Psychological Safety Expert Witnesses

Carlsbad, California

Management, Human Resources - Workplace burnout, Toxic workplace culture, Employee engagement, Hostile work environment, Organizational behavior, Leadership, Conflict, Burnout, Executive leadership, Psychological safety, Employee mental health, Workplace harassment, Management practices, Burnout prevention, Organizational culture, Negotiation

Dr. Devin Rapp is a business school professor and researcher specializing in organizational behavior, leadership, workplace culture, employee well-being, workplace mental health, and burnout. He teaches courses in leadership, management, negotiations, and organizational behavior and conducts highly cited research on workplace stress, burnout, psychological safety, employee well-being, and organizational culture. Dr. Rapp has experience teaching undergraduate, graduate, executive, and international business students, including visiting lecturer appointments abroad. His work examines how leadership practices, organizational systems, workplace norms, and management decisions affect employee well-being, employee engagement, performance, retention, and workplace culture. Areas of expertise include: Workplace burnout and chronic stress Organizational culture and toxic workplace dynamics Leadership effectiveness and management practices Employee mental health and psychological safety Wo...

Santa Clara, California

Employment, Mental Health - Workplace Trauma, Racial Trauma, LGBT Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Racelighting, Gaslighting, Institutional Betrayal, Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, Whistleblower Retaliation, Sexual Trauma, Scapegoat Abuse, Psychological Safety, Trauma-Informed Workplaces, Sexism, Ageism, Ableism, Neurodiversity, Intersectionality, Bias

Workplace Trauma Expert Witness, Researcher, and Therapist who uses neuroscience, traumatology, and biology of trauma (Apigian, 2025) to document physical, psychological, social, and financial impacts of workplace bias and abuse related to race, gender, LGBT identity, disability, age, pregnancy and lactation, immigration, and neurodiversity. Dr. Ramirez uses standardized measures to assess and document symptoms associated with depression, anxiety, and trauma including the Racebased Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale Short Form (RBTSSS- SF; Carter & Pieterse, 2020); Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5); Global Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD7) Rating Scale (Spitzer, et al., 2006); and Beck Depression Inventory (Weathers at al., 2013). Dr. Ramirez's expert reports are especially known for her critical review of medical records and visual representation of biological markers associated with chronic stress hormone flooding common to workplace psychosocial hazard exposure. D...

Newton, Massachusetts

Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery - Thoracic Surgery, Valve surgery, Coronary Disease and surgery, Morbidity, Heart and Lung Transplant, Mediastina Surg, Ventricular Assist Devices, Pericardiectomy, Aortic Aneurysm, Bleeding, Aortic, Atrial Fibrillation, pediatric heart surgery, Administrative Harm, Psychological safety, Transcatheter valve, trauma, Lung, congenital

Dr. Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, M.D., M.B.A. Board-Certified Cardiothoracic and General Surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Shuhaiber is a American board-certified cardiothoracic and general surgeon with more than two decades of clinical and academic experience across major United States and United Kingdom health systems, including the Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital,University of Massachusetts, and Geisinger Health System. His expertise covers the full spectrum of adult cardiac surgery, adult lung surgery , including coronary artery bypass grafting, aortic and mitral valve repair and replacement, aortic aneurysm and dissection, and perioperative management of high-risk patients as well as expertise in pediatric cardiac surgery Dr. Shuhaiber has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and three surgical textbooks and serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He has served on multiple quality and peer-review committees, led system-wide safety initiati...