He is a fellow of seven & member of twelve professional associations (including American or International Psychiatric, Medical , Neuropsychiatric, Epilepsy, Psychogeriatric, Psychopharmacological & Psychological Associations & Societies).
In 2002, he became the first United States resident physician elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.
In 2004, he was elected a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
In 2005, he was singularly chosen to lead the first USA & International Delegation in Neuropsychiatry & Psychopharmacology (China, 2006 through People to People Ambassador Program). He has been the Co-Principal Researcher of a highly competitive international research grant.
CLINICAL SCIENTIST
An experienced, pre-eminent clinician in his specialties, so highly respected by peers that his listing is unique under Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Neurology, Psychopharmacology & Forensic (Neuro)psychiatry in Americas Top Doctors (all 5 editions). A prolific scientist (250+ publications in every habitable continent) & academic, he has pioneered numerous critical major research areas.
FORENSIC SPECIALIST
An extremely highly qualified, nationally in-demand medical expert in the USA, heprefers civil medicolegal expert work (defense or plaintiff), objectively analyzing all referrals, incisively advising on strengths & weaknesses, thoroughly yet rapidly reviewing charts, & using his outstanding communication skills in testimony.
After his preliminary oral opinions on the strengths & weaknesses, plaintiff attorneys can decide whether to proceed & defense attorneys whether to settle. This can save considerable costs later.
His 9 short chapters of the 2006 monograph/ book How Attorneys Can Best Utilize Their Medical Expert Witness: A Medical Expert's Perspective assists attorneys in choosing, maximizing & advising a medical expert witness from time of retaining to the end of testimony (download http://www.brainvoyage.com/attorneyadvice.php)
An insightful thinker & former expert chess player, He advises consultatively, truthfully & objectively, potentially making enormous changes to the case & the strategy: Cases have even settled when the other side has heard he has been retained. He has even been retained to avoid him being the other side's expert witness. His medicolegal expertise is even being used in cases outside the United States, as well as nationally within the USA.
He is an authority on head injury (key chapters in books; published classification), side-effects & clinical impacts of brain medications (author of two books on psychopharmacology), seizures & atypical spells (even a measuring instrument & classification), tardive dyskinesia (developed a successful treatment for it & evaluation technique, the STRAW), neuroleptic malignant syndrome (published review), attention deficit (new treatment), mental status (a leading authority), narcolepsy (developed questionnaire), consciousness (including a key case of persistent vegetative / minimal consciousness states) & both the organic & psychiatric aspects of such conditions (e.g. consultancies to DSM-IVR). He also has a major interest in nutritional supplements (special document for the ASCP)( including such supplements including Ephedra), obesity and diet.
A versatile, powerful expert for many different kinds of cases, including personal injury, malpractice & competency issues, he is sometimes used in dual capacities, such as Neuropsychiatry & Psychopharmacology.
INTANGIBLES
His expertise is particularly valuable because his dual MD & PhD reflects his broader skills & effectively increases his credibility.
But he is also an outstanding communicator attested by his writing for both laypersons & colleagues, & his speaking skills internationally (> 1000 scientific presentations in 11 countries; chaired international conferences on 4 continents; radio & television appearances around the world). His incisive quick thinking, ability to think on his feet, ability to debate issues, his great respect, his fair, objective opinions, address people at the correct level & his persuasive speaking style, all contribute to his highly respected forensic expertise.a decided advantage for potential jurors plus for judges in trial or arbitration.
HISTORICITY
He founded the PNI in late 1992, serving as an international model in the discipline of Neuropsychiatry. He is a remarkable clinician.
Prior to the PNI, in 1986,he, had been recruited from South Africa after an international search to establish & become Director of the first Division of Neuropsychiatry in a Department of Psychiatry in the United States (University of Washington in Seattle, WA (until 1992, tenured full-time faculty).
He initially trained & worked at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa (completed medical degree 1973, internship 1974, specialist post-graduate training 1980 (both Psychiatric & Neurological backgrounds), & then worked as consultant attending then senior consultant at the University.
While in South Africa, the country of his birth, he organized apparently the first multiracial sports match (if chess is a sport!).
He also further trained at Cornell University Medical College in New York ("Neuropsychiatry-Behavioral Neurology/ Psychopharmacology" fellowship [1982-3])as the "Witwatersrand University Overseas Traveling Fellow".
He has been licensed to practice medicine in Britain, has a Canadian specialty, & was licensed in 2 states of Australia & in South Africa.
RECOGNITIONS
EW #899is recognized in numerous books. These include editions of:
Marquis' Who's Who in the World
America's Top Doctors. (Castle Connolly; all five editions; currently the only physician listed in his several combined subspecialties of psychiatry / neurology (Neuropsychiatry/ Behavioral Neurology, Psychopharmacology & Forensic Psychiatry) (peer-selected)
Woodward White's The Best Doctors in America (peer-selected, 1990s books: apparently all editions)
Men of Achievement (International Biographical Institute, Britain)
2000 Notable American Men (American Biographical Institute)
5000 Personalities of the World
500 Leaders of Influence.
Great Minds of the 21st Century
Awards:
He was an International Man of the Year 1992-3 (International Biographical Center in Cambridge, England) "in recognition of his services to Neuropsychiatry, Psychopharmacology & Anomalistic Psychology".
One of 3 winners worldwide of the Rupert Sheldrake New Scientist Research Hypothesis Competition (1983, London)
Marius Valkhoff Medal (1982)
Chief research consultant, Epilepsy Institute, New York (1989)
Consultant to the American Psychiatric Association's DSM 3R & DSM 4.
Millennium Medal of Honor (2000)
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LATEST BOOKS, CHAPTERS & PUBLICATIONS
Cry the Beloved Mind: A Voyage of Hope is the first book in the new literary genre of sciction. It targets patients, family members, attorneys, medical /psychological colleagues & students. Widely acclaimed, it allows for great insights into comprehensive evaluations in Neuropsychiatry & Psychopharmacology (www.brainvoyage.com/ctbm).
See too his 2006 book "Dj vu revisited" www.brainvoyage.com/deja .
"Quakes" is the first "sciction" genre play.
He is also author of the books Innovative Psychopharmacotherapy, & The Psychology of Dj Vu.
He has published > 30 chapters in academic textbooks.
He has served as guest editor of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry & founding editor of a South African scientific journal, has been on the editorial boards of several other publications, & has acted as a referee for more than a dozen scientific journals.
He has developed numerous pioneering models & several measuring instruments, including computerized applications. He was co-principal researcher of a highly competitive international grant. His major research areas include developing several measuring neuropsychiatric instruments & inventories e.g. BROCAS SCAN, INSET & SOBIN. His profound pharmacological contributions include pioneering anticonvulsant use in psychiatry (impacting millions), developing a very promising treatment for gincurableh tardive dyskinesia & utilizing azapirones in aggression & attention deficit disorder.
He has also suggested a classification of seizures in relation to psychiatry.
He is currently writing a book on appropriate weight loss.
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