Substance Abuse Expert Witnesses in Delaware

This expert has 18+ years of experience in the supportive housing and managed care fields. Currently, he serves as the executive director of an organization that combats homelessness in northern New Jersey; this line of works brings him into continuous contact with clients suffering from mental illness, substance abuse issues.

This expert is board certified psychiatrist and addiction specialist, and also is certified by the American Board of Disability Analysts. He is an expert in handling capital, personal injury, loss mitigation, malpractice and negligence cases that involve the use of abused substances (especially, opiates, alcohol, hallucinogens, and stimulants), prescribed pharmacological agents, and in the general field of psychiatric and brain disease. This expert also is a leading neuroscientist and neuropsychopharmacologist. He can provide expert testimony on the effects of different brain states and function, in both health and disease, and their potential association with with legal culpability and liability. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at a leading university in the USA, and has over 12 years experience as Chairman in Psychiatry Departments in the USA. His research focus is in the neuropsychopharmacology of addiction, addiction and pain, pain treatment, impact of genetics on human behavior, the basic, molecular, and the brain imaging sciences related to the functioning of the brain in health, disease and addiction. In recognition of his academic, scholarly and professional achievement, he is a Fellow of the Collegium Internationale Neuro-psychopharmacologicum and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is the recipient of numerous professional and scientific awards, including the Jack Mendelson Award at the NIH, which is awarded to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to our understanding of the science of addiction. He has an h-index of 46, and 11829 citations of his published work.

This expert has extensive experience in the field of hospice and palliative medicine and pain medicine. He earned his MBBS from the National University of Sciences and Technology in Pakistan and completed his residency in internal medicine at Saint Joseph Hospital affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed his first fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at the University of Chicago and his second fellowship in interventional pain medicine at the University of Utah. He is triple-board certified in internal medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, and pain medicine. He is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. He previously served as an assistant professor of medicine and as the co-director of the buprenorphine addiction clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. This expert is currently the site director of the palliative care residency program, an assistant professor of medicine, and the director of the interventional cancer pain service at an Ivy League medical school in New York.

This highly qualified police policy and procedures expert has over 35 years of experience, and has extensive experience in undercover and surveillance operations, as well as narcotics identification and investigations. He earned his AS in criminal justice from the County College of Morris, and both his BS in justice studies and his MSM in criminal justice administration from the College of Saint Elizabeth. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy. He is certified as a public manager and as a master use of force instructor and is active in his field as a member of several organizations, including the American Society of Industrial Security and the National Tactical Officers Association. This expert spent 24 years with the Union City New Jersey Police Department, beginning with the department as a patrolman. He then went on to work in the narcotics division as a detective, the narcotics task force supervisor, and eventually the commanding officer of the division while he was a lieutenant. He also served as a patrol tour commander, the police liaison to the Office of the Mayor, the patrol division commander, and the captain. Before his retirement from the police department, he served as the deputy chief of police. Since 2009, this expert has owned and operated his own private investigation company in New Jersey.

This expert has extensive experience in clinical psychology with specialization in PTSD, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. She studied at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where she earned her BS in psychology and history, her MA in psychology, and her PhD in clinical psychology. Afterwards, she opened her own private clinic and has been serving as the owner and clinical psychologist for over 30 years. She is also the chief intake coordinator and staff psychologist at a health care system in New York.

This highly qualified expert has 22 years of experience in Child Protective Services, Mental Health, & Addiction. She earned a PhD from Rutgers University and has a broad array of expertise including Child Welfare, Behavioral Health, Diversity issues, Institutional, and Evaluation services. She is a professor at a PA University, the Executive Directorof a social services nonprofit organization that provides mental health and substance abuse evaluations as well as training, consultation, and therapy, and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. This expert is a member of several professional organizations including the National Association of Social Workers, Council on Social Work Education, Society for Social Work and Research, and National Network of Social Work Managers. In her former position as Investigator and Social Worker for the CT Department of Children and Families, this expert's focus was children in the foster care system. She trained city school districts on when to make a child abuse report and trained social worker trainees regarding child protective services and assessing risk and safety.

This expert began his professional career within the field of behavioral health in 1989 while working towards the obtainment of his undergraduate degree in Psychology. Since his graduation in 1991 he has worked in progressively responsible positions within mental/behavioral health, criminogenic, and substance abuse treatment modalities. This expert has served as the Program Director and Primary Therapist for a Long Term Trauma Recovery Program, as the Program Director for a co-authored program providing contracted services to PA DOC, as the Facility and AOD Director of a 185 bed Specialized Community Correctional Facility, and as the Center Director for outpatient centers which include medically assisted treatment service deliveries; to name a few. This expert has worked extensively as a behavioral therapist, from the front line to planning, designing, implementing and administering tailored programs. This expert has extensive experience maintaining full licensure, accreditation, credentialing and certification in various modalities, such as residential and outpatient venues under multiple regulatory bodies (ACA, CARF, DDAP). He has demonstrated a proficiency at managing both large and small staffs, and maintains teaching or practicing certifications in: Critical Incident Stress Management, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma Therapy. In addition to his full time work, this expert serves as an adjunct professor in the Sociology and Anthropology department of Wilkes University providing instruction to undergraduate students and as part of the Criminal Justice Advisory Board. Additionally, has operated a small private practice providing program development, grant drafting, consultation and evaluation, along with counseling since 1996. This expert received his Master of Health Administration and his BA in Forensic and Clinical Psychology from Wilkes University in 1995 & 1991; respectively. This expert resides in the back mountain area of NEPA, spends his free time involved in his children’s activities, including over a decade and a half of volunteer and leadership positions for the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of America, member of the Board of Trustees for his place of worship, coach and mentor for local Youth Soccer programs and as a devoted Husband and Father.