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Neuropharmacology Expert Witnesses: 4
Neurology Sleep Medicine Expert Witness Merrill Wise
5050 Poplar Ave, Ste. 700
Memphis TN
38157
USA
phone: 901-896-4396
fax: 901-333-8408
Forensic Toxicology Expert Witness Sara Schreiber
Sara J. Schreiber, PhD, D-ABFT-FT
Forensic Toxicologist
PO Box 70
Frankenmuth MI
48734
USA, International
phone: 517-819-4277
Sara J. Schreiber, PhD, D-ABFT-FT, is a worldwide leader and highly accomplished Forensic Toxicologist, Educator, and Consultant whose work has earned recognition at both the national and international levels through leadership, teaching, professional service, and participation in major forensic pursuits.
Dr. Schreiber has more than two decades of experience in forensic science, including over 25 years in Toxicology and Controlled Substance Analysis, and has served in senior laboratory, technical director, academic, and expert roles in governmental forensic institutions.
Litigation Support - Dr. Schreiber provides comprehensive technical review and expert analysis in complex criminal and civil matters where alcohol, drugs, and poisons are at issue. Her work bridges the gap between advanced toxicological data and the courtroom by critically evaluating laboratory methods, case files, bench notes, instrumental data, and reports to determine whether testing, interpretation, and quality practices meet accepted forensic and accreditation standards, including ISO/IEC 17025, American Board of Forensic Toxicology (ABFT), and relevant professional guidelines.
Dr. Schreiber draws on her experience as a diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology and her leadership roles in organizations such as MAFS, SOFT, NAME, OSAC, and TIAFT. When requested, she provides clear, accessible expert testimony, affidavits, and consultation to attorneys, investigators, and courts, translating complex toxicological and medicolegal issues into opinions that can be understood and evaluated by judges and juries.
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Background Experience - Dr. Schreiber’s national notoriety is reflected in her repeated invitations to lecture, train, and present on forensic toxicology, opioid deaths, toxicology trends, medicolegal death investigation, expert testimony, and related forensic topics for professional associations, public defenders, prosecutors, medical and university audiences, public health groups, and scientific meetings across multiple states throughout the US. Her work has also contributed to public-health and death-investigation initiatives through overdose fatality review teams, national overdose fatality review consulting, Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the RTI Center for Forensic Sciences technology Working Group participation, and overdose-related strategy teams.
Psychiatry Expert Witness Jeffrey Sugar
Jeffrey Alan Sugar, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at USC
312 E. Sycamore Avenue
El Segundo CA
90245
USA
phone: 310-291-0886
Jeffrey A. Sugar, MD has been a practicing Psychiatrist for over 20 years. Dr. Sugar is board certified both in Child and General Psychiatry. He is Past President of the Southern California Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Sugar is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at USC, and has been an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA. Dr. Sugar is the Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Trauma Program at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA where he sees patients, teaches psychiatry, and performs research. He is Attending Psychiatrist in both Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry Outpatient Clinics at USC. He teaches child and general psychiatrists-in-training and medical students on topics ranging from Trauma, Adversity, and Dissociation to Psychotherapy theory and methods.
Dr. Sugar was the founding director of the Hathaway Children’s Clinical Research Institute where he performed funded research on the effects of interpersonal child trauma. Dr. Sugar has presented at national and international meetings on child and adolescent Trauma and Dissociation. Director, Child Psychiatry Trauma Program at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine .. Dr. Sugar has been worked with the legal industry since 1988. Qualified in Superior court, he has been retained over 40 times as an expert in a broad range of child and general psychiatric cases, for both Plaintiff and Defense. His services include:
- Consultation Regarding Psychiatric Injury, Diagnosis, Treatment
- Record Review and Opinion
- Psychiatric Interview and Mental Status Evaluation
- Expert testimony
Dr. Sugar's litigation support is available to attorneys for both Plaintiff and Defense. His Areas of Expertise include:
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Professional Training:
- MD: University of California, San Francisco
- General Psychiatry: Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, California
- Child Psychiatry: UCLA-Neuropsychiatric Institute
- Chief Fellow: UCLA
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