Psychology Expert Witnesses in Utah

This mental health expert is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Associate Director of a forensic psychiatry fellowship program for a large public university in Colorado. Much of his work has focused on the mental health of prison inmates, with a particular emphasis on the effects of solitary confinement. The expert earned his M.D. from the University of Maryland Medical School and completed his psychiatric internship/residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He is licensed in the states of Colorado, California, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. He has also co-authored a book and nearly 30 book chapters. Among notable consulting engagements, the expert was selected to perform the independent psychiatric exam in a high-profile mass shooting trial. He is a member of the American Correctional Health Services Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

This highly qualified expert is triple board certified in Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry, and Administrative Psychiatry. He has been in active practice for over 31 years. He completed his MD degree at the prestigious Albert-Ludwigs-University in Germany prior to moving to the United States. He completed a residency in Psychiatry and a fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati. This expert is highly respected in this field with more than 65 publications and more than 15 book chapters and 5 books to his name. Formerly the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Dean at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, he is currently serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at a major academic medical center in the Southwest.

This expert is a well qualified and experienced drug and alcohol treatment professional. He completed his BA at SUNY, and his MS in clinical mental health counseling and MBA at UNLV. He is a certified addictionologist and a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. He is also active in the field as a member of the State of Nevada Association for Addiction Professionals and serves on the Governor’s Substance Abuse Working Group. He previously was the president and chief operating officer of Sierra Health Services, and was the president and co-founder of an addiction treatment facility called Resolutions. He currently is the regional vice president for a residential drug treatment company in Nevada.

This highly qualified expert earned his BA in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and his MD from the University of Illinois School of Medicine. He is board-certified in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry. He completed his internship and residency in General Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. After completing his internship, he went on to complete a fellowship in Clinical Psychopharmacology at the University of California, San Diego and two other fellowships in Child Psychiatry and Administrative Psychiatry at the Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, a division of Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services. He remains active in the field of psychiatry as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Previously, he has served as a Psychiatric Consultant for several children and family services entities including the Children's Behavioral Services of Nevada, Children's Resource Bureau of Nevada, and the Maple Star Nevada Foster Care Program. Currently, he is a Pediatric Psychiatry Staff Member at a university-affiliated medical center in Nevada as well as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at a well-known university in Nevada. Additionally, he also serves as a Psychiatrist for a child and family services unit in Nevada.