Experts/Scholars
Name: Ronald w Maris, Ph.D.
Field: Psychology
Contact: Maris@SC.edu
Credentials: Dr. Maris offers expert opinions in suicide death investigation, suicide risk assessment and prediction, contested life insurance, product liability (especially for psychotropic drugs), manner of death determination (suicide v. homicide v. accident), jail/prison suicides, hospital suicides, medical and psychological malpractice, workman compensation, murder-suicides, and the standard of care for suicidal patients/clients. The Suicide Center has affiliated physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and social workers.
Name: Marc D. Feldman, MD - Psychiatry/Psychology Expert
Field:Psychiatry and Pain Management
Contact: Birmingham, AL Tel: 205-975-8093 Fax: 205-591-4420
Credentials: Board-certified, Ivy-trained, award-winning University Professor and practitioner in general psychiatry and pain management. 4 books, 80 publications, 20 years academic, managed care, insurance and private practice. Malpractice, Malingering, Suicide, Munchausen, Psychopharmacology, and Disability.
Name: Mace Beckson, MD
Field:Psychiatry and Forensics
Contact: Los Angeles, CA Tel: 310-966-1907 Fax: 310-477-0661
Credentials: UCLA Forensic Faulty; Distinguished Fellow APA; Board Certified Addiction/Forensic Psychiatry; Med. Dir. Psych. Intensive Care, VA West LA; Expert Reviewer, Ca Med Board; Expert Witness/IME; specializing in Alcohol/Drugs, Suicide, Violence, Threat/Risk Assessment, Sexual Misconduct, Psychiatric Malpractice, Impaired Physician, Sexual Addiction/Offenses, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
