Pediatric Psychiatry Expert Witnesses in Colorado

Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Child, Adolescent, Adult, Trauma, Emotional Damage, PTSD, Self Harm, Suicidal Ideation/Suicide, Physical and Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, LGBTQ+, Transgender, Divorce, and More

Double board-certified, child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, with 10+ years of clinical experience evaluating and treating patients with a broad range of psychiatric disorders including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, psychosis, autism spectrum disorder, personality disorders, ADHD, PTSD, self harm, suicidal ideation, and more. Experience evaluating and consulting on personal injury, emotional injury, causation, standard of care, medical malpractice, disability, child abuse, and family law related litigation. Retained evenly by prosecution and defense. Unique expertise in work with LGBTQ+ youth and families, including work with transgender and gender non-conforming youth. Clinical Instructor and Supervisor in the University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry where I give lectures on psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, while supervising child psychiatry fellows. Thorough and efficient work, clear and well o...

Conifer, Colorado

Pediatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry - Trauma, Psychiatric Injury, Causation, Child Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry, Wlderness Therapy, Troubled Teen Industry, Wrongful Death, Residential Treatment, Risk Assessment, Suicide, Standard of Care, Child Abuse, Neglect, Foster Care, Psychopharmacology, LGBTQ+, Records Review, Conversion Therapy, TTI

Psychiatry Expert Witness – Trauma, Causation, and Youth Residential Treatment Double board-certified psychiatrist in General Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry with over 20 years of clinical, leadership, and forensic experience. Actively practicing. Qualified as an expert in psychiatry over 200 times in Colorado and Texas state courts. Retained by both plaintiff and defense counsel in civil and criminal matters. My forensic work focuses on the evaluation of psychiatric injury, trauma, and causation across the lifespan, with particular expertise in children, adolescents, and young adults. I am frequently retained in cases involving complex clinical histories where assessment of contributing factors, pre-existing conditions, and the impact of treatment environments is central to the matter. I have extensive experience across the full continuum of psychiatric care, including emergency psychiatry, inpatient and residential treatment, group homes, outpatient care, and telep...