General & Geriatric Consultant and Expert Witness
Medical ConnectionsTM was started as an educational entity whose purpose was to fill the gaps of understanding of disease affecting an individual or a family member.
Dr. Ron Fisher is a twice Board Certified [General & Geriatric] Psychiatrist who has always been interested in the entirety of a person, not just some organ system. After training at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey and receiving his M.D. in 1976, he attended the Menninger School of Psychiatry in Topeka, Kansas. Starting out in an inner city medical school environment, his interests in health care delivery and underserved populations, i.e. state and county prisoners, was honed on the understanding of the psychology of normal and abnormal behavior through his training in psychiatry.
The Menninger School of Psychiatry program was the model for many of the training programs in the United States and had a far reaching influence in psychology and psychiatric education in Europe, Japan and South America. Dr. Will Menninger was a General in the United States Armed Forces during World War II. His brother and partner, Karl Menninger, helped to establish the first Veterans Hospital for emotionally injured war veterans. Together they were deeply involved in Federal programs ranging from the Prison Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, to advising President Kennedy on the Mental Health Act of 1963, de-institutionalizing long term "state hospital" patients. Additionally, they were significant players in organizing and beginning the "Psychiatry and the Law" movement and initiating some well known professional organizations promoting a scientific basis for courtroom testimony and basic concepts in competency and criminal responsibility.
Dr. Fisher trained with these early experts and worked in the Kansas Reception & Diagnostic Center, as well as the Federal Prison in Springfield. Through his clinical work he was called as an expert witness to ascertain "dangerousness" and competency in civil and criminal proceedings. He has been deemed an expert in the jurisdictions of California, Kansas, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Scotland.
Medical ConnectionsTM and its psychiatrists are recognized for their academic teaching and practical, direct clinical evaluations leading to diagnosis and prescription of treatments. They are available to provide clear, scientific testimony and expert opinions in a wide area of criminal and civil questions.
For more information, please contact us at: MedicalExpert@mac.com.
