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William Alvin McElveen, M.D.
3930 8th Avenue West
Bradenton FL 34205
USA
phone: 941-746-3115
fax: 941-723-9871
Dr. William Alvin McElveen is a board certified neurologist who is also a Fellow with the American Academy of Neurology. He is also
  • Certified in the medical subspecialty of Vasculary Neurology
  • Certified to interpret MRI and CTscans by the American Society of Neuroimaging
  • Certified by the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners.

    Dr. McElveen is recognized as one of the best doctors in the country by the Center for the Study of Services and is listed in "Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare" 2000-2001. He founded Bradenton Neurology in 1979. He has been performing Independent Medical Examinations and serving as an expert witness for 12 years.

    Specialties
  • Diseases of the Brain
  • Diseases of the Spinal Cord, Nerves and Muscles
  • Disorders of the Nervous System
  • Neuroimaging - MRI, CT scans
  • 5/28/2009 · Medical
    Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
    Thrombosis of the venous channels in the brain is an uncommon cause of cerebral infarction relative to arterial disease but is an important consideration because of its potential morbidity. Venous thrombosis may occur with headache and cranial nerve palsies

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    Dr Vernon M Neppe MD,PhD,FRS(SAf),DFAPA,BN&NP,ABPN,MMed,FFPsyc
    Director/ Professor

    6300 9th Ave NE, Ste 353
    Seattle WA 98115
    USA
    phone: 206-527-6289
    fax: 888-211-5207
    Dr Vernon M
    Prof. Vernon M. Neppe - Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute

  • Internationally renowned Neuropsychiatrist, Behavioral Neurologist, Psychopharmacologist, Psychiatrist, Forensic specialist (Listed in these areas under peer-selected book America's Top Doctors [apparently the only MD in 5 sub-specialties/ specialties] and listed in all 11 editions]. Dr. Neppe is also an internationally recognized Epilepsy specialist and Consciousness researcher.

  • He is an experienced, peer-respected clinician, and is a pioneering researcher (where his contributions have directly impacted millions.). He is an extensively published (350+) academic, author of eight books (including Cry the Beloved Mind, Reality Begins with Consciousness , How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witness, Innovative Psychopharmacotherapy , and also a playwright (2 plays). He is an in-demand communicator (professional speaker, media), creativity specialist (Executive Director, and Distinguished Professor, Exceptional Creative Achievement Organization), incisive thinker (past chess champion), and a versatile multi-specialty civil medicolegal expert (defense or plaintiff)
  • . Dr Neppe led the first USA and International Delegation in Psychopharmacology and Neuropsychiatry
  • Expertise includes
  • head injury, brain disturbances, personal injury,
  • medications,
  • seizures,
  • malpractice,
  • stress
  • Nutrition supplements specialist
  • Tardive dyskinesia specialist
  • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome specialist
  • Vegetative / Minimal Consciousness states.
  • At times, he's consulted in several different areas in the same case e.g. medications, brain damage, psychiatry, movement disorders or seizures, depression, anxiety, bipolar, psychosis, attention deficit
  • Honors: Best Doctors in America
  • Who's Who in the World
  • Ebook: How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witness
  • Prof. Neppe also has dual MD and PhD (Med) plus Board Certified UCNS Behavioral Neurology, Neuropsychiatry and Am Brd Psychiatry and Neurology (BC Psychiatry, subspec: Forensic Psychiat-04, Geriat Psychiat-11) & DPM (with Neurology & Psychiatry). Additionally,
  • Fellow Royal Society, SA (app. first USA MD so honored) FFPsych(SA),
  • Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
  • Additionally, MMed (Psych), DABFM, DABFE, DABPS (Psychopharm), FACFE, FCPsych, FRCPC,-10. DSPE
  • Diplomate and Senior Research Fellow, International Society for Philosophical Enquiry;
  • Medicolegal expert consultations throughout the USA and beyond including Canada. but works only with attorneys in Civil suits (Plaintiff or Defense --profound settlements on both sides giving appropriate medical analyses) or Competency (not Criminal); retained throughout USA and internationally. This includes high profile cases.
  • Vernon M. Neppe MD, PhD, FRSSAf, DFAPA
    These nine articles constitute a monograph series to assist civil litigation attorneys with medical experts. Each paper is a self-sustaining unit.
    Vernon M. Neppe MD, PhD, FRSSAf, DFAPA
    These nine articles constitute a monograph series to assist civil litigation attorneys with medical experts. Each paper is a self-sustaining unit.
    Vernon M. Neppe MD, PhD, FRSSAf, DFAPA
    Prof. Neppe, MD, PhD, FFPsych, FRCPC, defines for the first time the new non-fiction literary genre of Sciction -- science through literature. Psychiatric and neurological medications become comprehensible to patients, families and general readers yet the book is a wonderful text for students and professionals in the health and psychological fields. This unique self-help book on brain medications and social and medical issues educates through fascination.
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    Daniel Allen
    MB, BS, LLM, MRCGP, MRCPsych
    P.O. Box 1086
    Beaconsfield HP9 9AB
    GBR
    phone: 44-870-162-0671
    fax: 44-870-162-0672
    Daniel
    Dr. Danny Allen, Consultant Adult Psychiatrist is fully trained and experienced in report writing and regularly appears as an Expert Witness in Family Proceedings. Dr. Allen is an Approved Clinician, approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 and a Cardiff University accredited Expert Witness and a member of the Expert Witness Institute, the Academy of Experts and the Society of Expert Witnesses. He holds consultancies with Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Workplace Health (Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust) The Maidenhead Clinic, Phoenix Mental Health Services/Cardinal Clinic and BMI The Shelburne Hospital.

