Pogos H. Voskanian, M.D.

Pogos H. Voskanian, M.D. specializes in the application of scientific and clinical expertise to legal issues in legal contexts embracing civil, criminal, and correctional matters. He is a Clinical and Forensic Psychiatrist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

Forensic psychiatric evaluations referrals only by attorneys, courts, insurance companies and employers.

Services

Pogos H. Voskanian, M.D. provides expert witness services for defense, prosecution, courts, insurance companies, and governmental agencies in areas including:

- Mental state at the time of the offense evaluations
- Insanity defense / diminished capacity
- Capital sentencing & mitigation
- Civil & criminal competency evaluations
- Competency to stand trial
- Testamentary capacity
- Testimonial capacity
- Informed consent
- Competency to refuse treatment
- Risk of violence assessments
- Suicide risk assessment
- Sex offenders
- Sexual harassment
- Independent medical evaluations / psychiatric disability
- Personal injury / pain & suffering / emotional distress
- Workplace violence assessments
- Discrimination
- Evaluations under Americans with disabilities act
- Fitness for duty
- Toxic tort
- Product liability
- Workers' compensation
- Psychiatric malpractice:
· Failure to obtain information
· Failure to appropriately diagnose
· Failure to treat
· Negligent use of psycho-pharmacologic agents or of psychotherapy
· Negligent failure to prevent patients from harming themselves or others
· Sexual misconduct
· Failure to obtain informed consent
· Violations of civil rights
· False imprisonment
· Restraints and Seclusion
· Breach of confidentiality
· Abandonment
· Negligence in supervision

Litigation Support Services

Dr. Pogos H. Voskanian has served as an evaluator, consultant or expert witness in over a thousand civil and criminal cases. Forensic Psychiatry Services can be provided at the request by Plaintiff, Defense, Prosecution, Courts, Insurance Companies and Governmental Agencies: Insanity Defense/Criminal Responsibility, Competency to Stand Trial, Diminished Capacity, Capital Sentencing/Mitigation, Violence Risk, Suicide Risk, Correctional Psychiatry, Juvenile Transfer, Testamentary Capacity, Testimonial Capacity, Disability Evaluations, Workers' Compensation, Psychiatric Malpractice/Standards of Care/Medical Record Review, Americans with Disabilities Act/ADA, Sexual Harassment Discrimination, Workplace Violence Assessments, Malingering.

Areas of Expertise

Additional Expertise:

Competency to Stand Trial, Competency to Make a Will, Testimonial Capacity / Competency to Testify as a Witness, Competency to Waive Miranda Rights, Suicide Risk Assessments, Disability Evaluations / Independent Medical Evaluations, Sex Offenders, Capital Sentencing / Mitigation, Workplace Violence Assessments, Personal Injury / Psychiatric Harm, Juvenile Transfer, Testimonial Capacity, Fitness for Duty, Correctional Healthcare, Hospital & Medical Ethics, Managed Care & HMOs, Neurodevelopmental Disorder/Disability, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Spousal Abuse.

Profile

Dr. Voskanian is an associate professor of Psychiatry at Drexel/formerly MCP Hahnemann University Medical School, where he directs and teaches the Psychiatry and Law Program. Dr. Voskanian has extensive clinical and forensic experience. He has served as the program director of the Philadelphia Prison System Mental Health Services, and has also served as the director of Psychiatry and Law program at the Medical College of Virginia. He is active in multiple professional organizations and serves on various committees.

Currently in private practice, he consults for Forensic Aftercare Programs in Philadelphia, provides treatment for dually diagnosed patients and has an extensive clinical practice. He is also consultant for State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, and State of Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs.

Dr. Voskanian graduated from University of Massachusetts Medical School in 1992, and completed Psychiatry Residency Program and Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program at Tulane University Medical Center. Dr. Voskanian is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry with added qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry.

