Pediatric Psychiatry Expert Witnesses
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of pediatric psychiatry expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on pediatric psychiatry and related issues. Pediatric psychiatry expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these pediatric psychiatry expert witnesses testify regarding may include: PTSD, Adolescent Psychiatry, ADHD, Child Psychiatry, Competency, Forensic Psychiatry, Trauma, Child Abuse, Depression, Psychopharmacology, Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Abuse, Autism, and Autism Spectrum.
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Ellika McGuire, MD
Experienced Child and Adult Psychiatry Expert
Ellika McGuire MD PLLC
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Child, Adolescent, Adult, Trauma, Emotional Damage, PTSD, Self Harm, Suicidal Ideation/Suicide, Physical and Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, LGBTQ+, Transgender, Divorce, and More
Double board-certified, child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, with 10+ years of clinical experience evaluating and treating patients with a broad range of psychiatric disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, psychosis, autism spectrum disorder, personality disorders, ADHD, PTSD, self harm, suicidal ideation, and more.
Experience evaluating and consulting on personal injury, emotional injury, causation, standard of care, medical malpractice, disability, child abuse, and family law related litigation. Retained evenly by prosecution and defense.
Unique expertise in work with LGBTQ+ youth and families, including work with transgender and gender non-conforming youth.
Clinical Instructor and Supervisor in the University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry where I give lectures on psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, while supervising child psychiatry fellows.
Thorough and efficient work, clear and well o...
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Stephen M Taylor, MD, MPH
Child & adolescent and addiction psychiatrist
Stephen M. Taylor, MD, PC
Vestavia, Alabama
Addiction Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Sports Psychiatry
Dr. Stephen Taylor is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and addiction medicine. In more than 30 years of practice experience, and as an educator, presenter and advocate, Dr. Taylor’s life’s work has been to help adolescents and adults avoid or overcome addiction disorders and co-occurring general psychiatric disorders. Having served 16 years as the Medical Director of the Player Assistance and Anti-Drug Program of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), Dr. Taylor also serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Pathway Healthcare, a company that has opened and is operating outpatient addiction and mental health treatment offices across several states.
Dr. Taylor is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), and he is currently serving as the President and Chair of the Bo...
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Ellika McGuire, MD
Experienced Child and Adult Psychiatry Expert
Ellika McGuire MD PLLC
California
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Child, Adolescent, Adult, Trauma, Emotional Damage, PTSD, Self Harm, Suicidal Ideation/Suicide, Physical and Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, LGBTQ+, Transgender, Divorce, and More
Double board-certified, child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, with 10+ years of clinical experience evaluating and treating patients with a broad range of psychiatric disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, psychosis, autism spectrum disorder, personality disorders, ADHD, PTSD, self harm, suicidal ideation, and more.
Experience evaluating and consulting on personal injury, emotional injury, causation, standard of care, medical malpractice, disability, child abuse, and family law related litigation. Retained evenly by prosecution and defense.
Unique expertise in work with LGBTQ+ youth and families, including work with transgender and gender non-conforming youth.
Clinical Instructor and Supervisor in the University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry where I give lectures on psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, while supervising child psychiatry fellows.
Thorough and efficient work, clear and well o...
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Meghan Jain, M.D.
Expedient Medicolegal Services
Santa Monica, California
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Traumatic Injury, Abuse, Standard of Care, Residential Treatment, Addiction, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, Disability, Suicide Risk Evaluation, Self Harm, Capacity, Impulse Control, Executive Functioning, Panic Disorder, Intellectual Disability
Dr. Jain’s interest in psychiatry began as an undergraduate at USC where she majored in Neuroscience and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She then went onto Medical School at SUNY Downstate followed by a psychiatry residency at UCLA San Fernando Valley. She then went on to become Chief Resident while completing her fellowship in Child Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA. She is currently double board certified in Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
She has further gone on to become a certified Buprenorphine prescriber, a PEERS certified provider (to provide social skills training to patients on the Autism Spectrum) and a certified psychedelic assisted therapist.
Dr. Jain currently works at Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders in Los Angeles; sees patients in Imperial County via telemedicine; and has co-founded Ocean Bay Psychiatry in Santa Monica and treats children, adolescents, and adults. Her practice includes, but is not limited to; the treatment of Adjustment Disorder, A...
