I am in full time psychiatric private practice providing about 30 hours per week of therapy and medication management to my patients. I am a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and board certified in Forensic Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. I have been board certified in Pain Medicine for the past 10 years.  I graduated medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, did a Pathology internship, worked as a general practitioner and completed my psychiatry residency at the University of Arizona in 1981.  The focus of my practice is on persons with Addictions, mood disorders, PTSD and chronic pain. My forensic practice is both for defense and plaintiff, focusing on individuals involved in civil litigation and addiction related criminal charges.  I regularly perform forensic psychiatric IME's, FFD exams, Peer Reviews, Utilization Reviews and precertifications for various insurance carriers. My clients include the Texas Medical Board as well as private industry, insurance carriers, review companies, EAP's and attorneys.  I have been deposed probably over 500 times and have testifiedd in court between 5 to 25 times.  (Not including administrative law proceedings.)  Also, I have special experience in assessing dangerousness in the workplace and hostage negotiations. 

The focus of my practice is to provide the most ethical and unbiased reports possible, realizing it is to the benefit of both plaintiff and defense to know the expert's opinions with both the strengths and weaknessess of those opinions based upon the facts of the case and medical literature.  I see my responsibilities as an expert in court to defend and explain my opinions clearly based upon medical evidence and the facts of the case.  I believe that everyone is best served by improving the quality and integrity of the expert witness, and to that extent, I do my best to hold to that ideal.  My experience tells me that the most successful attorneys want honest information about their cases from experts with integrity who speak clearly to the jury and/or the judge.