Addictions Independent Medical Examiners

Psychiatry, Addictions - I am board certified in both psychiatry and addiction medicine. I have done IME for many years and am told I appear well in court. I have testified many times and also when I did hospital work to obtain treatment over objection. I treat all pychiatric diagnoses including Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Depressive Disorders, Aspergers, Autism, TBI, Anxiety Disorders, OCD, PTSD, etc and have 30+ years of clinical experience treating addictions, psych illness and patients who have both.

I have worked with attorneys for many years doing IME's for patients with mental retardation/delevelmental delays/autism/Aspergers, patients with TBI's and/or ANY psychiatric diagnosis as well as addiciton to any substance(s) for over 30 years. I have only done clinical work and have worked on a state Forensic unit, s state hospital, jails, prisons, nursing homes, community mental health centers, senior programs, a psych ED for many years, and 9 years of inpatient psychiatric hospital work, as well as rehabs and both inpatient and outpatient facilities for substance use disorders. I also specialize in clients who suffer from both substance use disorders as well as a mental health diagnosis and this is one of my specialties.

Psychiatry, Addictions - Neurodevelopmental disorders, Addictions, substance use disorders, Traumatic brain injury, PTSD, Trauma, Child and Adolescent psychiatry, QEEG, Brain mapping, Anxiety and mood disorders.

Psychiatry, Addictions - Adult Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, Substance Abuse, Geriatric Psychiatry, Will Contests, Testamentary Capacity, Undue Influence, Contested Wills, Dementia, PTSD & Emotional Trauma, Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatric Malpractice, Psychiatric Evaluations, Psychiatric Disability, Fitness for Duty, Impaired Professionals, Disability Evaluations, Immigration and Asylum

Five active Certifications and five decades of exceptional experience in all settings. He has achieved and maintained Quadruple Certifications in Psychiatry (1983), Addiction Psychiatry (1993, 2003, 2013,), Geriatric Psychiatry (1994, 2004, 2014,) and Forensic Psychiatry (1999, 2009). He sat for his Addiction Medicine examination more than 50 years after he began medical school. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, Instructor in the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop. Former Harvard Medical School Instructor and Cornell University Alumnus. Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) with Certifications in Psychiatry Addiction Psychiatry Diplomate, American Board of Preventive Medicine Certification in Addiction Medicine Geriatric Psychiatry (ABPN) Forensic Psychiatry (ABPN) Five active Board Certifications with five decades of increasing breadth and depth of expertise.