Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witnesses in Massachusetts

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Forensic psychiatry expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including criminal law, civil litigation, family law, juvenile justice, and disability determination. Some of the most common forensic psychiatry expert witness specialties also include competency evaluations, risk assessment, psychiatric malpractice, personal injury claims, and mental health law. They can opine on the effects of mental illness on criminal behavior, the impact of psychological trauma on personal injury cases, the role of mental health in child custody disputes, the validity of insanity defenses, and the capacity to stand trial.

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Dr. Renee Marie Sorrentino, MDView profile

ID: 105400

Dr. Renee Sorrentino, MD

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Massachusetts

Dr. Renee Marie Sorrentino has 18 years of experience in Forensic Psychiatry. She earned her BA in Neuroscience from Boston University and her MD from the Boston University School of Medicine. After completing her internship in Internal Medicine at Cambridge Hospital and residency in Adult Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital she went on to complete prestigious a fellowship in Forensic...

Dr. Barry Lester Levin, MDView profile

ID: 1318323

Dr. Barry Levin, MD

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Massachusetts

Dr. Barry L. Levin has 47 years of experience in the field of Neurology. He earned his BS from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his MD from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Neurology at Albany Medical Center. Today, this expert is board-certified in Neurology. Formerly, this expert served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of...

Dr. Ajith John Thomas, MBBSView profile

ID: 144618

Dr. Ajith Thomas, MBBS

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Massachusetts

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New Jersey

Dr. Ajith J. Thomas has 21 years of experience in the field of Neurological Surgery. He earned his MBBS from Christian Medical College, Vellore. After completing his residency in Neurosurgery at Henry Ford Hospital, he went on to complete a fellowship in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Today, this expert is board...

Dr. Igor Elman, MDView profile

ID: 22767

Dr. Igor Elman, MD

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Massachusetts

This highly qualified expert earned his BS and his MD from Ben-Gurion University in Israel. After completing his residency in psychiatry this expert went on to complete prestigious fellowships in psychiatry and addiction psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health and Harvard Medical School, respectively. He is also active in his field as a member of numerous medical societies including...

Dr. Harrison Graham Pope, MD, MPHView profile

ID: 32076

Dr. Harrison Pope, MD, MPH

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Massachusetts

Dr. Harrison G. Pope Jr. has over 46 years of experience in the field of Psychiatry. He earned his BA and MPH from Harvard University and his MD from Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in Psychiatry at McLean Hospital. Today, this expert is board-certified in Psychiatry. Formerly, this expert held roles as a Staff Psychiatrist at Hampstead Hospital and as an Associate Professor in...

Dr. Stanley Tuhrim, MDView profile

ID: 61847

Dr. Stanley Tuhrim, MD

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Massachusetts

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New York

Dr. Stanley Tuhrim has 40 years of experience in Neurology and Vascular Neurology. He earned his BA in Psychology from Haverford College and his MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. After completing his residency in Neurology at Mount Sinai Hospital, he went on to complete his fellowship in Cerebrovascular Disease at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Today, this expert is...

Dr. Joshua Norkin Goldstein, MD, PhDView profile

ID: 638927

Dr. Joshua Goldstein, MD, PhD

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Massachusetts

Dr. Joshua N. Goldstein has 18 years of experience in the field of Emergency Medicine. He earned his BS in Biopsychology from Tufts University, his MD from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and his PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut. After completing his residency in Emergency Medicine, he completed a research fellowship in Vascular and...

Dr. Brigid Caitlin Dwyer, MDView profile

ID: 697736

Dr. Brigid Dwyer, MD

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Massachusetts

Dr. Brigid C. Dwyer has 7 years of experience in the fields of Neurology and Brain Injury Medicine. She earned her BS in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her MD from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She completed her internship in Medicine, her residency in Neurology, and her fellowship in Brain Injury Medicine and...

Dr. Louis Robert Caplan, MDView profile

ID: 719267

Dr. Louis Caplan, MD

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Massachusetts

Dr. Louis R. Caplan has 53 years of experience in the field of Neurology. He earned his BA in History from Williams College and his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed a residency in Neurology at Boston Medical Center and a fellowship in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Stroke at Massachusetts General Hospital. Today, this expert is board-certified in Neurology and...

Dr. Zeyad L Morcos, MD, FAANView profile

ID: 914775

Dr. Zeyad Morcos, MD, FAAN

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Massachusetts

Dr. Zeyad L. Morcos has 20 years of experience in the fields of Vascular Neurology, Neurology, and Sleep Medicine. He earned his MD from the Tishreen University Faculty of Medicine. After completing his residency in Neurology at UH Cleveland Medical Center, he went on to complete a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Saint Vincent Hospital and a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at the Louisiana...

The Average Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Charges $567 / Hour

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

  • Review Fee

    $525

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  • Deposition Fee

    $575

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  • Court Fee

    $600

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Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness FAQs

A forensic psychiatry expert witness provides objective, professional insight into cases involving mental health issues. They can assess competency, provide diagnoses, and testify on the impact of psychiatric conditions.

Forensic psychiatry experts often assist in criminal cases, civil litigation, family law disputes, and malpractice suits where mental health factors are involved.

Forensic psychiatrists use clinical interviews, psychological testing, and review of medical records to evaluate a defendant's mental state at the time of an alleged offense.

Yes, some forensic psychiatrists specialize in areas like child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, or neuropsychiatry which may be relevant depending on your case specifics.

In insanity defense cases, a forensic psychiatrist can provide crucial testimony about the defendant's mental state during the crime, helping courts understand complex psychiatric concepts.

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