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Jeff Sugar, MD
JeffSugarMD
El Segundo, California
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Institutional Sexual Abuse, Effects of Trauma and Adversity on Child Development, Workplace Psychological Abuse, Internet Seduction, Post-traumatic Loss Grief and Depression, Psychological Effects of Injury to Body or Brain, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Chronic Emotional Abuse
A practicing psychiatrist 30+ years, Dr. Sugar is board certified both in child and general psychiatry. He is Past President of the Southern California Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at USC, and has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA.
As the Founding Director of Research at Hathaway Children and Family Services he led a study of the long-term effects of child trauma.
Currently, he is Director, Child Psychiatry Trauma Program and Attending Psychiatrist, Child and Adult Outpatient Clinics, supervising trainees in child and general psychiatry at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. At USC he sees patients, teaches psychiatry and performs research.
Plaintiff and Defense Forensic experience includes reports and/or testimony in both child & adult cases involving:
*Institutional Sexual Abuse/Institutional Betrayal Trauma
* Effects of Trauma and Adversity on Child Developm...
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Suzanne M Dupee, MD
Manhattan Beach, California
Forensic Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Emotional Damages, IME. Independent Medical Examination, Child Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry, Sexual Harassment, Employment Discrimination, Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Female, Psychiatrist
Dr. Dupee is a triple board certified adult, child & adolescent, forensic psychiatrist. She has been retained in thousands of legal cases for civil (personal injury & employment), family (child custody evaluations, psychiatric evaluations of family law litigants, consultation), criminal, dependency (child abuse), courts as well as conducting insurance disability independent medical examinations & evaluations for the Medical, Dental & Veterinary Boards of California. Dr. Dupee has testified in hundreds of legal cases. She has been retained by plaintiffs and defense. She has extensive experience with evaluating PTSD.
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Hisla Bates, M.D.
Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric/Adult Psychiatrist
Expedient Medicolegal Services
California
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Inpatient Treatment, Standard of Care, Risk Assessment, PTSD, Mood Disorders, Adolescent Psychopharmacology, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Competency, Traumatic Injury, Capacity, Disability Evaluation, Attachment Disorders, Conduct Disorders
Dr. Hisla Bates, MD, Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric and Adult psychiatrist. After completing an internship in primary care internal medicine at Yale, her general psychiatry training was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She continued on to her Child and Adolescent psychiatry Fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s, Massachusetts General Hospital/ McLean’s program. She went on to complete a 12 month Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry in 2020. She is board certified in both Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She uses Mindfulness, Positive Psychology/Psychiatry, and the Expressive and Creative Arts working with children and adults.
Dr. Bates is also the Co-Chair of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Art Committee and the Assistant Arts Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). She is a Parsons School of Design graduate, an illustrator, printmaker, speaker and...
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Tyler E Morrison, M.D., M.A.S.
Adult, Child Psychiatric IME; PTSD, Fire, Wildfire
Morrison MedLegal
San Diego, California
Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry
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Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD, Trauma, Fire, Wildfires, Adult & child, Independent medical exam IME, FDIA / Munchausen, Pediatric psychiatry, Case merit review, Natural disasters, Malpractice, Psychedelic therapy, Ketamine, Suicide, Competency, Testamentary capacity, Undue influence, Will contests, Medical decision making
Double-board-certified psychiatrist – adult and child.
Active clinical practice.
UC San Francisco psychiatry residency, #4-ranked nationally.
UC San Diego faculty, teaching clinical and forensic psychiatry.
Published author in peer-reviewed medical journals.
Medical Board of California–appointed Malpractice Expert Reviewer.
Appointed to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Committee on Disaster and Trauma.
Experienced expert witness, retained in 40+ state and federal cases.
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Charolette Lippolis Condon, DO, MPH, FAPA
Psychiatry Expert – Trauma, Youth & Causation
Psychiatric Expert Consulting, LLC
Conifer, Colorado
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Trauma, Psychiatric Injury, Causation, Child Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry, Wlderness Therapy, Troubled Teen Industry, Wrongful Death, Residential Treatment, Risk Assessment, Suicide, Standard of Care, Child Abuse, Neglect, Foster Care, Psychopharmacology, LGBTQ+, Records Review, Conversion Therapy, TTI
Psychiatry Expert Witness – Trauma, Causation, and Youth Residential Treatment
Double board-certified psychiatrist in General Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry with over 20 years of clinical, leadership, and forensic experience. Actively practicing. Qualified as an expert in psychiatry over 200 times in Colorado and Texas state courts. Retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel in civil and criminal matters.
