Richard G. Rappaport, M.D., Inc.
forensic psychiatry
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Curriculum Vitae
Education University
of Pennsylvania, 1958
B.A. in Philosophy
Chicago Medical School
Fellowship in
Neurophysiology, 1958-1959
M.D. (Class President), 1963
Internship - Michael Reese Hospital
Mixed Medicine, 1963-64
Residency - Michael Reese Hospital - PPI
Psychiatry, 1966-69
Licenses California Medical License (G 14011)
Military Captain, U.S. Air Force, 1964-1966
Practice Forensic
Psychiatry Practice, 1969-Present
Expert witness in civil and criminal legal
matters in private, state and federal cases.
personal
injury product
liability criminal
issues of sanity
malpractice wrongful
termination competency
workers’ compensation job discrimination capital sentencing
child custody sexual
harassment serial
crime
testamentary capacity PTSD eyewitness
identification
Most
notable criminal cases include:
John Wayne Gacy
(Chicago, IL) Nathaniel
Code (Shreveport, LA)
Ricky Green (Ft.
Worth, TX) Robert
Hendricks (Bloomington, IL)
James Marlow (San
Bernardino, CA) Toufic
Naddi (San Diego, CA)
Consultant to Commissioner of Special
Task Force in Atlanta, Georgia regarding child murders
Private
Treatment Practice, 1969-1986
Analytic Orientation - Group Psychotherapy
Sub-Specialty
Consultant
to Corporations and Industry, 1976-Present
For executive evaluations, trouble-shooting
and crisis management
Medical School Associate
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego
Affiliations (UCSD)
Medical School, San Diego, California, 1986-Present
Associate,
Psychiatry Department, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago,
Illinois, 1970-85
Hospital
Affiliations Scripps
Memorial Hospital, Psychiatry Department, La Jolla, California, 1986-Present
Sharp
Memorial Hospital, San Diego, California, 1991-Present
Kaiser Permanente, Psychiatry Department,
San Diego, California, 2001-2002
Northwestern
Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1969-1985
Highland
Park Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1972-1986
Consultant Ethics Committee, Highland Park Hospital, 1984-1986
Positions Representative to the
American College of Sports Medicine, American Psychiatric Association, 1986
The
President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 1985
Member
of Advisory Board, Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 1974-1994
Initiated Group Therapy
Project at Statesville Prison, Illinois Department of Corrections, 1967-1972
Professional
American Psychiatric
Association
Societies American Academy of Psychiatry and Law
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
San
Diego Psychiatric Society
San
Diego Psychology and Law Society
Forensic
Consultants Association (FCA), San Diego and Orange County
2. "Is There Any Reason You Cannot Give
Your Best Testimony Today?" The Gavel, Volume 7, Number 3, Summer
2004
3.
“I Don’t Care if
the Evidence Shows He’s Innocent (Truth or Consequences),” The Gavel,
Volume 4, Number 1, Winter 2001
4.
“The Psychiatrist as an Expert Witness,” Medi-Legal
Links, Volume 10, No. 4, September- October, 1998
5.
“Eyewitness
Identification in Civil Cases,” California Journal of Law and
San Diego Journal of Law, June, 1998
6.
“How to Use Medical Experts,” Medi-Legal Links,
Volume 10, No. 3, June, 1998
7.
“Substance Abuse and The Law: It’s Not Only Their Problem,” The Orange County Trial Lawyers
Association, The Gavel, Spring, 1998
8.
“Opportunism or Enlightenment: The Sexual Harassment Revolution,”
The Orange County Lawyer, October 1995
9.
“The Emotional Component of Medical Malpractice,” Experts-At-Law,
September-October 1990
10.
“Transportation Trauma,” Experts-At-Law, May-June
1990
11.
“The Serial and Mass Murderer: Patterns, Differentiation, Pathology,”
The American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, Volume IX, No. 1, 1988
12.
“Secondary Gain and Other Terms You Need to Know,” San
Diego Trial Bar News, February 1987
13.
“The Psychiatrist on Trial,” The Journal of
Psychiatry and Law, Winter 1979
14.
“Group Therapy in Prison - A Strategic Approach,” a
chapter in a book on group counseling by Seligman, 1977
15.
“Crisis in Confidentiality, Ethics and Legality for a
Psychiatrist,” The Journal of Psychiatry and Law, Fall 1977
16.
“Group Therapy in Prison,” The International Journal
of Group Psychotherapy, Volume XXI, No. 4, October 1971
17.
“Follow-up of Therapeutic Abortion,” (with Patt &
Barglow), Archives of General Psychiatry, April 1969
18.
Also authored several book reviews, including “Belli for
the Malpractice Defense,” in The Journal of Psychiatry and Law
Presentations 1. "Losing
Your Rights: Complications of Misdiagnosis," American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
59th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, February19-24, 2007
2. "How
To Avoid Lawsuits & How To Testify"; Medicine Grand Rounds, Scripps
Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, September 21, 2004
3.
“What You Need to Know Before You
Take the Stand as an Expert Witness,” Witness In Mock Cross-Examination; Forensic Consultants Association of Orange
County, Newport Beach, California, October 25, 1999
4.
