SEAK, Inc. National Directory of Expert Witnesses

Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witnesses

Welcome to the SEAK National Directory of Expert Witnesses – The following individuals are Forensic Psychiatry experts, Forensic Psychiatry expert witnesses, Forensic Psychiatry forensic consultants and also provide Forensic Psychiatry expert reports and testimony .

Anthony G Bassanelli MD
CALIFORNIA - Indio
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Adult psychiatry, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, PTSD, personality disorders

Mace Beckson MD - Addiction Forensics Group
CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles
Addiction Medicine Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Alcohol, drugs, suicide, PTSD, sex offense, UCLA Clinical Professor, Distinguished Fellow

Matthew F Carroll MD
CALIFORNIA - San Diego
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Independent medical
Additional Information:Dr. Carroll is a fellowship trained and board certified forensic psychiatrist with thousands of psychiatric evaluations performed in both civil and criminal cases. He has extensive courtroom experience. Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego, Dept. of Psychiatry. Qualified Medical Examiner. Examiner. Expert reviewer Medical Board, State of California

Carole I Lieberman MD, MPH - Psychiatric Expert Witness
CALIFORNIA - Beverly Hills
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
High profile, sexual harassment, children, PTSD, malingering, abuse, malpractice, discrimination, wrongful termination, emotional distress, terrorism, divorce
Additional Information:Dr. Lieberman has a winning record in hundreds of civil and criminal cases, including record review, IME, deposition and trial testimony. She's on the Psychiatry Clinical Faculty at UCLA.. She's also a legal analyst for the media, including Larry King, Fox News and Court TV, and has testified before Congress.

Stephen M Raffle MD - Stephen M. Raffle, MD & Assoc.
CALIFORNIA - Kentfield
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness, Psychiatry Expert Witness
PTSD, testamentary capacity, undue influence, violent behavior, chronic pain, wrongful termination, disability, workplace, sexual assault, emotional distress, competency, insanity, diminished capacity
Additional Information:5000+ cases, 500+ depositions, 35 years, Board certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Raffle has taught doctors (U.C. Medical School) and lawyers (Hastings), consulted for attorneys, insurers, employers and judges, seeking his expertise in psychiatry, skill examining individuals and synthesizing records, to give testimony jurors understand.

Laura J Klein MD
COLORADO - Denver
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
General psychiatry, IMEs

Brian Crowley MD - Brian Crowley, MD
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - Washington
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
PTSD, hospital standards, malpractice, personal injury, testamentary capacity, suicide, recovered memories, sexual harassment, fitness for duty; insanity; other state of mind issues. Have testified in state, federal civil and criminal matters extensively.
Additional Information:Also expert in courts martial.

Chowallur D Chacko MD
FLORIDA - Orlando
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Competency, IMEs, Workers' Compensation, Malpractice, Suicide, PTSD, Malingering, Sexual Harassment, Psychiatric Disability and Neuropsychiatry
Additional Information:Dr. Chacko is board certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in general, addiction and forensic psychiatry. He's a Distinguished Fellow of the APA, which is an honor bestowed on a select group of psychiatrists for their significant contributions to psychiatry. Dr. Chacko is an Assistant Professor at UCF College of Medicine.

Lawrence B Erlich MD - Lawrence B. Erlich, MD
FLORIDA - Celebration
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
IMEs, addiction, forensic medical malpractice, PTSD, personal injury, prison psychiatry, disability, competency to stand trial, competency to make a will, suppression hearings

George M Northrup MD - George M. Northrup, MD, PA
FLORIDA - Tampa
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Competence - Civil and Criminal, Malpractice, IME, PTSD, Prison Psychiatry, Insanity, Records Review, Dual Diagnosis, Mitigation, Testamentary Capacity
Additional Information:Workers' Compensation certified, medical experience, qualified expert witness in Florida and North Carolina, Board Certified in General and Forensic Psychiatry, Media experience

Jerald H Ratner MD
FLORIDA - Coral Springs
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Medication reactions, malpractice, medical record reviews, competency, IMEs, psychopharmacology
Additional Information:Board Certified: Private Practice - Please refer to website.

Henry M Storper MD - Henry M. Storper, MD, PA
FLORIDA - Miami
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Board Certified, Inpatient Psychiatry Expert, IMEs, Disability, Mood Disorders, Expert opinion formulation
Additional Information:Medical Director CMHC, Medical Director Crisis Stabilization Unit, Medical Director PHP, Medical Director Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Chief of Staff Deering Hospital. Currently: Outpatient/inpatient private psychiatric practice. Expert in hospital liability, malpractice issues, standard of care.

