Forensic 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.

Oakland, California

Neuropsychology, Forensic Psychology - Traumatic brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, concussion, post-concussion syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), chronic pain, depression, emotional damages, catastrophic injury, electrical injury, toxic tort, personal injury, expert witness, independent medical examination (IME), disability evaluation, defense base act, fitness for duty, neuropsychological testing, psychological testing, symptom validity testing.

Dr. Francis is a Fellow of the American College of Professional Neuropsychology. He has been board-certified by the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology (ABN). Dr. Francis is a professional member of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. He is a member of Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology) and Division 40 (Neuropsychology) of the American Psychological Association. He also maintains membership in the California Psychological Association, the Northern California Neuropsychology Forum, and the Society for Personality Assessment. Dr. Francis has spent more than 20 years assessing and treating traumatic brain injuries, neurodegenerative disorders, post-traumatic stress, and chronic pain. He was appointed by the State of California's Department of Industrial Relations Division of Workers Compensation as a Qualified Medical Evaluator in 2007. Since then, he has performed over 500 medical-legal evaluations in the...

La Crescenta, California

Neuropsychology, Forensic Psychology - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Stroke, Dementia, Neurocognitive Disorders, Substance-Induced Neurocognitive Impairment, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Emotional Distress and Damages, Mood and Anxiety disorders, Somatic Symptom Disorders, Chronic Pain, Discrimination (employment, racial, gender and sexual), Personal Injury, IME/ AME, Disability Evaluations, Worker's Compensation, Fitness for Duty, Pre-Employment Evaluations, and Violence Risk Assessment.

I am a clinical psychologist specializing in forensic psychology and neuropsychology with over 10 years of experience in assessing, treating, and consulting on psychological disorders. I completed a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology and specialized training in forensic psychology at Patton State Hospital, the largest forensic hospital in the country. I specialize in providing comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological evaluations for traumatic brain injury (TBI), concussions, dementia, complications from a stroke, neurocognitive disorders, substance-induced cognitive impairment, chronic pain, PTSD, emotional distress, mood and anxiety disorders, learning disabilities, and ADHD. I have been retained, qualified as an expert, and testified in criminal and civil cases in local, state, and military courts for cases involving psychological (e.g., PTSD, emotional distress, discrimination, chronic pain) and neuropsychological issues (e.g., TBIs, strokes, alcohol...

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.

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...