Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witnesses in California

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Expert witnesses in Child Abuse and Neglect practice in a variety of fields, including social work, psychology, pediatrics, forensic medicine, and education. Some of the most common specialties among these expert witnesses also include child welfare, domestic violence, child custody disputes, trauma counseling, and child protective services. They have provided opinions on the effects of physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, neglectful supervision, and medical neglect.

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Liver and Kidney Pediatric and Adult Transplant Surgery Expert WitnessView profile

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Liver and Kidney Pediatric and Adult Transplant Surgery Expert Witness

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California

This highly qualified board certified expert has been in clinical practice for more than 20 years. Residency ad fellowship training were completed at Loma Linda University Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, respectively. He is actively involved in research and education: the expert serves on countless medical and surgical committees dedicated to the improvement of...

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Expert Witness

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This fellowship-trained doctor received his medical doctorate from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical center. He is currently an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics hematology/oncology at a, where he frequently lectures on topics such as vascular...

Pediatric and General Urology Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric and General Urology Expert Witness

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This double board certified expert has been practicing for over 20 years. The principal investigator in over $3 million worth of grant funds, he is a reviewer for both the Journal of Urology and the Journal of Pediatric Urology and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as the Society for Pediatric Urology. He is currently a Professor of Urology and Pediatrics at a major...

Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Expert Witness

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This highly qualified, board certified expert has years of experience in the clinical and academic field as a Pediatric Gastroenterology. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of California-Los Angeles and her MD from Tufts University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Pediatrics from the University of California-Los Angeles, and a fellowship in Pediatric...

Pediatric Urology Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Urology Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert is board certified in Urology with added qualifications in Pediatric Urology. He has been practicing for over 10 years. He received his BA from Johns Hopkins University and his MD from Tufts University. He went on to complete 2 residencies, one in General Surgery and another in Urology at Lahey Clinic. After, he completed his fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Rady...

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Pediatric Anesthesiology & Pediatric Critical Care Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Anesthesiology & Pediatric Critical Care Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert is triple board certified in Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He earned his BS from the University of Wisconsin and his MD from the University of Illinois, Chicago. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Oakland, CA, residency in Anesthesia at the Hospital Of the University of Pennsylvania and...

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Infectious Diseases Expert Witness

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This highly qualified, board certified expert earned his Bachelor's from the University of California Los Angeles, where he also earned his medical degree. This was followed by a residency in pediatrics at the Boston' Children hospital and a fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. This expert is a member of numerous medical societies and has published...

Pediatric Neurology Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Neurology Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert earned his MD from the prestigious Harvard Medical School, he went on to complete a residency in Pediatrics and Neurology at Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital respectively. He completed a fellowship in Vascular Neurology at UCSF and post graduate studies in Cognitive Neuropsychology at Harvard University. He is board certified in Neurology....

Pediatric Hospitalist Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Hospitalist Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert has been in practice for over ten years. He received his BS from the University of Pennsylvania, Magna Cum Laude. He attended the prestigious University of Washington Medical School and did his residency at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles where he was Chief Resident. He has held several leadership positions and won numerous awards in addition to publishing articles and...

Genetics and Pediatrics Expert WitnessView profile

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Genetics and Pediatrics Expert Witness

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This expert was Clinical Chief and Division Director of the Division of Medical Genetics at his university. He also was Assistant Dean for CME at a highly regarded university medical school and Medical Director of CME at a major Children's Hospital in San Diego. He is co-investigator for a regenerative medicine/tissue collection institute for Neurodevelopmental Disorders and is an investigator...

Nephrology And Hypertension Expert WitnessView profile

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Nephrology And Hypertension Expert Witness

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This esteemed expert is the co-director of a kidney research center and a professor of medicine at a prominent Los Angeles medical school. A native of Italy, he received his medical degree, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Bari and completed his internship, residency and fellowship in nephrology at the Policlinico in Bari. He relocated to California to pursue a fellowship in hypertension...

Anesthesiology Expert WitnessView profile

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Anesthesiology Expert Witness

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This expert has been practicing anesthesiology at a 600 bed hospital in Southern California for nearly a quarter century. A graduate of UC Riverside, he attended medical school at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Illinois and thereafter completed residencies in General Surgery and Anesthesiology at Loma Linda University Medical Center. A diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and...

Neonatology Expert WitnessView profile

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Neonatology Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert earned his medicine degree from Cairo University School of Medicine. He completed his Residency in Pediatrics at Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital and then went on to complete a prestigious Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is active in his field both academically and clinically and is a...

Clinical Genetics and Pediatrics Expert WitnessView profile

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Clinical Genetics and Pediatrics Expert Witness

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This expert on Clinical Genetics obtained his BS in Psychology from Brooklyn College, Pre-med certificate from Hofstra University, and MD from the Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her Residency in Pediatrics at the Winthrop University Hospital and her Fellowship in Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Mount Sinai Medical Center. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Clinical ...

