Liza H. Gold, MD is a board certified general and forensic psychiatrist in private practice since 1992. She has extensive experience in the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of posttraumatic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and disorders related to women's reproductive biology such as postpartum disorders and the use of medication during pregnancy.

Dr. Gold's forensic practice specializes in the mental health assessment of employment related psychiatric problems, emotional injuries and emotional damages. She provides consultations in civil litigation, forensic evaluations in employment litigation and other types of cases, independent medical evaluations, and testimony regarding psychiatric issues, emotional injuries and damages in medical malpractice, competency and employment litigation. These include evaluations and testimony regarding psychiatric claims and discrimination, the ADA , fitness for duty examinations, long-term and short-term disability, workers compensation, sexual, gender and racial discrimination, and other employment related legal and administrative matters.

Dr. Gold is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Georgetown University Medical Center and teaches at the Georgetown Department of Psychiatry Residency and Forensic Fellowship Program. She is a consultant at the John Howard Forensic Division of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC . She is a member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Forensic Psychiatry Certification Examination Committee. She holds licenses in Virginia and the District of Columbia .

Dr. Gold is the award winning author of Sexual Harassment: Psychiatric Assessment in Employment Litigation (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2004), (American Psychiatric Association and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2006 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award). She is also the coeditor of The American Psychiatric Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2004) and the American Psychiatric Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry Study Guide (American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2004).

Contact information:

2501 North Glebe Road
Suite 204 Arlington , VA 22207
Phone: (703) 875-0435
Fax: (703) 875-0434
E-mail: lhgoldmd@gmail.com

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