
Gilbert Kliman M.D., The Psychological Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 292-7119
Primary Area of Expertise
Child Psychiatry
Expert Witness Profile
Dr. Kliman is a Harvard Medical School graduate. Founder and Medical Director of Preventive Psychiatry Associates Medical Group, he leads an exceptionally well qualified and forensically experienced team of Board-Certified Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrists, as well as Psychologists, Neuropsychologists, M.F.T.’s, LCSWs and forensic support staff. Multi- victim cases are readily managed throughout the nation.
With defense and plaintiff expert testimony in over 400 cases involving childhood psychological trauma, Dr. Kliman has also testified on loss of parental services, and institutional neglect of children in schools, churches, treatment centers and foster care. Often, he is interviewed on TV network news concerning traumatic events. International literary prize winner and author of over 100 articles and books, he is a recipient of over 50 grants. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Certified by American Psychoanalytic Association for Children, Adolescents and Adults, Life Fellow and Diplomate, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
With defense and plaintiff expert testimony in over 400 cases involving childhood psychological trauma, Dr. Kliman has also testified on loss of parental services, and institutional neglect of children in schools, churches, treatment centers and foster care. Often, he is interviewed on TV network news concerning traumatic events. International literary prize winner and author of over 100 articles and books, he is a recipient of over 50 grants. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Certified by American Psychoanalytic Association for Children, Adolescents and Adults, Life Fellow and Diplomate, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.