Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witnesses in Kansas

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Child abuse and neglect expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including pediatrics, forensic psychology, social work, and child protective services. Some of the most common specialties include child forensic interviews, mandated reporting, risk assessment, and child welfare standards. They can opine on the effects of physical and emotional trauma, neglect, unsafe environments, and system failures on child development and safety.

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Average Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witnesses Court Fees

$325/hr

Review Fee

$575/hr

Deposition Fee

$425/hr

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Child Abuse and Neglect Experts in Kansas

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  • Review Fee $500/hr

    This highly qualified expert is a double board-certified diagnostic and pediatric radiologist. She earned her BS from the University of Tennessee and her MD from Meharry Medical College before completing her diagnostic radiology residency training at Wake Forest University and North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Inc, and a fellowship in pediatric radiology at the National Children's Medical Center with George Washington University. She stays active in her field as a member of the American College of Radiology, the Society for Pediatric Radiology, and the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology and has authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles and 11 book chapters on topics relating to pediatric radiology, Formerly, she held a number of positions as a pediatric radiologist at the Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Vanderbilt University Medical Center & Children’s Hospital, Children’s Mercy Hospital, and Overland Park Regional Medical Center. She has also served as an assistant professor of radiology and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University, a clinical associate professor of radiology at the University of Missouri, and as a professor and the academic chair of radiology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is currently a clinical associate professor of radiology at a medical school in Kansas as well as a pediatric radiologist with a radiology group practice in Kansas.

    Vice Chair, A Medical Center in KS

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), Meharry Medical College

    Kansas

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  • Review Fee $300/hr
    Deposition Fee $300/hr

    This expert has been a physician in emergency centers for over 20 years with increasing volume. His current emergency department sees over 50,000 patients per year. He also has Advanced Cardiac, Trauma, and Pediatric Advanced certificates, and is an instructor as well. He has presented often and has publications in the emergency and hyperbaric fields.

    Director, University Medical Center

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Nebraska College of Medicine

    Omaha,

    Nebraska

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  • Review Fee $350/hr
    Deposition Fee $450/hr

    This expert has 10 years of experience as a litigator and more than 30 years of experience as a staff person and volunteer in agencies advocating for victims of abuse and neglect. In addition to her Juris Doctorate and Masters Degree in Human Relations, she also has a diploma from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Interdisciplinary Training in Child Abuse and Neglect. A nationally and internationally recognized expert in the area of child sexual abuse prevention, she played an integral role in the research, development, and implementation of a child sexual abuse prevention program that is delivered in 87 U.S. Catholic dioceses, representing about 75% of the Catholics in the U.S. Currently, this expert is the Owner and Principal of a consulting firm that provides programs and services to educate adults about the nature and scope of child sexual abuse and teaches adults how to recognize other adults whose behavior may indicate that they are a potential risk to children. Her consulting firm also works with corporations and agencies to create policies, procedures, and processes for screening and supervising employees and volunteers who work with children.

    Owner and Principal, A consulting firm in OK

    Juris Doctor (JD), University of Oklahoma

    Atlanta,

    Oklahoma

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  • This double board certified expert has been practicing for nearly 20 years. Fellowship trained in Pediatric Neurosurgery, he has been awarded the honor of Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. This expert has been listed to The Best Doctors in America multiple times, while he has appeared in America's Top Surgeons, Who's Who in America, as well as Who's Who in Medical Sciences Education. Widely published, he has served as an Invited Reviewer for many professional medical journals, including the "Journal of Pediatrics", "Neurosurgery", and the "Journal of Neurosurgery". Currently, this expert is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery as well as the Department of Pediatrics at a major children's hospital, where he is also the Director of both the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program and the Pediatric Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Program.

    Director, Major Medical University

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of California, San Francisco

    Missouri

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  • Review Fee $500/hr
    Deposition Fee $600/hr
    Court Fee $875/hr

    This highly qualified expert is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care and a veteran of the US Army. He earned his BS from Tufts University and his MD from the New York Medical College. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. He completed a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Critical Care Medicine. In addition to his busy clinical practice he is well published with 100 peer reviewed journal publications and 10 book chapters. He is also very active in the education of medical students and residents.

    Director, Top Ten University Affiliated Medical Center

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), New York Medical College

    Missouri

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  • Review Fee $350/hr
    Deposition Fee $450/hr
    Court Fee $450/hr

    This expert has extensive experience in cases involving child abuse or injury in institutional settings (i.e. schools, churches, foster care, youth groups, day care, treatment centers, residential facilities and hospitals), failure to supervise, interpersonal violence and bullying, sexual abuse by teachers, clergy or staff members and child-on-child abuse. She can help you assess standards and practices, policies and procedures, and questions of negligence. Having worked on the ground floor as the field of child abuse recognition and prevention was developing, she has specialized knowledge and experience regarding the standard of care in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

    Founder, A child abuse prevention program in Denver

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Union Institute and University

    Denver,

    Colorado

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  • Review Fee $800/hr
    Deposition Fee

    This highly qualified and awarded expert is double board certified in the field of Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care. He completed his Residency in Pediatrics at the St. Louis Children's Hospital where he also served as the Chief Resident in the Department of Pediatrics. He completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine. He is highly respected in the field of Pediatric Critical Care and has been invited for 20+ Professorships and Lectures nationally. He is also widely published in the field with more than 25 publications and abstracts under his name. He currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Genetics at a Major University affiliated Medical Center and is also the Medical Director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the same institution.

