Expert Details
Family Litigation; Sexual Molestation; PTSD & other Psychiatric Damages due to Accidents, Chemicals
ID: 730060
Texas, USA
Expert has taught in residency training programs his entire career and currently teaches the child psychiatry forensic module at a medical school. He regularly is appointed by the Dallas and surrounding area family courts in custody/possession matters. In that arena and in tort matters he has become an expert in child molestation damages,c hild testimony and has spoken to the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association on four occasions.
Expert has consulted on psychiatric medications prescribed and their side effects, low back pain alleged to be the result of auto accidents and associated with depression and PTSD. He has also been very involved in the study of the paraphilias especially related to parenting and dangerous behavior.
Family disputes in which mother has alleged father has sexually abused a child--multiple cases.Family litigations in which a parent is alleged physically abusive or alcoholic.Plaintiff retained Expert to assess damages and liability of a number of victims of sexual molestation by a church.Defendant counsel retained Expert in a matter in which the school bus driver was alleged to have molested and damaged a number of children.Defendant retained Expert in a case of negligent death of a young child's mother.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1971 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas |
| Year: 1973 | Degree: General Psychiatry Residency | Subject: Residency Certification | Institution: Timberawn Psychiatric Hospital |
| Year: 1975 | Degree: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency | Subject: Child Psychiatry Residency | Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1978 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Solo psychiatric practice |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to 1996 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Clinical Director; Dir Child and Adol Service; Dir Medical Education | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Expert began and ran the Children's inpatient unit and the Child Psychiatry Residency Program. He served on the managing board of directors for about 14 years. As Clinical Director he was responsible for the supervision and quality of care in all aspects of the Hospital including inpatient, day hospital and outpatient. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1996 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Child Psychiatry Consultant | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Evaluate and provide treatment plans for children including medication. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a member of the two honorary national psychiatric organizations-GAP and the ACP. He has been asked for his opinion about how the US Cibgess should allocate money for the mental health if children; and has written the cover aricle of the American Journal of Psychiatry on children treated in psychiatric hospitals. He was elected Chair of the Committee on Certification of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of the ABPN. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Medical licensure Texas; Board certified in General psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. LICENSURE: Texas, 1971 – Present North Carolina, 1975 BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology Diplomat in Psychiatry, 1976 Diplomat in Child Psychiatry, 1977 |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Clinical Professor UTSWMS FORENSIC CONSULTATION: Consultation, expert opinion, and testimony. Expert consultation regarding a variety of medical-legal issues for plaintiffs, defendants and the court; custody and divorce, medical malpractice, sexual molestation and harassment, medical fraud, hospitalization, suicide, confidentiality, ethics, therapist-patient boundary violations, personal injury, RICO, wrongful death and others. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| PROFESSIONAL HONORS & RECOGNITION Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry American College of Psychiatrists Town & Country, Nationwide Referral Guide to Psychiatrists D Magazine, Top Doctors, Pediatric Specialties, Psychiatry Good Housekeeping, The Best Mental Health Experts, Childhood and Adolescent Disorders Who’s Who Among Executives, Professionals, and Entrepreneurs Best Doctors, Inc. 7 years (years Employer) National Leadership Award, National Republican Congressional Committee The Wilmington Institute Network (WIN) Advisory Board |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Gen Psych - Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency UTSWMS CONSULTATIONS: MHMR (Adult) Center, Dallas, Texas Plano Child Guidance Clinic MHMR, COCARE (Children’s Service), Dallas, Texas Pediatric’s Clinic, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas Camp LeJeune Base Schools Onslow County Mental Health Center, Children’s Service Department of Social Services, Onslow County, North Carolina Child Advocacy Committee, Naval Regional Medical Center PACT Terrell State Hospital, Child & Adolescent Services Fowler Adolescent Residential Treatment Center Consultant to the Board, Dallas Child Guidance Clinic Consultant, Dallas Child Guidance Clinic Child Psychiatry Consultation, Kaiser – Permanent PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. Committee on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Written Committee Member 1989 - 1994 Committee on Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Chair, Credentials Subcommittee Chair, Appeals Subcommittee Vice Chair Chair American College of Psychiatrists Member Program Committee Fellow Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Publications Board American Psychiatric Association Member 1972 - 1985 Fellow 1985 – 2003 Distinguished Fellow 2003 Distinguished Life Fellow 2007 - Chair, Task Force on Confrontational Therapies North Texas Psychiatric Association Member 1972 - Committee to Welcome New Members 1983 - 1989 Fellowship Committee 1985 - 88 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Member; Fellow; Life Fellow Hospital Committee Psychotherapy Committee Task Force on Suicide Prevention Task Force on Managed Health Care Associate Editor, Academy Books Society of Professors Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Member Emeritus Program Committee Committee on Education and Curriculum American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training Child Psychiatry, Regional Coordinator, Area V Charter Fellowship Committee, Area V Association for Academic Psychiatry, 1989 - American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry, Member 1972 - North Texas Society of Adolescent Psychiatry Member 1972 - Executive Committee 1985 - |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has over forty publications in refereed journals and a book on Child Therapy. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has considerable experience in family court matters as well as a wide variety of tort actions. He has been a psychiatric expert providing written opinions, deposition and trial retiming in a wide variety of tort cases. His expertise is in the psychiatric evaluation of the damaged party, the liability of a hospital or school district, malpractice, chemical exposure, improper burial techniques, exposure to carbon monoxide, death of a parent, and others. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert has been an invited speaker to family attorney organizations as well as a number of times by the Texas Criminal Defense Attorneys. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Interviewing Techniques Course, Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital Clinical conferences and supervision of medical students Supervision of nursing service staff, C.M.C. Supervision Clinical Psychology Graduate Students, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Children’s Medical Center Child Development Course, Onslow Mental Health Center and the Department of Social Services Child Development Course, Camp LeJeune Base Schools In-service training for inpatient staff, Naval Regional Medical Center, Camp LeJeune Play therapy course – Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, General Psychiatry Residency Training Supervision – Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital Residency Program Supervision including medical students, psychologists, and Psychiatrists University of Texas Health Science Center, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry Child Development Course – Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, General Psychiatry Residency Program Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, General Psychiatry Residency Program – Coordinator, Child Psychiatry Rotation Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, Director, Child Psychiatry Residency Training Program Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, Director, Professional Education Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, *Didactic Courses, (Psychopathology of Childhood; Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents) *Supervision, General and Child Psychiatry Fellows *Child Psychiatry Forensic Didactic Module *Forensic Psychiatry Residency |
Fields of Expertise
adult psychology, antidepressant drug, anxiety disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, back pain, behavioral problem, bipolar disorder, chronic disease, chronic pain management, depression (mood), depressive disorder, fibromyalgia, mood disorder, pediatric psychology, postpartum depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychiatric trauma, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia, separation anxiety, sexual behavior, somatic therapy, sexual harassment