Expert Details
Mental Health and Law; Psychiatric (Mal)Practice; General, Addiction and Forensic Psychiatry
ID: 729506
, USA
psychiatric consultation and psychiatric expert witness services in civil and criminal matters. Her special areas of interest include psychiatric diagnosis, detection of malingering, criminal responsibility evaluations, management standards, psychiatric and forensic neuropsychiatric autopsies, testamentary capacity, diminished capacity, International Forensics, and death penalty matters. Other areas of special clinical and forensic interest include the forensic neuropsychiatric evaluation of medical complications of psychiatric illness and medication as well as psychiatric complications of medical illness.
Expert is also actively involved in education and mental health leadership, and has vast experience in curriculum design, and management consultation for the development or progress of mental heath institutions.
Expert is an active member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), and the Baltimore Washington Center for Psychoanalysis (BWCP). Expert is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Hospital.
Expert is fluent in spoken and written Spanish, and can conduct evaluations for Spanish-speaking populations.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2010 | Degree: MD | Subject: Forensic Psychiatry | Institution: Georgetown University Hospital |
Year: 2009 | Degree: MD | Subject: Psychiatry | Institution: SUNY Downstate Brooklyn University Hospital |
Year: 2002 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Universidad de los Andes |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2010 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Medical Officer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Education and supervision of psychiatry residents and fellows, inpatient and outpatient attending responsibilities, forensic consultations |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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AAPL, AAFS |
Licenses / Certifications |
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BC in Psychiatry/Neurology, BC in Forensic Psychiatry BC in Addiciton Psychiatry |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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Spanish | Fluent |
Fields of Expertise
adult psychiatry, behavioral psychiatry, biological psychiatry, clinical psychology, commitment of mentally ill, confidentiality, correctional psychiatry, duty to warn, forensic psychiatry, insanity, insanity defense, mental disorder, neuropsychiatry, psychiatric malpractice, psychiatric research, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychosis, psychosomatic medicine, public health psychiatry, addiction, addiction psychiatry, administrative psychiatry, Disability Discrimination Act, malpractice claim, mental health, mental status evaluation, mental status exam, mood disorder, narcotics addiction, neuropsychopharmacology, personality disorder, psychopathology, schizophrenia, substance abuse, neuropsychology, aviation psychiatry, military psychiatry, psychiatric trauma, geriatric psychiatry, criminal psychology, cross-cultural psychology, adult psychology, psychiatric nursing, psychology research, sensory perception, psychology