KyleeAnn Stevens, MD, DFAPA
Newport Beach, CA 92663
KyleeAnn Stevens, MD, board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, is a skilled forensic psychiatrist with extensive experience as an expert witness and as a health system administrator. She has served as an expert witness in state and federal courts in matters of competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, readiness for conditional release and discharge, among others. In her current role as the chief medical officer for a behavioral health system, she has experience in the provision and oversight of clinical care in hospitals (forensic and civil), treatment programs, and outpatient services, as well as supervision of physicians and other clinicians in general and forensic practice. She has experience in inpatient standards of care, policy and procedure development, regulatory compliance, best practices in clinical care, and supervision of professionals. This makes her an ideal consulting and testifying expert for cases on inpatient standards of care and malpractice claims.
• Psychiatric malpractice
• Standard of care for inpatient psychiatry
• Standard of care for forensic hospitals
• Standard of care for psychiatric hospitals
• Medication over objection
• Criminal responsibility
• Diminished capacity
• Competence
• Mitigation
• Medical Staffing
• Emotional Trauma and Disability
• Mass Torts
Dr. Stevens is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. She holds a black belt in Lean Six Sigma performance improvement.
Previously, Dr. Stevens worked as an attending psychiatrist at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC. where she helped spearhead creation of a forensic consultation service to meet hospital needs for independent competency and criminal responsibility evaluations as well as report writing and testimony. She became the Director of Forensic Services at St. Elizabeths, where she was responsible for oversight of all forensic reports and testimony for courts in DC and federal courts for pre-and post-trial matters such as readiness for conditional discharge.
Dr. Stevens completed her medical training at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and her residency and fellowship training in forensic psychiatry at Georgetown University.
Dr. Stevens has been a Forensic Psychiatry Expert with Park Dietz & Associates since 2023.
- Competency
- Disability
- Emotional Trauma
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Hospital Administration
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Staffing
- Psychiatry
- Sanity/Competency to Stand Trial
- Suicide
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A:
• Doctor of Medicine – University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Bachelor of Sciences in Psychology – University of North Dakota, Bachelor of Sciences in Psychology
Board Certification:
• Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Subspecialty certification in Forensic Psychiatry
Licensure: Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A:
• Competency to stand trial
• Criminal responsibility
• Diminished capacity and mitigation
• Pre-sentence evaluations
• Civil commitment
• Readiness for discharge/release
• Involuntary treatment
• Independent medical examinations
• Wrongful termination
• Malpractice
• Standard of care for psychiatric treatment
• Standard of care for forensic practice
• Standard of care for inpatient psychiatric treatment
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 17 years
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A:
• Consulting
• In person and remote evaluations
• Policy, training, and procedure reviews
• Site inspections
• Standard of care evaluations for psychiatrists, forensic psychiatrists and psychologists
• Reports
• Depositions
• Testimony in civil proceedings
• Testimony in criminal proceedings
• Literature review
• Consultation on examination/cross examination of expert witnesses
• Independent medical examinations
Available Upon Request