Forensic Psychiatrist: Employment Litigation, Competency & Psychiatric Disability. Expert Witness.

Monica Argumedo, M.D.
Suite 300
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068


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Standard of care is an area of expertise and interest. Currently, I assist in establishing protocol for admitting medically hospitalized patients for mental health evaluations to be used by doctors who are not psychiatrists. My medico-legal training is an asset in circumstances where a decision may have a legal consequence, including in a clinical setting such as hospitalization where competency is often a concern.
I am Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Rush Medical School and Rush University Medical Center, one of the largest medical schools and teaching hospitals in Chicago. I teach psychiatry residents in topics related to psychiatry and the law, and psychiatry in medicine. I also interview prospective medical students through my role on the Medical Admissions Committee.
Services
Consulting with attorneys and testifying about psychiatric conditions, behavior and emotional distress damages. Independent Medical Examination (IME, a clinical evaluation), reviewing legal and medical records including hospital and physician notes and reports, issuing forensic findings and opinions by report and testimony.
Areas of Expertise
- Addictions
- Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
- Catastrophic Injury
- Competency
- Damages
- Diminished Capacity
- Emotional Distress
- Employment
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Litigation
- Employment Termination
- Estates and Trusts
- First Responder
- Fitness for Duty
- Forensic Medicine
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Forensic Psychology
- Healthcare
- Hospital
- Hospital Administration
- Hospital Medicine
- Hospitals
- Human Factors
- Human Resources
- Independent Medical Exams (IME)
- Job Performance
- Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Records
- Medical Review
- Medical-Legal Issues
- Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- Occupational Medicine
- Panic Disorder
- Personal Injury
- Physician Employment
- Police Procedures
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Probate
- Psychiatric Disability
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Ptsd Trauma
- Safety
- Sexual Harassment
- Standard of Care
- Stress Management
- Suicide
- Testamentary Capacity
- Wrongful Termination
Additional Expertise:
Medical School Admissions, Treatment Protocol Psychiatry, IME, FFD, Cultural Factors, Independent Medical Examination, Report, review records
Profile
Monica M. Argumedo, MD, is a Board-Certified Forensic and Clinical Psychiatrist (ABPN). Dr. Argumedo has testified about her forensic opinions in more than 40 cases in open court. She has been a Psychiatrist in practice for more than 15 years, Dr. Argumedo teaches at Rush University Medical School/Rush University Medical Center as Assistant Professor in Psychiatry. She teaches psychiatry residents in topics related to psychiatry and the law, and psychiatry in medicine. She also interviews prospective medical students through her role on the Medical Admissions Committee.
Dr. Argumedo conductes Independent Medical Evaluations, review of records, report and testimony. In addition to civil and criminal work, she is retained by Employers in cases where mental health/psychiatric concerns about an employee require an objective and unbiased Fitness for Duty Evaluation and report. She consults in employment matters , discrimination and harassment claims and civil litigation and serves as a disclosed expert witness. Her work addresses fitness for duty (FFD) in a litigated environment, Wrongful Termination, and Psychiatric Disability. Additional experience includes FFD of peace officers and first responders.
Consulting Practice
All States, Illinois
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Professional Experience
Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrist since 2009, working with employers and EAP departments evaluating employee fitness for duty, police officers and for school districts. Her work with Cook County Courts includes competency and NGRI evaluations. In litigation she has testified more than 3 dozen cases including personal injury, civil and criminal matters.
Licenses
Illinois Medical License
Affiliations
American Psychiatric Association
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
Qualifications
Practicing Psychiatrist for 15 years and Forensic Psychiatrist for 10 years
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Rush Medical College at Rush University
Admission Committee Member, Rush Medical College at Rush University
Bilingual in English and Spanish
Awards & Honors
String of Pearls Award, for excellence in teaching medical students in Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine Class of 2009, Washington, DC
Seminars & Training
Presentations Given by Dr. Argumedo:
Sept. 2018 “Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder and Treatment,” Invited Speaker, Rush Oak Park Hospital Classes and Events
Sept. 2017 “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder” Invited Speaker Power & Cronin, LTD, 2017 Annual Medical-Legal Seminar
2013-2015 Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital
Sept. 2015 “Update in the Management of Alcohol Withdrawal,” Continuing Medical Education Presentation, Internal Medicine Department, Alexian Brothers Medical Center
May 2012 “Decision-Making Capacity” Continuing Medical Education Presentation, Internal Medicine Department, Alexian Brothers Medical Center
Publications
Mack AH, Barros M. Forensic Psychiatry. In: Galanter M and Kleber H, eds: American Psychiatric Press Textbook of Substance Abuse Treatment, 4th Edition. American Psychiatric Press, Inc: Washington, DC, 2008.
Education
Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, Medical College of Wisconsin,Milwaukee, WI (2008-2009)
Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC (2007-2008)
Resident in Psychiatry, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC (2004-2008)
Doctor of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign (2004)
Bachelor of Arts English/Pre-Medical Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1996)