My forensic work focuses on the evaluation of psychiatric injury, trauma, and causation across the lifespan, with particular expertise in children, adolescents, and young adults. I am frequently retained in cases involving complex clinical histories where assessment of contributing factors, pre-existing conditions, and the impact of treatment environments is central to the matter.
I have extensive experience across the full continuum of psychiatric care, including emergency psychiatry, inpatient and residential treatment, group homes, outpatient care, and telep...
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Gil Lichtshein, MD
Psychiatry expert for adults and children
Gil Lichtshein MD PA
Boca Raton, Florida
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Child Custody, Competency, Medical Malpractice, Disability, Fitness for Duty, Testamentary Capacity, Workers Comp, Civil and Criminal Cases
Dr. Lichtshein is board certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and his areas of expertise include psychiatric injuries, disability, workers comp, civil and criminal cases, fitness for duty, competency and custody. He is available for consultations, IME's,deposition and court testimony. .
He is available to consult with plaintiff and defense attorneys in civil litigation, and with prosecution and defense attorneys in criminal litigation.
Furthermore, he is a Clinical Affiliate Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University and has participated in clinical research studies in varied domains including Depression and other mood disorders, Anxiety, and Dementia.
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Shalini Chawla, MD
Board Certified Psychiatrist & Child Psychiatrist
Shalini Chawla MD LLC
Westmont, Illinois
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Custody, Trauma, Child safety, Psychiatric diagnosis, school accommodations, parental fitness, PTSD, expert opinion, medication management, Special ed, educational placement disputes, Competency, Family system, child psychiatry, Functional impairment, Psychiatric medication controversies, Capacity, attachment, Educational evaluations
I'm a board-certified psychiatrist and child psychiatrist with 15 years
of experience evaluating families in complex custody and visitation matters.
I completed my Adult Psychiatry training at Chicago Medical School in 2008 and my fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center in 2010. I worked at Illinois Masonic Medical Center where I was the Medical Director of our inpatient unit, the Vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry and the director of medical education for students from Rosalind Franklin University at our hospital. I also consulted on Pediatric patients on the Pediatrics floor, presented grand rounds to both the pediatrics and OB-Gyne departments. I also worked closely with the Consult and Liaison team in the hospital.
I also have experience in working as an independent medical examiner for BHM where I conducted peer reviews and documentation reviews.
I have been in private practice since 2011 and have two practice locations, one...
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Jeffrey Garofano
Clinical Psychologist - Johns Hopkins SoM Faculty
Woodbine, Maryland
Psychology, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Clinical Psychology, Pediatric Psychology, School Psychology, Depression, Pediatric Urology, ADHD, Behavior Disorders, Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology, Suicide, Child Psychology, pediatric obesity and hypertension, Bladder Exstrophy, Comprehensive Psychological Evaluations, Anxiety Disorders
Dr. Garofano is a highly credentialed clinical psychologist with deep expertise in pediatric psychology. He earned his Ph.D. in School Psychology with a specialization in Pediatric School Psychology from the University of South Florida and completed postdoctoral training through the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine - Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, specializing in Pediatric Psychology. He is now a faculty member of the JHU SoM - Pediatric Medical Psychology Program, credentialed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he provides clinical services as a licensed clinical psychologist.
His work focuses on psychiatric conditions such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, and behavioral disorders, with a specialization in the intersection of complex medical conditions and psychological health. As the attending psychologist in the pediatric urology and pediatric obesity/hypertension clinics, he provides care for patients with rare and challenging medical conditions, including bladder ex...
