Suicide Expert Witnesses in Massachusetts
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Dr. Harrison Graham Pope Jr, MD, MPH
Massachusetts
Dr. Harrison G. Pope Jr. has over 44 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 an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical...
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Suicide Grief and Bereavement Counseling Expert Witness
Massachusetts
This expert has over 25 years of experience as a grief counselor, specializing in parental grief, child and adolescent grief, suicide bereavement and other complicated grief issues. He is author of a book covering grief and loss and numerous professional and popular publications. He is currently an international keynote speaker, consults to law firms, human service professionals, schools,...
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Dr. Renee Marie Sorrentino, MD
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...
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Dr. Ajith John Thomas, MBBS
Massachusetts
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...
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Dr. Karen Spangenberg Postal, ABPP-CN, PhD
Massachusetts
Dr. Karen Postal has 25 years of experience in Clinical Neuropsychology. She earned her BA in Psychology from the University of California Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Wright Institute. Today, this expert is certified as a Clinical Neuropsychology and Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and licensed as a Psychologist in...
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Dr. Nancy Ann Hebben, PhD
Massachusetts
Dr. Nancy A. Hebben has over 40 years of experience in the fields of Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. She completed her BA in Psychology, MA in Clinical Psychology, and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology from Wayne State University. Today, this expert is certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology and is a licensed Psychologist in...
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Dr. Igor Elman, MD
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...
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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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