Pediatric Cardiology Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Cardiology Expert Witness

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This expert is a well-experienced pediatric cardiologist who has focused his studies on fetal medicine. He is a member of the American Heart Association, and is the current Medical Director of the Fetal Cardiology Program and the Pediatric Cardiology Clinic at a major medical center.

Pulmonary and Critical Care Expert WitnessView profile

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Pulmonary and Critical Care Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert earned her BS from UC Irvine and MD from Harvard. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at UC San Diego. She is certified in Interventional Pulmonology, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Internal Medicine. She is an active member of several medical societies related to her focus in Pulmonary and Critical Care, and...

Hematopathology Expert WitnessView profile

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Hematopathology Expert Witness

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This highly regarded expert received his MBBS from Grant Medical College in India. He went on to train as a resident in pathology at Rush University, as a fellow in hematology at Cook Country Hospital, and hematopathology at City of Hope National Medical Center. He is board certified in anatomic pathology by the American Board of Pathology. He is a member of 9 national and local medical...

Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation Expert WitnessView profile

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Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation Expert Witness

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This expert, a native of Southern California, completed his undergraduate education at Pacific Union College before attending Loma Linda University School of Medicine where he received his MD degree in 2008. He completed an Internal Medicine internship followed by a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency and continued his specialization with a Pain Management fellowship, all at Loma...

Pediatric Neuropsychology Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Neuropsychology Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert earned her BA at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her MA in Psychology at the University of Michigan. She went on to complete a PhD in Clinical Psychology, as well as an internship in Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Michigan. She went on to complete a fellowship in Health Psychology at the Children's Hospital of Orange County....

Pediatric Hospital Medicine Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric Hospital Medicine Expert Witness

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California

This highly-qualified expert has over 10 years of experience as a pediatric hospitalist. In addition to general hospital medicine practice, his work has focused on child abuse, neonatology and newborn medicine, and tropical medicine. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a BA in government and international studies before earning his MD from the University of...

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Pediatric and Adult Anesthesiology Expert WitnessView profile

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Pediatric and Adult Anesthesiology Expert Witness

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California

This highly-expert has 15 years of experience as an anesthesiologist, with extensive experience in hospital administration, acute pain management, and perioperative evaluations, as well as general, regional, and neuraxial anesthesia for infants, children, and adults. He earned both his BS in microbiology and molecular genetics and MD from UCLA before going on to complete a pediatric internship at...

Neonatology Expert WitnessView profile

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Neonatology Expert Witness

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This expert has extensive experience in the field of neonatology. He received his BA in mathematics and psychology from York University before earning both his MA and PhD in psychology from the University of Toronto. He then went on to earn his MD at the University of Miami and complete his residency in pediatrics and his fellowship in neonatology at the University of California, San Francisco....

Neonatology Expert WitnessView profile

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Neonatology Expert Witness

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This expert has been a neonatologist for nearly two decades. He received his MD at the University of Uppsala Faculty of Medicine and completed his internship at Soderhamn’s Hospital in Sweden. He then went on to do both a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatology at the University of California at Davis. He is board-certified in both general pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal...

Regional and Pediatric Anesthesiology Expert WitnessView profile

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Regional and Pediatric Anesthesiology Expert Witness

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This highly qualified expert in pediatric anesthesiology earned his BS and BA from the University of Rochester and his MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University. He then went on to complete an internship in medicine from St. John Hospital and Medical Center and two residencies in anesthesiology; one at Montefiore Medical Center of Albert Einstein University and the other at Maimonides Medical...

Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, & Threat Assessment Expert WitnessView profile

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Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, & Threat Assessment Expert Witness

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California

This highly-qualified expert has twenty years of experience specializing in law enforcement investigations with particular expertise in sexual assault, threat assessment, and management. She is certified in forensic sciences, as a defensive tactic and use of force instructor, and as a threat assessment professional. This expert is active in her field with memberships to the Association of Threat...

The Average Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witness
Charges $442 / Hour

Based on hourly rates. Compare expert witness rates across thousands of specialties in all 50 states.

  • Review Fee

    $325

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Deposition Fee

    $575

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Court Fee

    $425

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witness FAQs

A child abuse and neglect expert witness provides specialized knowledge in court cases involving allegations of child maltreatment. They can offer insights on signs of abuse, reporting protocols, and treatment strategies.

These experts are often called upon in criminal cases, family law disputes, custody battles, or any case where there's suspected child mistreatment.

Subspecialties include pediatric forensic medicine, psychology, social work, education, and law enforcement. Each offers unique perspectives on different aspects of child maltreatment.

These experts can interpret medical records, explain injuries consistent with abuse or neglect, and clarify the impact of such trauma on a child's health and development.

Their specialized knowledge can provide critical context to understand the complexities of child maltreatment. This can significantly influence the outcome of your case.

Expert Institute offers a personalized approach to help you find the highest quality experts. We source actively-practicing professionals who match all your requirements for specialty areas, work experience, litigation history, fee range, certifications, location, and more.

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