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Susan D. Rich, MD, MPH, DFAPA
Award Winning Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Therapeutic & Learning Centers, P-LLC
POTOMAC, Maryland
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum, Trauma-Informed, Parental Loss, Sexual Assault
Dr. Susan D. Rich is Distinguished Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association and double board certified in child/adolescent and adult psychiatry. Dr. Rich has served as an expert in a number of medical malpractice cases involving the death of a parent on behalf of the orphaned children, children involved in childhood trauma from a caregiver, and catastrophic trauma during a motor vehicle accident, as well as women involved in on-the-job sexual grooming and subsequent sexual trauma from a supervisor. From 1994 to 2016, Dr. Rich served as an expert in 8 capital habeas cases involving individuals with prenatal exposure to alcohol. These individuals received favorable outcomes (either in pre-trial hearings that eliminated the possibility of the death penalty or appeals successfully reversing the death penalty).
Dr. Rich has been in private practice in a home office since March 2006. She has been named among the Top Doctors of the DC Metro Area by Washingtonian Magazine, the ...
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Lee E Wachtel, MD
Autism and Child Psychiatry Expert
Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Pediatric Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry
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autism, intellectual disability, aggression, self-injurious behavior, challenging behaviors, psychopharmacology, behavioral interventions, catatonia, electroconvulsive therapy, restraint and seclusion, residential treatment, abuse and trauma, inpatient psychiatric care, educational placement
I have worked for the past 24 years managing an inpatient hospital unit dedicated to the care of children, adolescents and young adults with autism and other forms of neurodevelopmental disability who present with comorbid psychiatric and behavioral pathology. I have extensive experience in the psychopharmacological and behavioral management of such youth, as well as the myriad complementary interventions and services they may require across the lifespan. I have expertise surrounding with the standard of care for such individuals in both inpatient and outpatient settings, including usage of restraint and seclusion, as well as issues related to school, residential placements and community services.
I have additional expertise in pediatric catatonia, and the usage of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of childhood mood, psychotic and catatonic disorders.
I have provided expert witness services over the past decade in a variety of cases involving best clinical and educationa...
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Donald L Sherak, MD
Brookline, Massachusetts
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Forensic Psychiatry, Emotional Damages, PTSD, Effects of Trauma, Sexual Abuse, Child Testimony, Standard of Care, Psychopharmacology, Psychiatric Diagnosis, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Delay, Brain Injury, Criminal Responsibility, Fitness for Duty, Record Review
Dr. Sherak is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. Over the past 30 years Dr. Sherak has been an invited trainer at professional organizations of physicians, nurses, social workers, attorneys, EMTs, and physicians in training. Dr. Sherak served as Medical Director of the Whitney Academy, a residential school treating Intellectually Disabled and Developmentally Delayed adolescent male sexual offenders, for 17 years and he continues to work with and consult on this population ans well as on individuals with Intellectual Disability, Developmental Delay and Brain Injury. Dr. Sherak has provided over 200 Fitness for Duty assessments for the United States Postal Service, local Police and Fire Departments and biohazard labs.
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Michael Bernstein, MD
Lawrence, New York
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Forensic Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry, Personal Injury, Tort, Disability, IME, Expert Witness Testimony
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Jason R Yanofski, MD
Adult/Child Forensic Psychiatrist – Hopkins - Yale
patchogue, New York
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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forensic psychiatry, psychiatry, child psychiatry, adolescent psychiatry, psychiatric malpractice, competency, criminal responsibility, civil commitment, suicide risk, violence risk, employment disability, hospital psychiatry, correctional psychiatry, expert witness psychiatry, psychopharmacology, forensic evaluations, IME, law
Dr. Jason R. Yanofski, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than 15 years of clinical and forensic experience across multiple U.S. states and internationally. He is fellowship-trained in both Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (UT Southwestern Medical Center) and Forensic Psychiatry (Yale University), following a psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He received his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine.
Dr. Yanofski’s career has spanned some of the nation’s most challenging psychiatric environments. He has served as a staff psychiatrist at Pilgrim Psychiatric Center (New York), Napa State Hospital (California), San Quentin State Prison (California), and the California Health Care Facility. Internationally, he worked as an adult, child, and forensic psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health in Singapore, served as a civilian psychiatrist for the U.S. Navy in Japan, and as psychiatry team leader for the U.S. Army in Germany. His broad practic...