David S Cantor PhD - Psychological Science Institute, PC
GEORGIA - Duluth
Neuropsychology Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Quantitative EEG (QEEG), Pediatric Psychiatry, Brain Mapping, Environmental, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Toxicology, Psychology

Richard W Worst MD - Richard W. Worst MD, PA
IDAHO - Twin Falls
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
PTSD, ADHD, rural, IME, civil, criminal, plaintiff, defense, children, adolescents, college, adults

Alexander E Obolsky MD
ILLINOIS - Chicago
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Stress induced psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders, including PTSD, traumatic and toxic brain injury, depression, anxiety, addictions.

Joel M Silberberg MD - Northwestern University Medical School
ILLINOIS - Chicago
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Psychic harm, Capacity, Negligence, Suicide Risk, Psychopharmacology, Addictions, Workplace Violence, Correctional Psychiatry
Additional Information:Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Division Director, Forensic Psychiatry; The Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University; Director, Psychiatry and Law Program; Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation; Expertise in academic, civil, criminal and correctional forensic psychiatry.

Kishore J Thampy MD, LLM
ILLINOIS - Galena
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness, Psychiatry Expert Witness
I have completed hundreds of evaluations for competencies in various capacities, child custody, and insanity pleas

Martin J Fialkov MD
IOWA - Clive
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness, Pediatric Psychiatry Expert Witness
Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse, Sexual Offenders, Juvenile Delinquency, Personal Injury, Custody, Psychiatric Malpractice, Civil Competency
Additional Information:Board certified in Psychiatry, Child/Adolescent Psychiatry with additional qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, willing to travel to surrounding states or rural and urban areas within the state to consult, evaluate and provide expert testimony

Leonard J Hertzberg MD
MARYLAND - Baltimore
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Additional Information:Psychiatric Disability, IMEs, Fitness for Duty, Medical Record Review, Malpractice, Physician Impairment, Criminal Responsibility and Competency to stand trial, dangerousness, conditional release, expert witness testimony.

Paulo J. Negro MD, PhD - BWPA
MARYLAND - Rockville
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Malpractice, electroconvulsive therapy, psychopharmacology, complex adult psychopathology, hospital standards, civil competencies, suicide, violence, Portuguese, Spanish, diagnosis
Additional Information:American Board Psychiatry & Neurology: General Psychiatry. Certified: Administrative Psychiatry, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Addiction Medicine. Medical Director, Behavioral Services: Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD 2003-2006

Harold J. Bursztajn MD - Accredited Psychiatry and Medicine
MASSACHUSETTS - Cambridge
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Independent Medical Psych. Evaluations, Forensic Psychiatry, Expert Opinion Formulation, Managed Health Care, Malpractice, Clinical Trials, Employment Issues, Organizational Consulting, Family & Custodial Issues. Harvard Medical School Sr. Faculty

Melissa Frumin MD, MS - Brigham and Women's Hospital
MASSACHUSETTS - Boston
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Psychopharmacology, medical malpractice, neuropsychiatry, geriatric psychiatry

Melvyn Lurie MD - Associates Consulting Corp.
MASSACHUSETTS - Weston
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Personal injury, workers' compensation, disability, IMEs, file reviews, PTSD, local, state and federal

Allan S Nineberg MD
MASSACHUSETTS - Cambridge
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Sexual abuse (including clergy), medical malpractice, disability, insanity defense, psychopharmacology, Harvard Medical School Faculty

Barry H Roth MD - Harvard Medical School
MASSACHUSETTS - Brookline
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Current Board Certification, Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry
Additional Information:Experience in will contests, consequences of substance abuse and aging, medical illness and psychiatry; substance abuse effects on mental status for licensure, employability, civil and criminal issues, penal evaluations for diversion to treatment, immigration, PTSD, disability, guardianship, dual diagnosis

Anasseril E Daniel MD - Daniel Forensic Psychiatric Services
MISSOURI - Columbia
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness, Pediatric Psychiatry Expert Witness
Psychiatric Malpractice involving suicide; Independent Medical (Psychiatric) Examination; Child Custody: Correctional Psychiatry; Inmate Suicide; Correctional Administration
Additional Information:Dr. Daniel's expertise on Suicide in Jails and Prisons is reflected in recent publications in refereed journals. As a member of the International Association for Suicide Prevention Task Force, he contributed to updating WHO Resource Guide on preventing suicide in jails and prisons [2007]. He has testified in cases involving malpractice and deliberate indifference claims in Federal Courts.

