Educational Placement Disputes Expert Witnesses

Westmont, Illinois

Psychiatry, Pediatric Psychiatry - 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...