Areas Served

All States

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Professional Experience

• Current Occupation:

1998- Private Practice - Clinical and forensic psychiatry - independent medical evaluator and consulting practice
1998- Private Clinical Practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998- Consultant, US Pre-trial Services, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
2002- Consultant, US Probation Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA
2002- Consultant, Department of Human Services, New Jersey
2004- Consultant, Department of State - Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, PA
2011- Attending Physician, NPHS - Detoxification and Rehabilitation Unit, Philadelphia, PA

Clinical Psychiatry Experience:

1993-97 Charity Hospital of New Orleans
Contract Physician - emergency psychiatric services and substance abuse unit

1994-97 New Orleans Parish Crisis Intervention Mental Health Services
Contract Physician - emergency psychiatric evaluations of children and families in crisis

1994-97 New Orleans Veterans Administration Hospital
Contract Physician - psychiatric services

1994-97 Jefferson Parish Crisis Intervention Mental Health Services
Contract Physician - emergency psychiatric evaluations of children and families in crisis

1994-97 Central State Hospital
Contract Physician - psychiatric services

1995-96 Community Psychiatric Services
Contract Physician - psychiatric services for the elderly in the nursing homes in Lafayette area

1995-96 New Orleans Veterans Administration Hospital
Co-leading PTSD/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder groups for veterans

1998- Private Practice - General and Forensic Psychiatry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clinical Psychiatry
Private Contractor and Consultant

Licenses

Diplomate of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the specialty of psychiatry
Diplomate of American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the sub-specialty of Forensic Psychiatry
Diplomate of National Board of Medical Examiners
Licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Virginia and Louisiana

Legal Experience & Services

1996-97 Feliciana Forensic Facility - Jackson, Louisiana
Treatment and forensic psychiatric evaluations

1996-97 Forensic Services, Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority - New Orleans, Louisiana
Providing forensic psychiatric evaluations for the 24th Judicial District Court

1996-97 New Orleans Forensic After Care Clinic - New Orleans, Louisiana
Outpatient treatment, evaluations and monitoring of NGRI's (Individuals found not Guilty by Reason of Insanity) and of conditionally released mentally ill.

1996-97 Hunt Correctional Facility - Gonzales, Louisiana
Psychiatric evaluations and treatment of inmates

1997-98 Medical College of Virginia - Richmond, Virginia
Director, psychiatry and law program - providing forensic psychiatric evaluations for the city courts

1997-98 Central State Hospital, Forensic Unit - Petersburg, Virginia
Treatment and forensic psychiatric evaluations for state courts, defense and prosecution

1998-2000 Correctional Mental Health Services for the City of Philadelphia Prison System - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Program Director - providing clinical services for the mentally ill inmates in Philadelphia Prison System and forensic psychiatric evaluations for the city courts

1998- Private Practice - General and Forensic Psychiatry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clinical Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations in civil and criminal cases
Private Contractor and Consultant

Affiliations

1987- American Medical Association
1992- American Psychiatric Association
1995- American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
1999- Pennsylvania Psychiatric Association
1999- Philadelphia Psychiatric Society
1998- Armenian Medical Association of Philadelphia
2002- American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Academic Affiliations:

1998- Drexel University College of Medicine (MCP Hahnemann University)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Psychiatry and Law Program
1999-2000 and 2001-2002: Teacher of The Year Award, Department of Psychiatry

• Committees:
1997 - American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law - Directors of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Programs committee
2000 - American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law - Private practice committee
1999 - American Association of Community Psychiatrists
2000 - Eighth Annual Forensic Rights and Treatment Conference - Program planning committee
2001 - Armenian Medical Association of Philadelphia - Treasurer

Awards & Honors

Teacher of the Year Award, MCP Hahnemann University/Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 1999-2000 and 2001-2002

Education

Tulane University Medical Center - New Orleans, Louisiana
Forensic Psychiatry Fellow, 1996-97

Tulane University Medical Center - New Orleans, Louisiana
Psychiatry Resident, 1992-96

University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester, Massachusetts
M.D. Degree, 1987-92

Harvard University Extension - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Pre-med Program, 1984-86

Yerevan Polytechnical Institute - Yerevan, Armenia
B.S. Degree: Engineering, Major: Automobile roads and bridges, 1974-79