Provides Testimony In
ADHD, Adult ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Post Partum Psychosis, Post Partum Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, Sociopathy, Psychopathy, Histrionic, Borderline, Narcissistic, Schizoid, Schizotypical, Obsessive Compulsive Disoder, OCD, Psychosis, Suicide Assessment, Risk Assessment, Violence in the workplace, Psychiatric Malpractice, Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, Competency Stand Trial, Competency testify, competency assessments, confessions, inpatient psychiatry, consultation psychiatry, criminal responsibility, diminished capacity, insanity evaluations, mental state at the time, medication noncompliance, malingering, violence risk assessment, treatment recommendation, capacity consent treatment, chronic pain, fitness for duty, psychic harm, psychiatric disability, Workers Compensation
CURRENT POSITIONS
ADULT PSYCHIATRIST, BOARD CERTIFIED
• Private Practice
April 2012 – Present
Mill Valley, CA & San Francisco, CA
Evaluation and treatment of adolescents and adults using psychopharmacology and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
• San Quentin State Prison Part-time Staff Psychiatrist
May 2015 – Present
• Medical Board of California Expert Reviewer
June 2016 – present
• Marin County Dept of Health & Human Services: Qualified Mental Health
Evaluator, Mental Health Diversion Panel
January 2020 – Present
• Volunteer: The Soldier’s Project
October 2013 – Present
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTING, BOARD CERTIFIED
• Civil & Criminal Psychiatric Evaluations & Expert Testimony:
Personal Injury, Psychiatric Disability/Impairment, Psychic Injury, Standard of Care, Defense Base Act cases, Fitness for Duty evaluations, Harassment, Under Influence/ Testamentary Capacity, Violence risk assessments, and Criminal Responsibility.
• Qualified Medical Examiner, State of California, Division of Workers’ Compensation, Psychiatric Disability Examinations.
December 2012 – Present
SUPERIOR COURT PANEL APPOINTMENTS
• San Francisco Superior Court Expert Witness Panel
October 2011 – Present
• San Mateo Superior Court Forensic Evaluator
December 2011 – Present
• Marin County Superior Court Expert Panel
August 2017 – Present
PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2011 – May 2015 – Adult Psychiatrist Community Psychiatry San Francisco, CA
September 2010 – June 2011 – Consultant and Inpatient Psychiatrist Main Line Health System Bryn Mawr, PA
January 2009 – June 2010 – Treating Psychiatrist St. Vincent’s Hospital Methadone Treatment Program Queens, NY
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Fellowship: FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY / PSYCHIATRY & THE LAW
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Department of Psychiatry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 2010 – June 2011
Chief Resident: PSYCHIATRY
NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE
SAINT VINCENT’S HOSPITAL, Department of Psychiatry
New York, New York
July 2009- June 2010
Residency: PSYCHIATRY
NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE
SAINT VINCENT’S HOSPITAL, Department of Psychiatry
New York, New York
July 2006 – June 2010
Medical: DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
ST. GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Grenada, West Indies / Great River, New York
July 2002 – May 2006
Undergraduate: BACHELOR OF ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Austin, Texas (2000)
Major: Psychology
Minor: Biology/Zoology
LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS
- American Board of Medical Specialties, Forensic Psychiatry (2015 – present)
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2012 – present)
- California State Medical License (2010 – present)
- New York State Medical License (2008 – 2011)
- Pennsylvania State Medical License (2010 – 2012)
- DEA License (2008 – present)
- Compensation & Pension Evaluation Certification, VA System, Philadelphia, 2010
- One-year Fellowship in Psychoanalysis, NYU Psychoanalytic Institute (2008)
- TEAM (Trauma Evaluation and Management) Certification (2004)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association
- Northern California Psychiatric Society
- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
PUBLICATIONS&LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS: Available upon request
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- January 2000 – January 2002- Research Assistant under Dr. Jocelyne Bachevalier, Univ of Texas, Houston Health Science Center, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy: Research on the learning, socio-emotional skills, and neurological maturation of rhesus monkeys.
- August 1997 – May 1998- Research Assistant under Dr. Abram Amsel, Univ of Texas, Austin Dept. of Neuroscience: Research the effects of MK-801 and ethanol exposure on the function of the hippocampal NMDA receptor and on learning and memory.
EXPERT WITNESS CASE and TESTIMONY LIST: Available upon request.
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