Psychology Independent Medical Examiners in California

Santa Barbara, California

Forensic Psychology, Psychology - Experience in criminal and civil proceedings. Personal injury examinations of adults and children. Worker's compensation evaluations. Two year (2008-2010) appointment to U.S. State Department, Office of Medical Services. Twenty-two month deployment to Iraq to evaluate and treat Department of State and Department of Defense personnel for acute and post traumatic stress disorders.

Carlsbad, California

Neuropsychology, Psychology - Neuropsychology/Neurocognitive Deficits, Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD, Forensic Psychology, Psychological Disability Assessment, Fitness for Duty Evaluations, Workers Compensation Qualified Medical Evaluations.

Craig B. Grether, Ph.D., Q.M.E. is a licensed clinical psychologist and qualified medical evaluator working in the San Diego area. Dr. Grether's work over the past 49 years has resulted in the development of an experience base in clinical psychology. neuropsychology, forensic psychology, geropsychology. and behavioral medicine. He is an accomplished diagnostician, therapist, researcher and author having worked in outpatient rehabilitation, private practice, long-term care, and inpatient settings.

Anaheim, California

Forensic Psychology, Psychology - Dr. Nhung Phan has been doing workers' comp, fitness for duty, and personal injury evaluations since 2016. Dr. Phan has extensive experience in conducting SIBTF and QME evaluations for the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) in the state of CA. In addition to the primary legal work, she runs a group practice that includes licensed mental health specialists and associates whom she supervises regularly.

Services include psychological/neuropsychological testing, CA (POST) Police screening of candidates, medical legal evaluations, fitness for duty evaluations (FFDE), evaluations and report writing for CA prisoners, workers' comp evaluations including Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) and Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) cases, and personal injury evaluations.

Tarzana, California

Psychology, Forensic Psychology - Services include psychological consultation, psychodiagnostic testing, Fitness-for Duty evaluations (peace officer and civilian), expert reports, independent medical evaluations, expert testimony with specialization in PTSD with civilian, law enforcement , firefighter and Veteran populations.

Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) certified Military Veteran Bilingual Dr. Safaei-Far has extensive experience in conducting independent psychological medical evaluations including Defense Base Act Evaluations, Franklin Mitigation Evaluations, and psychological Fitness for Duty Evaluations (FFDE) with respect to any security or safety-related position, for both public and private entities. In addition to Fitness for Duty Evaluations, Dr. Safaei-Far also performs psychological screenings and risk assessment evaluations for return-to-work clearances in any safety or security-related employment environment. Additionally, Dr. Safaei-Far has extensive knowledge of California's Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) requirements. She is qualified as a POST evaluator, and performs evaluations on a case-by-case basis for law enforcement appeals and other positions governed under POST requirements.

Fresno, California

Neuropsychology, Psychology - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Stroke, Dementia, Neurocognitive Disorders, Substance-Induced Neurocognitive Impairment, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Chronic Pain, Mood and Anxiety disorders, Personal Injury, Trial Pre-Consultation, IME/AME, Disability Evaluations, Worker's Compensation,

Dr. Sanchez is a licensed psychologist specializing in Applied Clinical Neuropsychology and has additional certification as a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME); Diplomate, Board Certified Senior Disability Analyst (ABDA); and HSPP in CA. Dr. Sanchez has completed specialized training in Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology at the doctoral, internship and post-doctoral levels, in accordance with guidelines set forth for the practice of Neuropsychology by the Clinical Neuropsychology Division of the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. She earned a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in Fresno in 1999 with concentrations in Neuropsychology, Cross Cultural, and Child Clinical Psychology. She also completed 2 years of advanced postdoctoral training in Pediatric and Adult Clinical Neuropsychology in 2007 through Fielding Institute in Chicago. In her practice, Dr. Sanchez specializes in traumatic...

Beverly Hills, California

Psychology - -Two Masters degrees and a Ph.D. From Columbia University -Experienced and Accomplished in the use of Prominent Psychological Tests Including Tests to Determine Malingering -Panel Qualified Medical Evaluator for the CA Workers’ Compensation Division since 2002 -Performed Numerous Depositions for Complex Workers’ Compensation Injury Cases -Performed thousands of Evaluations for the CA Department of Social Security Disability -Performed Training Programs for the CA Psychological Assn.

- Provided psychotherapy ever since I became licensed as a psychologist - Third psychologist to be admitted to the Allied Health Professional Staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. (In the past, only psychiatrists were admitted.) - Performed evaluations and interventions for the Department of Rehabilitation. - Performed numerous Organizational Psychology interventions for companies all over the U.S. Examples include: Team Building, Assertiveness Training and Outplacement. -Attended numerous weekend-long psychotherapy training programs when living in New York City, including a 30-day program in Northern California. - Experienced and accomplished in identifying intellectually gifted children for Accelerated Learning Programs in addition to schools for Gifted Children requiring the child a have an Intelligece Quotient (IQ) of 130 or above.

San Diego, California

Neuropsychology, Psychology - Dr. Silva is board-certified in clinical neuropsychology (ABPP-CN) and has additional certification as a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) in CA. She has held board positions with national, state, and local neuropsychology organizations. She specializes with traumatic brain injuries, neurodegenerative conditions, complex medical conditions in adults, mood and anxiety disorders, somatic symptom disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and chronic pain syndromes. She also speaks Spanish.

All evaluations include assessment of performance and symptom validity. Conclusions are based on objective data and are evidence-based. Dr. Silva has performed evaluations for both defense and plaintiff attorneys (approximately 70/30). She will provide free initial consultations to determine if she is the right expert for the case. She is founder of Pacific Neurobehavioral Clinic, a reputable mental health clinic in San Diego, CA.

Woodland Hills, California

Psychology, Forensic Psychology - Services include Fitness-for-Duty evaluations (civilian and law enforcement), psychological consultation and independent medical evaluations/review of records, psychological assessment, expert reports and testimony with emphasis on PTSD and related disorders for veterans, civilians, peace officers and other safety sensitive positions.

Dr. Souris has over 21 years of experience in performing a variety of independent psychological and neuropsychological evaluations and has afforded a multitude of expert testimonies. Her independent evaluations have entailed performance of psychological pre-employment and fitness for duty evaluation (FFDE) for safety-sensitive and law enforcement (private and public), risk and threat assessments, mitigation and diversion, return to work evaluations as a SAP for those governed under Department of Transportation regulation, as well as neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic evaluations for the veterans. Furthermore, Dr. Souris is qualified as a California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) evaluator and conducts pre-employment and appeal evaluations for positions governed under CA POST requirements. She has also conducted trainings that have provided POST and APA approved continuing education trainings and is a published author of chapter entitled Pre-Employment and Fitnes...