20 Psychological Functioning Expert Witnesses Found
Results Sorted Below by State
Sheryll M. Casuga, Psy.D.
San Francisco, California
Psychology, Forensic Psychology
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Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Intelligence Testing, Adaptive Functioning, Competency to Stand Trial, Diagnostics, Psychological Assessments, Child/ Adult Testing
...Casuga received her Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) degree from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, California in 2011.
Dr. Casuga has performed over 1000 diagnostic evaluations on autism and intellectual disability, and has reviews over 3000 developmental disability cases. Dr. Casuga has been serving as the forensic psychology specialist for RCEB's Forensic Review Team since 2015 and has performed over 50 forensic evaluations. Dr. Casuga has been a governor-appointed Licensed Board Member of the California Board of Psychology since 2017. She also serves as a Special Olympics Northern California (SONC) Clinical Director for the Strong Minds Healthy Athletes Program.
Teo Ernst, PsyD, ABPP Pacific Forensic Group
Alameda, California
Forensic Psychology, Neuropsychology
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury, Testamentary Capacity, Undue Influence, Personal Injury, Forensic Psychology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Violence Risk, Mitigation, Resentencing, Sex Offenders, Employment Discrimination & Harassment, False Confession, Juvenile Evals
...He is one of a select group fewer than 40 psychologists in California who have undergone the rigorous examination process necessary to obtain Board Certification in Forensic Psychology. Dr. Ernst is an Associate Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry where he provides teaching and supervision on a voluntary basis. As a trauma expert, Dr. Ernst chose to complete an additional year of fellowship training in PTSD at the San Francisco Veterans Hospital.
The Pacific Forensic Group is a California based expert witness firm. Conducting evaluations in English and Spanish, our team includes experts board certified in neurology, forensic psychology, and rehabilitation neuropsychology. We are positioned to address the vast majority of forensic issues related to the brain, behavior, and psychological functioning....
Daniel T Franc, MD, PhD
Santa Monica, California
Neurology
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Traumatic brian injury, functional MRI, posttraumatic encephalopathy, TBI, advanced MRI, general neurology, hospital neurology, fMRI, DTI
...He is able to interrelate the neurological factors underlying brain injury, psychological conditions that complicate recovery from TBI, and neuroimaging findings to result in a complete medicolegal opinion.
Dr. Franc's doctoral research work focused DTI and functional MRI, and he has an active research and clinical program in advanced MRI using fMRI, DTII, and other techniques. He is unique in being able to understand functional MRI from both a deep technical and clinical perspective.
Dr. Franc has experience with other neurological conditions including stroke, peripheral nerve injury, CRPS, and thoracic outlet syndrome.
Pamela J Hall, PhD Forensic MED Experts
Fontana, California
Forensic Psychology, Legal Medicine
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PTSD, Forensic Psychology, Trauma, Sexual Assault, Discrimination, Warzone, Harassment, Standard of Care, Product Liability, Co-Occurring disorders
...Pamela Hall is a licensed psychologist in the State of California with 40 years of clinical expertise and
15 years of forensic expertise regarding the impact of psychological injury on social and occupational
functioning. Because consultees and examinees deserve to return to their highest abilities after a
psychological injury, a restorative justice narrative infuses her forensic work.
As a psychotherapist, Dr. Hall became trauma-informed from 1981 to 2013 through listening to people
with lived experience and following trauma-related research. Dr. Hall has been committed to
consultation in the workplace as a requested speaker and employee assistance provider to improve
occupational mental health.
While operating her own private practice from 1997-2013, Dr. Hall collaborated with community
providers and law enforcement in family violence cases, conducting a diversion education program for
convicted offenders. Dr....
Judy Ho, Ph. D., ABPP, ABPdN, CFMHE
Manhattan Beach, California
Neuropsychology, Forensic Psychology
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Medical Legal Evaluations, Developmental Disability, Brain Injury Medicine
...She conducts neuropsychological, forensic, independent medical evaluations and provides expert testimony regarding her psychological testing methods, results, and conclusions for both civil and criminal proceedings. She often works on 1) personal injury (including psychological/emotional injury and traumatic brain injury claims), 2) fitness for duty evaluations, 3) employment/discrimination/wrongful termination cases, 4) sexual assault, harrassment, and trauma cases, 5) professional licensing disputes, and 6) assessment of competency to testify, risk assessment, and psychological state/functioning at time of criminal offense.
Dr. Judy Ho is a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, the International Neuropsychological Society, Division 40 (Society of Clinical Neuropsychology), Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society), and the American Psychological Association.
