Meet the Doctor
 Dr. Goldberg is a forensic case analyst and expert for law firms, insurance companies, legal aid, district attorneys, and the Dominican National Forensic Laboratory dealing with forensic investigations and risk management analysis. He has presented several seminars on risk management and specializes in Medico-legal causation issues in forensic pathology. He has been instrumental in cases which received the U.S. Department of Justice Directors Award. Other services offered include; insurance investigation, workman's compensation, medical malpractice, background training in Forensics to the legal community, law schools, students and new attorneys. He is available for international travel. |
Present Activities
Forensic Investigations and Risk Management Analysis
Date and Place of Birth
Date of Birth: May 29, 1948
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
Education
Undergraduate: B.A. Psychology (Cum Laude) - North Carolina State University - 1976
Graduate: J.D. - North Carolina Central University School of Law - 1979
Postgraduate Professional: M.D. (Cum Laude) – World University Dominicana Medical School - 1989 San Juan, Puerto Rico/ Dominican Republic
Internship Clinical Rotations
1987-1989
Gautier Hospital, Billini Psychiatric Hospital, Robert Real Cabral Hospital, Dario Contreras Trauma Center, Dr. Louis Eduardo Aybar Hospital, Altagracia Maternity Hospital; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
June 1990 – June 1991
General Resident, Louis Eduardo Aybar Hospital
Medical Licensure June 1992 May 1993
Licensed to practice medicine, Dominican Republic
Permission to Practice Forensic Pathology - Costa Rica by appointment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica Executive Order (Poder Executiva)
Post Graduate Courses 1976-1980 April, 1992 April , 1993 1999-2004
Attended Quarterly, Semi-Annual & Annual Conferences at the Office of
Courses the Chief Medical Examiner, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Essentials of Forensic Pathology - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Advanced Practice in Forensic Pathology and Forensic Science - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Attended American Academy of Forensic Sciences Case Presentation of Pathology and Biosection
Professional Appointments
1978 -1981
Case Analyst - Hollowell, Silverstein and Brady, Raleigh, North Carolina
1980 -1982
In House Expert, Langerman, Begam, et al, Phoenix, AZ
1982 - Present
Forensic Case Analyst for United States Department of Justice
1989 - Present
Expert in Legal Medicine and Forensic Pathology: United States Department of Justice
Jan. 1994 - March 1997
Board of Risk Management, Chiro Secure Insurance, Inc.
1996 - 2000
Advisor and Adjunct Member to Dominican Presidential Forensic Commission
Jan. 1997 - Present
Expert in Forensic Pathology, Haliburton Energy Services, Houston, TX
May 1998 - Present
Forensic Advisor to Pennsylvania State Police
Sep 2004 - July 2008
Science Advisor to the Dominican National Forensic Science Institute
Academic Honors
Scholarship - North Carolina State University Fellowship - North Carolina Central University Teaching Fellowship - World University School of Medicine Research Assistant - American Bar Association/American Medical Association Joint Committee on Medical Liability during a national disaster (David Warren, Esq.) - Duke University
Consulting 1978-1980 1882 1982 1982 1992-1995 1991-1993 June 4, 1997 September 1997 2001 to Present
Consultant to law firm; Thorpe, Anderson and Slifkin, Raleigh, North Carolina
Faculty Medico legal Trial Competition, New York County Bar Association
Forensic Case Analyst - Miller, Pitt and Feldman,
Contact: Arizona Supreme Court Justice Stanley Feldman, Tucson, Arizona
Analyst and Expert, Pazer & Epstein, New York, New York
Consultant to National Institute of Forensic Pathology, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Defense Consultant CNA Insurance (Federal Asbestosis Cases),
Expert Testimony - Virgin Islands Senate - Medical Examiner Statute
Expert in Forensic Pathology, Office of the Attorney General, State of Ohio
Expert in Forensic Pathology, State of Illinois Capital Case Review Group
2001 - Present
Expert Georgia Death Penalty Review Group
2001-Present
Expert Tennessee Death Penalty Review
Consulting continued January 2002 June 27, 2002 May 2003 - Present 2003 - 2004 1987 1987 September 1989 November 15 – December 10, 1990 March - July 1991 1993 - 1997 Jan 1993 - 1996 1995 - Present January 1997 1997 - Present
Forensic Advisor to the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C
Expert in State vs. Posey, State of Illinois Prosecutor’s Office, Rock Island State Attorney’s Office
Expert in Forensic Pathology, US Armed Forces, Mannheim, Germany, Firenze, Italy, Wurzburg Germany
Expert Florida Death Penalty Review
Teaching Experience
Teaching Fellowship - World University School of Medicine
Invited Professor, First National Teaching Conference on Forensic Pathology, Dominican Medical Association
Guest Speaker on the Medico legal aspects of orthopedic practice, Dominican Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology
Teaching Faculty–Expert in Forensic Case Analysis, The Legal Aid Society of New York
Guest Lecturer City University of New York,
Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Associate Professor Basic Sciences (Physiology, Pathology), Associate Professor Jurisprudence and Forensic Medicine Life University
Visiting Professor Universidad Frederico Henriquez y Carvajal, Dept. of Pathology; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
National Rifle Association, Certified Instructor - Pistol, Rifle, Personal Protection
Adjunct Professor, Anatomy/Physiology - DeKalb College, Science Dept.
