Child Abuse and Neglect Expert Witnesses in New York

This expert has been practicing for over 40 years and has experience in both hospital and ambulatory care settings. A Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Specialist, she has been honored as a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. A Former President of the Greater New York Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, she is a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Nursing, the Journal of Pediatric Health Care, as well as The American Journal for Nurse Practitioners. The recipient of awards such as Nurse Practitioner of the Year by the Nurse Practitioner Association of Long Island and the Nelms-Miller Editorial Award by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, she is involved in research to improve the health care outcomes for children and has been awarded thousands of dollars in grants. Currently, this expert is a Clinical Professor at a major college of nursing, where she is also the Coordinator of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program and she practices as a pediatric nurse practitioner in a pediatric ambulatory care setting for at-risk infants, children, adolescents, and young adults as part of her faculty practice.

This highly qualified Endowed Professor of Pediatrics completed his education at some the most prestigious medical institutions in the county. He went on to become double board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. He is a member of numerous professional organizations including The American Society of Hematology and is the founder and board member of Hope & Hero’s Children’s Cancer Fund. He has won many awrds throughout his career and is frequently named on Top Doctor Lists in recognition of his clinical excellence. He has published 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and is currently on the faculty of an ivy league university.

This double board certified Pediatric Gastroenterology expert is Fellowship trained and currently practices at some of the most prestigious medical institutions in New York. In addition to his clinical work, this Assistant Professor of Pediatrics is an active researcher and educator. This expert is a member of several highly regarded professional organizations including the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society. He has published several peer-reviewed journal articles in publications such as the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology. He is an Attending Pediatric Gastroenterologist at a major New York city hospital and serves as Director of Pediatric Motility Center and Director of Pediatric Endoscopy Unit.

This expert is the Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, as well as the director of congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery and a Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery at his institution. He is board certified in surgery, thoracic surgery and congenital heart surgery specializing in valve repair and reconstruction, neonatal cardiac surgery, hybrid procedures complex biventricular repairs, and adult congenital heart surgery.

This fellowship trained and board certified pediatric surgeon earned his MD from Boston University School of Medicine, and served as the chief resident at New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia University. He is a fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics' Section on Surgery. He has authored more than 30 publications in the realm of pediatric surgery as well. Currently, this expert is an assistant professor at a prestigious university medical center, a director of their neonatal and pediatric ECMO program, in addition to his role as attending pediatric surgeon at two top medical centers.

This highly qualified expert is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease and has been practicing for 25+ years. He completed both his internship and residency trainings in pediatrics at North Shore University before concluding a fellowship program focusing on pediatric infectious disease at the same institution. He is a fellow at the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has published 21+ peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as a reviewer for 3 renowned pediatric journals. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has been listed as one of the "Best Doctors in America" for 12 consecutive years. He is currently an Associate Professor, Pediatrics, at a major New York Hospital and Pediatric Program Director and Vice Chairman for Education at a major children's hospital.

This expert in autism spectrum disorders completed his residency in Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and has since pursued academic, research, and clinical work in the field. He is the Clinical Director of the Autism Center at one of New York's largest hospitals and also serves as the Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. A member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Society for Professors of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, he has authored several books and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles in the space.

This qualified expert obtained his BS from Villanova University and his MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his Internship and Residency in Pediatrics at the Cohen Children's Medical Center and his Residency in Child Neurology as well as his Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Neurology, Child Neurology, and Epilepsy. He is currently a member of the prestigious American Epilepsy Society. He has 15+ Publications on Pediatric Neurology and is currently an Attending Neurologist for multiple hospitals in the Bronx, an Assistant Professor of Child Neurology and Pediatrics at a medical school in New York, and is the Director of Pediatric Neurohospitalist Services at a major medical center in New York.

This child welfare industry executive has over 25 years of social services experience, including 15 years in leadership roles at foster care agencies. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from Western Connecticut State University and her M.S.W from Smith School for Social Work; she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She began her career as a Social Worker and Supervisor and then joined Green Chimneys Children's Services as the Director of Social Services. From 1999 until 2004, the expert was the Director of Foster Home Services & Adoption and a Vice President at Jewish Child Care Association, in charge of the foster care division. The expert later served as JCCA's Senior Vice President of Foster Home & Residential Services and completed her career as the Assistant Executive Director at Good Shepherd Services, where she rolled out a new foster care program and oversaw a $12 million budget from 2011 until retiring in 2014.

This expert is a Board Certified Neonatologist, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics/ Neonatology in full time academic practice at a large Children's Hospital and Perinatal Regional Referral Center. She teaches medical students, residents and fellows in the classroom and at bedside, serves as Director of Quality Assurance for a busy Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and conducts clinical trials. She is published in leading peer-reviewed journals and has been an invited speaker in national and international forums. She has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America since 1996. She provides expert witness review and testimony in matters of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine for both plaintiff and defense.