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Molly Memel, PhD ABPP Expedient Medicolegal Services
San Francisco, California
Neuropsychology, Psychology
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Disability Rating, Cognitive Testing, Geriatric Psychology, Standard of Care, Capacity Evaluation, Memory Care, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, VA treatment, Functional Capacity, Executive Functioning, Prognosis, Concussion, IME
...Memel earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology with an emphasis in neuropsychology at the University of Arizona where she utilized multiple neuroimaging techniques to study the impact of age-related changes in brain structure and function on memory. She completed a neuropsychology focused internship at the Boston VA Healthcare system and a post-doctoral residency at the San Francisco VA and UCSF. Dr. Memel is currently a clinical neuropsychologist at the Ray Dolby Brain Health Center at CPMC in San Francisco.
Dr. Memel has published multiple peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters on cognition and aging (see below) and currently serves as a research analyst at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. Her primary research interest involves identifying ways in which physical activity confers positive effects on cognition, brain health, and emotional function during aging.
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Walter E. B. Sipe, MD Walter E B Sipe MD
San Francisco, California
Psychiatry, Pediatrics
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Traumatic Stress Disorders, PTSD, Neurobiology of Trauma, Memory, Child Development, Somatic Symptom Disorders, Functional Pain, Psychological Impact of Medical Illness, Capacity, Mitigation, Sentencing, Sex Abuse, Medical Complications
Holds a joint appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco in the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics. Board Certified in general psychiatry and pediatrics, with additional training in pediatric gastroenterology. Teaching physician at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, with specific interests in somatic manifestations of stress and long-term impacts of traumatic events on basic brain processes.
Matthew J Steiner, M.D., Q.M.E. Expedient Medicolegal Services
Encino, California
Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry
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IME, testamentary capacity, fitness for duty, capacity to refuse treatment, medical malpractice, suicide, negligence, psychiatrist malpractice, PTSD, emotional distress, psychiatric disability, emotional harm, wrongful termination, stalking, malingering, threat assessment, security clearance, trauma
...Steiner is published in the fields of health psychology, immunological function and its effects on mental disorders and addiction. He accepts civil forensic and corporate/university threat assessment cases nationally, with focus on the following areas:
Independent Medical Evaluations (IMEs)
Civil Capacities:
Testamentary Capacity (Ability to Make a Legally-Enforceable Will)
Capacity to Consent to (or Refuse) Treatment
Matrimonial Capacity (Ability to Form a Legally-Enforceable Marriage)
Medical Malpractice:
Psychiatrist Malpractice/Standard of Care (Following Harm to a Patient)
Negligence Lawsuits/Psychic Harm Evaluations (e.g....
Joseph L.J. Schwartz, Psy.D
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Psychology, Mental Health
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School Psychology, Criminal Forensic Psychology, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Clinical Forensic Psychology, Psychological Injury, Custody Evaluation, Child Abuse, Spousal Abuse, Mental Status Review, Harassment, Capacity Evaluation, Competency Evaluation, Stalking
...Joseph Schwartz has specialized in school, clinical and forensic psychology for over 30 years. He has conducted over 1000 Mental Health Evaluations and over 500 Independent Medical Exams. He has assisted attorneys addressing legal questions pertinent to high conflict co-parenting difficulties, domestic violence and abuse, violence and sex offender risk assessment, psycho-sexual issues, developmental disorders, learning disabilities, head injury, neuropsychological functioning, cognitive ability, psychological/emotional damages for Family Law, Criminal and Civil Court. He has provided expert advice and legal consultation regarding various parenting and psychological issues including: Psychological and Neuropsychological testing, Parenting Plans, Expert Witness testimony, School and Home evaluations. Currently, Dr. Schwartz maintains a Private Practice in Rehoboth Beach, DE....
Nicole Dawson, PT, PhD, GCS (emeritus) Golden Age Consultants, LLC
Orlando, Florida
Geriatrics, Physical Therapy
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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, Psychosocial Well-Being, Geriatric Physical Therapy
...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 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 developing non-pharmacological interventions to improve functional and psychosocial outcomes in older adults with chronic disease including those with dementia, gaining a better understanding of the disability experience as well as training and development of the eldercare workforce. Dr....
Michael J DiTomasso, PhD Michael J. DiTomasso, Ph.D., P.A.
