Beryl Vaughan

Beryl Vaughan is an expert witness marketing and business consultant with a focus on Forensic Psychiatry practice.  For the past 16 years she has helped forensic psychiatrists at all stages of their careers to launch, refine, and (re)direct their practices.

Ms. Vaughan is an annual invited speaker to Forensic Psychiatry Fellows at U.C. Davis, UCSF, and Stanford reflecting her expertise and unique commitment to educating the next generation of Fellows to grow and manage their practice.

Her medical-legal expertise and reputation as an attorney-whisperer have been honed by 20 years in the trenches as a case manager and paralegal for white-shoe and boutique law firms.

Countless conversations with attorneys seeking psychiatrist expert witnesses have given her a unique ability to apply an attorney’s needs and perspectives to her clients’ marketing strategies.

Her consulting services include developing a digital footprint for clients and websites that attract and engage attorneys, that showcase the expert with accuracy, transparency and authenticity.

She also teaches clients to navigate services that might promise them cases and their impact on an expert’s reputation for professional, credible findings.

She assists clients in developing a Linkedin profile and posts to interact with attorneys who may seek them.

Beryl’s unique approach helps her clients employ both digital and real-world marketing techniques to reach attorneys and build relationships that bring in profitable and rewarding forensic work.

Beryl is committed to steering clients to marketing strategies that are defensible on the stand and align with the highest ethical standards.

Her clients’ practices are proof that forensic psychiatrists can thrive financially while ethically growing a practice that is interesting and gratifying.

Gloria Osuruaka, MD

Dr. Gloria Osuruaka is a double Board-Certified adult and forensic psychiatrist who currently works in the private sector as a medical director of Columbia Associates, a collaborative practice in the DMV Metro area. 

In 2024, Dr. Osuruaka became Chair of the Early Career Development Committee of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Dr. Osuruaka received her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Philosophy at Quinnipiac University and a medical degree at Ross University School of Medicine. Dr. Osuruaka completed her psychiatric training at Howard University Hospital and forensic psychiatry fellowship at Saint Elizabeths Hospital in 2021.

Dr. Osuruaka has unique training in civil and criminal forensic psychiatry that has provided her skills in identifying the connection between human behavior, mental health, and the law.

Her background has shaped her clinical practice of providing the highest quality of patient care.

Dr. Osuruaka has worked on various forensic evaluations not limited to violence-risk assessments, fitness-for-duty assessments, capacity and competency evaluations, aid-in-sentencing evaluations, prescribing practice evaluations, and independent expert opinion psychiatric assessments.

As an early career forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Osuruaka’s interests are in building her niche and professional networking. 

Alan Newman, MD

Alan Newman, M.D. is the Chair of Psychiatry at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, where he also serves as Director of Residency Training in Psychiatry. He is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, where he teaches in the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program. 

Dr. Newman attended medical school and residency at the University of Arkansas, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Newman served on the Health Staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

Dr. Newman completed his Fellowship in Forensic Neuropsychiatry at Tulane University in 1998. He is Board-Certified in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry.

Dr. Newman was previously on the faculty of the Tulane Department of Psychiatry and Neurology as Director of Medical Student Education and the Director of the Fellowship in Forensic Neuropsychiatry.

From 2005-2014, Dr. Newman was Director of Residency Training and Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Program at Georgetown University Medical School.

Dr. Newman lectures extensively on forensic issues and has published articles and book chapters on a variety of forensic psychiatric topics, including cyberstalking, forensic hypnosis, and the insanity defense.

Dr. Newman was recognized in 2004 as the “Best Teacher in a Forensic Fellowship Program” by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He has served on the Executive Council of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Sanjay Adhia, MD