“The Ten Commandments of Ethical
Practices in the Attorney-Expert Relationship” and “Substance Abuse and The
Law: It’s Not Only Their Problem,”
Procrastinators’ Program for The San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego,
California, January 28, 1999.
5.
“Ethical Issues in The
Attorney/Expert Witness Relationship,”
Desert Bar Association, Rancho Mirage, California, December 18, 1998.
6.
“Eyewitness Identification: The Crucial Elements in Civil & Criminal
Cases,” Nevada Trial Lawyers
Association 22nd Annual Convention/Seminar, La Jolla, California,
October, 1998
7.
“Ask The Shrink – A Potpourri of
Psychiatric/Public Concerns,” Heritage Pointe, Newport Irvine Chapter, Newport
Beach, California, February, 1998
8.
“Breaking the Cycle of Family Violence,” Junior Leagues
of San Diego, San Diego, California, April, 1997
9.
“The Ethical Minefield Underlying
the Attorney-Expert Relationship,” American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 49th
Annual Meeting, New York, New York, February, 1997
10.
“Communications &
Miscommunications in Sex Harassment Cases,” A Psychiatric Workshop, The
National Forensic Center 12th Annual National Conference of Expert Witnesses,
Litigation Consultants and Attorneys, San Diego, California, November 2-5, 1995
11.
“Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Treatment Issues,” San Diego Chapter of
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Forensic Committee,
San Diego, California, October 27, 1995
12.
“Assessing Credibility & Determining Emotional
Damages in Sexual Harassment Cases,” Meeting of the Labor and Employment Law
Section, San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego, California, September 13,
1995
13.
“Eruption of Violence:
Recurrent But Intermittent Eruption of Violence: The Sine Qua Non of the Serial Killer and
Mass Murderer,” International Congress
of Law and Mental Health, Montreal, Canada, June 1994
14.
“Stalking Killers and Random Massacres,” We Tip Crimefighting Conference, Riverside,
California, April 1994
15.
“Experts on Experts - Forensic Medicine in Focus,”
University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, January 1994
16.
“Expert Witnesses; When and How to Use Them to Win Your
Case,” Desert Bar Association, Rancho Mirage, California, March 1993
17.
“How to Use Expert Witnesses,” Hawaii Trial Lawyers
Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 1993
18.
“Medical Workshop:
Exposing Fraud and Malingering for Forensic Experts,” The National
Forensic Center 9th National Conference of Expert Witnesses, Litigation
Consultants and Attorneys, Nashville, Tennessee, December 1992
19.
“Mass and Serial Murder, Similarities and Differences,”
8th Biomedical Conference, The
Association of Australian and Pacific Area Police Medical Officers, Hong Kong,
October 1992
20.
“Forensic Psychiatric Practice in the United States,”
Forensic Committee, Forensic Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Bangkok,
October 1992
21.
“Attorneys and the Expert Witness: How to be Compatible,” Desert Bar Association,
Palm Springs, California, December 1991
22.
“Friend, Lover, Spouse, Client...Killer? The Psychological Profile of Violent
Relationships,” San Diego Chapter of California Association of Marriage and
Family Therapists, Forensic Committee, San Diego, California, July 1991
23.
“How to Present or Defend Against a Psychiatric
Diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),” Gray, Cary, Ames &
Frye (law firm), San Diego, California, April 1991; Shifflet, Sharp and Walters
(law firm), San Diego, California, April 1991
24.
“What a Psychiatrist Can Do for You” and “Prolonged
Disabilities,” American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, San Diego,
California, June 1991; Barnhorst, Bonar, Incorvais & Glancy (law firm), San
Diego, California, April 1991
25.
“Know Thyself - A Psychiatrist’s Understanding” and “Malpractice and the Good Guys,”
Seminar, San Diego Trial Lawyers Association, San Diego, California, May 1990
26.
“Mass and Serial Murder,” Pine Forest Institute Annual
Conference of Psychopathy, Criminality and Violence, Los Angeles, California,
July 1989
27.
“Common Traits of the Serial Sadistic Murderer,”
Forensic Mental Health Services of San Diego, San Diego, California, April 1989
28.
“Serial Crime - The Concept,” Annual Meeting, American
Academy of Forensic Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1989
29.
“The Impact of Psychological Factors on Wrongful
Termination Cases” and “The Impact of Psychological Factors on Prolonged
Disability Cases,” Seminar at California Western School of Law, San Diego,
California, September 1988
30.
“The Serial and Mass Murderer: Patterns, Differentiation, Pathology,” Mid-Hudson Psychiatric
Center and Kirby Psychiatric Center (New York State Office of Mental Health),
New York, September 1988; and 50th Annual Symposium in Psychiatry and Law,
American College of Forensic Psychiatry, April 1987
31.
“Psychological Ramifications in the Use of Reproductive
Options,” Seminar, Reproductive Options and Fetal versus Maternal Rights,
Ethical and Legal Issues, June 1987
32.
