Forensic Psychiatry

Karen B. Rosenbaum, MD
Forensic Psychiatrist

Forensic psychiatry is the intersection of psychiatry and the law, where there is a legal question for a psychiatrist. This can include criminal and civil matters. Examples include Criminal Responsibility, Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, Fitness to Stand Trial, mitigation, fitness for duty, intimate partner violence, and psychiatric assessment after a trauma.

Attorneys: For a forensic psychiatry consultation for your client, please call (917) 748-5428.

As a board certified forensic, general, and addiction medicine psychiatrist, Dr. Karen Rosenbaum has evaluated numerous clients for serious cases. Cases have included issues of criminal responsibility including NGRI, medical record reviews, trauma, competence to stand trial, malingering (feigning symptoms or illness), Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Cognitive Disorders, and much more.

Dr. Karen B. Rosenbaum’s Forensic Psychiatry Experience

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Professional Experience

(Full CV available upon Request)

Adult & Forensic Psychiatrist in Private Practice
New York, NY
2008 - Present

Forensic Psychiatry Expert
Article 18b Panel, Assigned Counsel Plan
New York, NY
2012 - Present

Attending, Private Practice Rotation
New York University Langone Medical Center
Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
2015 - Present

Teaching Experience

Module Leader
Didactics: Insanity Defense Module and
Neuroscience in Forensic Psychiatry

NYU Forensic Fellowship Program

Supervisor
NYU Forensic Psychiatry Fellows
Private Practice Forensic Psychiatry Experience

Lecturer
Albert Einstein, UMDNJ & Columbia
Insanity Defense, Partial Defenses, Role of Forensic Expert, Intoxication
Forensic Fellowship Program for NYU

Lecturer
New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell
Forensic Psychiatry Curriculum, 2nd & 3rd Year Residents (Violence Risk Assessment, Insanity Defense)

Professional Appointments

Past Board Director
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)

Vice President
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL)

To learn more about Dr. Karen B. Rosenbaum’s forensic psychiatry experience, call (917) 748-5428.