    Co-Director, A Children's Hospital in MO

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Toronto

    St. Louis,

    Missouri

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  • Review Fee $380/hr
    Deposition Fee $550/hr
    Court Fee $550/hr

    This highly qualified board certified expert earned her BA from University of Maryland and her MD from Ben Gurion Medical School for International Health in collaboration with Columbia University. She then completed her residency in emergency medicine and pediatrics at Indiana University. This expert is board certified in both pediatrics and emergency medicine and certified in advanced cardiac, pediatric, advanced trauma, and basic life support. She is a member of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Emergency Physicians. She has published multiple times in American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Formerly, she served as the pediatric emergency medicine curriculum director at Carolinas Medical Center and an assistant professor of emergency and pediatric emergency medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Currently, she is an adjunct professor of wilderness medicine at a leading Colorado medical school and as a pediatric emergency physician at a Colorado multi-specialty physician group.

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    Doctor of Medicine (MD), Columbia University

    Denver,

    Colorado

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  • Review Fee $600/hr
    Deposition Fee $600/hr
    Court Fee $600/hr

    This highly qualified expert has nearly 10 years of experience in the field of pediatric critical care medicine. He received his BS in general science from Fort Hays State University before earning his MD from the University of Kansas. He then completed a pediatric residency and a pediatric critical care fellowship at the University of Texas. This expert is board-certified in pediatric critical care. He is active in his field as a member of several organizations, including the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also involved in research, having authored several peer-reviewed publications and presented at several conferences. He has formerly served as a pediatric critical care and sedation attending physician at Sunrise Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center, as well as an assistant professor of clinical and translational sciences at the University of Oklahoma. Currently, this expert serves as an adjunct clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at an osteopathic medical school and as an attending physician in the pediatric critical care and sedation department at a children's hospital in Oklahoma.

    Clinical Assistant Professor, An osteopathic medical school in OK

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Kansas

    Pensacola,

    Oklahoma

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  • Review Fee $350/hr
    Deposition Fee $500/hr
    Court Fee $500/hr

    This qualified expert graduated from Dartmouth College with his AB in neurobiology before earning his MD from New York University. He subsequently completed a pediatrics residency at the University of Colorado and a pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He is board-certified in pediatrics with a sub-specialization in pediatric hematology-oncology. As a pediatrician and pediatric oncologist, this expert specializes in the treatment and management of pediatric brain tumors and other cancers. He is active in his field as a member of the Children's Oncology Group and as an author of several scientific articles. He has formerly served as a pediatrician focused on neuro-oncology at Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Currently, this expert is an assistant professor of pediatrics at a university in Colorado and an attending physician of pediatric hematology and oncology at a children's hospital, also in Colorado.

    Attending Physician, A Children's Hospital in CO

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), New York University

    Aurora,

    Colorado

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  • Review Fee $400/hr
    Deposition Fee $500/hr
    Court Fee $500/hr

    This highly-qualified expert has over 10 years of experience as a pediatrician specializing in neonatology. He earned both his BS in exercise science and his MD from the University of Nebraska before completing a residency in pediatrics at the University of Florida and a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the University of North Carolina. During his fellowship training at the University of North Carolina, he also earned a MS in health administration. This expert is board-certified in pediatrics with a sub-specialization in neonatal-perinatal medicine, and is active in his field as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He formerly served as an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Nebraska and a clinical neonatologist at Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha. Currently, this expert is based in Colorado where he serves as the medical director of the NICU at a medical center and a clinical neonatologist for a medical group.

    Medical Director, A Medical Center in CO

    Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Nebraska

    Highlands Ranch,

    Colorado

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Related Specialties

What Can a Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witness Opine On?

Child Assessment

Evaluating a child's physical and emotional state.

Safety Planning

Creating a plan to ensure child safety.

Intervention Services

Providing support and resources to families.

Reporting Procedures

Documenting and reporting suspected abuse cases.

Counseling Services

Offering therapy for affected children and families.

Court Involvement

Engaging in legal proceedings for child protection.

FAQs for Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witnesses

What is a child abuse and neglect expert witness?

A child abuse and neglect expert witness is a qualified professional who evaluates suspected abuse cases and explains findings in court. They assist by reviewing records, assessing injuries, and testifying to clarify complex child abuse and neglect issues.

In what types of cases might an expert witness in child abuse and neglect be beneficial?

A child abuse and neglect expert witness is beneficial in CPS investigations, dependency and neglect cases, custody disputes, criminal abuse charges, foster care, and termination of parental rights.

How do courts assess qualifications of a child abuse and neglect expert witness?

Courts assess qualifications of a child abuse and neglect expert witness by reviewing their education, specialized training, clinical or forensic experience, research, and prior testimony.

What methodologies does a child abuse and neglect expert witness use to evaluate allegations?

A child abuse and neglect expert witness uses interviews, record review, forensic assessment tools, and multidisciplinary collaboration to evaluate abuse allegations objectively.

How can a child abuse and neglect expert witness strengthen cross-examination strategy?

A child abuse and neglect expert witness strengthens cross-examination strategy by clarifying complex clinical issues, exposing inconsistencies, and reinforcing or challenging witness credibility.

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