Miami, Florida
Forensic Psychology, Substance Abuse
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Forensic Psychological Evaluations, Parenting, Parental Alienation, Diagnosis, Competency to Proceed, Miranda Waiver, Coerced Confession, Mitigation, Psychosexual, MDSO, Physical/Sexual Abuse, False allegations, Trauma, PTSD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Substance Abuse, Addiction, Malingering
...I specialize in Forensic Psychological Evaluations and trial consulting in Criminal, Juvenile Delinquency, and Child Protective Services matters. I do a lot of work in the basic forensic functions such as evaluating for mitigation and downward departure, competency to proceed, to Waive Miranda, to Testify Relevantly, etc. In regard to these kinds of cases, I supply expert opinion as to mental health diagnoses, treatment needs, appropriate level of care, and prognosis. I have expertise and experience with all the major diagnostic categories such as schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar, anxiety, depression, PTSD, substance abuse disorders, psychopathy and other personality disorders. I am a member of the Association for Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) and evaluation of dangerousness and risk is often an integral part of the work I do. I have testified at sentencing and Arthur hearings in regard to dangerousness, risk, and likelihood of recidivism....
Cindy L. Fisher, MA., CRC., IPEC, PVE, ABVE/D Vocational Concepts LLC.
Sarasota, Florida
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment
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Forensic Vocational Evaluation, Expert Testimony, Wage Earning Capacity, Wage Loss, Personal Injury, Marital Dissolution, Product Liability, Loss of Quality of Life, Transferable Skills Analysis, Social Security Disability, Disability Evaluations, and Psychometric Testing.
...Fisher has worked with individuals having catastrophic injuries, MVA, TBI, Combat Veterans, amputations, Learning Disabilities, and those with psychiatric or psychological diagnoses. Ms. Fisher determines a person's capacity to work and to return to work after such injuries. Ms. Fisher specializes her testimony in Personal Injury, Marital Dissolution, and Social Security Disability. Her testimony covers Earning Capacity, Earning Loss, and Under Employment. Ms. Fisher completes cases for obtaining disability, returning to work, and placement. Reports are detail-oriented and comprehensive. They include Labor Market Analysis, Psychometric testing, Earning Capacity or Loss, along with medical and psychological summary and feasibility for earnings, earning loss, and returning to work.
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Pamela J Hall, PhD Forensic MED Experts
Hawaii
Forensic Psychology, Legal Medicine
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PTSD, Forensic Psychology, Trauma, Sexual Assault, Discrimination, Warzone, Harassment, Standard of Care, Product Liability, Co-Occurring disorders
...Pamela Hall is a licensed psychologist in the State of California with 40 years of clinical expertise and
15 years of forensic expertise regarding the impact of psychological injury on social and occupational
functioning. Because consultees and examinees deserve to return to their highest abilities after a
psychological injury, a restorative justice narrative infuses her forensic work.
As a psychotherapist, Dr. Hall became trauma-informed from 1981 to 2013 through listening to people
with lived experience and following trauma-related research. Dr. Hall has been committed to
consultation in the workplace as a requested speaker and employee assistance provider to improve
occupational mental health.
While operating her own private practice from 1997-2013, Dr. Hall collaborated with community
providers and law enforcement in family violence cases, conducting a diversion education program for
convicted offenders. Dr....
Kristin Samuelson
New Orleans, Louisiana
Forensic Psychology, Neuropsychology
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PTSD, Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, TBI, Traumatic brain injury, Memory, Neuropsychology, Sexual abuse, Sexual assault, Immigrants, Veterans, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Assessment, Malingering, Personal Injury
...Samuelson received her PhD in clinical psychology in 1998 from the University of Virginia and completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Since 2001, her research and clinical practice have been devoted to understanding and treating trauma. From 2001 to 2015 she was a Research Psychologist and Director of Assessment for the Stress and Health Research Program at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, a research program dedicated to the neurobiology of PTSD and trauma treatment. She served as the neuropsychologist for that research program and was responsible for diagnostic and neuropsychological assessment of trauma survivors with PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, depression, and substance use disorders. She is considered an international expert on neuropsychological functioning in PTSD, having published over 20 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in this area.
From 2004 to 2021 Dr....
Kevin A. Domingos, PhD Boston Neuropsychological Services, LLC
Needham, Massachusetts
Neuropsychology, Forensic Psychology
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Child/Adult/Geriatric TBI, Lead Toxicity, Concussion, Dementia, Neurological Disorders, Toxic Exposure, IME's, Learning Disabilities, Personal Injury, ADHD, PDD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Medical Malpractice, Plaintiff and Defense, Federal Cases, Memory Evaluations, Competency, Consultation.
