Jeffrey A. Sugar, MD
Areas of Expertise: Adolescent & Child Psychiatry
Psychiatry & Child Psychiatry
Plaintiff and defense forensic experience includes reports and/or testimony in both child & adult cases involving: Institutional Sexual Abuse/Betrayal Trauma • Trauma and Adversity on Child Development • Physical, Sexual or Emotional Abuse • Workplace Psychological Stress • Date Rape/ Internet Seduction • Post-traumatic Loss, Grief and Depression • Psychological Effects of Body or Brain Injury • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Education: MD, University of California, San Francisco; BA, New College, Sarasota, FL; Residency in General Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Fellowship in Child Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
Distinctions: Board Certified: Both Child & General Psychiatry; Chief Fellow, UCLA; Distinguished Life Fellow, APA
Years in Practice: 31
Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Years: 9
Employment: Current: University of Southern California, Assistant Professor: 15 yrs; Director: Child Psychiatry Trauma Program; Experience: Child & Adult Psychiatry Inpatient, Outpatient, & Emergency; Child Consult/liaison. Past: Hathaway Children & Family Services, LA area: 16 yrs; Residential treatment & community clinics; Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA
Teacher, clinician, researcher, invited speaker — nationally and internationally