Dr. Stephan M Carlson
Brooklyn, NY 11221
Office: 504-481-9000
Stephan M. Carlson, MD, MBA, FAPA is a forensic psychiatrist and expert witness based in Brooklyn, New York. He is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Adolescent Psychiatry. He provides independent forensic psychiatric evaluations, psychiatric IMEs, damages and causation analysis, suicide and violence-risk assessment, competency and criminal-responsibility consultation, and expert testimony in civil, criminal, juvenile, and federal matters. Dr. Carlson serves as Director of a high-volume Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program and Editor-in-Chief of Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Addiction Medicine
- Competency
- Emotional Distress
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Malingering
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychiatry
- Psychopharmacology
- Sanity/Competency to Stand Trial
- Suicide
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry; Diplomate, American Board of Adolescent Psychiatry; MD, Louisiana State University School of Medicine; Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Columbia University Medical Center; Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business.
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; Member, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law; Past President, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University; Editor-in-Chief, Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Teaching and professional education experience includes emergency psychiatry, adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychiatric risk assessment, competency and criminal-responsibility issues, and clinical systems of care.
- Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No.
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Multiple occasions over approximately 17 years.
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Forensic psychiatry; psychiatric independent medical examinations; competency and criminal responsibility; psychiatric damages and causation; suicide and violence-risk assessment; malingering; emotional distress; adolescent and juvenile forensic psychiatry; psychiatric records review; expert reports and testimony.
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: Retained by both plaintiff and defense; percentage not stated.
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: Retained by both plaintiff and defense; percentage not stated.
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: Multiple occasions over approximately 17 years.
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: Multiple occasions over approximately 17 years.
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: Approximately 17 years.
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Independent forensic psychiatric evaluations; psychiatric IMEs; medical and psychiatric records review; causation and damages analysis; competency and criminal-responsibility consultation; suicide and violence-risk assessment; malingering analysis; attorney consultation; expert reports; deposition testimony; trial testimony.
Available Upon Request