focused telemedicine company based in California.

This expert is board certified in Medical Toxicology, Addiction Medicine, and Preventive Medicine. He has over 15 years of experience in academia, conducting research, teaching, and publishing peer-reviewed articles in occupational and environmental toxicology. His clinical practice is specialized in addiction medicine, and he provides patient care in Oregon. This expert has provided consulting and expert witness services for over 15 years, in a diverse range of toxicology-related matters. Areas of specific expertise include addiction medicine, postmortem toxicology, overdose and adverse effects from drugs of abuse (alcohol, opioids, opiates, stimulants, benzodiazepines), and health effects from human exposure to mold, mycotoxins, pesticides, metals, irritant gases and carbon monoxide.

This expert has been in the practice of psychiatry since 1981, and has vast experience in psychoanalysis, general psychiatry, consultation liaison psychiatry, inpatient psychiatry, partial hospitalization psychiatry, intensive outpatient psychiatry, and outpatient psychiatry. He has worked with every patient population and every type of psychopathology. This expert is recognized as an expert psychiatric witness and has extensive experience developing numerous treatment units for children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations, and serving in a Medical Director capacity for those centers. He co-founded Paradym Health Systems, Inc., a psychiatric hospital management company that manged nine psych units throughout the gulf south. His work has always included direct patient care and directing multi-disciplinary treatment teams in institutional settings. This expert is now the co-founder and medical director of a treatment center that provides residential, intensive outpatient, and sober living services for addictive disorders.

This qualified expert of Addiction Psychiatry completed his undergrad and MD in Canada at the McGill University. He completed his post-doc Residency and Fellowship in Psychiatry and Pharmacology in Canada at the University of Toronto. He is Board Certified in the US in Psychiatry & Neurology and in Addiction Psychiatry. He is a member of multiple Addiction Psychiatry Medical Associations and has published 200+ Publications on Addiction Psychiatry Research. He is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at a Top Medical University, the Director of a Top University's Addiction Center, and is the Chief Psychiatrist and Associate Medical Director at a Top University Hospital.

This expert is triple board certified in Family Medicine, Addiction Medicine, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She earned her BS from Virginia Tech as well as Registered Dietitian License. From there she moved on to Stanford University, where she earned her MD. She completed a residency in Family Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. She has over 25+ years of diverse clinical experience as well as extensive experience teaching medical students, residents, and advanced practitioners (FNP, PA's). Her expertise includes the Primary Care Scope of Practice with special focus in the evaluation and treatment of acute pain, chronic pain and addiction. She is directly involved in Stanford's evolving Standards of Care for Opiate Prescribing due to a national prescription drug abuse crisis in our youth. She is a certified Mind Body Medicine Consultant through the Center for Mind Body Medicine in Washington DC. This included five year training in psycho-neuro-immunology, employing therapies such as yoga and other body work, guided-imagery, walking meditation, journaling and peer counseling as adjuncts to the Allopathic Medicine and traditional CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) approach. In addition to her clinical duties, she has authored peer reviewed journal article and 5+ book chapters. She serves on several committees at her university and is actively involved in an overdose preventino organization.

This expert is board certified psychiatrist and addiction specialist, and also is certified by the American Board of Disability Analysts. He is an expert in handling capital, personal injury, loss mitigation, malpractice and negligence cases that involve the use of abused substances (especially, opiates, alcohol, hallucinogens, and stimulants), prescribed pharmacological agents, and in the general field of psychiatric and brain disease. This expert also is a leading neuroscientist and neuropsychopharmacologist. He can provide expert testimony on the effects of different brain states and function, in both health and disease, and their potential association with with legal culpability and liability. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at a leading university in the USA, and has over 12 years experience as Chairman in Psychiatry Departments in the USA. His research focus is in the neuropsychopharmacology of addiction, addiction and pain, pain treatment, impact of genetics on human behavior, the basic, molecular, and the brain imaging sciences related to the functioning of the brain in health, disease and addiction. In recognition of his academic, scholarly and professional achievement, he is a Fellow of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-psychopharmacologicum and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the recipient of numerous professional and scientific awards, including the Jack Mendelson Award at the NIH, which is awarded to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to our understanding of the science of addiction. He has an h-index of 46, and 11829 citations of his published work.