National Rifle Association, Certified Training Counselor
Oct 1998 - May 1999
Adjunct Instructor, Georgia Military College Dept. of Criminal Justice
Oct. 1998 - May 1999
Georgia Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
Feb. 6, 2002
Invited Lecturer, Widener University School of Law, Forensic Pathology & Criminal Justice Trial Practice
Societies American Society of Law and Medicine, 1991-1993 Charter Member, International Homicide Investigators Society, FBI, Quantico, Virginia, 1992 – Present Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK (Elected Fellow), 1992 - 1994 Member, American Academy of Forensic Science, 1992 – Present Member, Dominican Medical Association, July 1992 – 1994 Member, Dominican College of Physicians, 1994 - Present
Member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, May 1997 – 2001
Comittee Memberships
Member Presidential Forensic Commission, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1986-1989
Publications
Two Case Reports, "Malpractice" and "Fatty Embolism Syndrome" / "Marie Strumpel Disease"
* Case Reports, “Tibia-Fibula Fracture” / “Fecaloma vs. Child Abuse”
* Two Case Reports, “Fractured Hip” / “ Child Abuse”
* Case Report, “Copalino: Perspectives in Forensic Pathology”
* Case Report, “Cocaine Psychosis”
* Case Report, “Confesson of Guilt”
* Case Report, “Escape Plan Pistol and Handcuff key found on an
Abdominal Flat Plate X-ray”
* “The Case of John F. Kennedy”
- Acta Medica Dominicana, Vol. 14, No. 6, November - December 1992
* “Reticulose In History”
- "Letter to the Editor - Forensic Pathology"
- Acta Medica Dominicana, Vol. 21, No. 4, Julyr - December 1999
Presentations Interviews
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June 20, 2005 Autopsy Analysis of the Lori Hacking case.
- Interview, Forensic Review of the Coroner's Inquest for Princess Diana, The Globe, August 22, 2000
- Interview, Dale Earnhardt Injury Review, The Globe, March 2001
- Expert in Forensic Pathology: NBC Nightly News interview with Tom Brokaw re: Chandra Levy case, 6:30 p.m., May 21, 2002
- Expert in Forensic Pathology: WXIA TV Atlanta, Georgia evening news interview re: Chandra Levy case, 11:30 p.m., May 21, 2002
- Expert in Forensic Pathology: KVTA Radio Ventura, California, Talk of the Town interview re: Chandra Levy case, Sunday, May 26, 2002
- Expert in Forensic Pathology: KVTA Radio Ventura, California, Talk of the Town follow-up interview re: Chandra Levy case, Sunday,June 2, 2002
- Expert Consultant, The Bob Crane Story, The Globe, October 10, 2002
- Expert Interview, The Laci Peterson Story, Fox News, May 21, 2003
- Interview, Laci Peterson Autopsy Review, The Globe, October 7, 2003
- Interview, Laci Peterson Case Comments, The Globe, November 4, 2003
- Interview, Laci Peterson Case Comments, The Globe, June 14, 2004
- Interview, Laci Peterson Case Comments, The Globe, June 21, 2004
- Interview, Laci Peterson Case Comments, The Globe, December 23, 2004
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