Dr. Amanda Goldstein, MD
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Amanda Goldstein, MD, who is board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, is a clinical psychiatrist at the Mind Health Institute in Beverly Hills, California. She treats a broad range of mental disorders, including neurocognitive, neurodevelopmental, obsessive-compulsive, anxiety, mood, psychotic, sleep, and stressor-related disorders. She excels at managing medically and pharmacologically complex cases. Dr. Goldstein has been recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor from 2022–2024, as well as a Super Doctors Top Southern California Rising Star from 2021–2024. She completed her residency training at the University of Chicago, where she served as Chief Resident in her final year. She then completed a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at UCLA. She received her medical degree from the University at Buffalo.
Dr. Goldstein has been a Forensic Psychiatric Expert with Park Dietz & Associates since 2021. Her areas of expertise include testamentary capacity and undue influence.
Dr. Goldstein also serves as a Qualified Medical Evaluator for the State of California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation.
- Emotional Trauma
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychiatry
- Psychopharmacology
- Testamentary Capacity
- Undue Influence
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A:
• Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship: UCLA
• Psychiatry Residency: University of Chicago
• Doctor of Medicine: University at Buffalo
• Bachelor of Arts: Skidmore College
Licensure:
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Forensic Psychiatry
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry
• California Medical License
Certification:
• Qualified Medical Evaluator, State of California
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
• Electroconvulsive Therapy - Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A:
• American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Medical Association
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A:
Teaching Experience:
• Reflect Therapy Continuing Education Series, Los Angeles, CA, “A Whole-Body Approach to Mental Health and the Power of Supplements” (2023)
• Psychology of Fashion Course, Columbia College Chicago, “Clinical and Health Psychology: A Mental Health Perspective” (2022, 2023)
• Psychiatry Grand Grounds, University of Chicago, “Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Presence of an Auditory Osseointegrated Implant” (2018)
• Resident Travel Award Lecture, University of Chicago, “Recent Advancements in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder” (2017)
• Psychopharmacology for Psychiatry Residents, University of Chicago, “Amphetamines” (2017); “Pregabalin” (2017); “Antidepressant Tachyphylaxis” (2016)
• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Case Conference, University of Chicago, “The ER Patient” (2016); “The Difficult Patient” (2015); “Antipsychotic Use in the Pregnant Patient” (2014)
- 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: 3
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Testamentary Capacity; Undue Influence; Neurocognitive Disorders
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 100%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 0%, but I was retained by the court/judge (neutral) for 1.
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 6
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 7/22/24
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 2 (It will be 3 on 9/9/24)
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 2 (It will be 3 on 9/9/24)
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: Since 2018
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting, Document Review, Testing, Reports, Expert Testimony
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Travel expenses and other expenses specified in the engagement letter or contract.
Available Upon Request