Aging Expert Witnesses

Redondo Beach, California

Psychology, Geriatrics - Capacity Assessment, Neuropsychology, Disability, Clinical Psychology, Testamentary Capacity, Cognitive Impairment, Workers' Compensation, Financial Capacity, Dementia, Conservatorship, Geropsychology, Aging

Clinical psychologist with expertise in geropsychology, neuropsychological assessment of adults, and disability. Dr. Reger is licensed in California, Illinois, and Indiana, and has an active clinical practice that includes assessment and therapy with adults and older adults. She has nearly 10 years of experience working at the VA in spinal cord injury, neuropsychological assessment, transplant and implant presurgical evaluation, long-term care, and medical psychology settings. She built and directed the neuropsychology clinic within the spinal cord injury unit at the Long Beach VA, and was the director of training at the large, APA-accredited psychology doctoral training program there. Dr. Reger became a California certified Qualified Medical Evaluator in 2021, and is available as an AME and IME for psychological and neuropsychological assessment cases involving workers' compensation and disability. She specializes in capacity assessment, including for testamentary, financial, medic...

Orlando, Florida

Geriatrics, Physical Therapy - Aging, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Falls, Exercise, Functional Assessment and Evaluation, Plan of Care Development, Geriatric Rehabilitation, Memory Care, Nursing Home, Skilled Nursing, Home Health, Outpatient, Cognition, Geriatrics, Geriatric Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Assisted Living

Nicole Dawson, PT, PhD, FNAP (Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist, Emeritus) is an Associate Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy of the College of Health Professions and Sciences at the University of Central Florida and Director of the ALIVE (Aging & Longevity Initiatives for Vitality & Enrichment) Lab at UCF. Dr. Dawson is a Board Certified Geriatric Physical Therapist Emeritus with over 20 years of clinical experience along with a PhD in Adult Development & Aging Psychology from Cleveland State University. She has been recognized for excellence in her field by the National Academies of Practice as a Distinguished Scholar Fellow, the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy through receipt of the Distinguished Educator Award, the American Physical Therapy Association being awarded the Margaret L. Moore Outstanding New Academic Faculty Award, and the University of Central Florida with the Teaching Incentive Program Award. Her current area of research includes deve...