As both a practitioner and an expert witness, I understand the importance of maintaining my expertise by staying clinically active in psychiatry. I maintain my clinical skills and experience through my work with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. My main role at Rush is leading their psychiatric consultation services at their community-based medical center, Rush Oak Park Hospital.

At Rush Oak Park Hospital, I evaluate, diagnose, and treat medically hospitalized patients suffering from symptoms of mental illness. Additionally, I maintain a weekly clinic where I regularly treat patients who suffer from conditions such as depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and PTSD.

As part of my work at Rush Oak Park Hospital, I often determine whether a patient requires a higher level of mental health care such as psychiatric hospitalization. My medico-legal training is an asset in circumstances where a decision may have a legal consequence, such as pursuing involuntary commitment or assessing a patient’s competency to consent to medical treatment.

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Medical Malpractice | Standards of Care

She also works with medical students and behavioral health hospitals in teaching and establishing psychiatric evaluation practices.

As a Forensic Psychiatrist she has assessed and opined in medical malpractice cases in which doctors or institutions met or failed to meet standards of care.