Psychiatry Expert Witnesses in Connecticut

The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of psychiatry expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on psychiatry and related issues. Psychiatry expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these psychiatry expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Psychiatric Disability, Psychosis, PTSD, Abuse, Add, ADHD, Alzheimer's Disease, Attention Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Civil Litigation, Competency, and Complicated Medical Illness.

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Tyler E Morrison, M.D., M.A.S.

Adult, Child Psychiatric IME; PTSD, Fire, Wildfire

Morrison MedLegal

Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD, Trauma, Fire, Wildfires, Adult & child, Independent medical exam IME, FDIA, MSBP, Case merit review, Natural disasters, Malpractice, Psychedelic therapy, Ketamine, MDMA, Suicide, Competency to stand trial, Testamentary capacity, Undue influence, Will contests
Adult and child psychiatrist, double board-certified. Trained at a top 4 psychiatry residency. Active clinical practice treating adults and children. Experienced educator. Leads forensic rotation and psychopathology course for UC San Diego child psychiatry fellows. Disaster & Trauma Psychiatry national committee for preparedness and response, elected liaison. Trusted expert witness with experience providing case merit reviews, independent medical evaluations (IMEs), and testimony at deposition and trial. Text or call 858-224-2537 or click the "Email this expert" button above to reach out. CV available upon request.

Jessica Chaudhary, MD

Psychiatry - Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Relationship Problems, Complicated medical illness, Substance abuse/addiction, ADHD, ADD, attention issues, Eating disorders, bipolar disorder, psychopharmacology, trauma, abuse, medication management, psychosis, dementias, women’s mental health, pregnancy/post partum
MD: University of Washington School of Medicine Internship and Residency: Yale University Fellowship: Harvard University Licenses; TX, CT, FL and CT

Diane J Weiss, MD, MPH

Expert Witness/Psychiatry IME (40 years)

Psychiatry - Sexual Harassment & Discrimination, PTSD, Employment Law, Harassment, Emotional Distress, Anxiety, Depression, Personal Injury, Personality Disorders, Litigation Support, Psychological Trauma, Psychotherapy, IME, Eggshell Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation, Pain & Suffering, Psychopharmacology
With over 40 years' experience in psychiatry, including decades providing expert witness litigation support, IMEs regarding psychiatric aspects of harassment (sexual/gender-based/racial), employment law, and/or injuries/accidents related to Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation issues, Dr. Weiss is well known for her comprehensive, fact-based, persuasive reports. Dr. Weiss' unique ability to establish exceptional rapport with clients allows for thoughtful, thorough examinations, leaving no stone unturned. As everything affects the psyche, her keen attention to detail with complex medical-legal records enables her to integrate highly complex psychiatric histories and concepts, coming to evidence-based opinions, and providing high-caliber, usable medical-legal reporting and testimony. Dr. Weiss has decades of diverse experience. Able to view a case through multiple lenses, she must consider what has happened prior to, since, and outside of an accident/incident, as well as uncov...

Bennett Blum, MD

Connecticut
Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - Psychiatry, Undue influence, Contested wills, competency, testamentary capacity, civil litigation, elder abuse, Alzheimer's disease, will contests, contractual capacity, PTSD, Anxiety, Mood disorders, vascular dementia, neurocognitive disorder, war crimes, professional misconduct, torture
Rabbi Bennett Blum, M.D. is an internationally acclaimed physician specializing in forensic and geriatric psychiatry. He is an expert on the detection and impact of psychological manipulation tactics used by offenders to exploit vulnerable adults and the elderly. He has served as an expert witness and litigation consultant on more than one thousand cases involving contested Wills, elder abuse, testamentary capacity, and undue influence claims throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. In addition, Dr. Blum also worked on the criminal trials of Susan Smith, Andrea Yates, Theresa Ramirez, and Linda Giles; the civil litigation regarding Merrill-Lynch and the Orange County bankruptcy, and the civil lawsuit against O.J. Simpson. Internationally, Dr. Blum testified in the precedent-setting United Nations trial of General Pavle Strugar - the first full competency hearing before an international war crimes tribunal since Nuremberg. In 2022, Dr. Blum worked with UN prosecutors fr...

Jessica Chaudhary, MD

Westport, Connecticut
Psychiatry - Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Relationship Problems, Complicated medical illness, Substance abuse/addiction, ADHD, ADD, attention issues, Eating disorders, bipolar disorder, psychopharmacology, trauma, abuse, medication management, psychosis, dementias, women’s mental health, pregnancy/post partum
MD: University of Washington School of Medicine Internship and Residency: Yale University Fellowship: Harvard University Licenses; TX, CT, FL and CT

GEORGE P KELLY, MD

Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry

George P. Kelly, M D

Fairfield, Connecticut
Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry - psychiatric malpractice, inappropriate hospital discharge, involuntary hospital admission, wrongful death, suicide, standard of care, psychiatric disability, inadequate supervision, inpatient psychiatry, murder, dangerousness, failure to warn, mood disorders, psychosis, failure to diagnose
Board Certified Psychiatrist. Member of Impaired Physicians Committee of State of Connecticut, which expanded to involve ALL licensed medical professionals, and Dr. Kelly was its first Program Director. Expert in malpractice issues, standard of care issues, failure to protect, impaired practitioner issues. Principal psychiatrist and team leader of 17-bed, locked, in-patient Connecticut State Hospital unit for young adults. Expert in hospital liability, wrongful confinement, wrongful discharge, medical malpractice, failure to diagnose, failure to treat, standard of care issues. Private practice and teaching 30+ years Voted "Teacher of the Year" by Norwalk Hospital Resident Staff Please see Dr. Kelly's website for individual case discussions: georgekellymd.com

ALEX R. RODRIGUEZ, M.D.

MEDCON Medical Consulting, LLC

Southbury, Connecticut
Psychiatry, Medical Management - Child-Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical Quality Management (Utilization, Quality and Risk Management), National Medical and Mental Health Standards of Care, Psychiatric Disability, Medical Disease Management
1. 48 years experience in psychiatric services, standards, and systems; extensive experience in testifying under oath 2. In-depth understanding of national mental health standards of care 3. Extensive consulting experiences with governmental, non-profit, and legal organizations 4. National and state leadership in health care services 5. Led development of national medical and mental health standards for Department of Defense, Blue Cross and Blue Shield National Accounts, Institute of Medicine, NCQA, URAC, National Quality Forum, and Disease Management Association of America 6. Skilled board-certified psychiatrist who has been continuously credentialed by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs since 1973, is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, has several published book chapters and professional journal articles, has served on medical college faculties, is a former president of the American College of Medical Quality, and has served on ...
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