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Lawrence Amsel, MD, MPH
Columbia University
New York, New York
Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide Prevention, Psychiatric Malpractice, Law and Psychiatry, Criminal Mitigation, Medical Decision Making, Hospital Practice, Statistics and Causal Analysis, Grief and Mourning, Pediatric Psychiatry, Family Loss, Neuropsychiatry, Behavioral Economics/Game Theory
Dr. Amsel serves as an expert witness in matters related to psychiatry, with a focus on Malpractice, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Suicide, Grief, Medical Decision Making, Hospital Psychiatric Care, and appropriate Evidence-based Standards of Care. Excellent references from multiple law firms are available on request. Dr. Amsel's expertise in dealing with the interface of legal and psychiatric issues is based on 28 years of experience in clinical practice, academic psychiatry, research, and public health, as well as his experience as an expert witness. Dr. Amsel studied mathematics at Columbia University before entering Yale University School of Medicine. After completing residency training he joined the Columbia faculty completing two prestigious National Institute of Mental Health research fellowships and obtained an Masters in Public Health (MPH) specializing in mental health statistics, and Child Psychiatry Research. As an expert on the effects of traumatic experiences...
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Hisla Bates, M.D.
Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric/Adult Psychiatrist
Expedient Medicolegal Services
New York, New York
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Inpatient Treatment, Standard of Care, Risk Assessment, PTSD, Mood Disorders, Adolescent Psychopharmacology, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Competency, Traumatic Injury, Capacity, Disability Evaluation, Attachment Disorders, Conduct Disorders
Dr. Hisla Bates, MD, Harvard/Yale trained Pediatric and Adult psychiatrist. After completing an internship in primary care internal medicine at Yale, her general psychiatry training was completed at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She continued on to her Child and Adolescent psychiatry Fellowship at Harvard Medical School’s, Massachusetts General Hospital/ McLean’s program. She went on to complete a 12 month Fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry in 2020. She is board certified in both Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She uses Mindfulness, Positive Psychology/Psychiatry, and the Expressive and Creative Arts working with children and adults.
Dr. Bates is also the Co-Chair of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Art Committee and the Assistant Arts Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). She is a Parsons School of Design graduate, an illustrator, printmaker, speaker and...
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Robin A Altman, MD
Reading, Pennsylvania
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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child psychiatry, adolescent psychiatry, young adult psychiatry, psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Child Custody, Competency, Testamentary Capacity, Diminished Capacity, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Autism, Asperger's Disorder
I have been a practicing child psychiatrist in a solo private practice since 1995. I am board certified in both adult and child and adolescent psychiatry. I initially worked at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center for 7 years, and then moved to Spring Psychological Associates, where I continue to have an office. I was the first chairperson of the Child Psychiatry Department at Reading Hospital.
I was the medical director of the Children's Home of Reading from 1997-2012. I managed the medical functioning of the institution while caring for adolescents in their residential treatment facility. I currently work for Concern, Inc, a mental health provider in the Reading area, where I see adolescents at the Abraxas shelter and detention center, as well as group home and therapeutic foster care children. I have been a principle investigator for psychiatric research at the Berks Research Center in Reading.
In my spare time, I am a writer, and have written Shrink Rap - An Irreveren...
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Timothy D Brewerton, MD, DFAPA, FAED, DFAACAP, HCEDS
Specializing in Eating & Trauma-related Disorders
Timothy D. Brewerton, MD, LLC
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
Forensic Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Medical malpractice: plaintiff and defense cases. Trauma-related disorders: PTSD/complex PTSD, dissociative disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, ultra-processed food addiction, obesity, ADHD, OCD, neuropsychiatry and psychopharmacology, mood disorders, PTSD, child-adolescent-adult psychiatry, binge eating
Dr. Brewerton is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Biobehavioral Medicine, at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he has a private practice and conducts research. He is board certified in general, child/adolescent & forensic psychiatry, & addiction medicine. He is: Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry; Founding Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders; Founding member/former president of the Eating Disorders Research Society; author of >200 articles/book chapters and over 450 scientific presentations at local, national and international conferences on many topics in psychiatry, including eating and related disorders, psychopharmacology, neurobiology, posttraumatic stress, dissociation & the effects of childhood sexual/physical abuse; Editor of the Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach (20...