    Dr. Allen appears in court regularly in public law cases. He has undertaken a number of high profile cases for Customs and Excise and the Crown Prosecution Service, including alleged rapes and murders. Dr. Allen provides services for lawyers, social services and businesses. His reports are also available to Employment & Housing Tribunals and Employers and Licensing Authorities.

    Type of Reports Prepared:
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Depression
  • Drug & Alcohol
  • Specific Phobia
  • Sexual Offense
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Family Proceedings
  • Personal Injury
  • Criminal Reports
  • Head Injury
  • Capacity
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    Gene Bruno
    MS, CRC, CDMS, CCM
    16001 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 130
    Encino CA 91436
    USA
    phone: 818-528-7300
    fax: 818-528-7722
    Gene Bruno is a Vocational Rehabilitation & Counseling expert who has provided services to disabled individuals for over 45 years. He provides Testimony, Vocational Rehabilitation, and Life Care Planning for individuals with severe disabilities. His expertise includes personal injury, work related injury, medical and legal malpractice. Mr. Bruno focuses on the areas of TBI/head injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, birth injury, pediatrics, developmental disabilities, burns, etc. He works with physicians, economists, and other experts to develop economic impacts on the injured party. Mr. Bruno has been qualified to testify in State and Federal court.

    Services Include:
    • Life Care Planning
    • Costs & Availability of Collateral Resources
    • Vocational Assessment
    • Transferable Skills & Labor Market Analysis
    • Loss of Earnings & Job Placement Needs
    Certifications:
    • Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
    • Certified Disability Management Specialist (CDMS)
    • Certified Case Manager (CCM)
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    Dr. Harvey Cantor
    President
    11700 Tarrytown
    St. Louis MO 63141
    USA
    phone: 314-570-5387 or 314-434-4442
    fax: 314-434-4459
    Dr. Harvey
    Dr. Harvey Cantor has over 30 years in Pediatric Neurology private practice. He is an experienced, Ivy League trained accomplished Medical Expert. Dr. Cantor completed his training at some of the best medical institutions in the world. He has a unique ability to communicate difficult medical concepts in everyday language. As a Clinical Professor of Child Neurology, Dr. Cantor has the skills and experience to help win medical malpractice and medicolegal cases.

    Areas of Expertise:
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
  • Birth Trauma and Injuries
  • Life Expectancy of Neurologically Impaired Children
  • Erbs Palsy
  • Head Trauma and Sequele
  • Lead Poisoning
  • Neurological / Brain Damage
  • Spinal Cord Damage
  • Post Traumatic Convulsions
  • Autism
  • Mental Retardation

    Services Offered:
  • Present Information and Analysis in an easily understood manner
  • Assess medical records for Standard of Care Issues
  • Review medical records and / or examine patient
  • Assess and critique Life Care Plans
  • Identify future medical needs and costs
  • Provide relevant medical literature supporting important case issues
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    Jeff Victoroff, M.D.
    Jeff Victoroff
    USC Keck School of Medicine
    Rancho Los Amigos
    National Rehabilitation Center
    Downey CA 90242
    USA
    phone: 310-542-9988
    fax: 310-542-3588
    Jeff
    Dr. Victoroff is Harvard-trained and double board certified in both Neurology and Psychiatry. He has consulted and provided testimony at trial for 15 years across the U.S. in many criminal and civil cases both for defense and plaintiffs.

    Dr. Victoroff is Certified by the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, Certified in Neurorehabilitation, and a Diplomate of the American College of Forensic Examiners. He is the author of many peer-reviewed scientific articles in neurology and psychiatry and serves as Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.

    Dr. Victoroff's Areas of Expertise Include:
    • Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Memory Disorders
    • PTSD
    • Human Aggression
    • Terrorism
    • Homicide
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    Administrator
    6555 Coyle Avenue, Suite 235
    Carmichael CA 95608
    USA
    phone: 800-403-1647 or 916-863-7301
    fax: 916-863-7206
    Administrator
    MRK Medical Consultants provides Medical-Legal Evaluations to help legal and insurance professionals reach appropriate conclusions about their client's situations. MRK provides a wide array of medical experts that offer objective review and analysis of personal injuries. Each stage of the process—research to review, analysis to opinion—is addressed in a comprehensive manner in order to help legal and insurance professionals reach appropriate conclusions about their client’s situations. MRK has over forty board certified physician specialists and many with subspecialty certifications. MRK provides physician experts to the entire State of California, the Reno/Lake Tahoe area and Las Vegas, and we travel to many areas of the United States. Physical therapy, registered nurses, physician assistant and billing review consultants are available services MRK provides. Oncall MD's in office daily to discuss your needs if you are unsure of what expert you need.

