Dr. Adler graduated from an Adult Psychiatry Residency, followed by a Child Psychiatry Fellowship, both of which were completed at Harvard Medical School. He was the Medical Director of Mental Health for two counties in rural Maryland as a member of the National Health Service Corps. He remained in that area for a total of eight years; the latter four years were spent in inpatient and outpatient private practice. Since 1996, he has practiced in Seattle, Washington.
In July 2000, Dr. Adler graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship. At Seattle Children’s Hospital, he was a staff psychiatrist for approximately ten years. He was the founding school psychiatrist for the Renton Academy, which is a specialty school within the Renton School District. He holds an appointment on the faculty of the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Dr. Adler has special expertise in the area of Neuroimaging. He has facilitated, coordinated, provided the physician orders, interpreted and testified about: brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Volumetric Analysis of MRI, brain Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), brain Positron Emission Tomography, and Quantitative Electroencephalography (QEEG). He has expertise in correlating such studies with Neuropsychological Testing. He has administered and testified about the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and other similar tests. His testimony about any and all such evaluative tools has never been excluded (or limited). Courts have formally recognized him as an expert in Neuroscience.
Dr. Adler is a content expert regarding the psychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder for the Neurotrauma Evidence Synthesis Training (NEST) Pilot Project (RAND Reach Grant)
Research Areas
Psychiatric Sequelae of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Post-traumatic Psychosis, PTSD & Psychosis
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