Provides Opinion & Testimony In:
Neuropsychology, Neuropsychologist, adult, traumatic brain injury, toxic exposure, sick building syndrome, IME, Medical legal records review, consistency analysis, neuropsychological injury, head injury, brain injury, psychological injury, brain injury litigation, neurolegal sciences, forensic neuropsychology, forensics, neuropsychology, forensic investigation, testimony, neurolegal, sciences, law, legal, medical, criminal cases, civil cases, brain injury, claims, legal services,
Education
1989-1993: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, The Wright Institute, Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, Berkeley, California (APA)
1989: BA, Psychology College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Experience
9/93-Present
A private company, President
Senior Case Analyst/Litigation Support Specialist/Strategist and Forensic Consultant to Law and Medical Professionals Originator of Nationally (Supreme Court) accredited continuing legal education seminars
1/98-Present
A private company, President
A nationally accredited educational institution providing continuing legal education seminars to attorneys involving the complex elements of brain injury litigation.
5/95-12/95
Professional Technical Services Contract
Provided neuropsychological consultation to facility; Developed neuropsychiatric milieu; conducted forensic neuropsychological/neurodiagnostic assessments with reports; provided formal training to staff on neuropsychological issues. New Mexico Department of Health, Albuquerque, New Mexico
5/94 – 5/95
Post-Doctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology, Forensic Adolescent Treatment Center
Certified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); Neuropsychological assessment of adolescents ages 12 through 18; expert witness testimony related to civil commitments and mental competency to stand trial; provided staff training on neurobehavioral sequelae of brain injury.
1/95 -12/95
Neuropsychological Assistant, HealthCare
Provided neuropsychological evaluations on gerontology unit.
8/91-8/92
Pre-Doctoral Psychology Intern, Hospital of Dallas
2,000-hour internship with emphasis on Neuropsychological Testing/Assessment & Reports on children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics; Consult/Liaison for emergency room admissions; Internship consisted of 4 three-month rotations: Child/adolescent locked unit; Adult open and locked units; Neuropsychological Geriatric unit.
8/90 -5/91
Psychology Intern, Memorial Hospital
Responsibilities & training included patient intake, clinical interviews & treatment planning; psychological/neuropsychological assessment; crisis intervention & multi-disciplinary interface.
1989
Psychology Intern, Mental Health Center
Responsibilities & training included patient intake, brief psychotherapy & case management for the severely mentally ill and dual diagnosis patients.
1988-1989
Parent Assistance Center
Responsibilities included parental support and teaching parenting skills to disenfranchised families and single mothers
1973-1991
Owner/President, Residential and Commercial Interior Design Firm,
Activities
2004: National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference
2003: National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference
2002: National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference
2001: National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference
2000: National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference
1999: National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference
1998: National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference
1998: Insurance & Law Conference on Psychological and Neurological Injury Claims
1997: MedPsych Forensic Practice Strategic Issues in Litigated Brain Injury Cases for the Retained Neuropsychologist
1996: Comprehensive Head Injury Litigation: Evidence, Testimony and Case Strategies in NeuroLitigation
1996: Forensic Evaluations for Legal Competencies: Civil, Criminal & Juvenile, Albuquerque
1996: Forensic Neuropsychology, Where Are We Now?, Neuropsychological Associates
1995: National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference
1995: Neurolaw: Comprehensive Head Injury Litigation & Forensic Neuropsychology Forensic Psychological Services
1994: Advanced Neuropsychological Assessment, Planning & Treatment National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Workshops
1994: Forensic Evaluations and the MMPI & MMPI-2,American Academy of Forensic Psychology
1994: Liability and Malpractice: A Survival Guide for Psychologists, American Academy of Forensic Psychology
1994: Forensic Neuropsychology Workshop: Going Beyond the Test Date, The Neuropsychologist as Expert Witness in Civil & Criminal Cases Neuropsychological Associates of California
1993: Annual Ethics Update, Roundtable Discussion, The New Mexico Psychological Association
1993: Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders, The New Mexico Psychological Association
1993: Therapeutic Engagement: Models of Interaction in Clinical, Practice, New Mexico Psychoanalytic Society
1993: Ninth Annual Symposium in Forensic Psychology, American College of Forensic Psychology
1992: Neuropsychological Assessment Using the McCarron-Dial System
1992: Neuropsychological Applications of the McCarron-Dial System and the Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation in the Rehabilitation of , Traumatic Head Injury
1992: Brief Psychodynamic Therapy in Action: A Practical Model of Treatment for the 1990’s and Beyond
1992: Symposium on Neuroscience; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1992: Psychoanalytic Perspectives & Contemporary Approaches, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
1992: Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Texas Update on National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research
1991: Neuroanatomy and Cerebral Circulation in 3D
1991: Is it Psychological or Organic? Using Beam II Assessment to Understand the Difficult-To-Treat Patient
1991: Expanding Frames of Psychoanalytic Reference
1991: The AIDS Patient and Psychotherapy: The Changing Parameters
1991: Applied Psychopharmacology for Psychologists Workshop
1990: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy with the Borderline Patient
1990: Bulimia, Dissociation and Empathy: A Self-Psychological View
1990: Psychodynamic Model for Treating Alcohol Abusers
1990: Child Abuse Assessment Workshop
1990: Contemporary Views of the Self: Clinical Theories and Practices
1990: Human Sexuality Workshop
1990: New Perspectives on Narcissism
1990: Architecture of Destruction and Compassion: A Presentation and Case Seminar on Treatment of Difficult and Disturbed Patients
1989: Reflection on Memory and the Clinical Process
Publications
Available upon request
