Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witnesses in Oklahoma

This highly qualified expert has nearly 10 years of experience in the field of pediatric critical care medicine. He received his BS in general science from Fort Hays State University before earning his MD from the University of Kansas. He then completed a pediatric residency and a pediatric critical care fellowship at the University of Texas. This expert is board-certified in pediatric critical care. He is active in his field as a member of several organizations, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also involved in research, having authored several peer-reviewed publications and presented at several conferences. He has formerly served as a pediatric critical care and sedation attending physician at Sunrise Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center, as well as an assistant professor of clinical and translational sciences at the University of Oklahoma. Currently, this expert serves as an adjunct clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at an osteopathic medical school and as an attending physician in the pediatric critical care and sedation department at a children's hospital in Oklahoma.

This expert has 10 years of experience as a litigator and more than 30 years of experience as a staff person and volunteer in agencies advocating for victims of abuse and neglect. In addition to her Juris Doctorate and Masters Degree in Human Relations, she also has a diploma from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Interdisciplinary Training in Child Abuse and Neglect. A nationally and internationally recognized expert in the area of child sexual abuse prevention, she played an integral role in the research, development, and implementation of a child sexual abuse prevention program that is delivered in 87 U.S. Catholic dioceses, representing about 75% of the Catholics in the U.S. Currently, this expert is the Owner and Principal of a consulting firm that provides programs and services to educate adults about the nature and scope of child sexual abuse and teaches adults how to recognize other adults whose behavior may indicate that they are a potential risk to children. Her consulting firm also works with corporations and agencies to create policies, procedures, and processes for screening and supervising employees and volunteers who work with children.