Angeline Stanislaus MD - Forensic Psychiatric Consultants, LLC
MISSOURI - St. Louis
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Sex offender evaluations, IME, competency issues, insanity defense, suicide, correctional psychiatry
Additional Information:Board certified General and Forensic Psychiatrist with extensive experience in sex offender evaluations for the State and the defense. Routinely perform competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, and independent psychiatric evaluations. About 10-12 court testimony per year. Experience with correctional psychiatric issues. Licensed in IL and MO.

James R Cowan, Jr. MD - Advanced Dimensions in Healing
NEW JERSEY - Ridgewood
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Behavioral & Social Sciences, Addiction Medicine, Forensic Psychology, Geriatric Psychiatry, Pharmacology - Clinical, Psychology, Pharmacology
Additional Information:I have enjoyed a successful private practice in psychiatry on Ridgewood, NJ for over 30 years. My particular areas of practice include administrative psychiatry, holistic healthcare/alternative medicine, forensic psychiatry, psychopharmacology and medical presentations.

Alberto M Goldwaser MD, DFAPA - Forensic Psychiatric Associates
NEW JERSEY - Hackensack
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Sexual harassment, psychiatric disability, disability, child custody, abuse, competence, violence, suicide, psychiatry, malpractice, stress, ethics, discrimination, malingering, psychology, pain, posttraumatic-stress, sexual misconduct.
Additional Information:Clinical and Forensic Psychiatrist. Clinical Assistant Professor NYU School of Medicine; past president NJ Psychoanalytic Society; Chairman Ethics Committee Psychoanalytic Association NY and NJ; Bio-Ethics Committee Barnert Hospital; Civil/Criminal Psychiatric Evaluations: State, Federal, Military, Family, Administrative Courts, and Board Reviews. Distinguished Fellow (American Psychiatric Association) "exceptional contributions to community and psychiatry." ENGLISH/SPANISH

Lawson F Bernstein MD - LFB, MD, PC
PENNSYLVANIA - Pittsburgh
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Board Certified, brain injury, stroke neurotoxicology, chronic pain, other neurologic/psychiatric conditions, forensic psychiatry, psychiatric malpractice
Additional Information:Academically published, Ivy League trained Clinical/Forensic neuropsychiatrist. Expertise in brain injury, stroke, neurotoxicology, chronic pain, dementia, alcohol & substance abuse, psychopharmacology, neurotoxicology and multiple other areas. Death penalty experience state/federal court. Board Examiner American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Available nationally and internationally. Refuses provided upon request.

Stuart S Burstein MD
PENNSYLVANIA - Pittsburgh
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Disability evaluation, psychiatric malpractice, civil and criminal forensic psychiatry, IMEs.

Pogos H Voskanian MD - General and Forensic Psychiatry
PENNSYLVANIA - Philadelphia
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness, Psychiatry Expert Witness
Board Certified in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry disability, Americans with Disabilities Act, malpractice, sexual harassment, employment issues, workers' compensation, criminal cases: insanity defense, capital sentencing, addiction medicine and psych

Stephen K Baker MD, PhD
SOUTH CAROLINA - Charleston
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Board Certified in child and adolescent, adult psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, child custody, psychiatric malpractice, competency
Additional Information:Child custody evaluations, civil competencies, psychiatric malpractice, adolescent competence to stand trial, adolescent waiver to adult criminal court.

Rikki Lynn Halavonich MD - Lowcountry Forensic Psychiatry, LLC
SOUTH CAROLINA - Charleston
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness, Psychiatry Expert Witness
Competency to Stand Trial, Criminal Responsibility, Mitigation, Death Penalty, Competency to be Executed, Sexually Violent Predator - Evaluation, Borderline Personality Disorder, Testamentary Capacity, Fitness for Duty, Suicide, Emotional Harm, PTSD

Leonard W Mulbry MD - Lowcountry Forensic Psychiatry
SOUTH CAROLINA - Charleston
Psychiatry Expert Witness, Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Competence Evaluation, Sexually Violent Predator, Malpractice, Mitigation, Impaired Physician, NGRI, Violence Risk Assessment, PTSD, Depression, Psychiatric Impairment, Fitness for Duty, Orthopedics
Additional Information:Fellowship trained in Forensic Psychiatry (legal evaluation). Over 20 years experience with Independent Medical Examinations. Experience with both criminal and civil litigation. Prior career in orthopedic hand and microvascular surgery.

Larry M. Nahmias MD
TEXAS - Houston
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness, Addiction Medicine Expert Witness
Board Certified in Pain Medicine, Forensic Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry
Additional Information:Fitness for duty evaluations, workplace threats, hostage negotiation, disability evaluations, post traumatic stress disorder, Medical Malpractice

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