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Karen Ding, MD
Double-Boarded Child Adolescent Adult Psychiatrist
Houston, Texas
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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eating disorder, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, OSFED, PTSD, trauma, ADHD, depression, bipolar, anxiety, OCD, substance, alcoholism, sexual abuse, sexual assault, abuse, autism
I am a double board-certified psychiatrist with over seven years of clinical experience treating children, adolescents, and adults in inpatient, outpatient, and day program settings. I focus on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and mood disorders. As a psychiatrist at Eating Recovery Center in Houston, Texas, I have treated a patient population ranging from age 10 to adult for eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. In my private practice, I work with clients of different cultural backgrounds to address concerns with depression, anxiety, mood, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
CLINICAL PRACTICE AND APPOINTMENTS
Psychiatrist August 2023-present
Eating Recovery Center / Pathlight Mood and Anxiety, Houston, TX
• Provide care to children, adolescents, and adults with mood disorders and...
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Susan D. Rich, MD, MPH, DFAPA
Award Winning Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Therapeutic & Learning Centers, P-LLC
Virginia
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Autism Spectrum, Trauma-Informed, Parental Loss, Sexual Assault
Dr. Susan D. Rich is Distinguished Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association and double board certified in child/adolescent and adult psychiatry. Dr. Rich has served as an expert in a number of medical malpractice cases involving the death of a parent on behalf of the orphaned children, children involved in childhood trauma from a caregiver, and catastrophic trauma during a motor vehicle accident, as well as women involved in on-the-job sexual grooming and subsequent sexual trauma from a supervisor. From 1994 to 2016, Dr. Rich served as an expert in 8 capital habeas cases involving individuals with prenatal exposure to alcohol. These individuals received favorable outcomes (either in pre-trial hearings that eliminated the possibility of the death penalty or appeals successfully reversing the death penalty).
Dr. Rich has been in private practice in a home office since March 2006. She has been named among the Top Doctors of the DC Metro Area by Washingtonian Magazine, the ...
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Ashley Harmon, MD
Harvard-Trained Adult and Child Psychiatry Expert
Ashley Harmon, MD PLLC
Seattle, Washington
Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry
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Sexual Harassment, Physical and Sexual Assault, Emotional Distress, PTSD, Psychological Trauma, Sexual Abuse, Psychiatric Causation, ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Personality Disorders, Suicide, Autism, Independent Medical Examination, Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Child Abuse, Psychedelics, Ketamine
PSYCHIATRIST & PSYCHOANALYST: FORENSIC & CLINICAL EVALUATION
CREDENTIALS
Board Certified: Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN)
Faculty: University of Washington (Current); Harvard Medical School (Former)
Training: Harvard Medical School (Residency & Fellowship)
Experience: 20+ years clinical evaluation and treatment across the lifespan
FORENSIC & CLINICAL EXPERTISE
Diagnostic Clarification: Objective assessment of Complex Trauma, PTSD, Mood, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Autism & ADHD), and related psychiatric conditions.
Impairment Assessment: Longitudinal psychiatric functional impairment and disability evaluations.
Litigation Support: Psychiatric Causation and Sequelae; Assessment of Damages; Standard of Care review.
Evaluative Services: IMEs, Rule 35 Exams, Evidence-Based Reports, and Rule 26 Disclosures.
Testimony: Available for Deposition and Trial (Plaintiff and Defense).
LOGISTICS
Location: Seattle-based
Availability: National travel; Remote/Telehealth consultation
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Ellika McGuire, MD
Experienced Child and Adult Psychiatry Expert
Ellika McGuire MD PLLC
Seattle, Washington
Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry
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Child, Adolescent, Adult, Trauma, Emotional Damage, PTSD, Self Harm, Suicidal Ideation/Suicide, Physical and Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, LGBTQ+, Transgender, Divorce, and More
Double board-certified, child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, with 10+ years of clinical experience evaluating and treating patients with a broad range of psychiatric disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, psychosis, autism spectrum disorder, personality disorders, ADHD, PTSD, self harm, suicidal ideation, and more.
Experience evaluating and consulting on personal injury, emotional injury, causation, standard of care, medical malpractice, disability, child abuse, and family law related litigation. Retained evenly by prosecution and defense.
Unique expertise in work with LGBTQ+ youth and families, including work with transgender and gender non-conforming youth.
Clinical Instructor and Supervisor in the University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry where I give lectures on psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, while supervising child psychiatry fellows.
Thorough and efficient work, clear and well o...
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