    Dr. Edward YoungerEdward W. Younger, III, M.D., Medical Director of MRK Medical Consultants, specializes in Orthopedic Surgery. He has extensive experience in total joint replacement, as well as reconstructive surgery of the knee, hip and shoulder. He was instrumental in bringing computer navigation technology to his hospital. He has served on the orthopedic trauma staff at Mercy San Juan Medical Center and serves on the Medical Executive Comitee at Mercy San Juan. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and the California Orthopedic Association.


    Dr. Michael KleinDr. Michael R. Klein, Jr., M.D., specializes in Orthopedic Surgery and is a founding member and the first Medical Director of Northern California Orthopedic Centers. He is a senior member of the medical staff at Mercy San Juan Medical Center and was involved with the development of the orthopedic section of the Level II Trauma Center.

    Dr. Klein is a clinical instructor at University of California, Davis, Medical Center, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and a member of the American Medical Association and the California Medical Association.

    MRK's Areas of Expertise:
  • Orthopedics
  • Neurosurgery / Neurology
  • Rheumatology
  • General surgery / trauma
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Cardiology
  • Geriatrics
  • Sports Medicine
  • RN
  • Physical Therapy
  • Chiropractic Orthopedics
  • Neuropsychology
  • Podiatry
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Family Practice Anesthesiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Optometry
  • Urology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Infectious Disease
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Critical care
  • Otolaryngology
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    Michael Blomgren, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
    Speech & Language Pathologist
    1123 E 600 South
    Salt Lake City UT 84102
    USA
    phone: 801-585-6152
    Optimal Communication, LLC is a consortium of speech and language experts providing specific speech and language consulting within three areas:

    (1) Forensic speech-language consulting: speech and voice analysis, voice identification-elimination, voice line-ups, certified and/or verified transcripts, and audio recording quality enhancement.

    (2) Clinical speech-language pathology consulting: speech-language assessment and expert witness services in the areas of stuttering, motor speech disorders, aphasia, and cognitive-communication deficits. General speech-language pathology consulting to businesses such as rehabilitation centers and hospitals.

    (3) Study design, oversight, and data analysis for pharmaceutical companies investigating speech-language effects of novel agents.

    Previous clients have included law enforcement agencies, attorneys, private individuals, and various companies such as Union Pacific Railroad, UPS, The Nation Publishing Company, Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Teva Neuroscience, Endo Pharmaceuticals, and Allergan Medical.
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    Freeman Chakara, PsyD, ABPP-CN, FACPN
    Founder & Clinical Director
    1525 Oregon Pike, Suite 501
    Lancaster PA 17601
    USA
    phone: 717-397-1400
    fax: 717-509-4066
    Freeman
    Dr. Freeman Chakara is a Board Certified Neuropsychologist and the founder of Providence Behavioral Health Services. He provides Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluations for children and adults with known or suspected Brain Dysfunction. For the last twelve years, Dr. Chakara has evaluated children and adults for disorders of Attention, Memory, Language, Spatial Cognition, Executive Function, Sensory-Motor, and Socio-Behavioral Disorders.

    As needed, Dr. Chakara has assisted attorneys with independent evaluations and record reviews on work performed by other providers. His client engagements includes (1) Attorneys interested in establishing the mental capacity of a client, the merits of a psychological evaluation conducted by another expert, the validity of reported symptoms and expert testimony regarding neurocognitive functioning; (2) Employers pursuing fitness for duty evaluations; (3) Insurers requesting independent medical evaluations. He also provides services to educators and state agencies. Legal consultation is available for both defense and plaintiff attorneys.

    As the Director of the Memory and Movement Disorders Clinic at Providence Behavioral Health, Dr. Chakara specifically assists with determining neurocognitive aspects of the following conditions:
    • Memory
    • ADHD
    • Autism
    • Asperger's
    • Dyslexia
    • Tumors
    • Seizure Disorders
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Stroke / CVA
  • Head Injury / TBI
  • Dementia
  • Movement Disorders
  • Sports Concussion
  • Malingering
  • Symptom Exaggeration
  • Education/Training:
    2000: PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Widener University
    2001: Licensed Psychologist in the state of Pennsylvania

    Degree/Certification:
    2002: Postdoctoral Fellowship at Milton Hershey Medical Center
    2007: Diplomate in Neuropsychology - ABN/FACPN
    2011: Diplomate in Neuropsychology - ABPP/ABCN

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    4/17/2012 · Brain Injury
    Brain Injury Medicine: Cognitive Impairments After TBI
    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes several types of damage to the brain that affect the cerebral cortex, subcortical nuclear structures, and their widespread white matter connections (see chapters by Kochanek et al. and Hovda for more details). The resulting cascade of pathological changes disrupts neural functioning at multiple levels, from individual cellular and vascular structures to the larger brain networks they comprise