Neuropsychiatric assessment and treatment of older adults form the foundation of this expert’s work involving geriatric psychiatry, neurocognitive disorders, and mental health care in elderly populations. With more than 5 years of experience in geriatric psychiatry, this board-certified geriatric psychiatrist provides consultation and courtroom testimony involving dementia and cognitive impairment, healthcare decision-making capacity, financial capacity, testamentary capacity, and adult guardianship matters. Areas of expertise include late-life depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, psychotic illnesses, delirium, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance-related psychiatric conditions, and the effects of medical illness, substance use, and medications on cognition and mental health in elderly patients. The expert’s clinical background includes evaluation and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders affecting medically complex and aging patients in inpatient, outpatient, and veterans behavioral health settings. Additional experience includes contested capacity matters related to financial decision-making, estate and trust management, conservatorship and guardianship proceedings, independent living assessments, marriage and divorce capacity, vulnerability to undue influence, and allegations of elder abuse and neglect. Their work also includes psychopharmacology, neurocognitive disorder assessment, and electroconvulsive therapy involving elderly adults and veteran populations with chronic medical and psychiatric conditions.

Professional responsibilities have included leadership of neuromodulation services within a veterans psychiatry program, along with attending psychiatrist roles focused on geriatric psychiatry and older adult behavioral health care. Academic and educational responsibilities have included psychiatry instruction, fellowship supervision, resident education, curriculum development, and organization of educational workshops involving testamentary and financial capacity assessment in elderly populations. Research and scholarly activities include peer-reviewed publications, textbook chapters, lectures, and professional presentations involving late-life depression, elder financial abuse, neurocognitive disorders, electroconvulsive therapy outcomes, post-traumatic stress disorder in older adults, substance abuse in elderly populations, and mental health considerations involving aging veterans. Professional credentials include board certification in General Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, along with active medical licensure and certification to perform electroconvulsive therapy. Educational background includes a Doctor of Medicine degree, residency training in psychiatry, fellowship training in geriatric psychiatry, and additional fellowship training in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Professional organization involvement includes the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, International Psychogeriatric Association, Forensic Expert Witness Association, and International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation.