Counselor Expert Witnesses in Maryland

This highly qualified board certified expert completed residency and fellowship training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has given several lectures on prevention of aggression and violence, prevention of elopement, and the root cause analyses of adverse events over the past 20 years to medical students, residents, and fellows. The expert has also lectured on the rapid response team calls, safety protocols, and the unique requirements for addressing administrative issues in the psychiatric unit. She is well known and recognized for her contributions to Community and Global Psychiatry and is actively involved in mentoring, supervising, and teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. Currently, she is, among several leadership positions, a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, the Director for the Inpatient Acute Treatment Service, and the Director of Short Stay at a highly ranked university affiliated medical center. She has won national and international awards for her work and is a leader among women psychiatrists.

This expert is a psychologist who has specialized in the study of suicide since 1971. This expert has 40 years of clinical experience working with at-risk for suicide patients and has published 8 books and more than 125 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in Suicidology regarding clinical care (assessment and treatment) of the suicidal patient, standard of care issues, etc.. This expert has been providing consultation and testimony in suicide-related cases since 1981.

This human factors psychologist has nearly 30 years of experience as a safety analysis professional. She began her career as a Human Factors Psychologist with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and she currently owns and operates a firm that examines the design, instructions and warnings of consumer products. She conducts training for manufacturers on issues such as anticipating product hazards, consumer behavior, motivation & perceptions, foreseeable interactions with consumer products, etc. She earned her B.A. from George Washington University and her Master's/Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the same institution. Her career has specialized in the safety of products regulated by the CPSC and the Food and Drug Administration. She is the recipient of numerous professional awards including the A.R. Lauer Safety Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Chairman's Commendation Award from CPSC.

This board-certified psychiatrist specializes in combined psychotherapy and medication management. He received his medical degree from King George's Medical College in India and completed a residency in Psychiatry at Howard University in DC. He received specialized training in treating children and adolescents from the University of Maryland, as well as postgraduate training in Forensic Psychiatry from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He has been practicing psychiatry for over 16 years, and has evaluated patients in various settings, including inpatient, outpatient and consultation-liaison.