This highly qualified expert has over 10 years of experience in the field of diagnostic radiology. After his BA in American Studies from Ramapo College of New Jersey, this expert went on to complete his MD at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He then completed an internship in Internal Medicine, a residency in Diagnostic Radiology and a fellowship in Breast Imaging. Currently, he works as an Assistant Professor of Breast Imaging at a distinguished university and is an active Faculty member and Co-Chair of the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Continuous Professional Improvement (CPI) module for Breast Imaging.

This expert has been involved in executive, management, policy-making, and consulting in the field of social welfare since 1980. He earned his master's in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University and also has a J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. The expert is an honorary fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and an Editorial Board member on several social work journals. He is currently a social work professor in New York City and an active litigation consultant.

This highly qualified and fellowship trained expert earned his MD from Stony Brook University and also holds a PhD in Cellular and Developmental Biology. Following his two residencies in pediatrics and adult neurology, he went on to train under a prestigious fellowship in pediatric neurology at Stony Brook University and Epilepsy fellowship at Yale. He is active in his field as a member of multiple professional societies including The American Academy of Neurology and The Child Neurology Society. In addition, he has published over 20 peer reviewed journal articles. Currently, he is an actively practicing Pediatric Neurologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology at a New York based medical school.

This qualified expert earned his BS from The College of Jersey and his MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School. He went on to complete an Emergency Medicine residency at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital where he was a Chief Resident. He is active in his field as a member of multiple professional organizations such as the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors. Formerly, this expert has served as an Assistant Clinical Professor at major medical institutions such as NYU School of Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Currently, this expert is the Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director of two local hospitals and is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at a major medical school in New York.

This well-credentialed, experienced expert earned her B.A. from Ohio University, her Master of Social Work from Clark Atlanta University, and her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Hunter College School of Social Work of the City University of New York. The expert has worked extensively in the public sector, with government roles including the Director of the Office of Adolescent Services for the New York City Human Resources Administration, the Interim Commissioner of the Child Welfare Administration, and an appointed Member of the Mayor's Commission on the Foster Care of Children. At NYU, she was previously the Chair of the Social Welfare Programs and Policies area. She is also a consultant reviewer for the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families and previously held many faculty appointments, including as Director and Chair of the Westchester Social Work Education Consortium.

This associate professor was recruited to his current institution in Upstate New York to establish a program in Endocrine Surgery. His practice is restricted to the management of patients with benign and cancerous conditions affecting the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands; he performs hundreds of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal operations per year. After his residency in General Surgery, he pursued further subspecialty training during a premier Endocrine Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), with Dr Orlo Clark, one of the giants in the field. He received his Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his MD from SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn.

This highly qualified expert earned her BA in Forensic Psychology and her MA in Criminal Justice from John Jay College. She went on to receive her MSW from Hunter College and her MPhil and PhD in Social Welfare from the City University of New York. She is a certified field instructor and rape crisis counselor and a licensed clinical social worker. She has over 15 years of clinical and research experience in social work and has published over 12 journal articles and reports on various topics in social work, including youth criminal offenders. She formerly served as a forensic examiner for the Pasadena Juvenile Court and as an assistant professor and interim director of field education at California State University, Los Angeles. She currently serves as the director of field education for a social work school in NY.

This highly qualified expert has experience in all areas of pediatric neurology, including epilepsy. He received his BA in english from Kenyon College, his MA in philosophy from St. John's College Graduate Institute and his MD from the University of Minnesota. After completing his internship in internal medicine at Maine Medical Center, this expert completed two residencies in general pediatrics and pediatric neurology at Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Additionally, he is fellowship-trained in clinical neurophysiology and board certified in psychiatry and neurology, child neurology and epilepsy. This expert is a distinguished member of the American Epilepsy Society and the Neurocritical Care Society. Formerly, he has served as a pediatric neurologist at Fairfield County Hospital, a staff physicial at Greenwich, Stamford, Children's Hospital Montefiore, and Vassar Brother's Hospital, and an assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Currently, he is a staff physician at a NY children's hospital, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at a top NY medical center.

This highly qualified expert in pediatric critical care medicine earned her BA and MA from the University of Chicago and her MD from SUNY Downstate School of Medicine. She then went on to complete a residency in pediatrics at Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital as well as a prestigious fellowship in pediatric critical care at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Campus. In addition to being widely published in her field, this expert is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She is an active member of several professional societies, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Critical Care Medicine, and the Children’s Hospitals Association Solutions for Patient Safety, where she serves as a representative for her institution. Currently, this expert is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at a regarded medical school in New York.