Suicide Expert Witnesses in Maryland
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Dr. Jack N. Spector, ABPP-CN, PhD
Maryland
Dr. Jack N. Spector has 37 years of experience in the field of Clinical Neuropsychology. He earned his BA in Psychology from Temple University and his MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Louisville. He did his internship in Clinical Neuropsychology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Today, this expert is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of...
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Epidemiology and Behavioral Science Expert Witness
Maryland
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...
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Dr. Joseph Menachem Scheller, MD
Maryland
Dr. Joseph Scheller has over 29 years of experience in the field of Pediatric Neurology. He earned his BS from Johns Hopkins University and his MD from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. After completing his residency in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Michigan, he went on to complete a fellowship in Child Neurology at UCSD Medical Center and a second fellowship Epidemiology at...
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Suicide Expert Witness
Maryland
This expert is a psychologist who has specialized in the study of suicide since 1971. This expert has 40 years of clinical experience working with at-risk for suicide patients and has published 8 books and more than 125 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in Suicidology regarding clinical care (assessment and treatment) of the suicidal patient, standard of care issues, etc.. This expert has...
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Dr. Jeffrey Stuart Janofsky, MD
Maryland
Dr. Jeffrey Stuart Janofsky has over 36 years of experience in the field of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychiatry. He earned his BA and MD from Johns Hopkins University. After completing his internship in Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and his residency in Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, he went on to complete a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of...
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Dr. Steven Robert Zeiler, MD, PhD
Maryland
Dr. Steven R. Zeiler has 12 years of experience in the fields of Neurology and Vascular Neurology. He earned both his BA and his Ph.D. in Cellular, Developmental, and Molecular Biology from the University of Colorado Boulder and his MD from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine before...
Dr. David Walton Buchholz, MD
Maryland
Dr. David W. Buchholz has 39 years of experience in the field of Neurology. He earned his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After completing his internship in Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital, he went on to complete his residency in Neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Today, this expert is board certified in...
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Dr. Deborah M Brooks, MD
Maryland
This highly qualified expert earned her AB and MD from Brown University before completing a residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Maryland. She is board certified in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry and a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Association of Directors of Residency...
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Dr. Aaron Juni
Maryland
This highly-qualified neuropsychologist earned his BA in psychology from Yeshiva University, his MA in neuroscience and his PhD in neuropsychology from the City University of New York. He additionally completed an internship in neuropsychology at the Indiana Neuroscience Institute and a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is currently a licensed...
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Laura Webb
Maryland
This qualified psychiatric and mental health nurse has over 20 years of experience in her field. She earned her BS in psychology, her BS in nursing at Middle Tennessee State University, and her MS in nursing at Austin Peay State University. She is a licensed registered nurse and a certified psychiatric-mental health nurse. Formerly, she served as a charge nurse and staff nurse, an administrative...
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Dr. Yonmee Chang, MD
Maryland
This highly qualified expert is board certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology. She obtained her BA in biology from New York University before receiving her MD from UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School. She completed internships in internal medicine at Georgetown University and in anesthesiology from the University of Texas. Subsequently, she completed fellowships in pediatric...
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Suicide Expert Witness FAQs
A suicide expert witness provides insight into the psychological factors, risk assessments, and standard care practices related to suicide cases. They can help determine liability in wrongful death lawsuits.
Cases involving wrongful death claims, medical malpractice, negligence in mental health treatment, or institutional liability often require the expertise of a suicide expert witness.
In medical malpractice cases, a suicide expert can evaluate if proper psychiatric care was provided, assess risk factors that were overlooked, and determine if there was a breach in duty of care.
Yes, some experts specialize in areas like adolescent suicide, military veteran suicide, prison suicides, or specific methods of suicide such as drug overdose.
They can assess whether healthcare providers failed to recognize warning signs or neglected their duty to protect patients from self-harm, thus violating patient's rights.
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