Monica Argumedo, M.D.
Forensic Psychiatrist
Board-Certified in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychiatry,
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Seasoned Testimony
Hundreds of Forensic Evaluations
Over 15 Years in Practice as a Forensic and Clinical Psychiatrist
(847) 656-5349
Monica Argumedo, M.D.
Professional Summary
I have been a practicing psychiatrist for almost 20 years, and a Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrist since 2011.
I routinely conduct forensic expert witness assessments and provide my opinions by written report and testimony, including over 40 times in which I’ve testified as a qualified Disclosed Expert Witness. I’ve otherwise offered forensic assessments in many more that settled without proceeding to trial.
Dr. Argumedo is a Featured Expert with Park Dietz & Associates.
Park Dietz & Associates at (949) 723-2211
Clinical Practice and Forensic Psychiatry
As both a practitioner and an expert witness, I understand the importance of maintaining my expertise by staying clinically active in psychiatry. I see patients providing psychiatric services in the greater Chicago area. In my practice 1st Response Psychiatry I treat patients who are first responders.
Employment Litigation
Competency
Medical Malpractice | Standards of Care
Standards of care in medicine follow established protocol and professional practices. Dr. Argumedo works on cases about medical best-practices, claims of negligence and malpractice, for plaintiff and defense.
Park Dietz & Associates
(949) 723-2211
Expert Witness
Dr. Argumedo has testified in open court in over 40 cases. She is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Independent Medical Examinations
Dr. Argumedo conducts Forensic Independent Medical Examinations, records reviews, issues reports of her conclusions and testifies when needed.
Fitness for Duty
Complex Factors Contributing
to Emotional Distress
Dr. Argumedo is experienced with complex facts in litigation and patient care. Dr. Argumedo is expert in evaluating interconnected psychiatric and medical factors, behavior, and outcome. Her forensic practice with addresses defense and plaintiff in litigation, criminal cases and Fitness for Duty evaluation for employers in the Chicago area including private employers and first responder employers.
Competency Assessment
Dr. Argumedo’s assessment of competency in clinical and forensic settings is grounded in over a decade of experience.
She evaluates competency and capacity of a person to self-advocate for care, make health care decisions, testamentary capacity, with application to control of assets or enter into a contract such as a Trust or other legal agreement.
As a private forensic evaluator, Dr. Argumedo is especially experienced in observing the potential for undue influence, a serious concern she finds when individuals are vulnerable by nature of their hospitalization and complicating health factors.
After death, a litigated probate matter will require a physician of Dr. Argumedo’s background to rebuild the psychiatric picture of an incapacitated or impaired person.
In the criminal justice setting, mental capacity is evaluated by Dr. Argumedo.
The shocking homicide of Dr. David Cornbleet is investigated on S1:E2, “Prescription for Murder,” aired on 2/3/20.
Dr. Argumedo was invited as a Forensic Psychiatrist to discuss the case during the show. Errata: Dr. Argumedo is erroneously identified as a tenant of the site of the murder.
Streaming free from your cable provider “Stranger Among Us: Prescription for Murder”
