Elliott M. Stein, MD

Mill Valley, California
Elliott M. Stein, MD Expert Witness
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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry

Keywords/Search Terms:

Contested wills and trusts, Testamentary capacity, Undue Influence, Geriatric Psychiatry, Elders & Elderly, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Medicare, Geriatric decision making capacity competency, Medical Documentation and Coding, Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Psychosis

Education:

BS, Pennsylvania State University; MD, University of Miami; Psychiatric Residency, Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley, CA

Years in Practice:

45+

Additional Information

Providing legal and forensic consultation on legal issues pertaining to the elderly and their mental, emotional, behavioral and cognitive functioning, including contested inheritance, undue influence and financial elder abuse, and dementia and related issues in nursing homes, memory care and assisted living facilities. Clinical Professor (Voluntary), Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco; Psychiatric Consultant, San Francisco Towers life care community 2021- Present. Consultant in Geriatric Psychiatry, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center 2021 - 2023. Previously, Director of Psychiatry, Jewish Home of San Francisco, 2010 – 2020. Previously in private practice of Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry, 1977 – 2010, in Miami and Miami Beach, Florida. Board Certified, Geriatric Psychiatry and General Psychiatry, by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association. Distinguished Fellow, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Recipient of multiple awards and honors, including: 2001 Weinberg Award for Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry from the American Psychiatric Association, 2003 Clinician of the Year from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2004 Distinguished Alumnus University of Miami School of Medicine. President, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 1985-87. Member, Board of Directors 1982-1985. Treasurer 1989 - 1993 and Member of the Board of Directors 1993 - 1997 of the International PsychoGeriatric Association. Member Geriatric Psychiatry and the Law Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2022 - present. Author of "Does Your Client Have Testamentary Capacity? Mental Health and Memory Issues That Affect Estate Planning.” Co-author of book chapter "Determination of Decision-Making Capacity,” in textbook Geriatric Medicine.