Dr. Casella is a specialist in workplace issues, including wrongful termination, sexual/racial discrimination/harassment. He has broad experience in psychiatric injury assessment, including causation and psychiatric disability evaluation. He has extensive experience in the assessment of psychiatric effects of physical injuries. He has over 35 years' experience in psychiatric treatment of adults, including extensive hospital experience.

Dr. Casella is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1972) and has been an Examiner for that Board. He holds his medical degree from Harvard Medical School (1965) and completed psychiatric residency training at Harvard. He is an Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus at Stanford University School of Medicine. He has functioned as consultant to the California Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and as examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a Qualified Medical Examiner and Agreed Medical Examiner for the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

He is a past Director of Stanford Hospital Psychiatric In-Patient Unit. He has been Consultant and Forensic Evaluator for San Mateo and Santa Clara County Superior Courts for 30 years. He is the author of a national-award-winning paper in psychiatry. He has served as President of the Mid-Peninsula Psychiatric Society and as Deputy Chief of the Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. He has authored over 3500 psychiatric forensic evaluations for both defense and plaintiff attorneys, and has extensive trial experience.

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Dr. Casella's CV and Fee Schedule appear below.

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Education

Harvard University, B.A., 1961
Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1965

Training

Rotating Intern, San Francisco General Hospital, 1965-1966
Psychiatric Resident, Harvard Hospitals, 1966-1969

Experience

Chief, Psychiatry Service, United States Public Health Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1969-1971. Rank: Lt. Commander
Director, In-Patient Psychiatric Services, Stanford University Hospital, 1971-1973
Private Practice, Psychiatry, Palo Alto, California, 1972-Present
Consultant, San Mateo County Superior Court, 1974-Present
Forensic Evaluator, Santa Clara County Superior Court, 1975-Present
Consultant, Substance Abuse Unit, Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California, 1975-1977
Consultant, State of California, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1978-1981
Qualified / Agreed Medical Examiner, State of California, Division of Industrial Accidents,
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, 1991-Present

Teaching Appointments

Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry Department, Stanford University School of Medicine

Elective Offices

Past President, Mid-Peninsula Psychiatric Society
Member, Executive Committee, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Faculty Association, 1976-1979
Deputy Chief, Psychiatry Service, Stanford University Hospital, 1982-1983

Publications, Awards, & Prizes

Winner, Psychiatric Times, April, 1986, nationwide contest, best essay on contemporary psychiatric problem, "Public Acceptance of Psychiatry."
California Workers' Compensation Enquirer, Vol. 14, No. 11, May 1996, "Depression-When to Refer"

Memberships

Mid-Peninsula Psychiatric Society
American Board of Forensic Examiners

Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry, 1972

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