Traumatic Brain Injury Psychiatry in San Diego
TBI Recovery Consultations | Medical-Legal Consultant and Expert Witness
I evaluate emotional, behavioral, and cognitive problems resulting from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). I am available for TBI medical-legal consultations, and I also serve as an expert witness.
I have consulted with TBI patients and their families in these settings: hospital trauma unit, intensive care unit, acute hospital, acute rehabilitation hospital , post-acute rehabilitation programs, residential supported living programs, community living programs, outpatient programs, and office.
I consult with patients, their families, healthcare providers, case managers, life care planners, attorneys, insurance companies, and brain injury rehabilitation programs. I review the symptoms, problems, and functional impairments of brain injury survivors, evaluate the role of past and current medical, psychological , and social factors, and recommend further evaluation and treatment to optimize recovery.
As a consultant to attorneys, I help:
Early interventions often lead to improved long-term outcomes.
As an expert witness, I help to determine:
I am available for consultation by phone or privacy-protected video conference.
Call 858 560 5609 to schedule.
I consult with patients, their families, healthcare providers, case managers, life care planners, attorneys, insurance companies, and brain injury rehabilitation programs. I review the symptoms, problems, and functional impairments of brain injury survivors, evaluate the role of past and current medical, psychological , and social factors, and recommend further evaluation and treatment to optimize recovery.
As a consultant to attorneys, I help:
- Perform early-stage bio-psycho-social assessments
- Provide recommendations for a range of evaluations and treatments
- Identify strengths and challenges of the legal case
Early interventions often lead to improved long-term outcomes.
As an expert witness, I help to determine:
- Whether a brain injury has occurred
- What bio-psycho-social factors contribute to current post-TBI problems
- What treatments and resources will help recovery
- The likely long-term outlook for recovery
I am available for consultation by phone or privacy-protected video conference.
Call 858 560 5609 to schedule.
I am in the private practice of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychoanalysis in San Diego, California. I am Medical Director of Hidden Valley Ranch Rehabilitation Services, a brain injury residential supported living program in Ramona, California. I also consult with Learning Services, a brain injury residential supported living program in Escondido, California and have consulted with Paradigm Management Services, which provides solutions for complex medical management. I am a member of the Professional Advisory Council, San Diego Brain Injury Foundation.
I was formerly Medical Director of NeuroCare's post-acute residential supported living and community-based brain injury rehabilitation programs in Ramona and San Diego, California. I have also consulted with other brain injury rehabilitation and residential programs. I was Editor, Brain Injury Medication Update email newsletter and Associate Editor, Brain Injury Update newsletter.
I was a psychiatric consultant at Sharp Memorial Hospital and Sharp Rehabilitation Center, where I focused on the psychological aspects of acute and chronic physical illness, as well as physical disabilities including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury. I was also Section Head, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Scripps Clinic San Diego. And I was the psychiatric consultant to the UCSD University Hospital Trauma Unit, the first of its kind in San Diego.
I was selected to the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University Medical School. I am a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association; Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine; past Board and Executive Committee member, San Diego Psychoanalytic Center, and past Board member, San Diego Psychiatric Society. I was also selected by my physician peers as one of San Diego's Physicians of Exceptional Excellence (Top Doctors.)
Viewing Traumatic Brain Injury from a Biological-Psychological-Social Perspective
Some problems resulting from TBI are anxiety, depression, impatience, irritability, anger, impulsive actions, impaired judgment, forgetfulness, impaired attention, and others. In turn, these conditions may lead to low self-esteem, guilt, embarrassment, stressful relationships, and occupational and financial problems.
Identifying the causes of and contributors to post-TBI symptoms and functional problems can be a complex challenge. I find it helpful to view Traumatic Brain Injury from a biological- psychological- social perspective. For example, one should consider the contributions of medical conditions, medications, brain injury, pain, depression, relationships, and current life stresses when evaluating and treating problems resulting from Traumatic Brain Injury.
Some problems resulting from TBI are anxiety, depression, impatience, irritability, anger, impulsive actions, impaired judgment, forgetfulness, impaired attention, and others. In turn, these conditions may lead to low self-esteem, guilt, embarrassment, stressful relationships, and occupational and financial problems.
Identifying the causes of and contributors to post-TBI symptoms and functional problems can be a complex challenge. I find it helpful to view Traumatic Brain Injury from a biological- psychological- social perspective. For example, one should consider the contributions of medical conditions, medications, brain injury, pain, depression, relationships, and current life stresses when evaluating and treating problems resulting from Traumatic Brain Injury.
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Learn How to Understand and Recover from Traumatic Brain Injury
To whom does one turn for evaluation after TBI? For treatment? For education? For support?
“Brain Injury happens to anyone, anywhere, and at any time.”
(Susan Hansen, Former Executive Director, San Diego Brain Injury Foundation)
Trying to find the best resources and best path to recovery is a daunting task.
For many years, I’ve worked with survivors, families, healthcare providers, and rehab treatment programs.
So, in order to inform the TBI community, I’ve started aTraumatic Brain Injury Recovery YouTube and a podcast consisting of interviews with TBI survivors, family members, and healthcare professionals.
To whom does one turn for evaluation after TBI? For treatment? For education? For support?
“Brain Injury happens to anyone, anywhere, and at any time.”
(Susan Hansen, Former Executive Director, San Diego Brain Injury Foundation)
Trying to find the best resources and best path to recovery is a daunting task.
For many years, I’ve worked with survivors, families, healthcare providers, and rehab treatment programs.
So, in order to inform the TBI community, I’ve started aTraumatic Brain Injury Recovery YouTube and a podcast consisting of interviews with TBI survivors, family members, and healthcare professionals.
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YouTube Podcast
Viewers and listeners will learn how all involved address the challenges of recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury. For example, they will learn how a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and neuropsychologist participate in the evaluation and treatment of TBI. They will learn what community services are available to survivors and families.
And they will hear brain injury stories about how survivors and families meet the challenges of recovery.
Viewers and listeners will learn how all involved address the challenges of recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury. For example, they will learn how a neurologist, neuropsychiatrist, and neuropsychologist participate in the evaluation and treatment of TBI. They will learn what community services are available to survivors and families.
And they will hear brain injury stories about how survivors and families meet the challenges of recovery.
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ALSO SEE:
DONATE: San Diego Brain Injury Foundation | Southern Caregiver Resource Center
- Before We Push Pills: Viewing Traumatic Brain Injury Through the Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective
- The Protective Barrier in Head Injury
- TBI News
- Up-to-date, peer-reviewed TBI medical literature summaries
- BrainLine: TBI Topics, Resource Directory, Videos, Ask the Expert, Research (funded by the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center)
- Brain Injury Clinical Trials
- Brain Injury Clinical Trials at UCSD
DONATE: San Diego Brain Injury Foundation | Southern Caregiver Resource Center
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