This highly qualified expert earned his BA from University of California, Irvine and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has been a practicing psychologist for over 5 years and has gained a vast range of experience in various settings across California. He is active in his field as an author, presenter, and member of local psychological associations. Formerly, he was Clinic Manager of Aegis Treatment Centers- an opioid addiction treatment facility. His role entailed consultation with medical staff, counseling, clinical risk management, and oversight of all operations and staff. Currently, he serves as Assistant Professor of Psychology and Program Director of the MS in Research Psychology and Data Analytics ata major western university. He has also served as a consultant for a rehabilitation facility where he composed a suicide protocol, developed several clinical risk management protocols, and conducted a discharge analysis. His research expertise is in the psychology of religion, moral decision making, substance use disorders, suicide, trauma, and quantitative data analysis.

This extremely well qualified expert of Psychiatry obtained his BS in Chemistry from the University of Virginia, his MTS in Ethics and Cultural Anthropology from the Harvard Divinity School, and his MD in Medicine from Columbia University. He completed his Internship in Internal Medicine and Neurology, his Residency in Adult Psychiatry, and his Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and his Fellowship in Psychotherapy at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry and Neurology, Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry. He is a member of multiple Psychiatric Medical Associations and has 19 Publications on Psychiatry. He is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at a Top Medical University in California.

This multiple board certified forensic psychiatrist has extensive experience working with individuals of all ages, predominantly specializing in Addictions, PTSD and Sleep Medicine. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has held top teaching and clinical positions at Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine. Currently, he is the President of a psychiatric private practice association in Virginia, and a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at a university medical center in Richmond, Virginia.

This qualified expert of Addiction Medicine obtained his BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, his Pre-Med Certificate from the University of Maryland College Park, and his MPH and his MD from Tulane University. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, his Residency in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College, his Fellowship in Pediatrics at Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons, and his Fellowship in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Addiction Medicine and is a member of New York State Justice Center Medical Review Board (Appointed by the Governor) and several prestigious Psychiatry Medical Societies. He has 6 Publications related to Addiction Medicine research. He is currently an Attending Physician in Addiction Medicine for a Hospital in New York, an Assistant Attending Physician in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at a Top Hospital in New York, an Associate Professor of Psychiatry for a Medical School in New York and a Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics for a Top Tier Medical School.

This board certified expert earned a BS (highest honors) from the University of California- Santa Cruz and MD from University of California- San Diego. Residency and fellowship training were completed at Yale University School of Medicine.The expert completed a fellowship at one of the premier research and clinical centers for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Addiction, and childhood trauma. She is actively involved in a number of clinical programs and projects to increase knowledge and clinical proficiency of multi disciplinary providers in treating patients with opioid dependence and for increasing awareness of mental health needs in the general population. Currently, she is a staff psychiatrist in private practice specializing in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine.

This highly qualified expert earned her MD from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. She then went on to complete her Residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Psychiatry. After her residency, she then completed her fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. She subsequently obtained her certification as a Medical Review Officer. In addition, this expert is the American Psychiatric Association's Early Career Psychiatry Trustee at Large, serving on the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association. She also sits on several Councils and Committees for the APA. She is recognized as an expert in the fields of Addiction Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. This member is a member of numerous medical societies that include being a Fellow of The American Psychiatric Association, a Member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, The Brooklyn Psychiatric Society, The New York State Psychiatric Association, The American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, and The Medical Society of the State of New York. This expert has published 9 articles and 1 book chapter. Formerly, this expert was a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Stony Brook. Currently, this expert is an Inpatient Unit Director at A New York Medical Center.