How to Use Medical Experts - A Symposium, “The Psychiatric
Expert as a Witness,” San Diego Trial Lawyers Association, San Diego,
California, April 1987
33.
“What To Do For Your Addict-Client,” Sports Law Class,
California Western School of Law, San Diego, California, November 1986
34.
“How to Use a Forensic Psychiatrist,” North County
Defense Bar, San Diego, California, November 1986
35.
“Differentiation of Serial and Mass Murder,” San Diego
Psychology and Law Society, San Diego, California, October 1986
36.
“How You Can Help Your Client-Addict,” Seminar, Sports
Lawyers Association, San Francisco, California, 1984
37.
“The Athlete - Inside and Out,” 1983 Sports Law Seminar,
Sports Lawyers Association, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1983
38.
“Psychiatric Ethics and Technique: A Potential for Malpractice Liability,”
American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Montreal, Canada, 1978
39.
“Crisis in Confidentiality, Ethics and Legality for a
Psychiatrist,” American Psychiatric Association Conference, Toronto, Canada,
1977
40.
“Analytic Group Therapy - A Treatment Technique - More
Than an Experience,” Illinois Group Psychotherapy Society, Chicago, Illinois,
1973
Other
papers have been presented locally, nationally and internationally on the
following subjects:
Adaptation to Aging
Changes Psychiatric
Emergencies
Criminology Psychiatric Problems
in
Drug Abuse Medical
Practices
Individuality in
Marriage Rehabilitation
in Prison
Prolonged Disability Sexual Inadequacies
Sports Articles “The Best Kept Secret in
Sports”
“The Football Strike: Psychological Impact Immense”
“A Fighter Lives with Death”
“The Pressures of Being
a Professional Athlete”
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Television Interviews |
KFMB (TV and Radio–San Diego), Cunanan spree murder and suicide WLAC (Nashville) WJR (Detroit) KGTV and KFMB
(San Diego) Numerous interviews on mass and serial murders, violence and
spousal abuse KUSI (San Diego), Stanley Tonight, “Medical
Malpractice” KCST (San Diego), Evening News, “Munchausen’s
by Proxy” CNN, “Mob Violence in Sports” KYW (Philadelphia), twice, “Serial Murders” NBC, City Desk, “Tylenol Murders and Copycat
Syndrome” CBS, Morning News, Interviewed on Tylenol and
copycat murders ABC, NBC, CBS News, Interviewed on Tylenol and
copycat murders CBS, News, Patty Hearst Case WGN, News, “Child Custody” ABC, News, “Rape” ABC, AM Chicago, “Infidelity” ABC, AM Chicago, “Infertility” CBS,
News Special, “Group Therapy in Prison” |
Print San Diego Union,
article by Rex Dalton concerning “Right to Die” case
Washington Post,
article printed in the San Diego Union by Eleanor Smith, Health Editor,
concerning “Munchausen’s Syndrome,” January 26, 1987
Time Magazine,
quoted on mass and serial murders, July 30, 1984
Newspapers: Los Angeles Times, Washington Post,
New York Times, Wichita Globe (Kansas), Chicago Tribune,
and Boston Herald
Honors American Medical Association
Physician’s Recognition Award: 1978,
1988, 1991, 1994, 1998
Named in “Top 25 Physicians Practicing Sports Medicine,” Runner’s
World Magazine, 1984
First prize for two
research papers:
Michael Reese Medical Research Council Award, 1968 and 1969
Michael Reese Hospital Resident’s Prize, 1968 and 1969
Illinois Psychiatric Society Research Prize, 1969 and 1970
Administrative Course Provider and Enrichment Lecturer –
Cruise lines, 1996-Present
Member of the Sexual
Harassment Committee, County of San Diego Commission on Status of Women,
1994-1996
Representative
to AAPC Board of Directors, Forensic Consultants Association, San Diego,
1994-1996
Member of Citizens Review Board on Police
Practices, Prospective Member’s Status, 1994
Forensic
Psychiatric Review Course Lecturer, Osler Institute, 1994
Chairman,
Quality Assurance Committee, Psychiatric Department, Scripps Memorial Hospital,
1988-1990
Member of the Board of Directors, Family Service
Association of San Diego County, 1989
Member
of the Forensic Committee, Public Relations Committee, San Diego Society for
Psychiatric Physicians, 1987-
Chairman
of Continuing Education Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Highland Park
Hospital, 1983
Chairman
of local arrangements for annual convention, American Academy of Psychiatry and
Law, 1980
Organized and moderated:
“Experts on Experts,” Seminar, University of San
Diego School of Law, January 28, 1994
“Malpractice
and the Good Guys,” Seminar, San Diego Trial Lawyers Association, May 8, 1990
“The Impact of
Psychological Factors on Wrongful Termination and Prolonged Disability Cases,”
Seminar, California Western School of Law, September 7, 1988
“Reproductive
Options and Fetal versus Maternal Rights,” Symposium, San Diego Medical-Legal
Society and San Diego Bioethics Group, June 6, 1987
“The
Use of Medical Expert Witnesses,” Seminar, San Diego Trial Bar Association,
April 4, 1987