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Primary Area of Expertise

Psychiatry

Expert Witness Profile

Plaintiff, defense: child and adult cases: Institutional Sexual Abuse. Trauma Affecting Child Development • Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse • Workplace Stress • Internet Seduction • Psychological Effects of Brain or Body Injury • PTSD

Education: MD, UCSF; Residency: Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA; Fellowship: Child Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

Distinctions: Board Certified: Both Child & General Psychiatry; Chief Fellow, UCLA; Journal Reviewer; Invited Speaker; Distinguished Life Fellow: American Psychiatric Association

Years Practicing: 33; Testimony Last 6 Years: 10

Employment: Consulting Psychiatrist: Long Beach Trauma Recovery Center

Past Employment: USC: Director: Child Psychiatry Trauma Program, 16 years; Private Practice; Residential Treatment—Medical and Research Director; Community Clinics; Clinical Faculty: UCLA

Education & Licenses

MD, Board Certified: Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry
Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychiatry: University of Southern California
Distinguished Life Fellow: American Psychiatric Association