Mark I. Levy

Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P. (fpamed) is a national consulting firm with offices in California, Nevada and North Carolina assisting litigating attorneys. The firm includes 15 board certified forensic psychiatrists, 7 forensic neuropsychiatrists and 1 psychological expert in autism.

The Medical Director of fpamed, Dr. Mark I. Levy, is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association , is a graduate of Columbia College and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons in Adult Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. He is also a graduate of the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine (faculty since 1977) where he teaches in the Law and Psychiatry Fellowship program, Department of Psychiatry. He has been in practice for more than 44 years, consulted in more than 500 civil cases, been deposed more than 400 times and testified in State and Federal Court on 62 occasions.

For more than forty years, Dr. Levy has been practicing clinical psychiatry (and psychoanalysis) and forensic psychiatry full time in Mill Valley, California. During the past twenty five years he has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to forensic psychiatry, providing independent medical evaluations (IME's), and expert forensic psychiatric opinions and consultations nationally for plaintiff and defense trial attorneys, major insurance carriers, and the courts.

Dr. Levy (and the fpamed team's other forensic psychiatric and psychological experts) has specialized expertise and extensive experience assessing claims of emotional distress in multi-plaintiff and mass tort litigation (references and published articles available upon request).

Their experience in civil forensic psychiatric matters also includes, but not limited to, claims of post traumatic stress disorder including witnessing or sustaining injury from disaster, violence, loss, bereavement, divorce, torture, terrorization by parent or spouse; auto, aircraft, industrial, man-made and natural accidents and catastrophes; severe pain; rape; psychotic states; molestation; sexual harassment; drug and/or alcohol abuse; job stress, violence, or harassment; psychotherapy and psychoanalysis; psychological or sexual boundary violations; psychiatric malpractice; and Independent Medical Examinations (I.M.E.), employment litigation claims of discrimination and harassment including but not limited to ADA and FEHA claims; and probate litigation including evaluating questions of testamentary capacity and undue influence.

Dr. Levy's forensic psychiatric expertise in criminal matters includes working for both defense counsel and DAs assessing issues of competency and psychological mitigation factors during sentencing

In 2006 Dr. Levy founded and became the Medical Director of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corporation (fpamed.com), a subspecialty forensic psychiatric and psychological practice including 16 board certified forensic psychiatrists, 7 forensic neuropsychologists and 1 psychologist expert in autism. In January 2020, Charles Saldanha MD became the Asst. Medical Director of fpamed. Also included in our consulting practice are:
-David Kan, MD - ABPN Board Certified in Adult and Forensic Psychiatry, President of the California Society for Addiction Medicine with special expertise in addiction and substance abuse.
-Charles Saldanha, MD - ABPN Board Certified in Adult and Forensic Psychiatry with special expertise in Hospital Administrative, Acute Care and Trans-cultural Psychiatry.
-James Armontrout, MD - ABPN Board Certified in Adult and Forensic Psychiatry with special expertise in PTSD and Addiction.
-Octavio Choi, MD, PhD - Director of the Stanford School of Medicine Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, ABPN Board Certified in Adult and Forensic Psychiatry with special expertise in Neuropsychiatry and brain disorders.
-Steven Berger, MD, located in Reno, Nevada, ABPN Board Certified in Adult and Forensic Psychiatry with broad civil and criminal forensic psychiatric expertise.
- Ayesha Ashai, MD - member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) and currently serves on AAPL’s Criminal Behavior Committee and Cross Cultural Committee.
- Takeo Toyoshima, MD - general, addiction, and forensic psychiatrist practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area who specializes in treating substance use disorders and dual diagnosis cases, in addition to serving the state’s Japanese-speaking patient population.
- Jorien Campbell, MD - forensic psychiatrist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry with certification in the subspecialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry;
- Paul Elizondo III, DO - board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry; qualified as an expert in the field of psychiatry in adult and juvenile courts in California.
- Tyler Durns, MD - member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and is an active member of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) where he serves on the Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychiatry, Law Enforcement Liaison, and Early Career Development Committees
- Nicole Brooks, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department at Stanford University, and a Clinical Faculty member in Stanford University’s Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship.
- Ambarin Faizi, DO - certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry with added qualification in Forensic Psychiatry and serves as a forensic expert/consultant in a wide range of criminal and civil cases
- Matthew Edwards, MD - general and forensic psychiatrist and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, whose broad interests include the medical humanities, social determinants of health, trauma, care for marginalized populations, crisis services, and policing.
-Sarah Hall, PhD - a forensic adult and pediatric neuropsychologist performing psychological and neuropsychological assessments of adult and children in civil litigation alleging emotional distress and/or cognitive impairment.
-Howard Friedman, PhD, ABPP, Board Certified in Neuropsychology, performing forensic psychological and neuropsychological assessments of adult and children in civil litigation alleging emotional distress and/or cognitive impairment.
- Shawn K. Acheson, PhD is a member of the American Psychological Association, including Divisions 12 (clinical), 40 (neuropsychology) and 41 (law); the International Neuropsychological Society; and, National Academy of Neuropsychology where he currently serves on the Policy and Planning Committee.
- Alexis Smith, PhD, with expertise in Neuropsychological Assessment of Adults, Adolescents, and Children
- John M. Fabian, PsyD, JD, ABPP, double board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in both forensic psychology and clinical psychology
- William McMullen, PhD, ABPP-CN, Immediate Past President, San Francisco Neurological Society
-Bryna Siegel, PhD, Executive Director Autism Center of Northern California, (ret.) Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF, with special forensic psychological expertise in autism and autism spectrum disorders.

Various fpamed forensic psychiatrists and psychologists have broad subspecialty expertise in Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Substance Abuse and and Addiction, and the Neurocognitive and Neuropsychological Assessment of traumatic brain injury, dementia and other neurological conditions that may impair cognitive functioning, probate law including assessing testamentary capacity and undue influence and assessments of populations in mass tort litigation.

tort litigation.