Jeffery C. Huffman, MD
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Jeffery C. Huffman, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Psychiatry for Clinical Services at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he oversees more than 300 clinical staff. He served for eight years as director of the Inpatient Medical Psychiatry Service at MGH, specializing in the care of psychiatric patients with significant medical co-morbidities, such as heart disease, burns, and the need for chemotherapy or supplemental oxygen. Dr. Huffman holds leadership roles in major national and international medical psychiatry organizations and journals. He has published over 200 papers and is the Editor-in-Chief of General Hospital Psychiatry. He is also a Scientific Advisor for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Dr. Huffman’s outstanding credentials and expertise are ideal for the review of psychiatric malpractice cases involving:
• Psychopharmacology
• Care of psychiatric patients with cardiac and other medical conditions
• Care of suicidal patients
• Inpatient care
• Outpatient care
• Administration and supervision of clinical care and clinical research
Dr. Huffman’s team has developed an intervention for cardiac patients that is being implemented clinically in California, Germany, and Pakistan. His clinical expertise has been recognized through plenary speaker and visiting professor invitations in the United States, Canada, and internationally to discuss clinical care in cardiac psychiatry. He is the recipient of more than two dozen awards for his teaching and research.
He is the Director of the Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program at MGH studying optimism, gratitude, and positive affect in patients with heart disease and other medical conditions and patients hospitalized for suicidal ideation. He also directs the Inpatient Psychiatry Research Program, serving as site Principal Investigator on projects related to developing interventions for patients at high risk for suicide, funded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, American Psychiatric Association, and National Institutes of Health.
Clinically, he currently provides urgent psychiatric assessments, ongoing psychopharmacology outpatient care, and interventions with psychiatric inpatients.
Dr. Huffman completed medical school at Baylor College of Medicine and residency training in psychiatry at MGH/McLean Hospital.
Dr. Huffman has been a Forensic Psychiatry Expert with Park Dietz & Associates since 2023.
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Health Care Administration
- Hospital Design
- Hospital Security
- Independent Medical Examinations
- Psychiatry
- Psychopharmacology
- Sexual Abuse
- Suicide
- Wrongful Death
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A:
• Bachelor of Science, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics – Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
• Doctor of Medicine – Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Current Licensure and Certification:
• Massachusetts Full Medical License
• Board Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Inpatient psychiatric care, suicide, medical illness and psychiatry, psychopharmacology
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: Approximately 10 years
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Evaluation, Consultation, Reports, and Testimony
Available Upon Request