...He and his forensic neuropsychologists offer expert witness evaluations and consultations in the following areas:
● ADHD
● Autism Spectrum Disorder and neurodevelopmental disorders
● Competency (e.g. to stand trial, make financial decisions, perform essential job functions)
● Strokes, Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type and Memory Disorders
● Encephalitis/Hydrocephalus
● Executive Dysfunction
● IME (Independent Medical Evaluations)
● Language Disorders
● Lead Toxicity/Exposu
● Learning Disabilities
● Malingering /Validity Testing
● Medical Malpractice
● Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
● Neurodegenerative Disorders
● Neurodevelopment (e.g. birth-related trauma)
● Neurological Disorders
● Neuropsychological Sequelae of HIV
● Pediatric Neuropsychological Evaluation
● Personal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
● Post Concussive Syndrome
● Psychological / Psychiatric Disorders
● Seizure Disorder
● Toxic Torts (e.g. exposure to mold, lead, asbestos, radiation,...
MARK S WAGNER, Ph.D. WAGNER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES
New Jersey
Neuropsychology, Vocational Rehabilitation
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Cognitive, Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Head Trauma, neurocognitive disorders, seizure disorders, psychological, learning disabilities, emotional distress, job assessment, vocational assessment, psychological testing, psychological assessment, neuropsychological assessment, memory impairment
...This includes the ability to return to school or work; and also the individual’s ability to function at home or within the community independently.
Individuals undergoing a neuropsychological evaluation consequential to a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) are often times in need of an expert opinion based upon the findings from the evaluation. The results from the neuropsychological evaluation are instrumental in helping to put into proper perspective the individual's current level of neurocognitive and neurobehavioral functioning when contrasted with prior levels of performance....
Teo Ernst, PsyD, ABPP Pacific Forensic Group
New York
Forensic Psychology, Neuropsychology
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury, Testamentary Capacity, Undue Influence, Personal Injury, Forensic Psychology, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Violence Risk, Mitigation, Resentencing, Sex Offenders, Employment Discrimination & Harassment, False Confession, Juvenile Evals
...He is one of a select group fewer than 40 psychologists in California who have undergone the rigorous examination process necessary to obtain Board Certification in Forensic Psychology. Dr. Ernst is an Associate Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry where he provides teaching and supervision on a voluntary basis. As a trauma expert, Dr. Ernst chose to complete an additional year of fellowship training in PTSD at the San Francisco Veterans Hospital.
The Pacific Forensic Group is a California based expert witness firm. Conducting evaluations in English and Spanish, our team includes experts board certified in neurology, forensic psychology, and rehabilitation neuropsychology. We are positioned to address the vast majority of forensic issues related to the brain, behavior, and psychological functioning....
Kenneth J. Manges, Ph.D. Dr. Kenneth Manges & Associates, Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Vocational Rehabilitation, Forensic Psychology
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Wage Loss, Earning Capacity, TBI, Sexual trauma, sexual abuse, rape trauma, gender/sexual harassment, PTSD, Competency to stand trial, wrongful termination, will contests, Psychology, Dogs
...Experienced Public Speaker
Current practice includes:
•Vocational-wage loss consultation and psychological testimony for defense and plaintiff as well as testimony in spousal support exams.
•Evaluations to determine the vocational and emotional impact of intellectual, academic, cognitive (TBI) and emotional functioning post injury.
•Forensic exams to determine the effect of trauma (birth injury, physical trauma as well as cognitive difficulties due to a closed head injury and/or emotional consequences due to an injury, accident, loss or trauma).
•Determination of any loss of consortium or services after the death of a significant other.
•Determination of any loss of earning capacity and ability to return to work post injury or the impact of a death on the survivor in wrongful death matters.
•Employment issues due to alleged lack of a person’s fitness for duty, work place violence incident, or coworker threat or harassment....
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 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 Irreverent Take on Child Psychiatry,as an attempt to teach laypeople something about the field of Child Psychiatry in an easy-to-understand manner....
MARK S WAGNER, Ph.D. WAGNER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES
JENKINTOWN, Pennsylvania
Neuropsychology, Vocational Rehabilitation
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Cognitive, Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Head Trauma, neurocognitive disorders, seizure disorders, psychological, learning disabilities, emotional distress, job assessment, vocational assessment, psychological testing, psychological assessment, neuropsychological assessment, memory impairment
...This includes the ability to return to school or work; and also the individual’s ability to function at home or within the community independently.
Individuals undergoing a neuropsychological evaluation consequential to a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) are often times in need of an expert opinion based upon the findings from the evaluation. The results from the neuropsychological evaluation are instrumental in helping to put into proper perspective the individual's current level of neurocognitive and neurobehavioral functioning when contrasted with prior levels of performance....