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“Identifying and substantiating the knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education necessary for qualifying a mental health professional as a credible source of expertise is an increasingly complex task.”
                        -- from Drogin, E. Y. (2011). Expert qualifications and credibility. In D. Faust (Ed.), Ziskin’s coping with psychiatric and psychological testimony (6th ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Board certified in forensic psychology with a dual professional background in both psychology and law, Dr. Drogin has undertaken over 3,000 criminal, civil, and clinical cases during the last 30 years, and has testified in more than 700 courtroom proceedings to date. His service on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry is supplemented by additional law school and psychiatric residency/fellowship faculty positions. Having authored in excess of 300 legal and scientific publications, Dr. Drogin currently serves as the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. He regularly presents at national and international conferences to both legal and scientific audiences. Dr. Drogin’s professional governance experience includes such roles as President of the American Board of Forensic Psychology, Chair of the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Professional Practice and Standards, Chair of the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Legal Issues, Commissioner of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law, and Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Science and Technology Law.